The Voices of Heaven

by Frederik Pohl

Book Overview

Barry di Hoa had the good life on the Moon: steady work and the love of a good woman. But a rival slipped him a mickey, and he next awoke aboard Gerald Tscharka's ship as it neared the colony planet,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812535189
• ISBN13: 9780812535181
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Interesting and very grounded

I was mostly satisfied by The Voices of Heaven. As science fiction novels go, it was highly accessible. In fact, its central story and themes could have fit easily within other genres, though the futuristic element is rendered easily and plausibly.The story is basically one that could easily be adapted into a novel about a European colonist in the Americas - with Native Americans being substituted for the alien Leps. Pohl writes masterfully within the voice of his intelligent but often clueless narrator. The author has a real gift for rendering characters - even fairly unsympathetic ones - as real tangible human beings. The character of Tscharka is particularly well-done - we do get a sense of his positive attributes, though they are not frequently displayed.At its core, this is a novel about what people need in life, about religion, and about dislocation. As science fiction novels go, it is readily concrete and not at all disorienting or confusing. The storyline is consistently engaging, but not always tense.I agree about the audio narration of this book - Johnny Heller does a fine job as the narrator.