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The Oppenheimer Alternative

Written by: Robert J. Sawyer
Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg
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Writing with “a sense of wonder that hasn’t prevailed since the days of Heinlein” (Books in Canada), best novel Hugo and Nebula Award winner Robert J. Sawyer brings you “a truly science-fictional work of alternate history” (S.M. Stirling).

While J. Robert Oppenheimer and his Manhattan Project team struggle to develop the A-bomb, Edward Teller wants something even more devastating: a weapon based on nuclear fusion - the mechanism that powers the sun. But Teller’s research leads to a terrifying discovery: by the year 2030, the sun will eject its outermost layer, destroying the entire inner solar system - including Earth.

After the war ends, Oppenheimer’s physicists combine forces with Albert Einstein, computing pioneer John von Neumann, and rocket designer Wernher von Braun - the greatest scientific geniuses from the last century racing against time to save our future.

Meticulously researched and replete with real-life characters and events, The Oppenheimer Alternative is a breathtaking adventure through both real and alternate history.

©2020 Robert J. Sawyer (P)2020 Recorded Books Alternate History Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction
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So far one of the best narrated audio book! Quite engaging and informative… however, end could have been better.

Amazingly narrated!!

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Really enjoyable. Mix of reality and some science fiction at the second half of the book

Great book and performance

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Very well written Oppenheimer dilemmas and various personalities clash. Wish there was something in the narrative on Japanese side.

Perfoamd reasonable authenticity

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For science inclined, this is a good book. story is good though at times artificial. performance is apt. if one has gone through the Oppenheimer's main work on developing Atom bombs that were dropped at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and ensuing devastation caused by those despite Japanese surrender, he/she would understand this book better.

a book worth reading/listening

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