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Invasion

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30 years from now, Astronaut Kadian Giametti becomes the first human to walk on Mars. But on his return to Earth he wakes up in a quarantine cell from which he's not allowed to leave. Slowly Kadian learns the truth about what's happened on Earth while he's been away, and what he's brought back with him.

A claustrophobic two-hander from science fiction writer Philip Palmer. Part of the Dangerous Visions season.


Kadian - Edward Hogg
Jenna - Amita Dhiri

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First published January 1, 2013

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Philip Palmer

48 books55 followers
I started writing when I was 14 and wrote a short story for the school magazine about a bank robber who is killed during a heist and goes to Heaven - can't get through the Pearly Gates, and has to break in. Nicely synthesising all the genres I still love to mash up...!

I wrote five 'widescreen' high-octane high concept SF novels for Orbit Books, including DEBATABLE SPACE and VERSION 43 - blending satire with action with lashings of dark humour.

Now I am writing for film and television as well as writing prose. My recent books include MORPHO, published by NewCon Press and HELL ON EARTH, a fantasy epic about demons and cops.

My most recent book is THE GREAT WEST WOOD, a fantasy set in the fictional suburb of Westood - an urban village which is full of magic . There's crime, there's murder, and there's even a floating boy - because in Westwood, anything is possible...

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9 reviews
June 2, 2020
Immortal is so lonely and sad.
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1,174 reviews44 followers
December 14, 2021
Like a black mirror episode, thought provoking and efficient. For a while I thought he was talking to an AI. For a very simple setting this story does a solid job of hitting some big themes.

I might be missing a trick, but Invasion seems an odd title?
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2,342 reviews1 follower
June 18, 2013
30 Jahre in der Zukunft. Der Astronaut Kadian Giametti war der erste Mensch, der seinen Fuß auf dem Mars setzte. Dort fing er sich eine Krankheit ein. Er dachte, er würde sterben, so wie seine Mitastronauten. Doch er erwacht, geheilt, auf einer Isolierstation. Da er noch immer ansteckend ist, ist ein einziger Kontakt Jenna, die über eine Audio Verbindung mit und zu ihm spricht. Nach und nach versucht er mehr über seine Lage, die Situation auf der Erde und Jenna herauszufinden.
Philip Palmer schrieb dieses Hörspiel, das aus mehreren Gründen sehr gelungen ist. Zum einen tragen zwei Sprecher über 45 Minuten die komplette Handlung. Der Zuhörer ist in der gleichen Situation wie Kadian. Man weiß nicht, was passiert ist, wo man ist, was überhaupt los ist oder um was es in diese Hörspiel geht. Durch die Gespräche, die Jenna und Kadian führen, wird nach und nach klar, was passiert ist, welchen Einfluss Kadian auf die Entwicklung der Erdgeschichte hatte und haben sollte. Rein durch die Dialoge entwickelt sich eine komplette dystopische Welt, die bis zum Schluss Überraschungen bereithält. 45 Minuten Dialog und Monolog und doch eine vollständige Sci-Fi Geschichte, die anfangs zwar sehr schleppend vorankommt aber doch nie langweilig ist. Ein Mensch kann ohne sein Zutun die Welt verändern oder vernichten, ohne es zu wissen.
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March 20, 2019
A man awakes to a bleak future after a plague - a totalitarian Islamic regime that has arisen as a result of infection he brought back from space.
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