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Three teenagers watch every star vanish at once, as Earth is enclosed in a membrane that slows time

Spin

by Robert Charles Wilson

2005364 pagesModerate readSteady pace
★ Hugo Award for Best Novel, 2006

The stars vanish, and time outside Earth runs far faster

Tor Books published the novel on 10 March 2005, and the hardcover has 364 pages. It is the first book of the Spin trilogy, followed by Axis and Vortex. Three young teens witness every star vanish at once. Earth is enclosed in an opaque spin membrane that slows time dramatically relative to the outside universe. Tyler Dupree, Jason Lawton and Diane Lawton are the main characters. In 2015 Syfy announced a six-hour miniseries based on the book.

More about this book

Who

Tyler Dupree, Jason Lawton and Diane Lawton.

World

Earth under a spin membrane that slows time relative to the universe.

What makes it different

It won the 2006 Hugo and several foreign awards, among them France's Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire and Japan's Seiun Award.

Feel

Intimate and wide.

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Further reading

About the author

Robert Charles Wilson1 book on Tori Books