Brain Wave

Poul Anderson

Nov 2022 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Daniel Thomas May

About this audiobook

From the multiple Hugo and Nebula award-winning author: "A panoramic story of what happens to a world gone super intelligent" (Astounding Science Fiction). With "wonderfully logical detail . . . exciting storytelling and moving characterization" (Anthony Boucher), science fiction master Poul Anderson explores what happens when the next stage of evolution is thrust upon humanity and animals. As Earth passes out of a magnetic field that has suppressed intelligence for eons, the mental capacity for all mammals increases exponentially, radically changing the structures of society. A mentally impaired farm worker finds himself capable of more delicate and intelligent thoughts than he ever dreamed. A young boy on holiday manages to discern the foundations of calculus before breakfast. Animals that were seen as livestock and pets can now communicate clearly with their owners and one another. And an already brilliant physics researcher now uses his boundless intellect to bring humankind to the stars-even as his wife plunges into an existential crisis. For all of them, the world will never be the same . . .

About the author

Poul Anderson (1926-2001) was a science fiction writer who was admired for his hard science fiction, mysteries, historical novels, and "fantasy with rivets." Besides winning the Hugo and Nebula Awards, he received the Gandalf, Seiun, and Strannik Awards, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Daniel Thomas May is an experienced actor and audiobook narrator. His "energetic," "confident," "deft," and "commanding" narration makes him particularly adept at portraying adventurers of all sorts, whether in fantasy, sci-fi, horror, romance, or nonfiction dramatizations.