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Description edit
Vortex tells the story of Turk Findley, the protagonist introduced in Axis , who is transported ten thousand years into the future by the mysterious entities called “the Hypotheticals.” In this future humanity exists on a chain of planets connected by Hypothetical gateways; but Earth itself... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Officer Bose: A cop who takes more than a general interest in Orrin's case
- Dr. Sandra Cole: A mental doctor who is assigned to Orrin's case and gets in a little deeper than she intended
- Orrin Mather: A mentally challenged laborer who writes notebooks with other people's memories
- Allison Pearl: A girl from the 21st centruy Earth who's memories are copied into Treya's
- Turk Findley: Transported 10,000 years into the future
- Isaac Dvali: Young boy from the second novel who has been reconstructed by the Hypotheticals
- Jason Lawton: Main character of book 1; briefly mentioned here
- Oscar: Vox local who is in charge of indoctrinating Turk into society
- Kyle: Sandra's older brother. He has massive brain damage incurred from asphyxiation. He is committed to the Live Oaks Polycare Residential Complex and visited by Sandra at times.
- Ariel Mather: Sister of Orrin. Ariel practically raised Orrin from an early age and is called to help in retrieving Orrin from State Care.
- Dr. Congreve: Administrator of State Care where Sandra works. He is not liked by the staff and his motives and methods at State Care are questionably unethical.
- Meredith: Night nurse in charge of locked ward at State Care.
- Digger Choi: Apparent leader of the farmer caste in Vox.
- Jack Geddes: Security guard at State Care.
- Latisha: Turk's old girlfriend who caused tension between him and his father
- Wattmore: Add a description of this character.
- Dr. Fein
- Treya: A Vox girl who is sent to help Turk learn Vox ways and culture.
Setting & Locations edit
- Houston
- Network
- Equatoria
- Spin
- Treya
- Raleigh
- Texas
- Vox Core
- Antarctica
- Seattle
- Istanbul
- Indian Ocean
- North Carolina
First Sentence edit
No more, Sandra Cole thought when she woke up in her sweltering apartment.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 3 in Spin. (standard series)
Preceded by Axis.
This book is in 2011 Locus Recommended Reading List: Science Fiction. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robert Charles Wilson (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Tor Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 7/5/2011
ISBN: 978-0765323422
Page Count: 336
Publisher: Tor Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 7/5/2011
ISBN: 978-0765323422
Page Count: 336
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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