Eon
- 512
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Eon” opens “The Way” with hard science fiction on the grand scale, a novel valued for the size and strangeness of its ideas. Some readers find that its Cold War politics have dated it and now take it almost as alternate history. Others feel the second half hurries to its finish and leaves the far-future society only sketched.
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About the book
Eon is a science fiction novel by American author Greg Bear published by Bluejay Books in 1985. Eon was nominated for an Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987. It is the first novel in The Way series; followed by Eternity.
Reading order · The Way
Full order & progress →- EonThis book
7.67.6 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 189 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 56% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.2 | 18 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 171 | 91% |
Frequently asked
How long is Eon?
It has 512 pages — longer than 65% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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