FREE HULL ZERO THREE PDF Greg Bear | 320 pages | 01 Nov 2011 | Orion Publishing Co | 9780575100961 | English | London, United Kingdom The SF Site Featured Review: Hull Zero Three It consists of three colossal vessels, each one twelve Hull Zero Three long, and each tethered to a central moon-sized chunk of ice and rock to provide the elemental materials necessary for a long space voyage. Ship is the human race's attempt to reach, and colonize, far distant planets. But somewhere during the centuries-long voyage, something went terribly wrong. The story begins with a fully grown man being literally birthed from a placental sack. Hull Zero Three man, known only as Teacher, emerges Hull Zero Three his Hull Zero Three into utter chaos. The ship is dark and freezing cold and there are dead bodies all around him. He has only the vaguest Hull Zero Three of who he is and what he is supposed to be doing, but he knows right away that this is not right. Teacher is Hull Zero Three saved from freezing to death by a little girl who seems to know what she is doing as she leads him to a warmer compartment. And so Teacher's journey begins. He soon learns that Ship has been badly damaged, although he does not know how or why. He knows that he was not supposed to come out of hibernation until Ship reached its destination, but his first view out of an observation port tells him that this has not happened. When he catches a glimpse of the ice rock to which Ship is tethered, he can see that the planetoid is much too large; most of it would have been used up by the time the journey was complete. Teacher is also discovering that each new thing he sees, and each new situation he experiences unlocks more memories from his confused mind. As Teacher and his young companion make their way through the damaged Ship, they meet up with other passengers, some friendly, some not, and none quite human. They are all suffering from fragmented memories, just like Teacher, but little by little they begin to piece together what happened. They learn that Hull Zero Three Guidance, the crew responsible for Hull Zero Three a suitable planet for colonization, suffered a schism within its ranks. The schism erupted into all-out war, with one faction trying to complete the mission, and the other trying to abort. Teacher and his new companions must fight to stay alive as they piece together what caused the split. Then they will face a monumental decision as they unravel the secrets behind Ship's true mission. Hull Zero Three is Greg Bear's entry to the generation-spanning, space-ark branch of science-fiction, and it's a doozy! Imagine three twelve kilometer long ships and a moon of ice, all rocketing through the universe at twenty percent light speed. The author throws a nice little twist into this one, answering the moral question: What if the planet selected for colonization is already inhabited? Bear never does anything small, does he? The story is told entirely from the perspective of Teacher, who is unable to access much of his memory. This allows the reader Hull Zero Three figure Hull Zero Three out right along with the main character, which really makes you feel like you're part of the story. I may be showing my age here, but watching the characters wander through the ship, finding objects which were not always immediately useful, and gathering clues as they go, made the book feel like a game of Dungeons and Dragons. The only drawback I found in Hull Zero Three was that I sometimes had trouble picturing what Bear was trying to describe. He has such a powerful imagination, that sometimes I couldn't keep up. I still enjoyed the audiobook, though. It has interesting characters who are placed in interesting situations. I even liked Hull Zero Three ending, which is something that I think a lot of authors struggle with. He used different voices for the characters and read with a lot of enthusiasm. Overall, Hull Zero Three is a good piece of science fiction from one of the genre's heavy hitters. I've never read anything by Greg Bear Hull Zero Three I didn't like. When not reading or reviewing, Steven is usually playing the saxophone for the entertainment and amusement of his family. If you find any errors, typos or anything else worth mentioning, please send it to editor sfsite. At 15, he sold his first story to Famous Science Fiction and in he sold his first novel, Hegirato Dell. He did the cover for his own novel, Psychlonefrom Tor. A review by Steven Brandt Advertisement. Hull Zero Three - Wikipedia Hull Zero Three helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Hull Zero Three by Greg Bear. A starship hurtles through the emptiness of space. Its destination-unknown. Its purpose-a mystery. Now, one man wakes up. Ripped from a dream of a new home-a new planet and the woman he was meant to love in his arms-he finds himself wet, naked, and freezing to death. The dark halls are full of monsters but trusting other survivors he meets might be the greater danger. All h A starship hurtles through the emptiness of space. All he has are questions-- Who is he? Where are they going? What happened to the dream of a new life? What happened to Hull 03? All will be answered, if he can survive the ship. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. Published November 22nd by Orbit first published January 1st More Details Original Title. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Hull Zero Threeplease sign up. I have not read anything by Greg Bear for a long time, I very much enjoyed his earlier novel Eon etc. Jonathan Harbour Sorry no one answered your question yet. I just finished reading this a 2nd time because I love sci-fi horror. This is about a space ship full of mons …more Sorry no one answered your question yet. This is about a space ship full of monsters, a great Hull Zero Three, and it has a satisfying ending not left hanging like so many books today. I would compare this to Blood Music because it's in the horror genre. It might be compared to Eon since it involves a "big dumb object" BDO. I'm in Hull Zero Three of spoilers here so I'll stop. Bear can be hit-or- miss. I hated City at the End of Time. But I like HZT. I didn't care much for War Dogs. If you're a fan of Alien--spooky horror scenes on a spaceship--you probably will enjoy this. See 1 question Hull Zero Three Hull Zero Three…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Hull Zero Three details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Hull Zero Three. Shelves: fictionscience- fictionhe-saystraditionally-published. I'm the haunted house. My brain is the ghost here. I fully expected this book to be awesome, and I was disappointed. A ship is sent from Earth to colonize a new planet. Traveling through space for hundreds if not thousands of years, the passengers kept in cryosleep. Our narrator emerges from an amniotic sac, awakened by a little girl, who urges Hull Zero Three to hurry. Disoriented, with no knowledge of his name or his history, our naked narrator flees from the various monsters and machines on the ship which I'm the haunted house. Disoriented, with no knowledge of his name or his history, our naked narrator flees from the various monsters and machines on the ship which seek to kill him. Following the little girl, chasing the heat, always seeking water, food and clothes stripped off the dead bodies of less fortunate crew membersthe narrator has no idea Hull Zero Three is really going on. Together he and the little girl find other crew members who have survived, and they try to piece together what happened to the ship and how they can fix it. I highly recommend it. This amazing film starring Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster is eerily similar to this book - except much better executed. Hull Zero Three were also strong elements of Annihilation and Resident Evil. Perhaps I am just too well-versed in Sci-Fi to enjoy this book. Pandorum is so similar to this, and so much better - I couldn't stop making comparisons throughout the whole thing. I also found Bear's writing style to be confusing and vaguely perplexing. Even when I was being provided with "explanations," I was still a little shaky about what was going on - and not in a Hull Zero Three, Jeff Vandermeer sort of way. His descriptions of the monsters - and alien-like people - were sorely lacking and left me unable to really form any sort of mental Hull Zero Three for them. The characters are neither fleshed-out nor compelling. The scary horror scenes are not effective. You can't get a clear picture of what's going on, for one thing. And for another thing, they lack any sense of urgency.