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Book · 2014 · Fate and fatalism

Cloud Atlas

by David Stephen Mitchell · Recommended by 4 people on 4 podcasts

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Well we'll leave everyone with a recommendation for ghost written for Cloud Atlas for Black Swan green and dead to me.
Gilbert Cruz · The Book Review · Jul 2020 Listen at 19:59

The best things said about it

4 of 5 · every mention
Recommended
It was a Tom Hanks movie that more people should have seen with Halle Berry Cloud Atlas did many of you see that it is an absolutely wonderful sci-fi movie.
On the show The Rubin Report · May 2023
Discussed
Cloud Atlas becomes an awesome and people believe in reincarnation because if think about it.
Ben Bowlin Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · Dec 2024
Discussed
Have you read cloud atlas by um i know i'm blanking on his name.
Jim O'Shaughnessy Modern Wisdom · May 2021
Discussed
I loved Cloud Atlas which I remember reading on a transatlantic flight and I was like a crack addict.
Daniel Mendelssohn The Book Review · Jul 2020

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Why people recommend it

Cloud Atlas by David Stephen Mitchell is an intricate, multi-layered novel that weaves together interconnected stories across different time periods and genres. Gilbert Cruz recommended the book to listeners during an episode of The Book Review. An unidentified speaker on The Rubin Report also highlighted the sci-fi adaptation, pointing to its powerful themes of standing up against criminal abuse and the endurance of truth. Ben Bowlin brought up the book on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know while exploring the concepts of soulmates and reincarnation within the context of dating timelines. Daniel Mendelssohn shared his personal experience of reading the novel on a transatlantic flight during a discussion on The Book Review, describing his reading experience as intensely addictive. Furthermore, Jim O'Shaughnessy referenced the book on Modern Wisdom to illustrate how individuals can inadvertently harbor outdated beliefs without realizing it. Across these different programs, the novel served as a frequent touchstone for exploring complex narrative structures, philosophical questions regarding human connection, and the persistence of certain ideas across vast expanses of time, demonstrating its enduring resonance among readers and commentators alike who continually return to its sprawling canvas.

Every mention

5 counted mentions · 7 passing or ad reads below
Gilbert Cruz well we'll leave everyone with a recommendation for ghost written for Cloud Atlas for Black Swan green and… 1
Recommended
“well we'll leave everyone with a recommendation for ghost written for Cloud Atlas for Black Swan green and dead to me”
Ben Bowlin Cloud Atlas becomes an awesome and people believe in reincarnation because if think about it 1
Discussed
“Cloud Atlas becomes an awesome and people believe in reincarnation because if think about it”
Daniel Mendelssohn I loved Cloud Atlas which I remember reading on a transatlantic flight and I was like a crack addict 1
Discussed
“I loved Cloud Atlas which I remember reading on a transatlantic flight and I was like a crack addict”
Jim O'Shaughnessy have you read cloud atlas by um i know i'm blanking on his name 1
Discussed
“have you read cloud atlas by um i know i'm blanking on his name”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
Recommended
“it was a Tom Hanks movie that more people should have seen with Halle Berry Cloud Atlas did many of you see that it is an absolutely wonderful sci-fi movie”

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Passing
“As this become a weird off menu item, there's a guy named Ben Sixmith, which has a great name for new fans of cloud Atlas, especially.”
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“one of the books that I've been enjoying very much uh, via Audible is Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. You may have heard of the film. Check out the novel.”
Passing
“Such that, you know, Cloud Atlas becomes an awesome story and people believe in reincarnation.”
Passing
“I'm having like a Cloud Atlas moment he I see him out there”
Passing
“you know it's it's it's like the uh what was it 50 Shades of Gray how it was originally a Twilight fade F and there's going to be like a uh Cloud Atlas ask you know”
Passing
“And there's going to be like a, uh, Cloud Atlas-esque, you know?”
Passing
“and some of the bigger books like say cloud outlas just become so unwieldy”