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<p>Expand spoiler-conscious reader companion and add reading guides</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw-interface=""> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 12:00, 14 October 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Evansphere is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the setting </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del>[[39 Minutes|John Evans: 39 Minutes]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a science</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fiction mystery by Chris Simmons</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This wiki covers </del>the world <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as it appears in that book</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Evansphere is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Chris Simmons’s fictional world </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">connected lives on [[Mars]] and [[Earth]]. This reader’s companion covers </ins>[[39 Minutes|John Evans: 39 Minutes]], <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]] and [[The Two-Body Problem|Caitlyn Evans: The Two</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Body Problem]]</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Three perspectives ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">John approaches </ins>the world <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">through sustainable systems and the work of reclamation. Paul’s story centres on heat, duty and family presence. Caitlyn’s follows food, care and the boundaries of protection. Each perspective gives everyday work personal stakes</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Two connected worlds ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Two connected worlds ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A century after John’s grandparents fled [[</del>Earth<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]], their descendants prepare to return. [[Mars]] has built </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">contained life around interdependent systems; Earth’s essential services are divided between fragile </del>institutions <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and powerful corporations</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Mars depends on enclosed habitats and carefully maintained systems. </ins>Earth <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">offers open weather and </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">damaged landscape where restoration involves </ins>institutions <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as well as machinery. Neither setting is separate from the people who keep it working</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The work of survival </del>==</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Family and community </ins>==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">story begins with everyday work: air exchange</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">irrigation</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">maintenance records</del>, and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">clocks</del>. A <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">small timing error becomes </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">way to examine much larger questions about evidence, responsibility, and who controls repair</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Evans household connects the books</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">but colleagues</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">classmates</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">growers </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">neighbours give that household a wider setting. Expertise is shared across many people</ins>. A <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">meal, </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">school diagram or a shift handover can make that dependence visible</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Find </del>your <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">way </del>==</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Explore at </ins>your <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">own pace </ins>==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">39 Minutes|The book</del>]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Reader guide</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: where to begin and how the books relate in time.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Characters|The people</del>]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Everyday life</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: home, work, food and learning.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Places|The places</del>]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Reader glossary</ins>]]: <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the vocabulary </ins>of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">setting</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* [[Themes|The recurring ideas]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Discussion questions</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: open questions without plot answers</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Characters</ins>]], [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Places</ins>]], [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Organizations</ins>]] and [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Themes</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: reference directories</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== In The Divide ==</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Evansphere Wiki:About</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">About this companion</ins>]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''[[The Divide|Paul Evans</del>: <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Divide]]'' returns to an earlier period </del>of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">same family on [[Mars]]</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It connects to ''</del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">39 Minutes</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'' through the Evans family, [[Hollister Dynamics]], and the everyday systems that make life possible</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Explore both through </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Books</del>]], [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Characters</del>]], [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Places</del>]] and [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Organizations</del>]].</div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== In The Two-Body Problem ==</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Two-Body Problem</del>|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Caitlyn Evans: The Two-Body Problem</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'' brings the family and its Martian community into the growing domes. It connects the heat systems of ''[[The Divide]]'' with food, care and the people who maintain everyday life.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> </table>

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<p>Add Caitlyn companion, visible book selection and reader tags</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw-interface=""> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:09, 14 October 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l12">Line 12:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== In The Divide ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== In The Divide ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;[[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]]&#039;&#039; returns to an earlier period of the same family on [[Mars]]. It connects to &#039;&#039;[[39 Minutes]]&#039;&#039; through the Evans family, [[Hollister Dynamics]], and the everyday systems that make life possible. Explore both through [[Books]], [[Characters]], [[Places]] and [[Organizations]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;[[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]]&#039;&#039; returns to an earlier period of the same family on [[Mars]]. It connects to &#039;&#039;[[39 Minutes]]&#039;&#039; through the Evans family, [[Hollister Dynamics]], and the everyday systems that make life possible. Explore both through [[Books]], [[Characters]], [[Places]] and [[Organizations]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== In The Two-Body Problem ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''[[The Two-Body Problem|Caitlyn Evans: The Two-Body Problem]]'' brings the family and its Martian community into the growing domes. It connects the heat systems of ''[[The Divide]]'' with food, care and the people who maintain everyday life.</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

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<p>Add spoiler-light The Divide companion and two-book navigation</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw-interface=""> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 10:51, 14 October 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [[Places|The places]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [[Places|The places]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [[Themes|The recurring ideas]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [[Themes|The recurring ideas]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== In The Divide ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''[[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]]'' returns to an earlier period of the same family on [[Mars]]. It connects to ''[[39 Minutes]]'' through the Evans family, [[Hollister Dynamics]], and the everyday systems that make life possible. Explore both through [[Books]], [[Characters]], [[Places]] and [[Organizations]].</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

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<p>Focus companion on John Evans: 39 Minutes; add covers and verified Amazon links</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw-interface=""> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:32, 13 October 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Evansphere</del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'' is </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">connected </del>science-fiction <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">universe centred on the Evans family, the communities around them, and </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">systems </del>that <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sustain life on </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Mars</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Earth</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Evansphere is the setting of </ins>''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[39 Minutes|John Evans: 39 Minutes]]</ins>''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>a science-fiction <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mystery by Chris Simmons. This wiki covers </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">world as it appears in </ins>that <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">book.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A century after settlers fled </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">collapsing Earth, Mars remains technologically capable but materially dependent on its birthplace. Restoration work creates opportunities for cooperation — and for those who would turn </del>essential services <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">into lasting control</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Two connected worlds ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Grounded science fiction </del>==</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A century after John’s grandparents fled </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Earth</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, their descendants prepare to return. </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Mars</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">has built </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">contained life around interdependent systems; Earth’s </ins>essential services <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are divided between fragile institutions and powerful corporations</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">stories place practical engineering</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">family relationships</del>, and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">political responsibility beside each other</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Technology needs maintenance</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">resources</del>, and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">human judgment. No invention removes the need for trust or resolves a political problem on its own</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The work of survival </ins>==</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">story begins with everyday work: air exchange</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">irrigation, maintenance records</ins>, and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">clocks</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A small timing error becomes a way to examine much larger questions about evidence</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">responsibility</ins>, and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">who controls repair</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Find your way ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Find your way ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Books</del>|The <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">books</del>]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">39 Minutes</ins>|The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">book</ins>]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [[Characters|The people]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [[Characters|The people]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [[Places|The places]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [[Places|The places]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [[Themes|The recurring ideas]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [[Themes|The recurring ideas]]</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p>Build Evansphere reader companion</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The &#039;&#039;&#039;Evansphere&#039;&#039;&#039; is a connected science-fiction universe centred on the Evans family, the communities around them, and the systems that sustain life on [[Mars]] and [[Earth]].<br /> A century after settlers fled a collapsing Earth, Mars remains technologically capable but materially dependent on its birthplace. Restoration work creates opportunities for cooperation — and for those who would turn essential services into lasting control.<br /> == Grounded science fiction ==<br /> The stories place practical engineering, family relationships, and political responsibility beside each other. Technology needs maintenance, resources, and human judgment. No invention removes the need for trust or resolves a political problem on its own.<br /> == Find your way ==<br /> * [[Books|The books]]<br /> * [[Characters|The people]]<br /> * [[Places|The places]]<br /> * [[Themes|The recurring ideas]]</div>

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