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The Evansphere is the setting of ''[[39 Minutes|John Evans: 39 Minutes]]'', a science-fiction mystery by Chris Simmons. This wiki covers the world as it appears in that book.
The Evansphere is Chris Simmons’s fictional world of connected lives on [[Mars]] and [[Earth]]. This reader’s companion covers [[39 Minutes|John Evans: 39 Minutes]], [[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]] and [[The Two-Body Problem|Caitlyn Evans: The Two-Body Problem]].
== Three perspectives ==
John approaches the world 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.
== Two connected worlds ==
== Two connected worlds ==
A century after John’s grandparents fled [[Earth]], their descendants prepare to return. [[Mars]] has built a contained life around interdependent systems; Earth’s essential services are divided between fragile institutions and powerful corporations.
Mars depends on enclosed habitats and carefully maintained systems. Earth offers open weather and a damaged landscape where restoration involves institutions as well as machinery. Neither setting is separate from the people who keep it working.
== The work of survival ==
== Family and community ==
The story begins with everyday work: air exchange, irrigation, maintenance records, and clocks. A small timing error becomes a way to examine much larger questions about evidence, responsibility, and who controls repair.
The Evans household connects the books, but colleagues, classmates, growers and neighbours give that household a wider setting. Expertise is shared across many people. A meal, a school diagram or a shift handover can make that dependence visible.
== Find your way ==
== Explore at your own pace ==
* [[39 Minutes|The book]]
* [[Reader guide]]: where to begin and how the books relate in time.
* [[Characters|The people]]
* [[Everyday life]]: home, work, food and learning.
* [[Places|The places]]
* [[Reader glossary]]: the vocabulary of the setting.
* [[Themes|The recurring ideas]]
* [[Discussion questions]]: open questions without plot answers.
 
* [[Characters]], [[Places]], [[Organizations]] and [[Themes]]: reference directories.
== In The Divide ==
[[Evansphere Wiki:About|About this companion]]
''[[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]].

Latest revision as of 18:00, 14 October 2026

The Evansphere is Chris Simmons’s fictional world of connected lives on Mars and Earth. This reader’s companion covers John Evans: 39 Minutes, Paul Evans: The Divide and Caitlyn Evans: The Two-Body Problem.

Three perspectives

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John approaches the world 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.

Two connected worlds

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Mars depends on enclosed habitats and carefully maintained systems. Earth offers open weather and a damaged landscape where restoration involves institutions as well as machinery. Neither setting is separate from the people who keep it working.

Family and community

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The Evans household connects the books, but colleagues, classmates, growers and neighbours give that household a wider setting. Expertise is shared across many people. A meal, a school diagram or a shift handover can make that dependence visible.

Explore at your own pace

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About this companion