Evansphere
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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- Reader guide: where to begin and how the books relate in time.
- Everyday life: home, work, food and learning.
- Reader glossary: the vocabulary of the setting.
- Discussion questions: open questions without plot answers.
- Characters, Places, Organizations and Themes: reference directories.