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Rare Earth
- De: Kurt Allan
- Narrado por: Derek Shoales
- Duración: 10 h
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 63
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 53
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 53
Waldo Packwood has had a rough time of things lately. He's lost his job, his friends, and finally his family. At 50 years old, he's living alone in a small apartment wondering what's happened to his life. He's unexpectedly asked to travel to Hector 1, a lone asteroid in the Jupiter Trojans, to investigate the missing crew. His trip is a struggle from the beginning, as he discovers more about those around him and what they're willing to do to keep Hector 1 to themselves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining!
- De Avalene en 09-12-21
- Rare Earth
- De: Kurt Allan
- Narrado por: Derek Shoales
I fought hard and pushed through the pain...
Revisado: 02-14-23
Having grown up on Asimov, Heinlein, Clark and the classics, I was looking forward to a plain old space fairing story. The lack of depth in the plot, the characters, and just about everything about this book made me regret getting it by the end of the first chapter! I hold in respect people who put themselves out there, who pour their heart out writing stories, and who open themselves to criticism - so I gave it a chance, I really did. It's just that the constant obsessive attention to most innate details (as if the challenges of space exploration have not been known since Verne, or that movies like 2001: Space Odyssey, Apollo 13, Interstellar, or The Martian never explored them), the constant toxic inner monologue of the main character, the throw away secondary female characters, or the constant technical errors made this one of the most painful read I have ever completed. Who is to blame here: the writer not seeking feedback, the editor not providing any before putting this out there, or the publisher for putting their name on this... I don't know, this one is for the burn pile.
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New York 2140
- De: Kim Stanley Robinson
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren, Robin Miles, Peter Ganim, y otros
- Duración: 22 h y 34 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,221
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,996
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,995
New York Times best-selling author Kim Stanley Robinson returns with a bold and brilliant vision of New York City in the next century. As the sea levels rose, every street became a canal. Every skyscraper an island. For the residents of one apartment building in Madison Square, however, New York in the year 2140 is far from a drowned city. There is the market trader, who finds opportunities where others find trouble. There is the detective, whose work will never disappear—along with the lawyers, of course.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Complex, believable, nuanced, riveting
- De Lois en 04-07-17
Tried to slog through it but couldnt...
Revisado: 06-12-22
Sorry...I understand it's about the city but there is just no there there. No plot to speak of, shallow charaters, and dull voice over. I tried...
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The Exiled Fleet
- The Divide, Book 2
- De: J. S. Dewes
- Narrado por: Andrew Eiden, Nicol Zanzarella
- Duración: 18 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 515
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 448
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 447
The Sentinels narrowly escaped the collapsing edge of the Divide. They have mustered a few other surviving Sentinels, but with no engines they have no way to leave the edge of the universe before they starve. Adequin Rake has gathered a team to find the materials they'll need to get everyone out. To do that they're going to need new allies and evade a ruthless enemy. Some of them will not survive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Actually Fresh
- De Alex Bobyarchick en 08-25-21
- The Exiled Fleet
- The Divide, Book 2
- De: J. S. Dewes
- Narrado por: Andrew Eiden, Nicol Zanzarella
But what is it, exactly?!?
Revisado: 03-03-22
Is it:
Battlestar Galactica ( ye old venerable battleship),
StarTrek ( Damn it, Jim!!),
Japanese Anime (characters feel like Macross)
Game of Thrones (Tywin Lannister)
Star Wars (Luke, I am your... & light sabers)
I don't know! Some of the side quests and macguffins almost did me in.
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Babylon's Ashes
- The Expanse, Book 6
- De: James S. A. Corey
- Narrado por: Jefferson Mays
- Duración: 19 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 22,220
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 19,907
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 19,830
A revolution brewing for generations has begun in fire. It will end in blood. The Free Navy - a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships - has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign of piracy and violence among the outer planets. The colony ships heading for the thousand new worlds on the far side of the alien ring gates are easy prey, and no single navy remains strong enough to protect them. James Holden and his crew know the strengths and weaknesses of this new force better than anyone.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Gees what happened?
- De Robert en 12-21-16
- Babylon's Ashes
- The Expanse, Book 6
- De: James S. A. Corey
- Narrado por: Jefferson Mays
Made for TV?!?
Revisado: 01-05-17
Found this book less engrossing than the others in the series. This feels more like it was written to have pretty scenes of spaceship battles rather than how to deal with the unknown of a menace from another galaxy or of a dying earth or of the early days on a new world.
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Dark Run
- Keiko, Book 1
- De: Mike Brooks
- Narrado por: Damian Lynch
- Duración: 11 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 178
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 159
The Keiko is a ship of smugglers, soldiers of fortune and adventurers, travelling Earth's colony planets, searching for the next job. And nobody talks about their past. But when a face from Captain Ichabod Drift's former life sends them on a run to Old Earth, all the rules change. Trust will be broken, and blood will be spilled.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fun sf in a familiar setting *cough Firefly cough*
- De John en 06-12-16
- Dark Run
- Keiko, Book 1
- De: Mike Brooks
- Narrado por: Damian Lynch
Firefly without the banjo and the violin...
Revisado: 12-02-16
It's almost fan fiction but is solid enough to stand on its own. We get echoes of the Expanse as well.
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Battle Cruiser
- Lost Colonies, Book 1
- De: B. V. Larson
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 13 h y 9 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 4,775
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,421
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 4,410
One starship will either save Earth or destroy her. A century ago our star erupted, destroying Earth's wormhole network and closing off trade with her colonized planets. After being out of contact with the younger worlds for so many years, humanity is shocked when a huge ship appears at the edge of the solar system. Our outdated navy investigates, both curious and fearful. What they learn from the massive vessel shocks the planet.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing, Juvenile
- De Russ en 12-27-15
- Battle Cruiser
- Lost Colonies, Book 1
- De: B. V. Larson
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
Shallow...thin characters and even thinner story.
Revisado: 08-05-16
War between the belt and the inner planets...alien menace...umm...wonder where I have seen this story recently.
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Voyage of the Mourning Dawn
- Eberron: Heirs of Ash, Book 1
- De: Rich Wulf
- Narrado por: Marcella Rose Sciotto
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 83
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 77
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 76
young street thief finds herself embroiled in a quest to find a powerful super-weapon thought lost during the final days of the Last War. She's never known anything but the dingy streets of her own city, but she is taken in by the crew of the airship "Mourning Dawn" and soon finds herself in strange lands filled with wonders and horrors beyond her wildest dreams.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story, odd narration
- De Crash MacKenzie en 08-18-14
- Voyage of the Mourning Dawn
- Eberron: Heirs of Ash, Book 1
- De: Rich Wulf
- Narrado por: Marcella Rose Sciotto
Narrator's voice gets in the way of the story.
Revisado: 07-11-16
Sounds like everyone in Eberron has a slight Irish accent. Darker characters have either the high pitch witch or the deep menacing voice.
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Hounded
- The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 1
- De: Kevin Hearne
- Narrado por: Luke Daniels
- Duración: 8 h y 6 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 30,493
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 27,747
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27,672
Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and shape-shifting in his spare time to hunt with his Irish wolfhound. His neighbors and customers think that this handsome, tattooed Irish dude is about twenty-one years old - when in actuality, he’s twenty-one centuries old. Not to mention: He draws his power from the earth, possesses a sharp wit, and wields an even sharper magical sword known as Fragarach, the Answerer. Unfortunately, a very angry Celtic god wants that sword, and he’s hounded Atticus for centuries....
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3 out of 5 stars
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cute
- De David en 07-30-12
- Hounded
- The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 1
- De: Kevin Hearne
- Narrado por: Luke Daniels
Odd mix of the Dresden Files and American Gods
Revisado: 02-12-16
Odd mix of the Dresden Files and American Gods set in Arizona. Living in the area, I now keep an eye out for a large Irish Wolfhound.
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