Eugene R. White

Annie is the best

Revisado: 11-05-22

Annie is the best short story ever! I can’t say more, but you’ll know what I mean.

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Really wanted to like this.

Revisado: 10-09-22

Octopuses are smart, fascinating, and likely sentient in a way very different from us. Yet this story can’t decide if it wants to be about the octopuses or about reckless disregard for the seas. I agree with the views of the author, but didn’t like the preachy tone of the book. Once again, it couldn’t decide what to be. Very poetic and descriptive prose, sometimes too long and too many adjectives.

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My first Stephen King novel

Revisado: 09-14-22

It was great. The narrator did a fantastic job or portraying the various characters...especially when they were (as part of the story) hard to understand or spoke strangely. Suspenseful, funny, bittersweet but with a happy ending it was,

And a kind-of spoiler (I had to know before I listened to it: the dog DOES NOT die.

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Confusing for me

Revisado: 05-08-22

Just doesn’t make sense or at all interesting. Lasted about 25 minutes. Carryover wrong style, but not something I could get into.

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Bad news/good news

Revisado: 12-04-18

So the bad news is that Jack Campbell has taken time away from writing more Lost Fleet/Lost Stars/Pillars of Reality/JAG in Space/etc. stories. Its been 6 months and counting!

[Update -- just realized this was written in 2013 -- now released as an audiobook. Still good reading]

But, the good news is that this alternate history short novel is really good. I'm not done yet, so am not sure if it's standalone or not. It's obviously a Jack Campbell plot (which is good). Whether by design or not, this also hits home to issues with our current directions in democracy.

The narrator is good...maybe reads a little fast at times.

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Excellent story, good narration except for...

Revisado: 07-27-18

Loved the story -- I even went to Amazon video and bought the six-part BBC version that the book is based on.

Good narration, EXCEPT for the times they felt it was necessary to "dramatize" the speaker with background noise, static, echoing, etc. The reader does the mood fine enough without the "dramatic" distraction. At one point, it was very difficult to understand. Didn't happen often, but I dreaded when it did. Otherwise, great audiobook.

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Rob Geary goes to war against checklists

Revisado: 05-23-18

I could listen to this without knowing the author or character names and would know it was by Jack Campbell. That's a good thing, because the book has all the features of his books that I like. It could have been longer and the sequel will not appear soon enough. This is a good continuation of the saga of the Alliance's formation (as well as the Syndicate I expect). Christian Rummel does a good job of reading and voices as usual.

So Mr. Campbell, tell me what you really think about checklists.

Great listen!

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Confusing and unfinished story, but captivating

Revisado: 03-14-18

Spoilers here. I'm not a horror fan, and this book is near to that. Lots of blood and guts -- very descriptive with smells and horrible deaths. The time travel approach is innovative and unique -- any future destination is an "IF" that might come to pass -- and then disappears as a reality when the time traveler leaves. I felt the ending was just incomplete -- maybe the author wanted it that way, but I needed another chapter.

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Unusual but engaging book

Revisado: 11-20-17

Sometimes hard to follow (as an Audible book since I can't easily go back to re-read something), but a very engaging and interesting book. I am not sure how, but a sequel would be fun to see what happens after the book.

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Excellent book -- clever and satisfying conclusion

Revisado: 10-19-17

I was glad this wasn't a trilogy -- it has a satisfying and clever conclusion. Lots of twists and unexpected events -- unpredictable in a good way.

The writing, narration, and science is excellent.

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