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Cut & Paste Virtual Voice Failure

Revisado: 02-23-24

There is some good material here, but it's redundant, sometimes repeating large segments. The parts read by natural voice are good and enjoyable; those by "Virtual Voice" not so much. The virtual voice reading is staccato with strange pauses and hilarious mispronunciations. E.g. ".50 cal." comes out as "50 California" gun and other times "50 calories" gun. Dates are read like numbers. E.g., "In one thousand nine hundred sixty seven..." instead of just saying "nineteen sixty-seven." The many mispronunciations are quite distracting. This edition is in serious need of editing and a reader.

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What happened to the narrator?

Revisado: 12-22-19

The book's topic is very fascinating whether true or not. I tend to believe it's more ScFi than ScFact, but it's a good story nonetheless, and I give Salla's work top marks. Not so for this reading, however. Jerry Lord is a talented reader and voice-over artist. That he would have his name on this sad production is a travesty, It's not worth the single star: it's a huge NEGATIVE and brings my overall rating of the book, at least this version, to a low 2-stars. More than half of the book's narration is tiresome and unlisten-able. It sounds like a staccato computer synthesis -- and not a particularly good one at that. UGH!!!! If Lord was unable to complete reading the book properly, the producers should have found a substitute. This book deserves better than what it got with Jerry Lord's narration.

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Vile piece of literary excrement.

Revisado: 03-22-14

Would you try another book from Bret Easton Ellis and/or Christian Rummel?

You've got to be kidding! NEVER.

Has Less Than Zero turned you off from other books in this genre?

I think that's a fair statement.

What about Christian Rummel’s performance did you like?

Well, I did it, but I certainly don't feel good about it. This is the biggest waste of time and an excursion into utter moral depravity I can recall. The only redemption is Rummel's narration and his control of voices and accents. He's obviously a great talent as a reader. Too bad that Ellis is devoid of any.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Less Than Zero?

Have every one of the characters in the book -- and the author, end up in the morgue, preferably before I had wasted 15 minutes on this detritus. I only wish my purchase had been in paper back format so I could shred it and put it in my compost. There it would at least have had some value.

Any additional comments?

Excuse me while I go get myself de-loused. Why anyone would buy, much less waste any time trying to read or listen to this is a mystery. This book would be over-priced at free. I wasted a half-credit getting it on the BOGO sale.

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A truly pleasurable experience

Revisado: 03-24-09

This little "essay" (to use the same description Jacob Burckhardt used for his work, "The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy") is a brief, but wonderful introduction to the Italian Renaissance. Adding to the pleasure of this short book are the rich, sonorous tones of Charlton Griffin as the narrator and the brief introductory musical selections used to set the mood. If you love history of the Renaissance narrated by one of the truly great readers of our time, this is a must have selection.

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