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Awful narration and disappointing content

Revisado: 05-12-24

First I address the narration. The reader had a good voice and pronunciation was good but the reading was robotic and annoying. I almost couldn’t finish the book.

Concerning the content, I was drawn to the book because of the forward and endorsement of David Deutsch. However, I was very disappointed in the depth and clarity of the content. It was mostly a repetitious attempt to claim that consideration of counter-factual (considering properties of systems beyond what can be experimentally manipulated) was missing from scientific practice and that including it would remedy the biggest problems in physics. Neither of these themes was adequately accomplished.

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Good light sci-fi worth a listen.

Revisado: 06-30-22

Based on an interesting science fiction premise, the book explored themes of free will and personhood for AI in an interesting manner. The books main character was designed to communicate with children, and although an essential element, this resulted in the prose getting a little tedious in places. The audiobook narrator was very good with excellent voices for all the different characters.

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Slow then crashes

Revisado: 06-29-22

It was quite slow but full of interesting history and reasonable analysis. I thought the last chapter marred an otherwise good read. To me, it was a long rehash of points already made.

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Disappointing

Revisado: 06-16-22

Preachy and full of unsupported claims delivered as fact. Narration tedious. Needed peer review and a good editor.

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Dated politics

Revisado: 10-05-21

I’m a longtime Simmons fan. I read many reviews complaining about the right wing politics but got the book anyway on sale. I listened to the whole thing although I speed up the narration a few times when the political rants went on too long. The worst of it was that the dire predictions of ruin due to liberal policies haven’t happened so the book is dated. If Simmons edited out the dated material it would be a good detective novel.

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Not as good as the first but definitely worth listening to.

Revisado: 09-16-21

The characters weren’t as well developed and the pace was slower. But still interesting plot and good science fiction. I’m looking forward to the next installment!

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The best book so far

Revisado: 08-22-21

The narrator for Lyria starts out too slow and emotional but improves greatly by the end. The story is deeper and the writing better than in the first 3 books (which were already quite good). Looking forward to book 5!

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I loved it!

Revisado: 04-07-21

Wonderful content, brilliant writing, and great narration by the author. I’m going to listen to it again very soon.

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My new favorite author.

Revisado: 01-18-21

Great story. Fantastic characters. Perfect pace. Suburb narration. Reminiscent of “Carrion Comfort” and “The Magicians”.

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Fantastic conclusion to a wonderful series

Revisado: 03-26-19

I really enjoyed listening to this series. The dialogue is warm, rich and witty. The character development is deep and engaging. The details of the life in the 17|18 century are numerous and interesting. The author is a true genius.

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