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Not all adventurers are young men.

Revisado: 10-09-21

I love Nathan's work, and the Tanyth Fairport Adventures are particular favorites. Tanyth is an itinerant herb lorist of a certain age who is travelling on foot to the home of another lorist who knows more than she does. She encounters a small settlement on the Road. Adventures ensue.

The story is excellent, the performance flawless. Many thanks, Nathan Lowell and Veronica Gigere.

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Bad decisions that make sense.

Revisado: 04-07-20

What I loved most about this book is how each character's bad decisions are always the best thing that character could do in the situation they are in.

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Mix a bit too harsh

Revisado: 10-20-19

I have listened to many books and productions on Audible. The EQ on this one was too heavy on the treble end, making S's uncomfortably harsh.

The fault is not in my listening setup because this problem happens rarely.

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Well written but poorly plotted.

Revisado: 04-22-19

I found the ending an unconvincing deus ex machina. I won't say more to avoid spoilers.

Narration was perfect however.

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Fascinating information presented accessibly

Revisado: 07-31-17

Loved this. Looking forward to more from this author. This is not dry statistics.

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A Brilliant Parody

Revisado: 03-03-17

You don't even need to have listened to Fifty Shades. Parody at its best. Biting but also entertaining in its own right.

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Fabulous character. Fascinating world. Abrupt end.

Revisado: 08-13-16

The narration is top notch. Worldbuilding original and engaging. Main character interesting. Ending felt like getting to the top of the stairs one step early.

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Too much shame

Revisado: 04-29-16

The wither is funny in places but I found myself cringing more than laughing, sorry for the people she shames and ridicules.

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Heinlein's great story, a glorious spin by Pinchot

Revisado: 09-19-12

Unlike many Heinlein fans, I have loved "Glory Road" since I read it as a teenager. At that time, I had just read "The Lord of the Rings" and was delighted by what I saw as a beautiful fantasy adventure that wasn't quite so heavy and thoughtful.

WRONG. It's just as topical and political and sneaky about making one think as any of Heinlein's books... but more about that later. Suffice to say that E. C. "Oscar" Gordon (and why anyone would name a little baby boy Evelyn Cyril is beyond this writer; though my given name is also Evelyn I'm at least FEMALE) became a voice in my head as the competent, reluctant -- or not so reluctant -- hero, one I always remembered, and the book a sentimental favorite.

I adore Audible books, but often the casting is not to my preference. Hazard of the trade, I guess. The wonder is, after a few moments, Bronson Pinchot, an actor I've always liked but wrongly considered something of a lightweight, BECAME the voice of Oscar in my head. Pinchot's command of narrative, dialogue, nuance, and, yes, dialect, made this story come alive for me as never before. I could close my eyes and be THERE; his reading gave it an immediacy that I seldom get from **any** production, audio, video, or otherwise. I wonder if he's a fan?

Reading "Glory Road" time and again over many years, I have come to see the craft that seemed so effortless the first time through. Heinlein was current with not only the time he wrote this classic (1962 or thereabouts) but with the time I read it, in the early 1970s with the war in Southeast Asia still going on in its bloodiest, most nonsensical glory (yeah, folks, get over it, I AM that old). And sadly, he was correct about how "non-veterans" got treated after that war for many years.

I'm off to find more of Mr. Pinchot's audiobooks. I recommend this for fans of Heinlein, sword and sorcery, and just plain good acting and narration of a book. I had a whale of a lot of fun listening to it, and I'll bet you will, too. It's worth the time.

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One of the few new fairy tales

Revisado: 03-05-12

Peter S. Beagle's reading of his classic "The Last Unicorn" has as much magic as the book did on my first reading when I was a teenager (and I'm sure not one anymore). No one knows their characters better than the author, and when the author is as talented a reader and interpreter as this, the story becomes new again, as much of a delight as when reading it for the first time.

I read this book to my children when they were very young (they are now 17 years old, twins), and it was fun to read out loud. Listening to it read with such feeling is a blessing, taking one out of the workaday world and putting one into the lands of magic once again.

I will definitely listen to this recording again and again. Don't we all need a little magic in our lives?

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