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Attack Path
- The Ungovernable, Book 9
- De: R.M. Olson
- Narrado por: Zura Johnson
- Duración: 14 h y 11 m
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Jez and the crew of the Ungovernable are injured, exhausted, and out of time. Their long-time nemesis, Evka, has finally perfected the weapon the crew has been desperately fighting to stop for months—a protocol that will allow her to track down and kill anyone in the system with the click of a button. And the lives of the crew, and of everyone they love, are on the line. With their backs to the wall and no more tokens up their sleeves, they’ll need every bit of skill and ingenuity they possess.
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Interesting series. I'm glad I listened
- De Ed G en 11-22-23
- Attack Path
- The Ungovernable, Book 9
- De: R.M. Olson
- Narrado por: Zura Johnson
Interesting series. I'm glad I listened
Revisado: 11-22-23
Disclaimer: This seems meant for a YA audience, and I am not in that demographic. Also names I enter if any are phonetic, since I don't have printed books. I'm giving my thoughts on the entire series, not just this last book.
Let's start with some nits.
I found the character names confusing at first. Many of them sounded so similar, mostly due to them being from a different language origin. It took me a while to get them all figured out. Along the same lines, for the first couple of books I didn't find any of the characters to be particularly likable, I came close to not caring enough to get the next book because I wasn't heavily invested in caring what happened to them. I did eventually warm up to them though and as I said, I'm glad I finished the series.
I didn't read the author's BIO before the series, so I was surprised that almost the entire cast of characters were LGBTQ. This is a good thing really. I am all for equality and LGBTQ folks have ben underrepresented for a long time. But this brings me to my final nit. The author seems to bring forth their points with a bullhorn. There is no subtlety.
Still this is a very good series and I'd be interested in reading more from this author. There is good character growth. The plot is fairly tight. Each book left me feeling hopeful that things were on the right path.
I wish we'd had some more background information. Is the Svedrani system a solar system? There seem to be more habitable planets than I'd expect. Are there other systems? Maybe the author will explore these questions at some point.
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Committed: Age of Expansion
- A Kurtherian Gambit Series: The Ascension Myth, Book 9
- De: Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle
- Narrado por: Pearl Hewitt
- Duración: 7 h y 37 m
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Sean Royale is AWOL and in trouble. Molly’s mom is encroaching on the operation on Gaitune. And the university is under threat from a new player in the system. Tensions mount as secrets unfurl, culminating in Molly walking down the aisle to try and save her ruggedly handsome friend. Meanwhile, Paige and Maya stay behind to protect the home front as best they can: with only a few yoll-aritas, and a bad boy AI to help. There is no doubt: trouble is brewing in the Sark System. And it’s bigger than any of them could imagine.
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Nice little story as usual
- De Ed G en 06-27-21
- Committed: Age of Expansion
- A Kurtherian Gambit Series: The Ascension Myth, Book 9
- De: Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle
- Narrado por: Pearl Hewitt
Nice little story as usual
Revisado: 06-27-21
I'm enjoying this series. This one was perhaps a bit on the light side. We're getting hints of dastardly plots, but this was all just lead up. We get a cute Sean story as the main plot, and it's okay I guess.
On the negative side, there is almost an hour of "author notes" at the end, and they are insufferable. They may write good stories, but if I met these two at a party, I'd be looking at an excuse to get away from them after about two minutes. If they're going to dedicate a good chunk of the book to such notes, at least get Pearl Hewitt to do half of that. She's been interesting in the past, but this one was all Ell and Michael and I gave up about five minutes in.
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Halting State
- De: Charles Stross
- Narrado por: Robert Ian MacKenzie
- Duración: 13 h y 27 m
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The year is 2012, and China, India, and the United States are waging an infowar for economic domination. With innocent gamers mere pawns in the hands of electronic intelligence agencies, programmer Jack Reed is tasked with ferreting out the plot of those who would gladly trade global turmoil for personal gain.
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2 Smart Books Well Worth the Listen - Great Reader
- De C. Hartmann en 01-08-12
- Halting State
- De: Charles Stross
- Narrado por: Robert Ian MacKenzie
A Challenging Listen
Revisado: 09-21-17
As is usual for a book by Charles Stross, this one is very dense with detail. If you're distracted for even a moment, you should go back and listen to what you missed. It's likely that there was something important and Mr. Stross will probably not repeat it.
I listened to this book twice in a row. Finished it and went right back to the beginning. I'm glad I did because I really enjoyed the story and the second time I got much more from it.
Much of the story takes place in an online game, and the book is written in a POV game style. I'm not a gamer, but even I chuckled at things like "You are in a small room, a large desk takes up three sides..." There are three "player" characters. This took some getting used to, but I ended up liking it.
Halting State was written in 2007 and the author didn't get our present quite right (phones and iPods still separate devices for example), but nothing so flagrantly wrong that it's too distracting.
I am certainly no expert of Scottish accents, but I think the narrator did an excellent job.
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Leviathan Wakes
- De: James S. A. Corey
- Narrado por: Jefferson Mays
- Duración: 19 h y 11 m
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James S.A. Corey delivers compelling SF that ranks with the best in the field. In Leviathan Wakes, ice miner Jim Holden is making a haul from the rings of Saturn when he and his crew encounter an abandoned ship, the Scopuli. Uncovering a terrifying secret, Jim bears the weight of impending catastrophe. At the same time, a detective has been hired by well-heeled parents to find a missing girl, and the investigator’s search leads him right to the Scopuli.
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Fun hard SF action with a blue collar bent
- De A reader en 05-11-12
- Leviathan Wakes
- De: James S. A. Corey
- Narrado por: Jefferson Mays
Much better than I expected
Revisado: 05-18-17
I watched two episodes of the TV show and gave up on it. I may have to rethink that after listening to this novel.
Not only did this have a strong and exciting ending, but it held my attention throughout the story. We follow two deeply flawed protagonists through their initially separate plot lines and their rocky collaboration. They are both exasperating at times.
The narrator is excellent.
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To Say Nothing of the Dog
- Or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last
- De: Connie Willis
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 20 h y 58 m
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In this Hugo-winner from Connie Willis, when too many jumps back to 1940 leave 21st century Oxford history student Ned Henry exhausted, a relaxing trip to Victorian England seems the perfect solution. But complexities like recalcitrant rowboats, missing cats, and love at first sight make Ned's holiday anything but restful - to say nothing of the way hideous pieces of Victorian art can jeopardize the entire course of history.
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A fun read
- De Sara en 07-23-08
- To Say Nothing of the Dog
- Or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last
- De: Connie Willis
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
Funny, even with the outcome of WW2 at stake
Revisado: 05-18-17
Coming after Doomsday Book, which was a dark as dark can get, we get a light-hearted romp through Victorian Society. Ms. Willis clearly has a low view of Victorians. Pretty much every single member of that society was presented as ridiculous in one more more ways.
We get a good dose of Ms. Willis' thoughts on how time travel is either totally harmless or will end the universe. There seems to be no middle ground.
I enjoyed this book a lot. In fact I've enjoyed all the books in this series. I do wish the author had made an effort to be more consistent especially in the parts of the stories that happen in modern times (mid 21st century).
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Artemis
- De: Philip Palmer
- Narrado por: Heather O'Neill, Robert Ian MacKenzie
- Duración: 14 h
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Philip Palmer, the best-selling author of Hell Ship, crafts science fiction works that have earned him a reputation as one of the best in the business. In Artemis, con artist and killer Artemis McIvor took the collapse of the galactic government as the opportunity to go on a crime spree to end all crime sprees. But when the law finally catches up to her, she’s given a choice: spend the rest of her life cooling her heels in prison or accept a deadly mission to save all of humanity.
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I would NEVER recommend this book.
- De Erica en 01-01-14
- Artemis
- De: Philip Palmer
- Narrado por: Heather O'Neill, Robert Ian MacKenzie
Weird but fun
Revisado: 05-18-17
That was one of the strangest books I've ever listened to. The action sequences were so over the top absurd that I basically stopped paying attention to them in any detail. This left me with a humorous story of a remorseless but somehow still innocent serial killer.
Heather O'Neill's narration was spot on. I'll look for her other work on Audible.
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The Rising
- De: Ian Tregillis
- Narrado por: Chris Kayser
- Duración: 15 h y 45 m
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Jax, a rogue Clakker, has wreaked havoc upon the Clockmakers' Guild by destroying the Grand Forge. Reborn in the flames, he must begin his life as a free Clakker, but liberation proves its own burden. Berenice, formerly the legendary spymaster of New France, mastermind behind her nation's attempts to undermine the Dutch Hegemony, has been banished from her homeland and captured by the Clockmakers Guild's draconian secret police force.
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Is egregious and repeated mispronunciaion a crime?
- De Christopher en 07-22-16
- The Rising
- De: Ian Tregillis
- Narrado por: Chris Kayser
Wondeful complex story, sub-par narration
Revisado: 02-10-17
I'm really enjoying this series. I find the main characters interesting and the plot twists more than satisfying.
I've listened to many audio books. Some narrators are excellent, others not so much. Chris Kayser is one of the latter. How does a person who is being paid to read professionally, knowing his name will appear in the credits, not have enough pride in his work to learn how to pronounce words correctly? How does a publisher like Hachette Audio let such sloppy work out? I try to ignore it, but it really hurts the overall product.
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Koban, Volume 1
- De: Stephen W. Bennett
- Narrado por: Patrick Freeman
- Duración: 25 h y 23 m
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We colonized 700 planets. Humankind enjoyed the benefits of expansion room and the end of wars. We even disbanded our military. Then the Krall found us. The Krall have used thousands of years of combat to select the genes of the strongest and fastest warriors. They are a species determined to dominate the entire galaxy, through destruction and annihilation of every opponent.
Koban is an uninhabited high-gravity planet with impossibly fast savage animals, which employ organic superconducting nerves. This deadly world is where the Krall tested humans for war capability.
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New, Revamped, Narration is MUCH Better!
- De Trip Williams en 11-01-14
- Koban, Volume 1
- De: Stephen W. Bennett
- Narrado por: Patrick Freeman
Aggressive aliens meet feminized humans ...
Revisado: 12-28-16
... and hilarity ensues.
Don't blame me for using "feminized" in this stereotyped way. The author figuratively hits us on the head with this concept with a steel 2 x 4, repeatedly.
Some three hundred years before the time of this book, an act of war of a genetic nature accidentally kills off 90% of all men in human space (700 planets). Women take over (by necessity as there were almost no men left) then end war and genetic science. They also manage to make everyone super polite and they change some family names, Wilson to Wilfem, Johnson to Johnfem, you get the idea. Oh, and sexual harassment seems to be OK now.
Even though after 300 years the male population has recovered, women are still in most positions of authority and there is a "glass ceiling" for men.
What women don't quite manage to accomplish is to have one of their sex be the protagonist of this book. Oh well.
Don't take this book too seriously. Even in all the mayhem, death, and the impending annihilation of humanity, the characters are often joking and chuckling. I enjoyed it.
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Sunset
- Nightlord, Book 1
- De: Garon Whited
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 36 h y 49 m
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Eric didn't ask to be a vampire. In fact he didn't even believe in them. Biting your own tongue with your fangs does a lot of convincing. Even so, being a part-time undead isn't as easy as you might think. It can let you hold down a day job, true, but sometimes the night "life" can be more than a little difficult, what with those bloodthirsty urges and predatory instincts kicking in.
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Chapters are out of order!!!!
- De Chris en 11-16-18
- Sunset
- Nightlord, Book 1
- De: Garon Whited
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
Excellent book - a little disturbing
Revisado: 12-07-16
I really liked this book and have rated it five stars. It is well written and performed. It has adventure, romance, magic and war. What else would you need?
That said, I found the frequent and often wholesale animal slaughter disturbing. Yes, I know this is fiction and no animals were harmed, but still. I wish the author had found another way.
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Masterminds
- Anniversary Day Saga, Book 8 (Retrieval Artist Universe)
- De: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Narrado por: Jay Snyder
- Duración: 10 h y 6 m
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The fate of the Alliance hangs in the balance as the masterminds behind the Anniversary Day bombings trigger the final stages of a plan decades in the making. A plan that will bring about the total destruction of every dome on the Moon.
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A fitting ending - but I'm glad it's over
- De Andrew Pollack en 06-16-15
- Masterminds
- Anniversary Day Saga, Book 8 (Retrieval Artist Universe)
- De: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Narrado por: Jay Snyder
Complex and well developed series
Revisado: 07-21-16
Ms. Rusch gives us a set of sympathetic, even likable characters living in a truly horrid society. The Earth Alliance is an abomination - it has sacrificed justice and individual rights in the name of free trade.
But even in this environment, we find ourselves hoping that our heroes will survive and triumph. At the same time, we gain some understanding and empathy even for the terrorists. The terrorists are willing to murder millions, but it isn't without cause.
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