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Doctor Who: Night of the Humans
- De: David Llewellyn
- Narrado por: Arthur Darvill
- Duración: 5 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 167
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 128
"This is the Gyre - the most hostile environment in the Galaxy"250,000 years' worth of junk floating in deep space, home to the shipwrecked Sittuun, the carnivorous Sollogs, and worst of all - the Humans.The Doctor and Amy arrive on this terrifying world in the middle of an all-out frontier war between Sittuun and Humans, and the countdown has already started. There's a comet in the sky, and it's on a collision course with the Gyre . . .When the Doctor is kidnapped, it's up to Amy and 'galaxy-famous swashbuckler' Dirk Slipstream to save the day.But who is Slipstream, exactly? And what is he really doing here?A thrilling, all-new adventure featuring the Doctor and Amy, as played by Matt Smith and Karen Gillan in the spectacular hit series from BBC Television.
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4 out of 5 stars
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To Quote the Ninth Doctor...Fantastic!
- De Rachel en 02-01-11
- Doctor Who: Night of the Humans
- De: David Llewellyn
- Narrado por: Arthur Darvill
To Quote the Ninth Doctor...Fantastic!
Revisado: 02-01-11
Now, I haven't listened to every Doctor Who audiobook out there, but I have read enough books and listened to enough audiobooks to know a good one when I hear it. Although the science behind it isn't top-notch, it doesn't detract at all from the story, after all, when is Doctor Who scientifically stringent?
Since the Doctor and Amy get separated rather early on in the story, the narration switches back and forth between the two parties, which the author uses well to build suspense at critical points in the plot. Additionally, I applaud Llewellyn for writing the characters so well to form, especially the parts from the Doctor's point of view, which fit the Eleven's character so perfectly.
The narration was, if anything, even better. Arthur Darvill absolutely NAILED the Doctor's inflections, and when I say nailed, I mean it! He put plenty of character into every voice and even sounded great when reading the parts that were told from Amy's viewpoint! The Scottish accent was done well, even if it wasn't completely held through the whole performance, but the fact that she was discernibly Scottish was an improvement from other audiobooks I've listened to of late. Honestly, after listening to this audiobook, I want to hear Arthur Darvill read more audiobooks...a performer at his finest!
Overall, a very, very good read/listen. I actually listened to this one twice in a row, for sheer enjoyment of the story and the quality of the production.
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Pathfinder
- Pathfinder, Book 1
- De: Orson Scott Card
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki, Kirby Heyborne, Don Leslie, y otros
- Duración: 17 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,703
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,747
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,757
Rigg is well trained at keeping secrets. Only his father knows the truth about Rigg’s strange talent for seeing the paths of people’s pasts. But when his father dies, Rigg is stunned to learn just how many secrets Father had kept from him - secrets about Rigg’s own past, his identity, and his destiny. And when Rigg discovers that he has the power not only to see the past, but also to change it, his future suddenly becomes anything but certain.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining and Irritating.
- De DJM en 01-06-11
- Pathfinder
- Pathfinder, Book 1
- De: Orson Scott Card
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki, Kirby Heyborne, Don Leslie, Kristoffer Tabori, Scott Brick
Totally in the Spirit of Orson Scott Card
Revisado: 01-28-11
I've found that when it comes to Orson Scott Card's writing and I, it's a bit of a love/hate relationship. I find myself, over and over, coming back to his books because of the crazy ideas that they embody, but then at some point or another just want him to skip the pages of pondering a character does before acting on something. In the case of Pathfinder, the story was very enjoyable, and I loved how the two stories that were running parallel for the majority of the book were woven together. Something I don't understand is why there are so many narrators, since they just took turns reading the whole part. This is something that I've noticed in other audiobooks of Card's stories, such as Speaker for the Dead. For the most part, I didn't notice when one voice gave way to another...but there was one change around chapter 17-18 that absolutely took me out of the story, it was so drastic. Suddenly, characters like Loaf and Umbo were being portrayed with totally different inflections and voices that it took me a long time to settle into the new narrator and fall back into the story.
This is a good read for any sci-fi fan, or anyone that's into time travel or fantasy in general.
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Doctor Who: Apollo 23
- De: Justin Richards
- Narrado por: James Albrecht
- Duración: 5 h y 28 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 108
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 66
For a few moments this afternoon, it rained on the moon...' An astronaut in full spacesuit appears out of thin air in a busy shopping centre. Maybe it's a publicity stunt. A photo shows a well-dressed woman in a red coat lying dead at the edge of a crater on the dark side of the moon - beside her beloved dog 'Poochie'. Maybe it's a hoax. But as the Doctor and Amy find out, these are just minor events in a sinister plan to take over every human being on Earth.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not Nearly As Bad as the Other Reviews Say
- De Rachel en 01-28-11
- Doctor Who: Apollo 23
- De: Justin Richards
- Narrado por: James Albrecht
Not Nearly As Bad as the Other Reviews Say
Revisado: 01-28-11
When I first looked at this book, and read the other reviews that had been posted, I could see that the overall impression wasn't all that favorable. So did I take what they had said and skip over this one? Not at all. The story itself was actually pretty good, even if the beginning is a bit shaky at first, and there were several moments that I was strongly reminded of the episode "Waters of Mars." The author did a splendid job keeping the characterization of Amy and the Doctor true to form, and there were some instances that actually did make me laugh out loud (which led to several strange looks from the other students in my art class.) The ending, which I won't spoil here, felt a bit rushed to me, and there were some gaps in storytelling that could have been tidied up a bit better, but overall, a good Who read.
James Albrecht did a great job narrating this book, with good timing and a solid range of emotion apparent in his voice. Best of all, he was one of the few readers of the Eleventh Doctor's stories (that I've listened to, that is) that actually got Amy's Scottish accent right! There are several accents that were prevalent throughout this story, and Albrecht did a great Scottish accent, and wasn't too far off on the majority of the American accented characters either. The only thing that really got to me though, was that while he had a very fine British accent, he didn't really pick up too many of the inflections and cadences that make Matt Smith's portrayal of the Doctor so amazing and fun. Despite that, I did find myself rather enjoying the story and performance. As a whole, I'd say that Apollo 23 was a enjoyable read/listen, especially if you're into secret bases, alien invasions, or just a bunch of Doctor Who related silliness. If I could, I'd give it 3.5 stars, however, the rating system only goes in whole numbers, it seems, so 3 stars it is.
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