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Heart achingly honest

Revisado: 02-29-24

I bought this book because it was listed in the sci-fi section and I thought it was going to be something supernatural or from aliens. I got through most of the book before I gave up on that hope.

I grew up in the world of this story. Memories were dredged up that I hadn’t thought about in 45 years or more. The author could not have written this book without also living in this world. You can’t make this stuff up.

I’m at peace with my journey and I believe the author is too. But there are many still caught in the web of Christian fundamentalism and Pentecostalism.

All said, I’m glad I listened to the book. But now I’m ready to get back to actual science fiction.

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Where's the rest ? Intro to a Doctor Who play?

Revisado: 02-04-24

It ended just as it was getting to the good part. Is there more? Was this a preview? I hope so. I'd spend one of my precious audible credits to get the rest of the book.

Not all books presented as radio plays work but this production with professional voice actors and well integrated sound effects is as the Brits say "brilliant" but in a surreal Twin Peaks way (cue fretless bass).

Speaking of the Brits, I kept wondering when I'd catch the off-in-another-room sound of a blue police box arriving with the parking brakes on. But that’s a job for next gen AI. I’m going to enjoy the overlapping mashups of my favorite science fiction characters.

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So good I didn't want it to end

Revisado: 11-22-23

Scalzi and Wheaton are perfect together. I especially love the cats and the porpoises. Wonderful audio book.

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Not his best

Revisado: 11-18-23

I've been a Kadrey fan for years but I had to force myself to get through this.

Essentially it's a script for the 90s TV series "Angel" but without David Boreanaz and the cool fight scenes, complete with a Wolfram & Hart law firm, a young lawyer inevitably imagined as Christian Kane, and a stayed-tuned-for-more cliffhanger for the sequel.

It won't stop me from reading his next book as long as it's not a collaboration. Kadrey - in my soul's bookshelves your other books sit next to those of Harlan Ellison and Neil Gaiman.

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Radio shows are back baby !!

Revisado: 08-04-22

Hilarious !!

The writing and voice acting are sensational. This "audio book" is just like an old radio show except that it is set in the 1960s.

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Scott Sigler: get over yourself !

Revisado: 07-30-22

I understand that the author started off narrating his own books because was self-publishing.

But enough already.

I'm only on the 2nd chapter of the 2nd volume in this series and I just realized that I can't do it again. And it's not just his dreadful female voice. It's all of them.

Sigler writes a decent cheap thrills page Turner. But it's not good enough to also overlook the ear-grating narrative voice.

I'm sending it back.

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Helpful for language immersion

Revisado: 06-09-22

This kind of bilingual children's story is exactly what I have been searching for. The narrator who is proficient in both languages first reads a sentence in English then again in German. You get to hear the German immediately after hearing the meaning in English so that you don't have to meticulously translate word for word but rather take it in naturally as a child does when acquiring language.

I like this because I just listen Ina relaxed state instead of trying to force the translation. After listening several times the phrases in German become more and more familiar, understandable.

I'm going to see if the author has more children's stories.

I just have one criticism - the recording quality could be better. But the existing sound quality is good enough to clearly understand the spoken text. The meter and reading speed is good.

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Nerdilicious

Revisado: 04-09-22

If you know the meaning of root kit, 42, and basic Star Trek lore then the Bobs are probably your tribe. So come on in, grab a bean bag chair in Virt, argue with a Borg drone over allowing Species 8472 into The Federation, and explore the galaxy with Bobs and friends.

The only disappointing thing is that they didn't get Wil Wheaton to narrate it but Ray Porter does a pretty good job.

Can't wait for the next Bobiverse adventure.

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Bob-tribe member

Revisado: 03-13-22

Every now a book comes along that was so good I wish I could delete it from my memory just so I could read it again for the first time. I had to settle for just reading it again before reading the new Bobiverse book.

The Bob and I could be soul mates.

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Couldn't get into it

Revisado: 02-23-22

I made it to half way through the 3rd chapter, dialogue was too whiny and not clear enough to follow well.

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