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The City & The City
- De: China Mieville
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 10 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,617
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,022
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,026
When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borl ú of the Extreme Crime Squad. But as he investigates, the evidence points to conspiracies far stranger and more deadly than anything he could have imagined. Borl must travel from the decaying Beszel to the only metropolis on Earth as strange as his own.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Reviews, Dishonesty and The Emperor's New Clothes
- De Robert en 01-27-13
- The City & The City
- De: China Mieville
- Narrado por: John Lee
Interesting, weird police procedural
Revisado: 08-16-09
Except for a strange and imperfectly-implemented sci-fi twist, it's a good noir cop story, with good characters and good narration. The sci-fi part, or maybe it's fantasy, is so subtle at first that it's hard to follow even though, or maybe because, all the characters understand perfectly. The ultimate explanation for the sci-fi part isn't especially believable, and it's hard to understand. The story is complex and hard to follow in audio; had I known, I probably would have read this rather than listening to it.
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Swords Against Death
- The Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
- De: Fritz Leiber
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis, Neil Gaiman (introduction)
- Duración: 9 h y 27 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 784
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 545
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 550
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser journey from the ancient city of Lankhmar, searching for a little adventure and debauchery to ease their broken hearts. When a stranger challenges them to find and fight Death on the Bleak Shore, they battle demonic birds, living mountains, and evil monks on the way to their heroic fate.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Delicious Prose, Ironic Vision, & a Fun Odd Couple
- De Jefferson en 12-31-13
- Swords Against Death
- The Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
- De: Fritz Leiber
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis, Neil Gaiman (introduction)
Unexceptional sword-and-sorcery fantasy
Revisado: 01-16-09
Fun, and it's supposed to be a classic, but the standards of the genre are low enough that only the best is even tolerable. I might pick up another one when stranded in an airport or some such, but I won't seek it out.
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Grass for His Pillow
- Tales of the Otori, Book Two
- De: Lian Hearn
- Narrado por: Kevin Gray, Aiko Nakasone
- Duración: 9 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,814
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,596
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,597
The exhilerating tale of Takeo continues in book II of the internationally best-selling Tales of the Otori trilogy, a sweeping saga set in a mythical, medieval Japan.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good book. First one was better
- De RacerX en 03-10-04
- Grass for His Pillow
- Tales of the Otori, Book Two
- De: Lian Hearn
- Narrado por: Kevin Gray, Aiko Nakasone
A poor follow-up
Revisado: 11-01-07
The first book in the series was okay, although it was roughly split between being an epic adventure (which I would have liked) and an historical romance (which at least I could have avoided.) This book, however, was neither; the first two-thirds (which was all I finished) was the incessant set-up for a complex story that clearly would not be completed in this book. This should have been about three chapters at the beginning of the substantive story. Good characters, and glimpses of an interesting story, but it needed ruthless editing, which it didn't get.
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Across the Nightingale Floor
- Tales of the Otori, Book One
- De: Lian Hearn
- Narrado por: Kevin Gray, Aiko Nakasone
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,327
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,296
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,315
A tour-de-force novel set in ancient Japan filled with passion, fantasy, and feuding warlords. The first volume in the highly anticipated Tales of the Otori trilogy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful epic story
- De Jody R. Nathan en 10-04-03
- Across the Nightingale Floor
- Tales of the Otori, Book One
- De: Lian Hearn
- Narrado por: Kevin Gray, Aiko Nakasone
A little to please everyone, not enough for anyone
Revisado: 11-01-07
Interesting characters, and a good story. But it waffles between being an entertaining escapist yarn involving samurai and mystic ninjas and political intrigue, and a dull historical romance about two star-crossed lovers fighting the cruel bonds of blah blah blah. In audio, it's much harder to skim over the dull bits.
The second book in the series switches almost entirely to dull historical romance. I think. I didn't finish it when nothing happened in the first two-thirds of the book.
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