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Childhood's End
- De: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrado por: Eric Michael Summerer, Robert J. Sawyer - introduction
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,867
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,239
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,291
The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city - intellectually, technologically, and militarily superior to humankind. Benevolent, they made few demands: unify earth, eliminate poverty, and end war. With little rebellion, humankind agreed, and a golden age began.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Food for Thought
- De Kindle Customer en 11-17-08
- Childhood's End
- De: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrado por: Eric Michael Summerer, Robert J. Sawyer - introduction
Who Inherits the Earth?
Revisado: 07-01-18
Very imaginative story, a bit slow at the beginning but it earned its 4th star as it went on. I would recommend the read, just be ready to slide back a bit when you stop to clarify. The last 1/3 of the book is my favorite, I couldn't catch my breath. Don't want to add any spoilers. The Narrator has a bit of a hard time with the spread of character voices..
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The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
- A Novel
- De: Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland
- Narrado por: Laurence Bouvard, Shelley Atkinson, Laural Merlington, y otros
- Duración: 24 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 9,524
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,650
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 8,632
From best-selling author Neal Stephenson and critically acclaimed historical and contemporary commercial novelist Nicole Galland comes a captivating and complex near-future thriller combining history, science, magic, mystery, intrigue, and adventure that questions the very foundations of the modern world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Exceptional voice cast, unconventional format
- De Jesse en 07-03-17
- The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
- A Novel
- De: Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland
- Narrado por: Laurence Bouvard, Shelley Atkinson, Laural Merlington, Joe Barrett, Will Damron, Luke Daniels
Pay Attention Folks You are in for Quite a Ride!!
Revisado: 02-23-18
What did you love best about The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.?
The non-stop action. The crystal clear dialogue, at least for me I never got lost. The little nuggets of humor sprinkled here and there. Don't miss those!
What about the narrators’s performance did you like?
Perfect Narration.!
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
D.O.D.O. Not an Extinct Bird - A Bewitching Ball of Fire
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Gilgamesh
- A New English Version
- De: Stephen Mitchell - translator
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 4 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,093
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,375
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,366
This brilliant new treatment of the world's oldest epic is a literary event on par with Seamus Heaney's wildly popular Beowulf translation. Esteemed translator and best-selling author Stephen Mitchell energizes a heroic tale so old it predates Homer's Iliad by more than a millennium.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A defense of this "translation"
- De George en 07-16-08
- Gilgamesh
- A New English Version
- De: Stephen Mitchell - translator
- Narrado por: George Guidall
GREAT OLD STORY
Revisado: 02-23-18
What made the experience of listening to Gilgamesh the most enjoyable?
The Narrator's Great performance of a very very old story. Unabridged is the only way to go.
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Stoner
- De: John Williams
- Narrado por: Robin Field
- Duración: 9 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,731
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,211
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,201
William Stoner is born at the end of the 19th century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming family. Sent to the state university to study agronomy, he instead falls in love with English literature and embraces a scholar's life, far different from the hardscrabble existence he has known. And yet as the years pass, Stoner encounters a succession of disappointments.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A story of sadness and serenity
- De Anton en 10-13-12
- Stoner
- De: John Williams
- Narrado por: Robin Field
Even a Mediocre Life can be Well Lived
Revisado: 02-23-18
If you could sum up Stoner in three words, what would they be?
Expectations and choices life
Which character – as performed by Robin Field – was your favorite?
Stoner
Any additional comments?
This is so close to real life. How so much of our life is controlled by the choices and desires of others. Every happy thing was taken from Stoner because of hatred of him by others.
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Waterloo
- The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles
- De: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrado por: Bernard Cornwell, Dugald Bruce Lockhart
- Duración: 8 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,038
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,732
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,720
From the New York Times best-selling author comes the definitive history of one of the greatest battles ever fought - a riveting nonfiction chronicle published to commemorate the two-hundredth anniversary of Napoleon's last stand.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not a close run thing!
- De carl801 en 05-13-15
- Waterloo
- The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles
- De: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrado por: Bernard Cornwell, Dugald Bruce Lockhart
Great Historical Battle!!
Revisado: 02-23-18
What did you love best about Waterloo?
It gives you everything you want to know in a way you want to know it. BUT you must want to learn about Historical battles.
Would you recommend Waterloo to your friends? Why or why not?
Sure....High School or Collage kids should learn from this book. Not a text book.
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The Accidental Alchemist
- De: Gigi Pandian
- Narrado por: Julia Motyka
- Duración: 9 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,518
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7,757
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 7,730
Unpacking her belongings in her new hometown of Portland, Oregon, herbalist and reformed alchemist Zoe Faust can't help but notice she's picked up a stowaway. Dorian Robert-Houdin is a living, breathing three-and-half-foot gargoyle - not to mention a master of French cuisine - and he needs Zoe's expertise to decipher a centuries-old text. Zoe, who's trying to put her old life behind her, isn't so sure she wants to reopen her alchemical past... until the dead man on her porch leaves her no choice.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Brixton ruined this for me.
- De Meep en 02-05-17
- The Accidental Alchemist
- De: Gigi Pandian
- Narrado por: Julia Motyka
I Want a Gargoyale !!!
Revisado: 04-28-17
If you could sum up The Accidental Alchemist in three words, what would they be?
Couldn't Stop Listening
Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
I was always waiting to see what Dorian Robert-Houdin, the gargoyle was going to cook, or say or do. He had a spot on wit.
What about Julia Motyka’s performance did you like?
She had her characters down perfect!!
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
When Dorian started to show symptoms of his illness.
Any additional comments?
I bought the other 2 in the series before I finished this one.
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The Android's Dream
- De: John Scalzi
- Narrado por: Wil Wheaton
- Duración: 10 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 12,822
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11,588
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11,575
A human diplomat creates an interstellar incident when he kills an alien diplomat in a most unusual way. To avoid war, Earth's government must find an equally unusual object: A type of sheep ("The Android's Dream"), used in the alien race's coronation ceremony. To find the sheep, the government turns to Harry Creek, ex-cop, war hero and hacker extraordinaire.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Covertly flatulent Scifi at it's best!
- De DAVID en 11-12-11
- The Android's Dream
- De: John Scalzi
- Narrado por: Wil Wheaton
What is Going On!!
Revisado: 04-28-17
Any additional comments?
I love Wil Wheaton but I did not like him as a narrator in the book. He had difficulty adjusting his voice for each character so i never knew who was talking. With the very complex plot that meant being lost most of the time. If I had a paper copy to follow along it might have been fun. This is how my experience was. Others might enjoy it, it is definitely complex scy-fy.
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The Finest Hours
- The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Most Daring Sea Rescue
- De: Michael J. Tougias, Casey Sherman
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 5 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,788
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,517
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,520
In the winter of 1952, New England was battered by the most brutal nor’easter in years. As the weather wreaked havoc on land, the freezing Atlantic became a wind-whipped zone of peril, setting the stage for one of the most heroic rescue stories ever lived. On February 18, while the storm raged, two oil tankers, the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer, were in the same horrifying predicament. Built with “dirty steel,” and not prepared to withstand such ferocious seas, both tankers split in two, leaving the dozens of men on board utterly at the Atlantic’s mercy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Two Times Terrific!
- De Carole T. en 01-31-16
- The Finest Hours
- The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Most Daring Sea Rescue
- De: Michael J. Tougias, Casey Sherman
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
The Finest Hours of Listening
Revisado: 03-07-17
Where does The Finest Hours rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Near the VERY TOP
Any additional comments?
I could not listen fast enough. I was out of breath during the storms and rescue. I was angry when the reason the ships split was man's greed. Our hero's are too soon forgotten and man's greed carries on and on. Everyone should ignore the movie and read or listen to this Book.
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Simon Says: Tips for the Intrepid Time Traveler
- The CHRONOS Files, Book 3.5
- De: Rysa Walker
- Narrado por: Nick Podehl
- Duración: 2 h y 36 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 294
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 265
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 265
Simon Rand's life isn't exactly linear, but he's okay with that. He was older than his mother when they first met, and he's traveled pretty much everywhere the CHRONOS key can take him. Much of his childhood was spent in the 1890s on the Cyrist Farm with his friend, Kiernan Dunne, but summer vacations meant hanging out with his grandfather in the 2020s, training to be Saul Rand's right-hand man, and fixing bits of history to help build Cyrist International.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I hate Simon a little less...
- De Hannah en 05-26-16
- Simon Says: Tips for the Intrepid Time Traveler
- The CHRONOS Files, Book 3.5
- De: Rysa Walker
- Narrado por: Nick Podehl
A Peak at Simon
Revisado: 03-07-17
Any additional comments?
Simon is a bit of a mystery in the entire book series. Is he good or evil? Will he kill you or save your life? This is the Novella you read at the end of your journey that lets you in on the story of Simon.
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Time's Echo
- A CHRONOS Files Novella
- De: Rysa Walker
- Narrado por: Nick Podehl
- Duración: 3 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,007
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 924
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 921
Kiernan Dunne abandoned his family ties to help Kate fight the Cyrists, and he's never regretted that for one moment. But he doesn't understand why Kate can't remember that night in 1893 Chicago, when she turned back to face the killer chasing them through the smoky corridors of the World's Fair Hotel. Kate placed the CHRONOS key around his neck and made his eight-year-old self promise to wear it always, and that's a promise Kiernan has never broken.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Skip the Novella and Read Book #2
- De Andrea Luhman en 02-05-15
- Time's Echo
- A CHRONOS Files Novella
- De: Rysa Walker
- Narrado por: Nick Podehl
Timing if Off
Revisado: 03-07-17
What made the experience of listening to Time's Echo the most enjoyable?
This is a 1.5 Novella which is Kiernan Dunn filling in some blanks in the story line.
Who was your favorite character and why?
In this book none they are a family
Have you listened to any of Nick Podehl’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I do not know if I have, but I did not enjoy him. His performance of Kiernan Dunn was off. In the main books Kiernan Dunn has a thick lovely Irish Brogue. You cannot hear it at all in the Novellas read by Nick.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Running out of TIme
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