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Altered Carbon
- De: Richard K. Morgan
- Narrado por: Todd McLaren
- Duración: 17 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 15,508
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 12,655
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 12,643
In the 25th century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. Now, assuming one can afford the expensive procedure, a person's consciousness can be stored in a cortical stack at the base of the brain and easily downloaded into a new body (or "sleeve") making death nothing more than a minor blip on a screen.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Altered Carbon
- De Jake Williams en 09-22-07
- Altered Carbon
- De: Richard K. Morgan
- Narrado por: Todd McLaren
Mr. Burns?
Revisado: 10-17-14
Overall enjoyed the book and the narrator; however, the voice selected for Mr. Bancroft sounded so much like Mr. Burns that it was distracting.
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Lock In (Narrated by Wil Wheaton)
- De: John Scalzi
- Narrado por: Wil Wheaton
- Duración: 9 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 17,375
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 15,967
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 15,937
Not too long from today, a new, highly contagious virus makes its way across the globe. Most who get sick experience nothing worse than flu, fever, and headaches. But for the unlucky one percent - and nearly five million souls in the United States alone - the disease causes "Lock In": Victims fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus. The disease affects young, old, rich, poor, people of every color and creed. The world changes to meet the challenge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun! Things you might want to know:
- De Alexis en 08-29-14
- Lock In (Narrated by Wil Wheaton)
- De: John Scalzi
- Narrado por: Wil Wheaton
Meh
Revisado: 10-01-14
Scalzi creates a world with lots of opportunities but sadly fails to explore them. FBI Agent Shane's relationship with his father is a point of potential conflict that never evolves it's just window dressing. Generally speaking none of the relationships in the book evolve and the characters are one dimensional. Shane is polite and understanding and diligent and...that's it.
Agent Vann's history dovetails nicely with the main driver of the books plot to the point that she could possibly end up one of the bad guys, but nothing ever comes of this potential. Don't worry I'm not spoiling anything there it is literally never even alluded to in the book.
The motivation of the antagonists while understandable is somewhat hamfisted. They possess the ability and the means to do so much more than they actually do and end up defeated with relative ease once the heroes figure things out.
There a just a lot of holes in the book that could have been resolved had it been longer. For example Agent Shane receives some vital information and for some reason ends up fighting with the shadowy individual that delivers it. Why? Who sent the information? Why fight with the guy you are giving the information to? We never find out and the information Agent Shane receives leads to a vital breakthrough in the case.
Overall this book creates an interesting world, but doesn't do it justice.
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