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Write Engaging, Natural Dialogue
- De: Rob Bignell
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 48 m
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One of the most important tools in your writing kit is dialogue. It can help develop your characters, move the plot forward, increase tension, and establish a scene’s mood. Unfortunately, sometimes novice writers write dull dialogue. Like a flat tire that slows your vehicle to a near stop, so dull dialogue can quickly bring your story to a near halt. Write Engaging, Natural Dialogue is all about helping beginning writers better understand how to pen conversations between characters. If you’ve already written a story and know the dialogue is weak, the tips in this book can help you ...
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The irony of a text about good dialogue being delivered in a stilted text to speech voice.
- De W. Wright en 05-13-24
- Write Engaging, Natural Dialogue
- De: Rob Bignell
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
The irony of a text about good dialogue being delivered in a stilted text to speech voice.
Revisado: 05-13-24
There's. lot of useful information here but it's hard to pay attention to without a human reading it. There are also a number of places where visual differences in sentence structure are discussed that are utterly lost in audio. Still worth a listen, but the presentation doesn't make it easy.
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Sundiver
- The Uplift Saga, Book 1
- De: David Brin
- Narrado por: George Wilson
- Duración: 12 h y 32 m
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For nearly a billion years, every known sentient species in the universe has been the result of genetic and cultural guidance - or "uplifting" - by a previously uplifted patron race. Then humans are discovered. Having already uplifted chimps and dolphins, humanity clearly qualifies as an intelligent species, but did they actually evolve their own intelligence, or did some mysterious patron race begin the process, then suddenly abandon Earth?
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good, but flawed
- De J Michael en 04-16-08
- Sundiver
- The Uplift Saga, Book 1
- De: David Brin
- Narrado por: George Wilson
Dated but still an important book.
Revisado: 03-08-22
The casual mysogeny and racism of the time period this was written can be hard to take, but beneath that is a very good story. The narration feels appropriate to the book, but dear holy God please edit out the wet mouth noises!
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A Closed and Common Orbit
- Wayfarers, Book 2
- De: Becky Chambers
- Narrado por: Rachel Dulude
- Duración: 11 h y 29 m
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Lovelace was once merely a ship’s artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in a new body, following a total system shutdown and reboot, she has no memory of what came before. As Lovelace learns to negotiate the universe and discover who she is, she makes friends with Pepper, an excitable engineer, who’s determined to help her learn and grow. Together, Pepper and Lovey will discover that no matter how vast space is, two people can fill it together.
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Even better than her first book!
- De Jasper en 07-07-19
- A Closed and Common Orbit
- Wayfarers, Book 2
- De: Becky Chambers
- Narrado por: Rachel Dulude
This series gets better and better@
Revisado: 01-21-22
marvelous, optimistic without being sacherine. I cant wait to start the next one! Solid science fiction and amazing characters!
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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
- Wayfarers, Book 1
- De: Becky Chambers
- Narrado por: Rachel Dulude
- Duración: 14 h y 23 m
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Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space - and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the universe - in this lighthearted debut space opera from a rising sci-fi star.
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Unbearable narrator.
- De Christian Woolley en 06-18-19
- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
- Wayfarers, Book 1
- De: Becky Chambers
- Narrado por: Rachel Dulude
Marvelous optimistic science fiction.
Revisado: 01-06-22
A great bunch of characters in an amazing world having an engaging adventure! Chambers is one of my new favorite authors and I can hardly wait to dig in to the next book in this series!
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A Psalm for the Wild-Built
- Monk & Robot, Book 1
- De: Becky Chambers
- Narrado por: Em Grosland
- Duración: 4 h y 8 m
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It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend. One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need?" is answered. But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how.
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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
- De Daniel Cascaddan en 07-15-21
- A Psalm for the Wild-Built
- Monk & Robot, Book 1
- De: Becky Chambers
- Narrado por: Em Grosland
I suddenly understand solarpunk.
Revisado: 01-06-22
Pure optimism and a look at a bright future. Exciting without fights or murders. This is an amazing little joy of a book.
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Minecraft: The Island (Narrated by Jack Black)
- An Official Minecraft Novel
- De: Max Brooks
- Narrado por: Jack Black
- Duración: 6 h y 17 m
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The first official Minecraft novel! In the tradition of iconic adventures like Robinson Crusoe and Treasure Island, the number one New York Times best-selling author of World War Z tells the story of a hero - stranded in the world of Minecraft - who must unravel the secrets of a mysterious island in order to survive.
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Max Brooks and Jack Black does it get any better..
- De Dave Norris en 07-22-17
- Minecraft: The Island (Narrated by Jack Black)
- An Official Minecraft Novel
- De: Max Brooks
- Narrado por: Jack Black
Far more fun than I thought it would be!
Revisado: 07-11-20
An absolutely absurd premise for a story actually told really well. not perfect, but fun!
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Twain’s Feast
- De: Audible Originals
- Narrado por: Nick Offerman
- Duración: 4 h y 27 m
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Mark Twain, beloved American writer, performer, and humorist, was a self-proclaimed glutton. With the help of a chef and some friends, Nick Offerman presents the story of Twain’s life through the lens of eight of Mark Twain’s favorite foods.
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Audible Recycling
- De Greg Hill en 11-17-18
- Twain’s Feast
- De: Audible Originals
- Narrado por: Nick Offerman
an unexpected treat.
Revisado: 01-16-20
there is a lot more here than food. Give it a listen and learn something new about America and one of the minds that defined it.
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The Jennifer Morgue
- A Laundry Files Novel
- De: Charles Stross
- Narrado por: Gideon Emery
- Duración: 13 h y 45 m
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Bob Howard is a special operative for the British agency called The Laundry, and his task is to stop a rogue billionaire from using an artifact, known as Gravedust, with the power to reanimate the dead. The U.S. Black Agency sends the lethal Ramona Random to aid Bob’s mission, but she seems to have a different agenda.
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Fabulous
- De Torah Cottrill en 06-18-10
- The Jennifer Morgue
- A Laundry Files Novel
- De: Charles Stross
- Narrado por: Gideon Emery
A step back from the first, but still quite good.
Revisado: 02-18-17
What made the experience of listening to The Jennifer Morgue the most enjoyable?
The combination of old school geek, supernatural action, and classic spy thriller.
What did you like best about this story?
It added some depth to the world of the laundry in a fun action filled story.
What about Gideon Emery’s performance did you like?
His gritty, almost noir delivery is not how I would have imagined these books being read at all, but I think it adds to the classic spy thriller aspect of the stories.
Any additional comments?
The second short story was a bit silly and anticlimactic. I wish it had come first so it wouldn't have taken me out of the afterglow of the main story.
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The Atrocity Archives
- A Laundry Files Novel
- De: Charles Stross
- Narrado por: Gideon Emery
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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Bob Howard is a computer-hacker desk jockey, who has more than enough trouble keeping up with the endless paperwork he has to do on a daily basis. He should never be called on to do anything remotely heroic. But for some reason, he is.
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A great techno-spy-Lovecraftian-horror-comedy
- De A reader en 02-08-10
- The Atrocity Archives
- A Laundry Files Novel
- De: Charles Stross
- Narrado por: Gideon Emery
More than I was expecting!
Revisado: 01-09-17
If you could sum up The Atrocity Archives in three words, what would they be?
Nerdy Lovecraftian Action
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Atrocity Archives?
To avoid spoiling: There is a point where things get very grim for the first time, it's a great moment and unexpected in the sudden intensity.
Have you listened to any of Gideon Emery’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
This was the first I have heard but he did a very good job.
Any additional comments?
I have been told for years that I have to read these books. I have never quite found the time for one reason or other so the audio book was perfect. A well read and well told story, I will be listening to the rest and likely will add the books to my bookshelf as well.
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Metal and Ash
- Apex, Volume 3
- De: Jake Bible
- Narrado por: Julie Hoverson
- Duración: 17 h y 26 m
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What began in the wasteland of Dead Mech, and continued alongside Europe and Asia in the Americans, now has its epic conclusion in Metal and Ash. Commander James Capreze and his team of mech pilots must no longer battle just zombies, cannibals, religious cults, and the ever dreaded dead mechs. Now, they will be put to the test by the forces of the Three, as the evil alliance bent on dominating every inch of the world attacks from two fronts, forcing Capreze to split his forces and make alliances with those he had been sworn to defeat.
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Encore
- De Marlon Sanford en 04-28-19
- Metal and Ash
- Apex, Volume 3
- De: Jake Bible
- Narrado por: Julie Hoverson
The (literally)explosive conclusion to the trilogy
Revisado: 06-30-16
If you could sum up Metal and Ash in three words, what would they be?
Non Stop Thrills
What did you like best about this story?
This story took the two very different books that came before it and brought them together in extremely satisfying ways.
Which scene was your favorite?
Without spoiling anything... there was a moment of glorious redemption that was deeply satisfying.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Again a difficult answer to make without spoilers. As invested as I was in all the characters I had learned to love, hate, or hate/love in the first two books, there were resolutions to their stories that were both uplifting and tragic.
Any additional comments?
A wonderful end to a trilogy I enjoyed very much both in reading them and then in listening to the audio books.
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