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COMPLAINTS TO AUDIBLE

Revisado: 12-02-24

1. Business practice: I had placed this recording in my library, after which you changed its status and decided to charge me.
2. Defective recording: The recording itself has so many flaws that parts are hard to follow. Many repeated sections. Try listening to the Kris’s duel. I downloaded this twice and the errors were the same.

None of these are author’s or performer’s fault.

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Good but not as great as either author’s best work

Revisado: 07-04-24

It was fascinating to experience the work of two such talented authors. Unfortunately, because of Crichton’s death, their work occurred serially rather than in parallel.

Much that could be exciting occurs, and the novel is moderately successful in this regard.

However, the scope of plot has substantial limitations. The central weakness is that the core element of the plot, which is geological, necessarily progresses in such a predictable and inevitable way, allowing the authors only to dance around the subplots involving human nature and its approach to group problem solving (i.e., politics).

Crichton’s typically strict approach to fundamental scientific accuracy has become a bit blurred in this book. The rationale for a lone volcano potentially leading to the end of virtually all life on earth is flawed and unsatisfying. Moreover, the idea of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is unrealistic, overblown, and even a bit laughable.

The narration is good, but is not the best I’ve heard. The narrator is just that, a narrator. He has few flaws in technique and pronunciation, but he fails to give characters different voices or personalities and adds less to the text than many actor/narrators.

I miss Chricht

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Great mid-20th century SciFi Novel

Revisado: 01-27-23

A classic plot and themes that have echoed forward to many, more recently published science fiction novels. Part of the appeal of this particular book for me lies in the fact that I was a child in the 1950’s and lived in the world described. Dick’s writing style may seem too simple and straightforward for some, but I like that style and the rectilinear unfolding of events. Definitely recommended for fans of “classic” or early modern science fiction.

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At first, sounds loud and trite,

Revisado: 11-07-21

But the further you read, the greater the amusement, shock value, and allegory combine into an unusually piquant literary experience. Basically, I liked it a lot.

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Minor Departure from Reality; Impressive Speculations

Revisado: 06-06-20

What could arise from a dream containing 108 points of “future history?” A whole lot, it turns out, in this readable but not overly simple novel with an appropriate division of cogitation and action. The storyline is sufficiently compelling to maintain the reader’s interest from beginning to end. One wonders about the author’s interest in a sequel.

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Book for “young adults”

Revisado: 05-06-20

Pleasant storyline.

Rather obvious vocabulary placement. This book might help someone about to take the SAT.

However, many important aspects of the novelist’s craft are absent.

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