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Most interesting man in the world, and his mother.

Revisado: 03-10-16

Hilarious, profound, puzzling, inane, touching, tedious, and lyric, all at the same time. If you're familiar with Leyner, this is certainly Leyner-esque, but with a level of intimacy and tenderness that I haven't seen in his work before.

If you're new to his work, this is a great place to start. It's certainly an unconventional book, but please give it a chance. It doesn't really go anywhere, while simultaneously going pretty much everywhere. His writing is endlessly digressive, even rambling, but the performances by Leyner and his mother are so straightforward, that you feel as if you're listening into the interior monologue of the most interesting man in the world, and his mother.

I really, really loved it.

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give it a chance

Revisado: 09-03-15

I love Robinson's work, but had avoided this one for a while because of the poor reviews of the narration. I didn't find Sarah Zimmermans narration to be bad at all. the book is wonderful, and like much of KSR, less about a grand sci fi narrative and more of a collection of thoughtful musings by interesting people experiencing a fantastic world. what other science fiction writer would spend so much time rhapsodizing about classical music and land art?

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Beautiful

Revisado: 07-14-15

I'm a longtime fan of Robinson... and this is one of his best. It's not often I wish I could unhear a book just to have the pleasure of hearing it again. Aurora is a slow meditation on not only the physics, engineering and biology involved in space travel, but also on the psychology behind the desire to explore and escape. Really lovely writing and narration.

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give it a chance... its fascinating.

Revisado: 06-26-15

I was a bit wary from all the middling reviews- but after listening, I cannot understand why others did not enjoy this! Try to avoid too much description, because the book unfolds in such interesting ways. I kind of think that some of the other reviewers didn't finish the book... because the last half is so friggin cool!

This book reminded me less of Stevenson, and maybe more of a cross between Kim Stanley Robinson and Alastair Reynolds. A dream come true.

I suppose you could get bored, if relatively detailed discussions of orbital mechanics, genetics, space geology and a million other topics are not your cup of tea. But if that's the case, why are you looking at a Stephenson novel?

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Best heard on 1.5 speed

Revisado: 06-03-15

While the narrator does a very good job I found his pace so slow that I would lose track. This problem was solved by speeding the playback to 1.5x. Never had to do that before, but from that point on was able to become immersed in War and Peace.

I did find the narrator's British accent distracting. Is there an English Version with a Russian accented narrator?

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classic Cronenberg

Revisado: 01-08-15

Consumed is expertly narrated by William Hurt. At first, his style bothered me, as it seemed much more "dramatic" than a typical narration, but by the end, it felt as if I were listening to a radio play more than a traditional audiobook.

The story is classic Cronenberg. If you're a fan like me, this is like a grand buffet of what I've missed from his last decade of films. Unsettling, amusing, erotic, horrific and mundane, often all at the same time. If you enjoy a strange tale that unfolds in unexpected directions this does not disappoint. If you're looking for a plot that you feel "makes sense", this may not be the book for you.

My favorite line: "Have you heard of 3D philosophical tissue printing?"

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Suspenseful Summer Page Turner

Revisado: 06-26-14

An engaging story with many twists and turns, set in bucolic east coast environs. Well read too, with clear distinction between characters voices'. Wish it had been longer!

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fiction about science, not sci-fi

Revisado: 07-03-13

I want to offset some of these negative reviews, and the final book in the series was my favorite by far. This series is fiction about the lives of scientists... not science fiction. It's not action packed, not thrilling, and not exactly romantic. In particular, I found the interrelated discussions of climate science and American Transcendentalism to be utterly captivating, and truly moving.
If you want a thriller/ shoot em up, you probably shouldn't get this. If endless digressions about about hiking in the Sierras, raising children, looking at paintings by Vuillard, reading Emerson, Listening to Astor Piazzolla, and considering the carbon sink capacity of lichen covered trees in Siberia sounds interesting, than this is the book for you.

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