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Detective story on the space station

Revisado: 01-19-25

It was better than I remembered from my first listen. The plot is about detective story where MB is hampered by regulations but it is still somewhat engaging.

There isn’t much character development although it mentions spending time on the couch and there are the usual complaints about humans.

Kevin R. Free’s narration continues to be pitch perfect. The team that makes these versions is excellent.

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Slow, boring and preachy

Revisado: 01-13-25

Better skimmed on paper as it is almost ploddingly slow and so didactic. I did find one slightly funny part about 3 hours in.

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Funniest yet

Revisado: 05-23-24

Background info and repeated jokes are very mildly annoying but the story is slightly moving and there is more range for vocalisation.

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Okay but far too brief to be worth cost

Revisado: 02-12-24

Most of the performances are good although some of the recordings are a bit muddled. I enjoyed the second story best although the first one has a more satisfying resolution.

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Never fails to put me to sleep

Revisado: 11-04-23

Great reading of the most pompous and boring text. Even better than the interesting, but overwritten, readings.

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Liked it much better than the book

Revisado: 07-25-23

Even the credits were interesting. I got the book when it came out (in hardcover) but found it too writerly to be interesting. This production strips it down and puts it together very well.

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Absolutely the very best HHGTTG version *ever*

Revisado: 05-23-20

As someone who has listened many times to the original broadcasts (on autographed CDs), read the books and the scripts, and watched the video productions I am confident that this is the very best version of Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy ever. The recording (voices, acting, and sound effects) are better than the original. I like the script better than the original (and most of it is the same).

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One of best 2 episodes

Revisado: 02-12-18

Two all-female panels, including Vicky Corren. David is less of a jerk than usual and Henning doesn't buzz one time when he's right.

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Humph in Wonderland is the best ever

Revisado: 02-15-11

Of the 150 items I've bought from Audible (including several recordings of Clue) this is the very best ever. If you are familiar with the show then you will be delighted with it all. If you are not then there are a few jokes that you won't get in depth but still you will smile, laugh, and chortle.

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Story is good but narration is not

Revisado: 12-09-09

About the story:
I like Count Zero best of Gibson's first trilogy but MLO is the happiest of the three stories and I like it too. I've never been happy with the weaving of different characters' stories into one plot.

In case you don't know, this story depends very much on events from the first two books. CZ can be read alone but this is not a wise idea for MLO.

About the reading:
The reading of this book is enunciated with great care. But some of the words are so badly pronounced that I had to laugh. Gibson's reading of Neuromancer which clearly exposed his Southern/Cajun roots was as confusing as it was interesting. This reading is similar: foyer for example is pronounced as though it meant more foy.

The most important problem with the reading however is that Gibson's narrator often speaks for the characters using their 'voice'. In the reading the switches are inconsistent at best, and the voices and accents chosen for some of the characters are just plain jarring.

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