Marc Phillips

another splendid listen

Revisado: 06-13-15

I've become invested in this universe and its characters. I look forward to the next adventure.

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A stellar performance. Great production value.

Revisado: 07-22-14

Would you listen to Symposium again? Why?

Probably. If you listen at 2x, it sounds like monty python.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

I hate greek Philosophy, but was going to a forum on this particular topic. The listen was so much better then to slog through the text.

Have you listened to any of Full Cast’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have not listened to a full cast before. That being said, this one was terrific.

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Another good installment

Revisado: 07-03-14

Any additional comments?

I've enjoyed every installment of this series. I am more interested in the roset aliens than the grodoche (or however you spell either of those).

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Detailed, humorous, and believable.

Revisado: 05-31-14

If you could sum up The Martian in three words, what would they be?

I empathized with the protagonist the whole time.

What did you like best about this story?

The honesty in the face of adversity.

What about R. C. Bray’s performance did you like?

Well voiced.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

There are too many to count. I was chewing my nails and laughing hysterically (I'm sure many a passerby, while I rode my bike and started laughing, wondered what I found so funny about them).

Any additional comments?

He's on my list of authors to watch.

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It was a slow starter.

Revisado: 12-30-13

Any additional comments?

I almost gave up on it. The beginning was a bit trite. I got interested as the characters became more developed. It seems to be enders game, mixed with lord of the flies and just a touch of the hunger games thrown in. I will likely get the next one.

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Interesting read

Revisado: 12-30-13

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The narrator was OK, but couldn't really do authoritative mail voices well. I look forward to the next in the series, though I could have done without the Monarchy drivel. Fortunately it wasn't key to the book.

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Characters well crafted.

Revisado: 11-14-13

Who was your favorite character and why?

Three, of course. He evolved subtly over the book.

What about Luke Daniels’s performance did you like?

Masterful and distinctive voices. His evil characters tended to sound like meth-heads from KY, but I can deal with that.

Any additional comments?

I though I may have been tricked into a Zombie novel. The universe in question wasn't well explained, I suspect it will be in later books. There are zombie like things in there, but I bought the method they become zombies, and that wasn't really the focus.

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I enjoyed this on so many levels.

Revisado: 10-22-13

What does Simon Vance bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Simon did an excellent job of creating distinct voices for each character.

Any additional comments?

This is a very violent, foul mouthed but utterly believable book. If you are particularly offended by a disparaging look at religion, are prudish or offended by foul language, this probably isn't the book for you (if you are familiar with his work in any way, this won't come as as shock). In my view, these do not distract from the narrative, but make it more believable.

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Meh. Not bad, but not good.

Revisado: 09-27-13

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I only got this book because of the narrator, the summary didn't really appeal to me. Once the plot devices were explained, I bought in. The book started out good. It was a bit disconcerting though as it felt like the maturity level and the intelligence of the characters shifted as the point of view of the narrator changed. Not sure if that was intentional or not, but I didn't care for it. It wasn't just a "blind spot" change, it was more dramatic.

The character Wednesday started out being voiced as a highly intelligent if defiant teenage girl. When the point of view shifted to another character, she sounded like a whimpering, somewhat slow brat.

Also the motivation, at least what one could glean of it, of the bad guys seemed, to me, to be a bit shallow. The book appears to have been written with a next volume in mind. Haven't made up my mind if I'll continue the series.

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Another compelling entry in the saga

Revisado: 09-27-13

Any additional comments?

I stopped listening to another book when I saw this was out. As I've noted on the other books, it's fairly non-stop action. This one was a bit more of a cliff hanger than the other two though.

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