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Blood Boiling Narrative, But Can You Trust It?

Total
4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
1 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 02-03-25

While I want to believe everything Mr. Kennedy is presenting, I'm not certain if it can be 100% trusted simply because Skyhorse Publishing decided to slow the narration speed by almost 20%. I don't know if they earn extra based upon book length, but you can shave 5 hours off this title by listening at 1.20x and it will sound normal.

If they are willing to mislead the public on something as simple as book length, then how can I fully trust the content of the book?

Sorry to knock starts for "performance", but don't know any other way to highlight this exploitation of the listener's time and money.

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Solid Collection of Stories and Enjoyable Listen

Total
4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 12-19-23

First and foremost, the narrators do a superb job of telling each story.

As for the stories themselves, there is something to appeal to every fan of SF & Fantasy. Some, such as 'Death and the Taxman', I find exceptionally entertaining. Others, like 'Kitsune', simply do not resonate with me. Even so, the writing and craft is solid for each story presented here.

Along with the stories and articles, you also get a PDF with the winners of the Illustrators of The Future contest.

There is a lot of content in this volume and it is easily recommendable.

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Fantastic Story, Poor Casting for Narration

Total
2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
1 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 03-13-23

Weis and Hickman created an amazing epic fantasy within Chronicles and Legends. I've enjoyed these stories since my youth in the 80's and was elated when I discovered Audible produced audiobook versions. Unfortunately, the choice of narrator is not a good fit for this story.

I think Mr. Norman is a fine narrator and appreciate that he does not attempt voice acting for the different characters. However, his tone is not a good fit for this type of tale. He has the type of voice that is great for a first person point of view protagonist such as Harry Dresden or Peter Parker. The sound of his voice is quite sardonic and does not fit within this type of fantasy tale.

Then there are some misspoken or oddly pronounced names. His first pronunciation of Majere comes out as "mah-joor", but then is the more natural Majere the rest of the time. While his pronunciation of Tasselhoff is fine, in the same paragraph when Norman reads 'Tas' he says it as 'Toz'. And at one point he called Sturm Brightblade . . . Strum.

While the story itself is fantastic and I will always recommend this in book form, I'm afraid I can not recommend anyone listen to this audio production.

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