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Backyard Starship
- Backyard Starship, Book 1
- De: J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert
- Narrado por: Jeffrey Kafer
- Duración: 12 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,040
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,485
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,475
When Van Tudor returns to his childhood home, he inherits more than the family farm. His grandfather used to tell him fantastic stories of spacemen and monsters, princesses and galactic knights. Little did Van realize, the old man's tales were more than fiction; they were real. Hidden beneath the old barn, Van’s legacy is waiting: a starship, not of this world. With his combat AI, an android bird named Perry, Van takes his first steps into the wider galaxy. He soon finds that space is far busier and more dangerous than he could have ever conceived.
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5 out of 5 stars
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holy smokes
- De Tod en 12-14-21
- Backyard Starship
- Backyard Starship, Book 1
- De: J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert
- Narrado por: Jeffrey Kafer
What a hoot!
Revisado: 04-21-22
A pandemic day passed in a flash as I listened to this entertaining book. Lots of fun!
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Space Academy Dropouts
- Space Academy, Book 1
- De: C.T. Phipps, Michael Suttkus
- Narrado por: Jeffrey Kafer
- Duración: 8 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 431
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 384
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 384
The newly renamed Vance Turbo has sabotaged his own career at Space Fleet Academy due to a desire to atone for a training accident. Unfortunately, his actions result in him getting press-ganged into an expendable crew of misfits recruited by a legendary starship captain. Their mission? To recover a collection of lost sun-destroying missiles that could restart a galactic war. Unfortunately, Vance is smart enough to know something is wrong with this picture. After all, no sane person would recruit this crew to save the universe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun, entertaining, adventurous!
- De Montzalee Wittmann en 04-15-22
- Space Academy Dropouts
- Space Academy, Book 1
- De: C.T. Phipps, Michael Suttkus
- Narrado por: Jeffrey Kafer
What a ride!
Revisado: 04-20-22
I particularly enjoyed the not-so-subtle references to classic science fiction. It was fun!
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The Water Knife
- De: Paolo Bacigalupi
- Narrado por: Almarie Guerra
- Duración: 14 h y 1 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 4,022
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,618
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 3,610
In the American Southwest, Nevada, Arizona, and California skirmish for dwindling shares of the Colorado River. Into the fray steps Angel Velasquez, detective, leg breaker, assassin, and spy. A Las Vegas water knife, Angel "cuts" water for his boss, Catherine Case, ensuring that her lush, luxurious arcology developments can bloom in the desert, so the rich can stay wet while the poor get nothing but dust.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The fight for water in a drought fueled apocalypse
- De Lore en 09-24-15
- The Water Knife
- De: Paolo Bacigalupi
- Narrado por: Almarie Guerra
Narrator Needs Better Editor
Revisado: 09-27-15
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Although the narrator's voice was pleasant and pronounced Spanish correctly, she made some howling mispronunciations of English words, e.g., "Wished he could have wownded him."
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Neanderthal Man
- In Search of Lost Genomes
- De: Svante Pääbo
- Narrado por: Dennis Holland
- Duración: 10 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 781
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 692
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 696
A preeminent geneticist hunts the Neanderthal genome to answer the biggest question of them all: what does it mean to be human? What can we learn from the genes of our closest evolutionary relatives? Neanderthal Man tells the story of geneticist Svante Pbo’s mission to answer that question, beginning with the study of DNA in Egyptian mummies in the early 1980s and culminating in his sequencing of the Neanderthal genome in 2009.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent science tale
- De Neuron en 01-19-15
- Neanderthal Man
- In Search of Lost Genomes
- De: Svante Pääbo
- Narrado por: Dennis Holland
Don't listen to this if you are sleepy!
Revisado: 08-16-15
Any additional comments?
Seriously, the technical nature of the discussion makes it slow-going at times. He does repeat the definitions of important terms throughout, but moments of inattention can give rise to those dreaded, "What did I miss?" moments. I particularly enjoyed his stories of the competition among researchers, the race for equipment and samples, the times he felt like crying. I suppose the author could be a jerk at times, but mostly he is just human. And that is what he is exploring, "What is human?"
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The Blade Itself
- The First Law: Book One
- De: Joe Abercrombie
- Narrado por: Steven Pacey
- Duración: 22 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,177
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7,695
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7,701
Inquisitor Glokta, a crippled and bitter relic of the last war, former fencing champion turned torturer, is trapped in a twisted and broken body - not that he allows it to distract him from his daily routine of torturing smugglers.Nobleman, dashing officer and would-be fencing champion Captain Jezal dan Luthar is living a life of ease by cheating his friends at cards. Vain and shallow, the biggest blot on his horizon is having to get out of bed in the morning to train with obsessive and boring old men.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Violent, Ironic, and Absorbing Epic Fantasy Noir
- De Jefferson en 01-30-13
- The Blade Itself
- The First Law: Book One
- De: Joe Abercrombie
- Narrado por: Steven Pacey
Amazing Narrator Equal to Terrific Yarn
Revisado: 08-06-11
Imagine a book read by Alan Cumming, John Gielgud, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman. . . well that's the idea. Each of the characters has an accent appropriate to his birthplace and status. He is spot-on and consistent. What a delight!
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War and Peace
- De: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrado por: Walter Zimmerman
- Duración: 63 h y 33 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 334
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 83
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 86
Leo Tolstoy's sweeping epic describes Russia between 1805 and 1820, centering on the 1812 invasion of Napoleon's army and the Russian resistance to it. The novel has over 500 characters, all carefully rendered, who cover every social level from the nobility to the peasantry. The main characters include Natasha Rostova, Prince Andrey Bolkonsky, and Pierre Bezukhov, all of whom progress from youthful uncertainties toward maturity. Tolstoy himself was born 16 years after the invasion and grew up in a Russia that was still recovering from the carnage.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Relieved that it's finally over
- De Terry en 05-27-03
- War and Peace
- De: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrado por: Walter Zimmerman
Good Russian Pronunciation
Revisado: 05-06-05
I speak Russian, so was not going to buy the book if I couldn't stand to hear the Russian mangled. I was pleasantly surprised at Zimmerman's pronunciation of all names and Russian terms. It turned out to be well worth the investment in time and CDs.
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Darwin's Radio
- De: Greg Bear
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 5 h y 15 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 89
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 28
On February 12, 1809, Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury. His theory of Natural Selection, as detailed in The Origin of Species, is one of the most debated in history. Darwin's Radio puts Natural Selection on trial, examining how the discovery of concealed remains in a mass grave in Russia forced top scientists to question everything they believed about human origins.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Provocative
- De Andie en 01-28-04
- Darwin's Radio
- De: Greg Bear
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
Fascinating concept, Great reading
Revisado: 08-13-04
I loved the unabridged Book on Tape version, so I bought this to refresh my memory before listening to Darwin's Children. I agree that it is greatly abridged, but it was well done. My daughter absolutely devoured it. And the reader, Stefan Rudniki, is fabulous, even better than the very good reader of the original.
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Darwin's Radio
- De: Greg Bear
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 5 h y 16 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 27
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 27
The discovery of concealed remains in a mass grave in Russia forces top scientists to question everything they believed about human origins. For molecular biologist Kaye Lang and "virus hunter" Christopher Dicken, it means pursuing a mysterious flu-like disease that has been dormant for millions of years—and is now coming back to life. With the world threatened by a deadly epidemic, they must solve an elusive puzzle and find a way to prevent the next terrifying step in evolution.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Provocative
- De Andie en 01-28-04
- Darwin's Radio
- De: Greg Bear
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
Fascinating concept, Great reading
Revisado: 08-13-04
I loved the unabridged Book on Tape version, so I bought this to refresh my memory before listening to Darwin's Children. I agree that it is greatly abridged, but it was well done. My daughter absolutely devoured it. And the reader, Stefan Rudniki, is fabulous, even better than the very good reader of the original.
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Luck in the Shadows
- Nightrunner, Book 1
- De: Lynn Flewelling
- Narrado por: Raymond Todd
- Duración: 18 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,081
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 693
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 697
Spy, rogue, thief, and noble, Seregil of Rhiminee is many things, none of them predictable. And when he offers to take on Alec as his apprentice, things may never be the same for either of them. Soon Alec is traveling roads he never knew existed, toward a war he never suspected was brewing. Before long he and Seregil are embroiled in a sinister plot that runs deeper than either can imagine and that may cost them far more than their lives if they fail. But fortune is as unpredictable as Alec's new mentor.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic Series! Homophobes, shut up!
- De Ted en 09-23-11
- Luck in the Shadows
- Nightrunner, Book 1
- De: Lynn Flewelling
- Narrado por: Raymond Todd
Deserved a Better Reader
Revisado: 08-13-04
The tale in entertaining and the characters engaging, but the reader is not one of the best. He mispronounced or misread many words, e.g. "kway" for quay, and "harrassing the horses" before setting off. Some references to same-gender sex and love presented in a matter-of-fact manner.
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Master and Commander
- Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 1
- De: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrado por: Patrick Tull
- Duración: 16 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7,418
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,819
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,789
This, the first in the splendid series of Jack Aubrey novels, establishes the friendship between Captain Aubrey, Royal Navy, and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, against the thrilling backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. Details of life aboard a man-of-war in Nelson's navy are faultlessly rendered: the conversational idiom of the officers in the ward room and the men on the lower deck, the food, the floggings, the mysteries of the wind and the rigging, and the road of broadsides as the great ships close in battle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Choice of Narrators
- De Frank R. Adams en 04-23-10
- Master and Commander
- Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 1
- De: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrado por: Patrick Tull
Superb Adventure, Interesting Characters
Revisado: 01-08-04
I heard this book on tape and am thrilled that it is now available from Audible. O'Brian's characters are truly that, fully rounded human beings, whose faults are viewed as candidly as their virtues. The adventures are based on actual events during the Napoleonic Wars, and the author brings them to life with his portrayal of the telling details and the sweeping political events. The narrator's gritty voice, rather like that of an old salt, adds to the tale well told.
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