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Leviathan Wakes
- De: James S. A. Corey
- Narrado por: Jefferson Mays
- Duración: 20 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 32,765
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 29,209
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29,129
From a New York Times best-selling and Hugo award-winning author comes a modern masterwork of science fiction, introducing a captain, his crew, and a detective as they unravel a horrifying solar system wide conspiracy that begins with a single missing girl. Humanity has colonized the solar system - Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond - but the stars are still out of our reach. Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Started a love affair with hard sci fi
- De NH en 07-30-17
- Leviathan Wakes
- De: James S. A. Corey
- Narrado por: Jefferson Mays
A true sci fi classic and a narrative triumph
Revisado: 03-20-24
Miller. Holden. Naomi. Alex. Amos. Juliet Andromeda Mao. One understands instantly how this story and these characters became a sci fi classic. Fast moving, full of twists, turns, five G burns and unlikely heroism, Corey never drops back down the gravity well until the very end.
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Champion of the World
- De: Chad Dundas
- Narrado por: Kevin Kenerly
- Duración: 13 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 70
Late summer, 1921. Disgraced former lightweight champion Pepper Van Dean has spent the past two years on the carnival circuit performing the dangerous "hangman's drop" and taking on all comers in nightly challenge bouts. But when he and his cardsharp wife, Moira, are marooned in the wilds of Oregon, Pepper accepts an offer to return to the world of wrestling as a trainer for Garfield Taft, a down-and-out African American heavyweight contender in search of a comeback and a shot at the world title.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book!
- De Alexis Pappas en 07-28-16
- Champion of the World
- De: Chad Dundas
- Narrado por: Kevin Kenerly
Rich prose and gripping storytelling
Revisado: 09-12-16
Vivid description and compelling characters fuel this gritty tale. One finds oneself rooting for Pepper Van Dean and the Jack Johnson-inspired wrestler Garfield Taft. References to historical figures like Martin "Farmer" Burns and Frank Gotch and carefully researched references to food of the day, Prohibition and carnival culture anchor its fascinating historical flavor. Chad Dundas takes advantage of his career covering mixed martial arts as a journalist to offer lucid and realistic play-by-play of the wrestling and fighting scenes, which I really appreciated. Along with some surprising twists and turns, the characters are fleshed out in flashbacks that are paced well, offering just enough information to keep the story moving. Excellent, excellent read. I would have preferred print but the reader does a fairly excellent job establishing a voice for most characters- some lines just would have sounded different in my head. I finished it in about a week.
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