Christopher Licata

Full of promise which materializes as complete disappointment and you paid for to boot!

Revisado: 09-26-18

DO NOT WASTE A CENT ON THIS BOOK. What an opportunity... finally someone with actual daily access to Adolph Hitler and his top generals. What a major disappointment THERE IS NOTHING OF SUBSTANCE HERE WHATSOEVER. To make matters worse it stops in 1942 at the last days of Operation Barbarossa. It’s sad when you can say the narrator was the best part of the book. Was the rest of the war that consuming for the Germans? Did the author suddenly die? Was his tour of duty over and he went home? Was he paralyzed with despair? We will never know.... what we do know is the rest of WWII on for 2 1/2 more years, we won and the author apparently could not find a pencil. AVOID THIS BOOK LIKE A DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE.

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A Classic Only Made Better By Dramatization

Revisado: 09-21-17

Would you consider the audio edition of The Foundation Trilogy (Dramatized) to be better than the print version?

Absolutely. Very vibrant. You felt like you were right along side the characters. A great set of voice talents

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

The parts concerning the Mule and when the story "broke away" from the actual incidents and you were able to listen to Second Foundation scientists talk about The Seldon Plan in a very dispassionate way in stark contrast to actual events.

Any additional comments?

I only wish it was longer!

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Forced Myself To Finish IT

Revisado: 09-21-17

Would you try another book from D. F. Jones and/or P.J. Ochlan?

Yes. I read this book and the other parts of the Colossus trilogy many years ago. They were all good reads.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

I would not have changed the story.

How could the performance have been better?

Change THE NARRATOR. His reading of the US President was particularly irritating. He made him sound like some 1950s Chairman of the Board "Buy!!!! Sell!!!! Get it done NOW!!!! Get out of here!!!" I expected much more than trite characterizations. Forbin himself was portrayed as very "whinney" - an unexpected portrayal for a scientist who creates a world dominating supercomputer - perplexed maybe, horrified certainly, whinney not at all.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Colossus?

The part where Cleo steps out of the shower. A good story point but, entirely too much time on it.

Any additional comments?

I enjoyed this story in the following scale of decreasing enjoyment - loved the book, really liked the movie (now a low budget cult fav), barely able to finish the audio.

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Narrator killed this book for me

Revisado: 01-01-16

The narrator of this book is horrible. He sounded very sleepy and at times parental and condescending. Bart Eherman should have narrated this. He is a great speaker

The book itself takes QUITE A FEW CHAPTERS before it hits its stride but at times feels like "homework". Unhappy with the this purchase.

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