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Lost Contact
- The Bridge Sequence, Book 1
- De: Nathan Hystad
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 9 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,662
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,491
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,486
Rex Walker always wanted to be like his father: a daring, adventurous man, traveling the world in pursuit of mysterious relics. While teaching anthropology at a Boston college, Rex attempts to bury the past, until he discovers a hidden clue he can’t ignore. With the help of a former student, he teams up with an alien-obsessed billionaire, and they search for the fabled Bridge. As an unidentified object nears Pluto, speculation surges. Some hail it as the homecoming of a distant alien race, and this cult is unwavering in their efforts to usher our world into a new era.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Interesting premise but poor execution
- De Colin H. en 05-12-21
- Lost Contact
- The Bridge Sequence, Book 1
- De: Nathan Hystad
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
Indiana Jones +Lara Croft = Meh
Revisado: 01-12-22
I wanted to like this title. Initially, I decided that it had been edited with a heavy hand, and that was the reason for the quantum leaps to story points and missing connections, but as I listened farther, I can't stick with that. It's far too easy for our heroes to find their treasures, the treasure hunts are made to sound no more difficult than a trip to Starbucks, and the twists are fairly obvious. In the end, I just feel dumb for sticking with this title instead of returning.
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Red Metal
- De: Mark Greaney, Lieutenant Colonel Hunter Ripley Rawlings IV - USMC
- Narrado por: Marc Vietor
- Duración: 21 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,822
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,085
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,041
A desperate Kremlin takes advantage of a military crisis in Asia to simultaneously strike into Western Europe and invade east Africa in a bid to occupy three rare Earth mineral mines that will give Russia unprecedented control over the world's hi-tech sector for generations to come. Pitted against the Russians are a Marine lieutenant colonel pulled out of a cushy Pentagon job, a French Special Forces captain and his intelligence operative father, a young Polish partisan fighter, an A-10 Warthog pilot, and the commander of an American tank platoon....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent listen!
- De Jose G. Meras en 07-19-19
- Red Metal
- De: Mark Greaney, Lieutenant Colonel Hunter Ripley Rawlings IV - USMC
- Narrado por: Marc Vietor
moronic and simple
Revisado: 01-03-20
poorly narrated, clumsily written, glaring plot holes, and a predictable "rah, rah 'murica." painful and obtuse.
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Yesterday
- De: Felicia Yap
- Narrado por: Rory Kinnear, Indira Varma
- Duración: 10 h y 39 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 38
Imagine a world in which classes are divided not by wealth or religion but by how much each group can remember. Monos, the majority, have only one day's worth of memory; elite Duos have two. In this stratified society, where Monos are excluded from holding high office and demanding jobs, Claire and Mark are a rare mixed marriage. Clare is a conscientious Mono housewife, Mark a novelist-turned-politician Duo on the rise. They are a shining example of a new vision of tolerance and equality—- until...
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2 out of 5 stars
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Tedious and boring
- De AndyVee en 12-01-17
- Yesterday
- De: Felicia Yap
- Narrado por: Rory Kinnear, Indira Varma
Tedious and boring
Revisado: 12-01-17
What would have made Yesterday better?
Indistinct plot complicated by needless detail, drawn out far too long, for far too meaningless of a payoff. With such a great base premise, why not include some of the intricacies of short memory? Sad to see a good idea flushed so thoroughly.
What was most disappointing about Felicia Yap’s story?
Painfully boring plot that drags, and drags, and drags, ignoring the most interesting facet aside from diving headfirst in the tedium of diary maintenance. Listening to a blow-by-blow of an HR meeting would be more entertaining.
Would you be willing to try another one of Rory Kinnear and Indira Varma ’s performances?
Can't blame the performers -- they had terrible material to work from.
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Yesterday?
That whole section between chapter 1 and 31. The story gimmick is a great one. Perhaps the writer should work to to make it a central part of the plot instead of some side distraction.
Any additional comments?
Great idea, poorly executed.
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Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy
- The Many Faces of Anonymous
- De: Gabriella Coleman
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 13 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 134
Half a dozen years ago, anthropologist Gabriella Coleman set out to study the rise of this global phenomenon just as some of its members were turning to political protest and dangerous disruption. She ended up becoming so closely connected to Anonymous that the tricky story of her inside-outside status as Anon confidante, interpreter, and erstwhile mouthpiece forms one of the themes of this witty and entirely engrossing book.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A Bit like Listening to a Police Scanner
- De J. E. JORDAN en 05-11-17
- Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy
- The Many Faces of Anonymous
- De: Gabriella Coleman
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
Parmy Olson's write-up is better
Revisado: 05-12-17
Lots of chronology mismatches/redundancies. Parmy Olson's book is, frankly, a better read. Not horrible, but this version drones a bit. Reading of hyperlinks is tiresome.
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Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
- The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat
- De: Giles Milton
- Narrado por: Giles Milton
- Duración: 12 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,375
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,244
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,238
In the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London: Its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitler's war machine through spectacular acts of sabotage. The guerrilla campaign that followed was every bit as extraordinary as the six men who directed it. One of them, Cecil Clarke, was a maverick engineer who had spent the 1930s inventing futuristic caravans. Now his talents were put to more devious use: He built the dirty bomb used to assassinate Hitler's favorite, Reinhard Heydrich.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rip-Roarin' Tale of Devoted 'Cads'!
- De Gillian en 02-08-17
- Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
- The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat
- De: Giles Milton
- Narrado por: Giles Milton
Great book. A must-listen for US readers.
Revisado: 03-11-17
great book. origins of the OSS and uncharacteristic British skullduggery. worth writing fifteen words about.
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Altered Starscape
- Andromedan Dark, Book 1
- De: Ian Douglas
- Narrado por: Nick Sullivan
- Duración: 12 h y 13 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 297
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 276
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 277
The year is 2162. Thirty-eight years after first contact, Lord Commander Grayson St. Clair leads the Tellus Ad Astra on an unprecedented expedition to the Galactic Core, carrying more than a million scientists, diplomats, soldiers, and AIs. Despite his reservations about their alien hosts, St. Clair is deeply committed to his people - especially after they're sucked into a black hole and spat out four billion years in the future. Civilizations have risen and fallen. The Andromeda Galaxy is drifting into the Milky Way. And Earth is most certainly a distant memory.
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1 out of 5 stars
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painful
- De AndyVee en 02-04-17
- Altered Starscape
- Andromedan Dark, Book 1
- De: Ian Douglas
- Narrado por: Nick Sullivan
painful
Revisado: 02-04-17
sex robots. naked star troopers. interdimensional bad guys. time travel...narrated by Zap Branigan. just terrible.
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All the Birds in the Sky
- De: Charlie Jane Anders
- Narrado por: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Duración: 12 h y 36 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,216
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,018
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,020
Childhood friends Patricia Delfine and Laurence Armstead didn't expect to see each other again after parting ways under mysterious circumstances during high school. After all, the development of magical powers and the invention of a two-second time machine could hardly fail to alarm one's peers and families. But now they're both adults, living in the hipster mecca San Francisco, and the planet is falling apart around them.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too twee for me.
- De Amy en 03-13-17
- All the Birds in the Sky
- De: Charlie Jane Anders
- Narrado por: Alyssa Bresnahan
Great narration. Too Harry Potter...
Revisado: 01-08-17
the witchcraft stuff is just too cheeseball. If you're into Wicca meets tech, this is your read.
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Bitter Remains
- A Custody Battle, a Gruesome Crime, and the Mother Who Paid the Ultimate Price
- De: Diane Fanning
- Narrado por: Karyn O'Bryant
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 257
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 238
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 237
On July 13, 2011, Laura Jean Ackerson of Kinston, North Carolina, went to pick up her two toddler sons. It would be the last time she was seen alive. Laura's ex, Grant Hayes - the father of her two sons - and his wife, Amanda, the mother of his newborn daughter, both pointed the finger at each other as the one guilty of murdering Laura, cutting up her body, and then transporting and disposing of the remains on the shores of Oyster Creek, Texas.
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4 out of 5 stars
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COMPELLING ACCOUNT - WRONG NARRATOR!
- De The Louligan en 03-18-16
- Bitter Remains
- A Custody Battle, a Gruesome Crime, and the Mother Who Paid the Ultimate Price
- De: Diane Fanning
- Narrado por: Karyn O'Bryant
horrible narration
Revisado: 01-02-17
gruesomely tedious, narrated like a television ad for toilet paper. I wish I could get these hours back.
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The Escape
- De: David Baldacci
- Narrado por: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy
- Duración: 14 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 13,253
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11,906
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11,863
John Puller's older brother, Robert, was convicted of treason and national security crimes. His inexplicable escape from prison makes him the most wanted criminal in the country. Some in the government believe that John Puller represents their best chance at capturing Robert alive, and so Puller takes on the burden of bringing his brother in to face justice. But Puller quickly discovers that there are others pursuing his brother, who only see Robert as a traitor and are unconcerned if he survives.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Could hardly wait to escape from this book
- De Elizabeth en 08-24-15
- The Escape
- De: David Baldacci
- Narrado por: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy
An utter waste of time
Revisado: 04-27-15
Poorly written, lamely narrated. I took a chance on Baldacci's brand of pulp, and discovered it to be trite, predictable, and thoroughly brainless.
I suppose there's a large contingent of functionally illiterate listeners who will appreciate this tripe, but it's a miss for me.
I wish I could get the time I wasted on this pablum back.
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