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The Amulet of Samarkand: The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Jonathan Stroud
- Narrado por: Simon Jones
- Duración: 13 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6,282
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4,777
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,767
Nathaniel is eleven-years-old and a magician's apprentice, learning the traditional art of magic. All is well until he has a life-changing encounter with Simon Lovelace, a magician of unrivaled ruthlessness and ambition. When Lovelace brutally humiliates Nathaniel in public, Nathaniel decides to speed up his education, teaching himself spells far beyond his years. With revenge on his mind, he masters one of the toughest spells of all and summons Bartimaeus, a five-thousand-year-old djinni, to assist him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A real treat
- De Eric Shields en 02-08-08
Excellent story, brilliant narration
Revisado: 01-08-05
After listening to dozens of audiobooks, Simon Jones has quickly become my favorite reader. With an easy-to-understand British accent, excellent vocal range and pacing, perfect enunciation and terrific character voices, he does yet another outstanding job with this book.
The book itself is something kids and adults will enjoy. The main characters, Nathaniel (a young magician's apprentice), and Bartimaeus (a demon conjured by Nathaniel and forced unwillingly to do his his bidding) are well-developed and brought engagingly to life by the reader. Bartimaeus's wry comments about Nathaniel and life in general will have the listener chuckling quite often.
Nathaniel is somewhat of an anti-hero at first; he's deceitful, proud, arrogant, and above all impatient to prove and test his abilities, which of course causes all kinds of tragedy, mayhem and suspense.
The author's style of writing several chapters first from the demon's viewpoint and then the boy's keeps things quite interesting and engaging. We get to see what's motivating both of them from different vantage points, and it works well to keep the story flowing smoothly and provides a cliff-hanger or two when we switch from one to the other.
Simon Jones also reads book 2, which is every bit as good as this one. Both are well-worth repeated listenings. Here's hoping he reads book 3 as well.
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Ender's Shadow
- De: Orson Scott Card
- Narrado por: Michael Gross
- Duración: 6 h y 14 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 489
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 183
In Ender's Game, child-hero Ender Wiggin battles a deadly alien race and wins. Now Card tells the story of Bean, the one who became Ender's right hand, his strategist and his friend, the only one who was with him in the final battle.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book, poor production
- De Randy en 10-18-03
- Ender's Shadow
- De: Orson Scott Card
- Narrado por: Michael Gross
Excellent book, poor production
Revisado: 10-18-03
I won't rehash what's been said about the book itself already; if you liked Ender's Game, you MUST read Ender's Shadow. And I do mean read, not listen. This was the first audiobook I ever stopped listening to halfway through because it was so aggravating.
First off, the narrator seems to be whispering most of the time, and turning up the volume might cause your speakers to blow or eardrums to bleed when he does speak loudly. Also featured in the production is a fellow with such a deep voice he puts James Earl Jones to shame. I believe he narrated Ender's Game as well, and I didn't like him then either.
Secondly, having read the actual book before, I can say without any doubt that this abridged version is a real hatchet job. Authors normally abridge their own works, so I can't imagine why Card would cut out so many key scenes of his story. Without giving anything away, gone is Bean living with Sister Carlotta, gone is Bean's first meeting with Petra, gone is the whole initial exploration of the air vent along with the explanation as to why Bean is doing unusual excercises...
It was at this point that I gave up out of sheer frustration. Read the book!
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Ender's Shadow
- Ender's Game
- De: Orson Card
- Narrado por: Michael Gross
- Duración: 6 h y 14 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 506
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 202
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 197
From the author of Ender's Game, the Hugo and Nebula award-winning international best seller, comes the parallel novel, Ender's Shadow. In the first book, child-hero Ender Wiggin battles a deadly alien race and wins. But Ender wasn't the only child in his Battle School. There was also Bean, the one who became Ender's right hand, his strategist, and his friend—the only one who was with him in the final battle. Now Bean's whole story is told.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book, poor production
- De Randy en 10-18-03
- Ender's Shadow
- Ender's Game
- De: Orson Card
- Narrado por: Michael Gross
Excellent book, poor production
Revisado: 10-18-03
I won't rehash what's been said about the book itself already; if you liked Ender's Game, you MUST read Ender's Shadow. And I do mean read, not listen. This was the first audiobook I ever stopped listening to halfway through because it was so aggravating.
First off, the narrator seems to be whispering most of the time, and turning up the volume might cause your speakers to blow or eardrums to bleed when he does speak loudly. Also featured in the production is a fellow with such a deep voice he puts James Earl Jones to shame. I believe he narrated Ender's Game as well, and I didn't like him then either.
Secondly, having read the actual book before, I can say without any doubt that this abridged version is a real hatchet job. Authors normally abridge their own works, so I can't imagine why Card would cut out so many key scenes of his story. Without giving anything away, gone is Bean living with Sister Carlotta, gone is Bean's first meeting with Petra, gone is the whole initial exploration of the air vent along with the explanation as to why Bean is doing unusual excercises...
It was at this point that I gave up out of sheer frustration. Read the book!
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