M. Deshaies
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The Downloaded
- De: Robert J. Sawyer
- Narrado por: Brendan Fraser, Luke Kirby, Vanessa Sears, y otros
- Duración: 5 h y 39 m
- Grabación Original
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General4 out of 5 stars 6,189
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,922
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 5,922
In 2059, two vastly different groups of people portrayed by the compelling trio of Brendan Fraser (Academy Award winner), Luke Kirby (Emmy Award winner), and Vanessa Sears (Dora Award winner) undergo cryonic suspension. While their bodies are frozen, their minds, still active and awake, are uploaded into a massive quantum computer. The first group are all astronauts, about to leave Earth on a one-way interstellar colonization mission. The second group consists of convicted murderers and volunteers who elect to serve their sentences in a virtual-reality prison.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Poor writing- agenda piece
- De Amazon Customer en 10-27-23
- The Downloaded
- De: Robert J. Sawyer
- Narrado por: Brendan Fraser, Luke Kirby, Vanessa Sears, Colm Feore, Andrew Phung, full cast
Consciousness downloaded - kool!
Revisado: 02-18-24
I enjoyed this very much. I have been intrigued by the idea of a consciousness being downloaded since reading “The Ghost in the Shell” Masamune Shirow manga from 1989 and here Robert J Sawyer did a great treatment of it with quantum mechanics and space travel in time shifts. the writing is great, and l love the acting out and sound effects of making it into an audio experience.
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The Death of Captain Future
- De: Allen Steele
- Narrado por: Marc Vietor, Allen Steele
- Duración: 2 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 35
Union laborer Rohr Furland begrudgingly takes a job on a space freighter piloted by Captain Future, an immature and slightly crazed captain with an obsession for early 20th-century science-fiction novels. When they receive a distress call from a nearby space station, Furland and the first officer blend the dangers of reality into the captain's fantasy world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Melodramatic Fun
- De Mitch en 09-23-08
- The Death of Captain Future
- De: Allen Steele
- Narrado por: Marc Vietor, Allen Steele
Great Adventure
Revisado: 10-09-23
If I could only make one criticism is that it’s too short. I was enthralled by the story and the mood of this old school space adventure.
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How to Keep an Open Mind
- An Ancient Guide to Thinking like a Skeptic (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Series)
- De: Sextus Empiricus, Richard Bett - translator and commentator
- Narrado por: Tom Parks
- Duración: 2 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 21
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 19
Along with Stoicism and Epicureanism, Skepticism is one of the three major schools of ancient Greek philosophy that claim to offer a way of living as well as thinking. How to Keep an Open Mind provides an unmatched introduction to skepticism by presenting a fresh, modern translation of key passages from the writings of Sextus Empiricus, the only Greek skeptic whose works have survived.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Clear, revealing look at Skepticism
- De M. Deshaies en 09-30-23
- How to Keep an Open Mind
- An Ancient Guide to Thinking like a Skeptic (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Series)
- De: Sextus Empiricus, Richard Bett - translator and commentator
- Narrado por: Tom Parks
Clear, revealing look at Skepticism
Revisado: 09-30-23
This book is an interesting description and translation of Sextus Empiricus books on skeptic philosophy. It is a revealing take on how someone from around the year 200 viewed skepticism in contrast to other Hellenistic schools, and while the treatment of the philosophy is straightforward, I felt that the skeptics were not as complete of a school as the stoics or the epicureans, (At least not as portrayed in this Sextus Empiricus work. ). But that’s not the fault of the author as he’s just translating the work of a late antiquity doctor. This audio version of the book is very clear despite the work being translated being sometimes rather dry. Since the topic is a little confusing, I plan to listen to it again to try to understand have the material better.
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A Murder of Manatees
- The Further Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent
- De: Larry Correia
- Narrado por: Adam Baldwin
- Duración: 2 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 12,029
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 10,595
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 10,564
When half your galaxy is unexpectedly sucked into a black hole - when a hitherto-unknown species of space aliens lays waste to your home planet - when disaster rears its ugly head (or heads) - who can you call for faster-than-light appraisals and best-in-the-multiverse customer service? Just one man - Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent. In this latest chapter of his interstellar exploits, Tom is about to deliver a crushing performance evaluation to Jimmy the Intern when the unimaginable happens: The beloved Wendell the Manatee has been kidnapped!
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1 out of 5 stars
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like a lonely teenager wrote it.
- De J paslawski en 04-05-20
- A Murder of Manatees
- The Further Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent
- De: Larry Correia
- Narrado por: Adam Baldwin
Excellent customer service
Revisado: 04-05-22
At first I was put off by the libertarian rightward leaning of the author but then I realized my slave-driving overlord call center manager would not approve of anything less than five stars for this review.
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Lost Planet Homicide
- De: Larry Correia
- Narrado por: Oliver Wyman
- Duración: 2 h y 31 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,670
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,219
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,203
When the biggest colony ship in human history was sent to settle a paradise world, an accident hurtled it deep into uncharted space. A thousand light years from Earth, with no way home and no way to call for help, the colonists’ only hope for survival was the one barely habitable planet in range, a nightmare world they named Croatoan. Landing on the only five mountain peaks tall enough to rise above the lethal acid clouds, the settlers carved a civilization from the rock.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome
- De Justin H en 10-22-21
- Lost Planet Homicide
- De: Larry Correia
- Narrado por: Oliver Wyman
Great hard boiled deep space story!
Revisado: 03-19-22
Enjoyed the narration and story of this police saga in the far reaches of outer space cop in an unsavory inhospitable distant world.
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