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The Master of Mankind
- The Horus Heresy, Book 41
- De: Aaron Dembski-Bowden
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 12 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 2,985
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,605
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,598
While Horus' rebellion burns across the galaxy, a very different kind of war rages beneath the Imperial Palace. The 'Ten Thousand' Custodian Guard, along with the Sisters of Silence and the Mechanicum forces of Fabricator General Kane, fight to control the nexus points of the ancient eldar webway that lie closest to Terra, infested by daemonic entities after Magnus the Red's intrusion.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Nice while it lasted, but won't re-listen.
- De James Neal en 12-24-18
- The Master of Mankind
- The Horus Heresy, Book 41
- De: Aaron Dembski-Bowden
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
Ever Impressed by the quality of Warhammer
Revisado: 01-01-24
I grew up reading fantasy and sci-fi books, and it takes a lot to sustain my interest these days after a lifetime of reading not only within the genre but also among the classics. I know it sounds like a humblebrag, but I wanted to start out by suggesting the kind of reader I am, and my own surprise that I gush about these books. Before making my way to the Horus Heresy, I read both the Black Company and Book of the Fallen series--the first is the prototype for grimdark and the second is a celebrated, more recent version. I came to Warhammer to get a taste for the source of the term which really defines sci-fi/fantasy since the 1990s. I have not been disappointed.
I was in particular impressed by how the author solves the problem of characterization for the Emperor, who remains just as enigmatic and mysterious at novels end as at the start, even though questions get answered. I am not of the opinion that the Emperor misrepresents anything of his thoughts in the book. He tells the truth, and plainly so though he also omits quite a bit of his thoughts.
At any rate, this book is not the best of the series and far from the worst, but it is so unique in its depiction of the Emperor and really illuminates the source(s) of all of the many very basic errors that he seemed that all led to the Horus Heresy. To the extent that the errors are so plausible, it's actually quite an achievement. Also the readings for each book of the series are really superb--he crosses the line from drama into melodrama at times, but its never bad that it either breaks immersion or ruins the story. I do at times wish that he used vocal intonation and inflection for characterization consistently rather than resorting to accents for some characters though. Invariably the accent covers up a relatively flat performance that lacks in subtlety. Thankfully, this fault only applies to one or two characters.
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Water Sleeps
- Chronicles of the Black Company, Book 8
- De: Glen Cook
- Narrado por: MacLeod Andrews
- Duración: 18 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,036
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 905
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 906
For years, Glen Cook's Black Company series has built a major audience among fantasy fans. Told from the "worm's-eye" view of the soldiers and functionaries who fight in the trenches of vast sorceress wars, this epic has riveted a generation of readers. If the Joseph Heller of Catch-22 were to tell the story of The Lord of the Rings, it might read like the Black Company books.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Extraneous Mouth Noises
- De Brian en 04-20-17
- Water Sleeps
- Chronicles of the Black Company, Book 8
- De: Glen Cook
- Narrado por: MacLeod Andrews
Cook thrills—yay! Andrews underwhelms—ugh!
Revisado: 10-27-18
Macleod Andrews is worst reader of the series—he makes a lot of errors that took me out of the story by way of awkward breaks, dry mouth, ambient sounds, and mispronunciations. Also haven’t been a fan of the accent work since Mark Vietor was replaced. Andrews simply cannot distinguish characters without an absurd accent, and his preponderance of Indian-style accents seems uncomfortably exaggerated and even vaguely racist at times. Vietor’s Soul Catcher is so much more vivid and alive than Andrew’s Protector—it’s painful at times. Same goes for the ongoing Scottish brogue of One-Eye—previous narrator’s misstep that stays & remains the most nonsensical artist choice of the series. Still this is the best story of the Glittering Stone series so far, so the quality of the narrative overcomes the shortcomings of the narrator. Easily the best story since Shadows Linger, and a much more deft handling of a woman-centered fantasy narrative than Dreams of Steel. I only wish Rachel Butera or someone with her abilities had been brought back for this one.
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Unbelievable
- My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
- De: Katy Tur
- Narrado por: Katy Tur
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,094
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,800
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,789
The NBC journalist who covered - and took fire from - Donald Trump on the campaign trail offers an inside look at the most shocking presidential election in American history. Intriguing, disturbing, and powerful, Unbelievable is an unprecedented eyewitness account of the 2016 election from an intelligent, dedicated journalist at the center of it - a thoughtful historical record that offers eye-opening insights and details on our political process, the media, and the mercurial 45th president of the United States.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's hard to know what to say
- De Cheryl B en 09-17-17
- Unbelievable
- My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
- De: Katy Tur
- Narrado por: Katy Tur
Worth the listen despite spans of eye rolling personal self-pity
Revisado: 12-02-17
At the core of this book is a reporter suddenly finding herself unexpectedly “breaking through” after a hand-me-down assignment becomes the political story of century. Breaking through, however, has personal, professional, and interpersonal costs as unexpected as the Trump campaign. That core story is quixotic, compelling, exasperating, and smart. It is also occasionally interrupted by TMI asides about her love life, self-pitying passages about her parents and her job, and a tone-deaf fear of the working class (gentility as class-rage). The anecdotes from planet Trump range from outrageousness to outrage, and are by turns funny, shocking, and deeply unsettling. The attempts to “humanize” the members of the press corp (dispatches from planet press), however, are a bit on the nose and feel narrow—a frat fantasia of humbuggery and bum-buggery in counterpoint to the campaign’s skullduggery. This book as a whole is better than its parts, and its best parts are filled with things that need saying and events that need discussing—the other parts are lame,merely self-promoting, and mostly brief. Overall: 4 stars
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