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Red Rising
- By: Pierce Brown
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
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Earth is dying. Thousands of workers, who live in the vast caves beneath Mars, mine the precious elements that will make the planet habitable. They are Earth’s only hope. Until the day Darrow learns that it’s a lie. Mars has been habitable - and inhabited - for generations. Darrow disguises himself and infiltrates their society, intent on taking them down. But the surface is a battlefield - and Darrow isn't the only one with an agenda.
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Not a YA novel
- By Tim on 20-01-2017
- Red Rising
- By: Pierce Brown
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
Fantastic narrator
Reviewed: 01-05-2020
Excellent narration.
Story is The Hunger Games meets Harry Potter, in the first person.
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The Quantum Magician
- By: Derek Kunsken
- Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
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Belisarius is a quantum man, an engineered Homo quantus who fled the powerful insight of dangerously addictive quantum senses. He found a precarious balance as a con man, but when a client offers him untold wealth to move a squadron of warships across an enemy wormhole, he must embrace his birthright to even try. In fact, the job is so big that he'll need a crew built from all the new sub-branches of humanity. If he succeeds, he might trigger an interstellar war, but success might also point the way to the next step of Homo quantus evolution.
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Awful, awful narration.
- By Quartstance on 24-11-2019
- The Quantum Magician
- By: Derek Kunsken
- Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
Great narration
Reviewed: 19-02-2020
Despite some reviews to the contrary, the audio narration on this book is excellent. Well paced with great accent changes for the numerous lead characters.
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Tiamat's Wrath
- The Expanse, Book 8
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 19 hrs and 8 mins
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Thirteen hundred gates have opened to solar systems around the galaxy. But as humanity builds its interstellar empire in the alien ruins, the mysteries and threats grow deeper. In the dead systems where gates lead to stranger things than alien planets, Elvi Okoye begins a desperate search to discover the nature of a genocide that happened before the first human beings existed and to find weapons to fight a war against forces at the edge of the imaginable. But the price of that knowledge may be higher than she can pay.
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Great read, sorry its over. Hope there is a seque
- By Peter on 30-03-2019
- Tiamat's Wrath
- The Expanse, Book 8
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
Fantastic Continuation to Expanse
Reviewed: 27-04-2019
I loved the rest, and this made me love them all more. Nailed the characters, plot, pace, surprise all in one. Magnificent!
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Exit Strategy
- By: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
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Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of the GrayCris Corporation, Murderbot is heading home to help Dr. Mensah - its former owner (protector? friend?) - submit evidence that could prevent GrayCris from destroying more colonists in its never-ending quest for profit. But who's going to believe a SecUnit gone rogue? And what will become of it when it's caught?
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Fantastic story, but steep price-tag.
- By Dr on 28-03-2019
- Exit Strategy
- By: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
Fantastic story, but steep price-tag.
Reviewed: 28-03-2019
The story in these novellas is great - action packed with believable characters, especially the protagonist.
HOWEVER, each novella has to be read sequentially and the only stand- alone story is the 1st of the 4 book series. The fact that each 3.5hr installment costs the same as a full length audio book therefore is hard to understand in any terms other than gratuitous price-gouging of readers/ listeners on the author's and/or publisher's part.
7 people found this helpful
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The Diamond Age
- By: Neal Stephenson
- Narrated by: Jennifer Wiltsie
- Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
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Neal Stephenson, "the hottest science fiction writer in America", takes science fiction to dazzling new levels. The Diamond Age is a stunning tale; set in 21st-century Shanghai, it is the story of what happens what a state-of-the-art interactive device falls into the hands of a street urchin named Nell. Her life, and the entire future of humanity, is about to be decoded and reprogrammed.
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Audio quality is poor
- By G Von on 26-03-2019
- The Diamond Age
- By: Neal Stephenson
- Narrated by: Jennifer Wiltsie
Good, but not amongst Stephenson's best
Reviewed: 09-11-2018
This story feels like a bridge between the raw and exciting writing style of Snow Crash and the more polished Stephenson works like Cryptonomicon or Seveneves. The author's polymath ability is on display, but the premise and setting of the story require full suspension of disbelief on the part of the reader.
Jennifer Wiltsie is one of the best female narrators I've heard, but is let down by poor audio quality compared to audio books recorded in the last 5 years or so.
1 person found this helpful
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Salvation
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 19 hrs and 2 mins
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AD 2204. An alien shipwreck is discovered on a planet at the very limits of human expansion - so Security Director Feriton Kayne selects a team to investigate. The ship’s sinister cargo not only raises bewildering questions but could also foreshadow humanity’s extinction. It will be up to the team to bring back answers, and the consequences of this voyage will change everything. Back on Earth, we can now make deserts bloom and extend lifespans indefinitely, so humanity seems invulnerable. We therefore welcomed the Olyix to Earth when they contacted us. But were the Olyix a blessing or a curse?
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The Canterbury Tales redux
- By Dr on 18-10-2018
- Salvation
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
The Canterbury Tales redux
Reviewed: 18-10-2018
A great start to a new Hamilton epic. This feels like a mixture between the second half of Stephenson's Seveneves and Simmons' Hyperion, with more similarity to Great North Road than to the Commonwealth Saga (at this stage)! Highly recommended.
5 people found this helpful
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The Midnight Falcon
- Rigante, Book 2
- By: David Gemmell
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
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They called him Bane the Bastard - though none said it to his face. Born of treachery, his name a curse, he grew up among the warriors of the Rigante. They valued his skills in war, but they feared the violence in his heart. And when, as a Wolfshead and Outlaw, he left Rigante lands, they breathed sighs of relief. But Bane would return, the destiny of the Rigante in his hands, the fate of the world resting on his skills with a blade.
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- By Dr on 17-12-2017
- The Midnight Falcon
- Rigante, Book 2
- By: David Gemmell
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
Reviewed: 17-12-2017
As a duology, Sword in the Storm and Midnight Falcon are Gemmell's best work. Andoh does a passable job with the narration.
2 people found this helpful