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Discordia
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- Narrated by: Andrew Call
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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Starter Villain
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
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Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.
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Fun and easy listen, innovative story
- By Celia on 04-12-2023
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The Case of the Damaged Detective
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- By: Drew Hayes
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello, Carol Monda
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
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A dance club full of bodies. Cause of death - a mystery. The lone survivor - a man, raving like a lunatic, wearing only a deerstalker hat. Now, the man who calls himself Sherman Holmes is being studied like a lab rat by a top-secret government agency. How is it he can be barely clinging to reality one minute - yet be a seeming genius the next? Within his brain might just be the greatest scientific breakthrough of the millennium, if anyone can figure out how to access it. Enter the agent code named Watson.
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Love it - Watson & Holmes ver entertaining
- By Fiona Maxwell on 08-04-2021
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The Portable Door
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funny but spoilt by constant sexism
- By Anonymous User on 09-11-2020
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Once Upon a River
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A dark midwinter’s night in an ancient inn on the Thames. The regulars are entertaining themselves by telling stories when the door bursts open on an injured stranger. In his arms is the drowned corpse of a little child. Hours later the dead girl stirs, takes a breath and returns to life. Is it a miracle? Is it magic? Or can it be explained by science? An exquisitely crafted multilayered mystery brimming with folklore, suspense and romance as well as with the urgent scientific curiosity of the Darwinian age.
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Brilliant. Wonderfully written and narrated.
- By Nola J Pearce on 06-02-2019
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Junkyard Cats
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- By: Faith Hunter
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- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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Great
- By Dave Purse on 19-01-2023
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The Breach
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Not Nick Cutter’s best
- By neko_cam on 06-08-2022
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Starter Villain
- By: John Scalzi
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- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
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Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.
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Fun and easy listen, innovative story
- By Celia on 04-12-2023
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The Case of the Damaged Detective
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- By: Drew Hayes
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello, Carol Monda
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
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A dance club full of bodies. Cause of death - a mystery. The lone survivor - a man, raving like a lunatic, wearing only a deerstalker hat. Now, the man who calls himself Sherman Holmes is being studied like a lab rat by a top-secret government agency. How is it he can be barely clinging to reality one minute - yet be a seeming genius the next? Within his brain might just be the greatest scientific breakthrough of the millennium, if anyone can figure out how to access it. Enter the agent code named Watson.
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Love it - Watson & Holmes ver entertaining
- By Fiona Maxwell on 08-04-2021
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The Portable Door
- By: Tom Holt
- Narrated by: Ray Sawyer
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
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funny but spoilt by constant sexism
- By Anonymous User on 09-11-2020
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Once Upon a River
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A dark midwinter’s night in an ancient inn on the Thames. The regulars are entertaining themselves by telling stories when the door bursts open on an injured stranger. In his arms is the drowned corpse of a little child. Hours later the dead girl stirs, takes a breath and returns to life. Is it a miracle? Is it magic? Or can it be explained by science? An exquisitely crafted multilayered mystery brimming with folklore, suspense and romance as well as with the urgent scientific curiosity of the Darwinian age.
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Brilliant. Wonderfully written and narrated.
- By Nola J Pearce on 06-02-2019
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Junkyard Cats
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- By: Faith Hunter
- Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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Great
- By Dave Purse on 19-01-2023
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The Breach
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Not Nick Cutter’s best
- By neko_cam on 06-08-2022
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Second best Croshaw book
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it's zelda adjacent fan fiction.
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Awesome!
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Awesome
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Heartbreakingly captures what humans are capable of
- By Dr Caff on 26-07-2021
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Into the Ocean!
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D&D Love.
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Very similar to Expeditionary Force
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Precisely what I look for in a story!
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Thoroughly enjoyable story
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Legends & Lattes
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Believable Fantasy Coffee Shop Tale
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Publisher's Summary
Advice: Stay indoors. Remain calm. Avoid roads. Fill bathtubs.
He's a part-time gardener and car thief. She's a murderous nun on a holy mission from another dimension.
Together, they can save the world from a politically charged alien invasion - but only if the world wants to be saved.
From Max Barry, the author of Jennifer Government, Providence and Lexicon comes a satirical speculative adventure for fans of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Adjustment Day by Chuck Palahniuk.
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- Christopher
- 12-11-2021
Pretty good read.
Not the Author's best work but a decent read that plays with an interesting idea.
The reviewer that said that the politics ruined the book is reacting to I have no idea what. The whole point of the book which seems very much to be thrusting at something like 'truth is what matters most'. Also, that any political agenda can be taken to an extreme or be used to control and manipulate people for the sake of power etc.
The story itself is really allegorical. It reminds me particularly of The Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde, although I would say that Fforde's execution creates a more poignant read ultimately.
That said, Max Barry's 'Providence' is an excellent read and those that enjoyed Discordia will likely enjoy that as well (although they are very different; Providence is not tongue in cheek the way Discordia is).
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- DebB
- 11-11-2021
Politics completely ruined it.
First up, whoever wrote the blurb for this book and mentioned Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is completely wrong! Hitchhikers Guide is witty and clever and wonderful, and this book is sadly not. It is so political, the whole story is about American political divides. The narrator was good, the scifi aspect was interesting, the characters ok. But geez, the awful political agenda! I couldn’t stand it anymore and stopped and deleted this book with 11 minutes to go. Thank goodness it was an Audible plus freebie, I would have hated to have paid for it.
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- Valerie
- 10-02-2023
Hilarious!
I loved this funny smart story. Excellent voice acting too- the characters were really clearly differentiated. Lots of fun! Highly entertaining.
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- Tracy
- 03-02-2023
Fun and unexpected!
I really enjoyed this. It's different and inventive and lots of fun to listen to.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-02-2023
Amazing
I loved this book from start to the finish it was great .. amazing story wish there was more..
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- Anonymous User
- 01-02-2023
A sign for our time’s
Must listen
A great story about our political and social extremists makes it all seem so narrow minded and scary 🤔
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- Littleaussiebattla
- 30-01-2023
Great story
I think the narrator captured the vibe of the characters perfectly and it was a great and fun story to listen to
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- Anonymous User
- 29-01-2023
Great performance and a very entertaining yarn.
This was both silly (in a very entertaining way) and quite profound. The narrator's performance of the text was probably the best I have heard on an audiobook.
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- Dewayne Bullivant
- 27-01-2023
A fun story that feels like no ideas were cut.
This story, Feels like a great young adventure novel.
We follow Diego as he discovers this world alongside the reader in a story of non stop twists and turns that ultimately ends in a satisfying end.
Andrew ( Narrator ) is what sells this production, his passion and enjoyment and performance has made this a book to come back to and recommend to others looking for an intro to audio-books.
Now for my subject header, the only draw back is that the story feels like a fever dream of very right now on brand topic discussions on one sided topics ranging from radical feminism, capitalism and a satirical take on an outlandish stereotype, this it achieves well in a mocking sense however this often delves into an opinion piece on the state of the world in 2020's with cancel culture & effectively influencer mentalities that comes across ham fisted in the last act especially.
Pick this book up, give it a read and stick through some bits even if it feels on the nose as it's an enjoyable adventure to the end.
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- DJMarksman
- 26-01-2023
So good
Thoroughly enjoyed this book ,hilarious at times thought provoking also. The narrator was fantastic, I’ll certainly be looking out for more of him. This is leaving Audible soon so get in while you can.
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- Gerardo Iván Ascencio Salcedo
- 21-10-2021
If the Enlightened Centrism meme gained sentience
The writer attempts to satirically skewer all sides of the isle while understanding none. This book takes the South Park view of politics where caring about any issue is unforgivably monstrous .
This leads to one of the books main problems, the protagonist. For if having political opinions is to be framed as immoral and crazy, then our noble protagonist must have no opinions at all. Our hero is a Latino day laborer who also happens to be a part of organized crime (killing two racist stereotypes with one very dull stone) and neither of those things are very important to the plot or his charecterization. He is a man of few words and no internal monologue. Which quickly becomes annoying as his monosyllabic replies and lack of charecterization makes him a very frustrating character to follow. He is a character you are never sure if he's just quiet or dumb but it often seems to be both as he is thrown around the plot haphazardly meeting bad caricatures of various ideologies (or more often caricatures of caricatures of various ideologies). He has the depth of a thinly sliced piece of paper which makes his supporting cast look great in comparison as they have the depth of a puddle on a hot sunny day. All this could be withstood if the writer had something funny or interesting to say. Unfortunately, he does not and not even the performance of a genuinely good voice actor can't save the reader from the obnoxious tedium of his charecters.
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-10-2021
Narrator is perfect
Fun story, great voices, excellent performance. Highly recommended for everyone. This book was a fun surprise.
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- Smart, AZ
- 16-10-2021
Incredibly funny, and the narration is brilliant!
No spoilers: you've probably encountered people exactly like this irl. I know I def have! This is current American society in microcosm - ridiculous, recognizable, relatable. Regarding the Metricists: "I didn't think you do could it. You killed a man for preferring centimeters to inches."
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- Kevin K.
- 18-10-2021
Terrific modern social satire
A proper followup to his Jennifer Government style of social satire. I've been wondering for a while how Max Barry would approach this kind of storytelling in our post-truth world. Turns out "brilliantly" is the answer.
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- J. H. Robinson
- 21-10-2021
Max Barry is in fine form
Max Barry is in fine form on this one. As usual it grabs your collar and doesn't let go until you're through the fun house mirror and into Barry's wonderfully dark and comic brain. The perfect audiobook for a really lousy day. It'll pick you right up.
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- Carla T.
- 21-10-2021
very good, except..
this story has an obvious political leaning which, fortunately, I happened to agree with. However chapter 12 got unnecessarily preachy. Skip chapter 12 and it earns 5 stars.
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- Chris
- 05-11-2021
OK
You could play a drinking game to this one. Each time you hear “OK,” take a shot. You won’t last long.
This was the first Audible that was difficult for me to finish.
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- Gary Gray
- 01-11-2021
Crazy, well written & great performance.
The writing is totally insane yet reminiscent of Bill & Ted. Very imaginative with twist every page. Characters in situations that bend your mind unlike anyone else in literature. Liked it a lot. And the different voices are impressive & distinct. The protagonist is great and carries the story perfectly. Very enjoyable.
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- Lance
- 20-10-2021
Tons of twisty turny fun!
Totally worth the listen, right up the same alley as Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and other similar styles.
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- PostMuse
- 04-11-2021
Awful narration/weak story
The narrator “performs” the narration, e.g. when the text is “cough” the narrator coughs. So annoying! And gross when he made gum smacking sounds for one character. The story is odd but could’ve been intriguing if not for the narrator.
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- Andrew M.
- 07-10-2022
A rip roaring adventure
If you’re easily offended by this then it’s probably that it spears one of your sacred cows and that should tell you something about yourself.
The performance was top notch and it wasn’t overly long, making its point and leaving. Recommended!
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- Ellen
- 03-10-2023
Excellent
It was a really interesting audiobook deathley would recommend it and wish there was more.
Thank you 🙂
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- AJ
- 11-05-2023
Excellent & almost certain to be a TV series
Typical Max Barry, if you like his other stuff you'll like this. A little lighter & funnier than usual, but all-round superb. The narration is really a highlight & makes it for me. One of those where I actively look up the narrator to see what else they've done thinking I'll probably just wishlist anything vaguely interesting.
Could easily see FX or someone optioning this & it getting made for TV along the lines of Preacher or The Boys
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- Mr A J Curtis
- 10-05-2023
Excellent
Loved it, I have been a fan of Max Barry for a long time now. I started with Machine Man and have read every other book (well almost, currently got the paperback of Madison May on the go). This one caught my attention with a new Audible subscription and it's a well executed book with the usual twists and turns that I've grown to almost expect in a story! Well read too with a wide variety of accents!
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- R Dale
- 06-05-2023
One of the strangest books I have ever read
A book that is as bizarre as this has to be superbly well-written in order to both keep the interest of the reader and (at least in its own terms) make sense. Luckily Max Barry manages. This is great. No idea what to compare it to, it is unique.
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- Anna
- 03-02-2023
Really clever, fun, well acted performance
Loved this! I kept thinking of Luke Wilson as Carter and Diego was Michael Peña, they romped in my mind as I listened to the wild ride of a SCI-FI tale. Honestly laughed at many of the quips between aliens and the hapless humans, clever writing, great audio actors and a brilliant message! Thanks Audible for producing this book, what a ride!
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- edward
- 29-11-2022
Weird
struggled to finish as main character flip flops over who he wants to help. Gets a bit dull hearing the aliens convince the main character to go off with them, only to turn around at the next argument
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- Miss J T
- 26-11-2022
Brilliant!
I don't understand the bad reviews on here. I found this book interesting and enjoyable. A light-hearted exploration into all the confusion aided, ironically, by so much information! It reminds me of Socrates view on the fragility of democracy: that it leaves us open to selfish individuals who gain power and wealth by using delucive inticement and flattery to gain support. What a great way for Aliens to invade our world! Hopefully, like Diego, we will all find our way through...
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- Mark
- 13-11-2022
Predictable B Movie story.
standard stuff that is done.much better by others. Nothing revolutionary or attention holding. Spend your credit or money elsewhere.
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- Markus Renfors
- 12-10-2022
What was this?!
What did I just listen to?! Honestly it’s so weird. (And the narrator just makes it even weirder). I hate it and love it at the same time.
If you want to laugh and like weird things go a head!
If you are easily offered and don’t like weird things just skip this one.
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