M. Corliss
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Children of Dune
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Simon Vance
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
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The sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered, and fertile. Old Paul Atreides, who led the desert Fremen to political and religious domination of the galaxy, is gone. But for the children of Dune, the very blossoming of their land contains the seeds of its own destruction. The altered climate is destroying the giant sandworms, and this in turn is disastrous for the planet's economy.
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great story, more production problems
- By Ziya on 04-22-08
- Children of Dune
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Simon Vance
The captivating parts of the first book carried on through children
Reviewed: 03-24-24
Children. You love them. They drive you insane. But you love them so much.
Truly, an epic telling of the continuation of a tragic family blessed and cursed with knowledge, power and the inability to clearly express themselves with words, but rather run their hopes and reams through sometimes brutal actions.
The narration was fun. It’s a hard job getting correct intonation, especially in such a dense novel about young people with galactic understanding.
I did enjoy this story.
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Entangled Life
- How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
- By: Merlin Sheldrake
- Narrated by: Merlin Sheldrake
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the planet on which we live, and the ways we think, feel, and behave.
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Mycology for Everyone
- By Cephalopods Revenge on 05-12-20
- Entangled Life
- How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
- By: Merlin Sheldrake
- Narrated by: Merlin Sheldrake
A piece of research that tells a story from the authors mouth
Reviewed: 08-09-23
I love mushrooms. I love the mycelium. I love the fruiting bodies. I love the stories of those with any experience of them in their lives.
This story, or, a compendium of research told as a story, brings mycelium into a light digestible for even the most posh of our society.
For too long has fungus lived in the realm of odd black light paintings, counter culture bearded ladies and enlightened pseudo cult leaders. This book, including the author’s experience, bring mycelium into a place where conversations can begin in the places they truly need to begin - those with traditional educations, and influences on the wheels of power.
Excellent read.
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The Overstory
- By: Richard Powers
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 22 hrs and 58 mins
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The Overstory unfolds in concentric rings of interlocking fable that range from antebellum New York to the late 20th-century Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. An air force loadmaster in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan. An artist inherits 100 years of photographic portraits, all of the same doomed American chestnut. A hard-partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself, dies, and is sent back into life by creatures of air and light.
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eye opening
- By Michael Stansberry on 05-23-18
- The Overstory
- By: Richard Powers
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
A brilliant story that builds the greatest understanding of humanities connection to trees
Reviewed: 08-09-23
To begin, I too was not the biggest fan of the narration, though I was not once offended or put off for any reason. Rather, I appreciated the nuance added to characters, though I felt some interpretations were over the top. There is one reviewer here who should never watch Tropic Thunder or read books or films pre-2020…
Otherwise, wow. What a wonderfully sad, beautifully terrifying illustration of intertwined lives, roots and branches. As a prolific reader and a person profoundly active in climate education and outreach, I have been searching for a story to tell about the languages nature speaks and the people who understand those languages. The way Richard powers wrote each character and that character’s interpretation of the trees language, and then the actions those characters took for the trees… just wow.
I wish everyone could have the patience of the forest to thoughtfully interact and connect with this story. The over story is a must read. Please.
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Macbeth
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Joanne Whalley, Josh Cooke, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
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Infamously known as the cursed Scottish play, Macbeth is perhaps Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy. When General Macbeth is foretold by three witches that he will one day be King of Scotland, Lady Macbeth convinces him to get rid of anyone who could stand in his way – including committing regicide. As Macbeth ascends to the throne through bloody murder, he becomes a tyrant consumed by fear and paranoia.
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Might want to Read Along
- By Syd Young on 02-03-14
- Macbeth
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Joanne Whalley, Josh Cooke, JD Cullum, Dan Donohue, Jeannie Elias, Chuma Gault
Very fun interpretation
Reviewed: 01-20-22
I love Macbeth.
I’ve read the play many times and watched many Macbeth films and seen many acts of Macbeth plays. The best interpretations of the work are always done when the actors are all in.
This rendition from the LATC is on. Every performer gives their all, yet, they don’t feel over directed or self conscious that their performance is for anyone but themselves. It’s a great read. The emotion is there, and the sound design is so fun, yet immersive.
I’ll be listening again soon. Boil, boil, toil and trouble…
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Ready Player Two
- A Novel
- By: Ernest Cline
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
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Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday’s vaults, waiting for his heir to find it, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous - and addictive - than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest - a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who’ll kill millions to get what he wants.
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Heartbreakingly Disappointing and Insulting
- By Marcus Haynes on 11-28-20
- Ready Player Two
- A Novel
- By: Ernest Cline
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
An excellent opportunity to continue
Reviewed: 06-08-21
I was a big fan of Ready Player One. Full Disclaimer.
Ernest Cline writes with cinematic language that immerses you as if you’re wearing one of the fabled headsets he’s created in this fictional near-future. He writes with urgency, but never rushes, and builds toward climaxes that are emblematic with the emotion of John Huges’ best films (Wink).
Wil Wheaton is the voice of Wade. Period. The emotion is flush in his voice, and listening often feels as if Will were seated next to you, telling you the story from memory, wherever you are.
At the same time this book grounds you in a bygone era, it launches you forward with complicated ideas about the future of humanity, consciousness, a multiverse, time travel, artificial intelligence and accessibility. The story uses concepts typically reserved for Stanford researchers and mathematical communities into digestible and emotional human level understandings. And it’s in a video game.
I loved battling along side Parzival and Art3mes in this latest adventure. I think you will too.
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