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The End of the Day
- By: Claire North
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 259
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 236
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Story4 out of 5 stars 237
A novel about life and death and a quest for moral purpose, by the acclaimed author of word-of-mouth best seller The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. Sooner or later, Death visits everyone. Before that, they meet Charlie: The Harbinger. Sometimes he comes as a courtesy, sometimes as a warning. Either way, this will be the most important meeting of your life. But who will come for Charlie?
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5 out of 5 stars
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DEATH IS LIFE
- By Lawrence R. Spencer on 06-01-17
- The End of the Day
- By: Claire North
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
It just rambles on... and on... and on...
Reviewed: 05-16-19
For about the first 2 hours, it was interesting, but then for the next 8 hours or so (I stopped listening with about 2 hours to go), it just rambles. Peter Kenny is great, but the story simply does not advance. I would have stopped listening sooner, but I had a 14 hour drive for work ahead of me. I decided to drive the last 5 hours in silence. I loved the Harry August novel, and very much liked Touch. This story though I suggest you pass on.
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Touch
- By: Claire North
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 929
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 848
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Story4 out of 5 stars 846
Touch is an electrifying thriller by the author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and 84K. He tried to take my life. Instead, I took his. It was a long time ago. I remember it was dark, and I didn't see my killer until it was too late. As I died, my hand touched his. That's when the first switch took place. Suddenly, I was looking through the eyes of my killer, and I was watching myself die. Now switching is easy. I can jump from body to body, have any life, be anyone. Some people touch lives. Others take them. I do both.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I can't deal with Peter Kenny's Narration
- By T on 02-05-18
- Touch
- By: Claire North
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
Worthy of my time, and money
Reviewed: 03-30-19
While not as good as Harry August, Touch is still very good, and definitely worthy of my time and money. Some of the criticisms I read in the reviews I felt are unwarranted. I thought the story, the narrator and overall experience to be just shy of excellent. Check it out.
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Dead Moon
- By: Peter Clines
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8,057
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,402
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Story4 out of 5 stars 7,395
In the year 2243, the Moon belongs to the dead. The largest graveyard in the solar system, it was the perfect solution to the overcrowding and environmental problems that had plagued mankind for centuries. And the perfect place for Cali Washington to run away from her past. But when a mysterious meteor crashes into one of the Moon’s cemeteries, Cali and her fellow Caretakers find themselves surrounded by a terrifying enemy force that outnumbers them more than a thousand to one. An enemy not hindered by the lack of air or warmth or sustenance. An enemy that is already dead.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Why did you do this? Just why?
- By Veronica on 03-02-19
- Dead Moon
- By: Peter Clines
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Space Zombies. Yawn.
Reviewed: 03-11-19
Zombies? Really? Yawn. The first 2 books in the series are original and interesting. This one is not. I simply didn't care. Managed to listen to the first 4 hours, and gave up.
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The Shape of Water
- By: Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus
- Narrated by: Jenna Lamia
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,041
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,488
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,471
The Shape of Water is set in Cold War-era Baltimore at the Occam Aerospace Research Center, which has recently received its most sensitive asset ever: an amphibious man captured in the Amazon. What unfolds is a stirring romance between the asset and one of the janitors on staff, a mute woman who uses sign language to communicate with the creature.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb
- By E. Chadwick on 03-29-18
- The Shape of Water
- By: Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus
- Narrated by: Jenna Lamia
Just didn’t care.
Reviewed: 03-02-19
I just didn’t care about the characters. Listened to the first 5 hours and cut my losses.
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Eon
- By: Greg Bear
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 17 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,255
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,108
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,111
Perhaps it wasn't from our time, perhaps it wasn't even from our universe, but the arrival of the 300-kilometer long stone was the answer to humanity's desperate plea to end the threat of nuclear war. Inside the deep recesses of the stone lies Thistledown: the remnants of a human society, versed in English, Russian and Chinese. The artifacts of this familiar people foretell a great Death caused by the ravages of war, but the government and scientists are unable to decide how to use this knowledge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Am Epic Original SciFi Read Worth Your Time...
- By Michael on 07-01-12
- Eon
- By: Greg Bear
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
A classic written in '85
Reviewed: 01-29-17
It's a pretty good book. I really liked the first half of the book, maybe the first 3rd, but after that, it just kind of got weird.
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Stalking Jack the Ripper
- By: Kerri Maniscalco, James Patterson
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,822
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,544
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,545
Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life. Against her stern father's wishes and society's expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncle's laboratory to study the gruesome practice of forensic medicine. Audrey's work on a string of savagely killed corpses drags her into the investigation of a serial murderer.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Why does everyone love this so much?
- By Lena Lynn on 01-20-17
- Stalking Jack the Ripper
- By: Kerri Maniscalco, James Patterson
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
For 12 year old women
Reviewed: 01-29-17
This is written for young women, in their early teens. If you are not of that demographic, you may not find this novel engaging enough to finish. The narator, Nicola Barber is excellent though, and is a bright spot in this audible book.
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Rendezvous with Rama
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim, Robert J. Sawyer - introduction
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,682
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 9,117
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,123
At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge, weighing more than ten trillion tons. And it is hurtling through the solar system at inconceivable speed. Then a space probe confirms the unthinkable: Rama is no natural object. It is, incredibly, an interstellar spacecraft. Space explorers and planet-bound scientists alike prepare for mankind's first encounter with alien intelligence.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto
- By Fredrik Pettersen on 08-03-09
- Rendezvous with Rama
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim, Robert J. Sawyer - introduction
A classic that doesn't hold up over time.
Reviewed: 12-12-16
I read this in high school, over 20 years ago, and it was above average then, although I remember enjoying Rama II better. I thought I'd listen to it again, and the story is now just okay. The narrator can do an okay Aussie accent, but other than that, he's not that good. He reads the non conversation parts in almost a clipped robotic voice. It's almost as if each word was recorded separately, and then strung together. After a while, it starts to grate on your nerves. The more you think about it, the more it bothers you, simply because you know there are many better narrators out there. Listen to the full preview before you buy. you may decide it's not for you.
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Necronomicon
- By: H. P. Lovecraft
- Narrated by: Richard Powers, Bronson Pinchot, Stephen R. Thorne, and others
- Length: 21 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,063
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,399
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,387
Originally written for the pulp magazines of the 1920s and '30s, H. P. Lovecraft's astonishing tales blend elements of horror, science fiction, and cosmic terror that are as powerful today as they were when first published. This tome brings together all of Lovecraft's harrowing stories, including the complete Cthulhu Mythos cycle, just the way they were when first released.
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4 out of 5 stars
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This has bugged me for a while...
- By mike on 06-23-16
- Necronomicon
- By: H. P. Lovecraft
- Narrated by: Richard Powers, Bronson Pinchot, Stephen R. Thorne, Keith Szarabajka, Adam Verner, Tom Weiner, Patrick Cullen
Great narration, boring stories
Reviewed: 10-18-16
The stories are told in a documentary style, I think is the best way to describe it, and compared to just about every other thing, it's boring. I didn't finish it. Yawn. The narration varies from very good to excellent, but it can't save this. Skip it and find something else .
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Carrion Comfort
- By: Dan Simmons
- Narrated by: Mel Foster, Laural Merlington
- Length: 39 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,904
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,535
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,526
Caught behind the lines of Hitler's Final Solution, Saul Laski is one of the multitudes destined to die in the notorious Chelmno extermination camp. Until he rises to meet his fate and finds himself face to face with an evil far older, and far greater, than the Nazis themselves. Compelled by the encounter to survive at all costs, so begins a journey that for Saul will span decades and cross continents, plunging into the darkest corners of 20th century history to reveal a secret society of beings who may often exist behind the world's most horrible and violent events.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Idk who needs to see this, but TRIGGER WARNING
- By WBA on 11-05-19
- Carrion Comfort
- By: Dan Simmons
- Narrated by: Mel Foster, Laural Merlington
Unecessarily long.
Reviewed: 08-18-16
I've read the Hyperion novels (loved them!). I've read the Illium (great!), and Olympos (very good). I've read Drood, (just okay, but not bad). This book is just too long. The narration is excellent. The idea for the story is good, but this book just drags and drags and drags. It's 39 + hours long, and it needs to be about 15 hours. I've got about 5 hours left to go, and I just don't care anymore. The book is nearing it's climax, and even though I have a boring 4 hour drive for work I have ahead of me Monday, (it's Thursday), I give up. I don't care about any of the characters, or anything. Yawn. I am done.
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On the Steel Breeze
- Poseidon's Children, Book 2
- By: Alastair Reynolds
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 23 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 577
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 515
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 516
Chiku Akinya, great granddaughter of the legendary space explorer Eunice and heir to the family empire, is just one among millions on a long one way journey towards a planet they hope to call their new home. For Chiku, the journey is a personal one, undertaken to ensure that the Akinya family achieves its destiny among the stars. The passengers travel in huge self-contained artificial worlds - holoships - putting their faith in a physics they barely understand.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Earthier, narrower, more feminine than AR's work
- By SciFi Kindle on 07-28-14
- On the Steel Breeze
- Poseidon's Children, Book 2
- By: Alastair Reynolds
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
Story much better than book 1
Reviewed: 02-02-16
The story is VERY good (on a scale of 1-10, 8.5). It's not often you listen to a 20+ hour novel, and are engaged the whole time. The narrator is just okay (5.5 out fo 10), and admittedly she had a tough novel to narrate convincingly. By comparison, I thought book 1 (this is book 2 of the series) had a better narrator (7 out of 10), but the story was not as strong (6 out of 10). I think you could listen to the 2 books independently, except that if you started with book 2, you would want to listen to book 1 immediately, and much of the suspense of book 1 would be ruined by book 2. On the whole, both books are a good use of your entertainment dollar, and I am pleased with the money and time I invested in both. I think you will be too.
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