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The Long Utopia
- A Novel
- By: Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter
- Narrated by: Michael Fenton Stevens
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 839
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 761
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 763
It's 2045-2059. Human society continues to evolve on Datum Earth, its battered and weary origin planet, as the spread of humanity progresses throughout the many Earths beyond. Lobsang, now an elderly and complex AI, suffers a breakdown and, disguised as a human, attempts to live a "normal" life on one of the millions of Long Earth worlds. His old friend, Joshua, now in his 50s, searches for his father and discovers a heretofore unknown family history.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The series is losing its way
- By Thomas A Reeve on 06-10-16
- The Long Utopia
- A Novel
- By: Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter
- Narrated by: Michael Fenton Stevens
Unexpectedly good.
Reviewed: 03-14-16
I'd thought the series to have stopped being interesting by now, but Baxter came through with the goods. Not a dramatic barnburner, but lots of fun to read.
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The Bands of Mourning
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 27,014
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 23,969
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Story5 out of 5 stars 23,903
The Bands of Mourning are the mythical metalminds owned by the Lord Ruler, said to grant anyone who wears them the powers that the Lord Ruler had at his command. Hardly anyone thinks they really exist. A kandra researcher has returned to Elendel with images that seem to depict the Bands as well as writings in a language that no one can read. Waxillium Ladrian is recruited to travel south to the city of New Seran to investigate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wax and Wayne are Back!!!
- By Don Gilbert on 01-28-16
- The Bands of Mourning
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
Good story, insane cliffhanger.
Reviewed: 03-02-16
Easy quick read from Sanderson. He tells a constantly evolving story and still manages to surprise us at the end.
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Zoe's Tale
- Old Man's War, Book 4
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,864
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,203
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,195
How do you tell your part in the biggest tale in history? I ask because it's what I have to do. I'm Zoe Boutin Perry: A colonist stranded on a deadly pioneer world. Holy icon to a race of aliens. A player (and a pawn) in a interstellar chess match to save humanity, or to see it fall. Witness to history. Friend. Daughter. Human. Seventeen years old. Everyone on Earth knows the tale I am part of. But you don't know my tale: How I did what I did—how I did what I had to do—not just to stay alive but to keep you alive, too.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Bait and switch. Skip it unless you're a teenager.
- By Blue Falcon on 03-05-14
- Zoe's Tale
- Old Man's War, Book 4
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
No surprises.
Reviewed: 07-22-15
Great narrator, but I have to wonder why Scalzi wrote it. There is virtually nothing we learned if we read the previous three books, and it's agonizing to watch the same scenes again with little new perspective.
The book would be better, had I not read the third in the series, but as far as I'm concerned it was a waste of money.
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Sundiver
- The Uplift Saga, Book 1
- By: David Brin
- Narrated by: George Wilson
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,271
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 977
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Story4 out of 5 stars 987
For nearly a billion years, every known sentient species in the universe has been the result of genetic and cultural guidance - or "uplifting" - by a previously uplifted patron race. Then humans are discovered. Having already uplifted chimps and dolphins, humanity clearly qualifies as an intelligent species, but did they actually evolve their own intelligence, or did some mysterious patron race begin the process, then suddenly abandon Earth?
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3 out of 5 stars
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good, but flawed
- By J Michael on 04-16-08
- Sundiver
- The Uplift Saga, Book 1
- By: David Brin
- Narrated by: George Wilson
Great ideas and mystery
Reviewed: 12-16-12
What made the experience of listening to Sundiver the most enjoyable?
The unusual nature of the subject material, delivered in a way that made it seem like complete sense. Characters were compelling and complex
Have you listened to any of George Wilson’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Wilson has to account for a variety of species and personality types and does a fantastic job. He stays away from caricature and delivers both aliens and humans perfectly.
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