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The Gods of Mars
- By: Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Narrated by: Alan Munro
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4 out of 5 stars 30
At the end of the first book, A Princess of Mars, John Carter is unwillingly transported back to Earth. The Gods of Mars begins with his arrival back on Barsoom (Mars) after a 10-year separation from his wife, Dejah Thoris; his unborn child; and the Red Martian people of the nation of Helium, whom he has adopted as his own. Unfortunately Carter materializes in the one place on Barsoom from which nobody is allowed to depart: the Valley Dor, which is the Barsoomian afterlife.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The gods of Mars
- By Patrick Power on 12-29-22
- The Gods of Mars
- By: Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Narrated by: Alan Munro
The gods of Mars
Reviewed: 12-29-22
The appreciation of ERB remains despite the time that has passed. The action devices that repeat in all similar homages to his work are evident. But the pace is slow by today’s comparisons and even with the introspection of Carter’s thoughts and inner turmoil, it’s freshness has expired. The language is that of a highly educated author, not a soldier from Virginia. Too many races, names, and locations fail to stick in the memory, whereas Tolkien succeeds in this challenge to this obstacle. An odd reading but unique in tone. It sounds like an ESL interpretation.
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The Atlantis Code
- A Novel
- By: Charles Brokaw
- Narrated by: Erik Davies
- Length: 16 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 476
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 426
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Story4 out of 5 stars 425
A thrill-seeking Harvard linguistics professor and an ultrasecret branch of the Catholic Church go head-to-head in a race to uncover the secrets of the lost city of Atlantis. The ruins of the technologically advanced, eerily enigmatic ancient civilization promise their discoverer fame, fortune, and power...but hold earth-shattering secrets about the origin of man. While world-famous linguist and archaeologist, Thomas Lourds, is shooting a film that dramatizes his flamboyant life and scientific achievements, satellites spot impossibly ancient ruins along the Spanish coast.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Atlantis-Still lost.
- By Placeholder on 09-05-19
- The Atlantis Code
- A Novel
- By: Charles Brokaw
- Narrated by: Erik Davies
Intriguing Tease of a Legend
Reviewed: 11-14-22
Charles Brokaw takes us on adventure that both gets us to Atlantis but keeps the culture a mystery. With the spirit of a Dan Brown novel, and the blunt sexuality Ian Fleming, The Atlantis Code can’t help but be entertaining. And if you like Biblical referencing, this story has that too without getting didactic. Personal preferences aside, the thing that keeps me turning pages is the escape factor more than the deep human or historical aspects. The narrator is a skilled dialectician who moves effortlessly between Russian, Arabic, and English as well as genders. I found the overall production to be fun, not fabulous, but I would read another Charles Brokaw without hesitation.
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