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The Foundation Trilogy (Dramatized)
- By: Isaac Asimov, Patrick Tull - adaptation, Mike Stott - adaptation
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Beevers, Lee Montague, Julian Glover, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1,083
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 949
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Story4 out of 5 stars 932
The opening episode begins on Trantor, capital of the Galactic Empire, with the meeting of Seldon and Dornick, their trial, and their exile to Terminus. The action then jumps forward 50 years, to the first Seldon Crisis, where the repercussions of the recent independence of the Four Kingdoms of the Periphery are being felt on Terminus, and are handled by the first Mayor, Salvor Hardin....
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1 out of 5 stars
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How can you go wrong with a must read book for $2
- By James on 03-06-11
great story, but dated quality
Reviewed: 01-28-24
While I love the fact that we're getting a slice of the past with this full casted performance, the fact that it was recorded before the age of digital technology is blatant. I'm not sure if some further remastering or editing process is possible, but it's simply difficult to understand what is being said. This sounds like it was recorded using actors on a stage, not voice actors poised over dedicated microphones. It kind of ruins the experience for me.
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Rhapsody
- Child of Blood
- By: Elizabeth Haydon
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 30 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 764
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 693
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 695
Rhapsody is a woman, a singer of some talent who is swept up into events of world-shattering import. On the run from an old romantic interest who won't take no for an answer, Rhapsody literally bumps into a couple of shady characters: half breeds who come to her rescue in the nick of time. Only the rescue turns into an abduction, and Rhapsody soon finds herself dragged along on an epic voyage--one that spans centuries and ranges across a wonder-filled fantasy world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good story! Terrible narration.
- By CharmY2K on 04-30-15
- Rhapsody
- Child of Blood
- By: Elizabeth Haydon
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
Overall good book with original cultures
Reviewed: 01-17-19
Good story, and even better performance, but I just couldn't keep from getting severely annoyed by the lack of development and steadfast naivete of the character Rhapsody. Her constant surprise when her murdering and dark natured companions keep murdering and doing dark things is a constant source of eye rolling, and her apparent confusion for why she is so enrapturing makes her seem like a dumb damsel instead of the heroine the story seems to pose her as.
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We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
- Bobiverse, Book 1
- By: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 106,088
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 97,231
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 96,994
There's a reason We Are Legion was named Audible's Best Science Fiction Book of 2016: Its irresistibly irreverent wit! Bob Johansson has just sold his software company for a small fortune and is looking forward to a life of leisure. The first item on his to-do list: Spending his newfound windfall. On an urge to splurge, he signs up to have his head cryogenically preserved in case of death. Then he gets himself killed crossing the street. Waking up 117 years later, Bob discovers his mind has been uploaded into a sentient space probe with the ability to replicate itself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ignore the Publisher's Summary! This is Amazing!
- By PW on 04-12-17
- We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
- Bobiverse, Book 1
- By: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Engaging, Original, and Humorous.
Reviewed: 08-12-18
It's no question why this is a top seller. Taylor's new and far reaching considerations of a life housed in software are told and delivered in a story wonderfully narrated by a talented teller.
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The Line of Polity
- By: Neal Asher
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 18 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 161
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 144
Outlink station Miranda has been destroyed by a nanomycelium, and the very nature of this sabotage suggests that the alien bioconstruct Dragon - a creature as untrustworthy as it is gigantic - is somehow involved. Sent out on a titanic Polity dreadnought, the Occam Razor, agent Cormac must investigate the disaster. Meanwhile, on the remote planet Masada, the long-term rebellion can never rise aboveground, as the slave population is subjugated by orbital laser arrays controlled by the Theocracy in their cylinder worlds.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's so good
- By Christopher on 05-02-17
- The Line of Polity
- By: Neal Asher
- Narrated by: David Marantz
Great book. Bad narrator.
Reviewed: 06-25-17
I am completely in love with Neal Asher's stories and writing style. This story is no different. What I like a little less however is David Marantz reading it. His standard narration is good, but his characters are extremely flat-- especially his female ones. It's as if he has to pick between voice pitch and character depth. Eldene sounded like some ditsy blonde instead of a skeptical, intelligent, rebel.
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