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House of Open Wounds
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 23 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 251
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 226
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Story5 out of 5 stars 226
City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to an imperfect world. As their legions scour the world of superstition with the bright flame of reason, so they deliver a mountain of ragged, holed and scorched flesh to the field hospital tents just behind the frontline. Which is where Yasnic, one-time priest, healer and rebel, finds himself. Reprieved from the gallows and sent to war clutching a box of orphan Gods, he has been sequestered to a particularity unorthodox medical unit.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fun small-world character study!
- By Scott on 02-18-24
- House of Open Wounds
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
My Absolute Favorite Steampunk in the Style of FF6
Reviewed: 02-07-24
Tchaikovsky really has something with this series. I say this book is the adult version of Final Fantasy 6 that I have searched for going on 20 years.
If you, like me love the idea of a magical world going through the throws of an industrial, political, and religious revolution, then House of Open Wounds and the accompanying City of Last Chances is for you. Tchaikovsky weaves deeply written characters with divided motivations through a world where magic has been harnessed to a science by dissolving gods and arcana into batteries to charge war machines for the purpose of civilizing the societies which they were stolen from. On top of that there's a subtle sense of humor I think Terry Pratchett would giggle at.
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Termination Shock
- A Novel
- By: Neal Stephenson
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 22 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,438
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,026
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,023
One man—visionary billionaire restaurant chain magnate T. R. Schmidt, Ph.D.—has a Big Idea for reversing global warming, a master plan perhaps best described as “elemental.” But will it work? Ranging from the Texas heartland to the Dutch royal palace in the Hague, from the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas to the sunbaked Chihuahuan Desert, Termination Shock brings together a disparate group of characters from different cultures and continents who grapple with the real-life repercussions of global warming.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The Men Who Shoot at Feral Hogs
- By Kindle Customer on 12-02-21
- Termination Shock
- A Novel
- By: Neal Stephenson
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Just dull and navel gazing
Reviewed: 05-14-22
The book leans heavily on character and world building, but many of the characters felt unintriguing. The story itself was ponderous to the point of non-existant. Really feels like propaganda in favor of geoengineering.
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Low Town
- A Novel
- By: Daniel Polansky
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 337
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 306
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 305
Drug dealers, hustlers, brothels, dirty politics, corrupt cops...and sorcery. Welcome to Low Town. In the forgotten back alleys and flophouses that lie in the shadows of Rigus, the finest city of the Thirteen Lands, you will find Low Town. It is an ugly place, and its champion is an ugly man. Disgraced intelligence agent. Forgotten war hero. Independent drug dealer. After a fall from grace five years ago, a man known as the Warden leads a life of crime, addicted to cheap violence and expensive drugs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Noir and fantasy walk into a bar...
- By Reviews by L on 12-16-15
- Low Town
- A Novel
- By: Daniel Polansky
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
A Grim fantasy detective with a a well honed wit
Reviewed: 01-06-21
One of the very few fantasy detective stories I've ever read, fits well if you enjoy Song of Ice and Fire and Altered Carbon series specifically for tone and style (with a general absence of sex).
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The Rise of Ransom City
- The Half-Made World, Book 2
- By: Felix Gilman
- Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo, Gregory Itzin
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Story4 out of 5 stars 40
This is the story Harry Ransom. If you know his name it's most likely as the inventor of the Ransom Process, a stroke of genius that changed the world. Or you may have read about how he lost the battle of Jasper City, or won it, depending on where you stand in matters of politics. Friends called him Hal or Harry, or by one of a half-dozen aliases, of which he had more than any honest man should. He often went by Professor Harry Ransom, and though he never had anything you might call a formal education, he definitely earned it.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good but not as good as Half-Made World
- By A Reader on 05-20-13
- The Rise of Ransom City
- The Half-Made World, Book 2
- By: Felix Gilman
- Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo, Gregory Itzin
Felix Gilman is brilliant
Reviewed: 05-13-16
Felix Gilman crafts a deep, enveloping narrative. Harry Ransom through his own eyes is an engaging hero, and I found myself in mourning for his losses and smiling at his triumphs, which happens to me rarely when I read anymore. The reading is perfect as well.
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Market Forces
- By: Richard K. Morgan
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 689
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 387
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Story4 out of 5 stars 388
What do you buy and sell when the global markets reach saturation point? The markets themselves. Thirty years from now the big players in global capitalism have moved on from commodities. The big money is in conflict investment. The corporations keep a careful watch on the wars of liberation and revolution that burn constantly around the world. They guage who the winners will be and sell them arms, intelligence, and power. In return for a slice of the action when the war is won.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good easy listen
- By GGodman on 06-07-05
- Market Forces
- By: Richard K. Morgan
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
I need to like the protagonist at least slightly
Reviewed: 01-22-16
I really enjoy Morgan's books, his dark, flawed characters and his often brutal worlds. In this case, a quarter of the way through the book, I didn't care what happened to Chris, and by the halfway point I was disinterested in everything else.
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