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Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard
- By: Lawrence M. Schoen
- Narrated by: J. G. Hertzler
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 438
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 391
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Story4 out of 5 stars 389
In a distant future, no remnants of human beings remain, but their successors thrive throughout the galaxy. These are the offspring of humanity's genius-animals uplifted into walking, talking, sentient beings. The Fant are one such species: anthropomorphic elephants ostracized by other races and long ago exiled to the rainy ghetto world of Barsk. There, they develop medicines upon which all species now depend.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is the greatest book I've ever read
- By Connor Penhale on 11-26-16
- Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard
- By: Lawrence M. Schoen
- Narrated by: J. G. Hertzler
A fresh new breath of a story!
Reviewed: 03-06-16
Where does Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
For me, what sets a book above others is that it's a new baseline in the story. Something I haven't read about before. Wizards and magic, that's not new, but can be great. Barsk on the other hand was something new from the start on for me. And what makes a book really great for me is if it can paint pictures in my mind. That I can see the characters and the surroundings playing like a movie in my head. And of course, the story needs to be catching and exciting.
Barsk is just this. All of it. I love the characters, and hate a couple too. There is something new and fresh about the story and concept that drew me in from the start. With great care Schoen spins a tale that kept me driving slower and longer than I needed too (listening to the audiobook). With the plot twisting and turning ways that I didn't expect I had to force myself to put it on pause and out of the car more than once.
That the narrator, J.G. Hertzler has a voice that is plesant to listen to was of course also a pluss.
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Before They Are Hanged
- By: Joe Abercrombie
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 22 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 20,859
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 18,623
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Story5 out of 5 stars 18,559
The second novel in the wildly popular First Law Trilogy from New York Times best seller Joe Abercrombie. Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with traitors, when your allies can by no means be trusted, and your predecessor vanished without a trace? It's enough to make a torturer want to run - if he could even walk without a stick. Northmen have spilled over the border of Angland and are spreading fire and death across the frozen country. Crown Prince Ladisla is poised to drive them back and win undying glory.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Can't stand to hear the word grimace' any more.
- By Max on 08-29-17
- Before They Are Hanged
- By: Joe Abercrombie
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
A gem!
Reviewed: 10-22-15
Both the story and the narration are top notch. Listened to it inthe car, took detours so I could listen longer.
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Starplex
- By: Robert J. Sawyer
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett, Robert J. Sawyer
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 378
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 297
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Story4 out of 5 stars 294
Twenty years after the discovery of artificial wormholes launches Earth space exploration to unforeseeable heights, Starplex Director Keith Lansing investigates a mysterious vessel that soon threatens the station with intergalactic war.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Tribute to Arthur C. Clarke
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 06-23-12
- Starplex
- By: Robert J. Sawyer
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett, Robert J. Sawyer
One of the best!
Reviewed: 09-02-15
Sawyer does what he does best; captivates me from page 1 and never let go for a single paragraph.
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