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Extinction Series: The Complete Collection
- By: James D. Prescott
- Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
- Length: 24 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,949
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,728
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,722
Geophysicist Jack Greer believes he may finally have found the resting place of the meteorite that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. A few miles off the Yucatán coast, Jack and a team of scientists tow an aging drilling platform over the impact crater with the aim of securing a sample. But buried deep beneath the earth lies a shocking discovery that threatens to shatter everything we think we know about our species.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Holy cliche and bad science, batman!
- By Andrew Pollack on 07-23-19
- Extinction Series: The Complete Collection
- By: James D. Prescott
- Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
didn't bother to try to finish it
Reviewed: 09-24-23
Meh. Just... boring... Performance is fine. There are 2 storylines going on and I'm sure the characters will meet up eventually, but neither story is good enough to keep my attention.
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Pandora's Star
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 37 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 9,853
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 7,742
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,757
The year is 2380. The Intersolar Commonwealth, a sphere of stars some 400 light-years in diameter, contains more than 600 worlds, interconnected by a web of transport "tunnels" known as wormholes. At the farthest edge of the Commonwealth, astronomer Dudley Bose observes the impossible: Over 1,000 light-years away, a star...vanishes. It does not go supernova. It does not collapse into a black hole. It simply disappears.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Epic Scifi
- By Devin on 10-17-09
- Pandora's Star
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
After 37 hours... I just don't care.
Reviewed: 10-09-19
Audible and a bunch of other sites recommended this as a "read next" for another sci-fi book I had finished. However, this is *nothing* like the other book I finished.
After listening to this book for 37 hours, I can safely say there were so many storylines, characters without much depth, and random descriptions, that I really just don't care what happens next.
And the narrator made it quite difficult - his volume range was so varied that I had to keep skip back, turn of the volume to catch the words at the end of the sentence, then quickly turn the volume back down so I could keep my eardrums.
On the other hand, I did finish the book.
But, I simply can't recommend it.
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Day 21
- By: Kass Morgan
- Narrated by: Justin Torres, Phoebe Strole
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 806
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 706
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 705
It's been 21 days since the hundred landed on Earth. They're the only humans to set foot on the planet in centuries...or so they thought. Book two in The 100 series, now a popular show on the CW network. Facing an unknown enemy, Wells attempts to keep the group together. Clarke strikes out for Mount Weather, in search of other colonists, while Bellamy is determined to rescue his sister, no matter the cost. And back on the ship, Glass faces an unthinkable choice between the love of her life and life itself.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I am Guilty
- By clara on 09-23-15
- Day 21
- By: Kass Morgan
- Narrated by: Justin Torres, Phoebe Strole
bad pronunciation
Reviewed: 05-21-19
I struggle with any narrator who cannot pronounce words like "nuclear." the male narrator did this repeatedly.
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Parallel Worlds
- A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
- By: Michio Kaku
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,411
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,236
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,233
In Parallel Worlds, world-renowned physicist and best-selling author Michio Kaku - an author who "has a knack for bringing the most ethereal ideas down to earth" (Wall Street Journal) - takes listeners on a fascinating tour of cosmology, M-theory, and its implications for the fate of the universe.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Misleading title
- By Fara on 09-14-16
- Parallel Worlds
- A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
- By: Michio Kaku
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
rather dull and all over the place.
Reviewed: 10-24-16
at least one poplar reference was terribly wrong. makes me wonder what else might be
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On Silver Wings
- By: Evan Currie
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,048
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 959
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Story4 out of 5 stars 962
When the Colony on Hayden's world went black, a team was sent to investigate. It was supposed to be a training mission: skip in, find out the Casimir Transmitter had gone dead, report back and wait for resupply from the Fleet. By the time the only surviving member of the team made landfall, it was spectacularly clear that this wasn't a training mission.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not the best, but better than many on audible
- By Desmond on 10-27-15
- On Silver Wings
- By: Evan Currie
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
so-so
Reviewed: 08-07-15
Would you try another book from Evan Currie and/or Dina Pearlman?
possibly - the next one would by Evan Currie would need to be a better story or I probably would not consider any more.
Dina Pearlman was passable, so that wouldn't be a deterrent.
Would you recommend On Silver Wings to your friends? Why or why not?
probably not. the performance was just below average. Not bad by any stretch, but not what I've become accustomed to. The story was somewhat thin in spots with a lot of military process written in. I suppose for military fans, it's worth it, but for me it was just excess noise. The characters were also a bit thin. It seemed like there was a lot of potential for more character development, background, and story, but it was almost just glazed over.
What aspect of Dina Pearlman’s performance would you have changed?
The accents were pretty bad (especially the British). The Russian wasn't terrible, but they were almost distracting. Otherwise, not bad.
Was On Silver Wings worth the listening time?
barely. I have had books where I've asked myself if I even want to bother to finish it. I only asked myself that question once or twice near the beginning.
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