Patrick M. Coffey
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Infinite 2
- By: Jeremy Robinson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,307
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6,656
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,640
William Chanokh is immortal...and he’s trapped on the Galahad, an interstellar starship on a never-ending journey through open space. His only companions are Capria - mortal and in cryo-sleep - and Gal, an artificial intelligence, and the love of his life, with whom he spends every waking moment in the "Great Escape". After untold years living countless lives, Gal begins acting strange. Betrayed by his digital love, his long-term memory overwritten, and enduring violent manipulation, Will painfully peels back layers of simulation, fighting to reach reality 1.0...
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3 out of 5 stars
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Wanted to love it, but. . .
- By Wiley Brooks on 03-23-21
- Infinite 2
- By: Jeremy Robinson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Sublime Infinity
Reviewed: 06-22-21
Heady innerspace in outer space Fiction is how I would sum Robinson's novel. I really dug Inifinite and when I noticed the second novel released I had to read it and see what the crew of the Galahad could get up to. Especially with the the trippy idea of how the universe "ended". Ultimately if you are a fan of Infinite I do not think you will be disappointed with this sequel. it is equally heady with its ideas of time space and astrophysics as it is funny and sarcastic. good read!
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Later
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Seth Numrich
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19,112
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 17,112
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17,021
The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn. But the cost of using this ability is higher than Jamie can imagine—as he discovers when an NYPD detective draws him into the pursuit of a killer who has threatened to strike from beyond the grave.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another amazing story
- By Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com on 03-02-21
- Later
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Seth Numrich
No Time Like The Present to Review Later
Reviewed: 03-24-21
Nothing beats the Dead Lights shinning brightly from the darkness of the cold center of the Kingaverse. Later was a quick listen and though it does not venture into new territory it still upholds King's quality of character building. I never understood people's complaints about King's abuse of the economy of words. His description of Therriault near the end of the novel as a (paraphrasing) "...charred piece of wood still smolderig from within ..." is simplisticly perfect evocation.
If you are one of the few left out there that has still not drawn a verdict on sai King - I would offer this novel as an entry point as I believe it has just the right amount of horror and tension to get you hooked. And if this one gets your inner horror fan jonsing then dive right into tthe other Hard Case Crime novels: The Colorado Kid and Joyland. From there....sky's the limit as the entirety of King's oeuvre is yours to explore.
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Gwendy's Button Box
- Includes Bonus Story "The Music Room"
- By: Stephen King, Richard Chizmar
- Narrated by: Maggie Siff
- Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,897
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,581
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,576
There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974, 12-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong (if time-rusted) iron bolts and zigzag up the cliffside. At the top of the stairs, Gwendy catches her breath and listens to the shouts of the kids on the playground. One day a stranger calls to Gwendy: "Hey, girl. Come on over here for a bit. We ought to palaver, you and me."
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5 out of 5 stars
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THE PEOPLE SEE A LEVER, THEY WANT TO PULL IT
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 06-07-17
- Gwendy's Button Box
- Includes Bonus Story "The Music Room"
- By: Stephen King, Richard Chizmar
- Narrated by: Maggie Siff
Palaver...
Reviewed: 06-20-17
Was excited to see this pop up under King! I enjoyed the whole Monkey Paw vibe. I do wish it was longer so that we had more back story from Ferris to David to Olivia. I know it was a quite burn bit I liked the character buildup - hence the want for more development. I did love the idea if The Suicide Stairs.
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The Dark Tower
- The Dark Tower VII
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 28 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 23,904
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 20,147
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 20,156
All good things must come to an end, Constant Listener, and not even Stephen King can write a story that goes on forever. The tale of Roland Deschain's relentless quest for the Dark Tower has, the author fears, sorely tried the patience of those who have followed it from its earliest chapters. But attend to it a while longer, if it pleases you, for this volume is the last, and often the last things are best.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Divine
- By Colleen A. Segarra on 09-21-04
- The Dark Tower
- The Dark Tower VII
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: George Guidall
To the Dark Tower oft I Climbed...
Reviewed: 11-07-16
What King writes, I read...so says Gan. Love thus story and the ending... not a King apologist...but just lived this series growing up.
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Neverwhere
- By: Neil Gaiman
- Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41,720
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35,187
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35,131
Richard Mayhew is a young man with a good heart and an ordinary life, which is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. His small act of kindness propels him into a world he never dreamed existed. There are people who fall through the cracks, and Richard has become one of them. And he must learn to survive in this city of shadows and darkness, monsters and saints, murderers and angels, if he is ever to return to the London that he knew.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Truly outstamding!
- By RJT on 10-27-07
- Neverwhere
- By: Neil Gaiman
- Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
Amen for Gaiman!
Reviewed: 08-12-16
Simply put - Brillaince comes to NG like the act of breathing. It is intrinsic to his station as we slowly shuffle, stumble through this mortal coil. I would suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous Fifty Shades of Grey, wrapped in honest humilty, for even just the Cliff's Notes of American Gods.
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Zodiac
- By: Neal Stephenson
- Narrated by: Ax Norman
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 944
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 719
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Story4 out of 5 stars 731
Sangamon Taylor's a New Age Sam Spade who sports a wet suit instead of a trench coat and prefers Jolt from the can to Scotch on the rocks. He knows about chemical sludge the way he knows about evil - all too intimately. And the toxic trail he follows leads to some high and foul places. Before long, Taylor's house is bombed, his every move followed, he's adopted by reservation Indians, moves onto the FBI's most wanted list, makes up with his girlfriend, and plays a starring role in the near-assassination of a presidential candidate.
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3 out of 5 stars
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kinda meh
- By L P SCHUTT JR on 05-14-20
- Zodiac
- By: Neal Stephenson
- Narrated by: Ax Norman
seemed like a quick read
Reviewed: 05-19-16
I like NS quite a bit, having discovered him more recently (Seveneves being my first by him). This seemed quicker....if I could put it that way, then Reamde and Anathem...but I am not just talking about length. it seemed like the book was accelerated in some way. which seems off a bit for being an NS book. overall I thought it was entertaining about a topic I was only marginally aware of. I would recommend it to a fan that missed it the first go around.
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Zodiac
- By: Neal Stephenson
- Narrated by: Ax Norman
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 823
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 608
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Story4 out of 5 stars 618
Sangamon Taylor's a New Age Sam Spade who sports a wet suit instead of a trench coat and prefers Jolt to Scotch. He knows about chemical sludge the way he knows about evil -- all too intimately. And the toxic trail he follows leads to some high and foul places.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love that dirty water!
- By Edie Snow on 04-24-10
- Zodiac
- By: Neal Stephenson
- Narrated by: Ax Norman
seemed like a quick read
Reviewed: 05-19-16
I like NS quite a bit, having discovered him more recently (Seveneves being my first by him). This seemed quicker....if I could put it that way, then Reamde and Anathem...but I am not just talking about length. it seemed like the book was accelerated in some way. which seems off a bit for being an NS book. overall I thought it was entertaining about a topic I was only marginally aware of. I would recommend it to a fan that missed it the first go around.
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The Girl on the Train
- A Novel
- By: Paula Hawkins
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 140,826
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 124,055
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 123,932
The debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives. Every day the same. Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. Jess and Jason, she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The Girl on The Train
- By BookReader on 12-30-15
- The Girl on the Train
- A Novel
- By: Paula Hawkins
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher
I really dug the story but...
Reviewed: 05-04-16
...people. whi say it is Hitchcockian...I don't drink from thay well but...some contrivances seemed over-the_top.
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Armada
- A Novel
- By: Ernest Cline
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48,435
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 44,805
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Story4 out of 5 stars 44,709
Zack Lightman has never much cared for reality. He vastly prefers the countless science-fiction movies, books, and videogames he's spent his life consuming. And too often, he catches himself wishing that some fantastic, impossible, world-altering event could arrive to whisk him off on a grand spacefaring adventure.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I loved Ready Player One. Hated Armada
- By Joshua on 07-17-15
- Armada
- A Novel
- By: Ernest Cline
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
The ease of verisimilitude
Reviewed: 07-27-15
I never thought, nor hoped, that this would be another RoP1. I liked quite a bit of what Cline laid down for us in this novel. the future tech was acceptable as well as far fetched enough to make one Blue Sky what they would do if they had one to pilot. The lI ss of the father...the hatred of bullies and the calloquy of misfits (like RoP1) that saved earth with heart and smarts and not just simply brawn. only complaint is I did not buy the anger that the protagonist had against his father immediately after they met. seemed uncharacteristically used and made the device stand out of place even more. other then that I dug the rest of the book. read it!!!
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