Damien Callan
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The Quantum Thief
- By: Hannu Rajaniemi
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 81
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Story4 out of 5 stars 83
The Quantum Thief is a dazzling hard SF novel set in the solar system of the far future - a heist novel peopled by bizarre post-humans but powered by very human motives of betrayal, revenge and jealousy. It is a stunning debut. Jean le Flambeur is a post-human criminal, mind burglar, confidence artist and trickster.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Poor recording quality
- By Matthew on 07-23-15
- The Quantum Thief
- By: Hannu Rajaniemi
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
Wonderfully read but hard to get through.
Reviewed: 06-09-16
The story from the beginning could do with a more in depth overview of the universe the writer has created. The book is wonderfully read and produced.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- By: Douglas Adams
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 55,955
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 48,061
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 47,992
Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last 15 years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.
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5 out of 5 stars
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HHTGH - Lightly Fried
- By J. Medany on 05-08-05
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- By: Douglas Adams
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
Overrated
Reviewed: 03-08-16
What disappointed you about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
It's a reasonably funny book, but unfortunately the actual decent laughs are few and far between. It's possible the writer was as high as a kite when he wrote it and perhaps one needs to be in a similar state to truly enjoy it. Fry does a pretty good job but he can't make comedy gold out of the material. I'm just surprised it's so popular considering it's mediocrity.
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God Emperor of Dune
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,462
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,647
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,638
More than 3,000 years have passed since the first events recorded in Dune. Only one link survives with those tumultuous times: the grotesque figure of Leto Atreides, son of the prophet Paul Muad'Dib, and now the virtually immortal God Emperor of Dune. He alone understands the future, and he knows with a terrible certainty that the evolution of his race is at an end unless he can breed new qualities into his species.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Almost as good as the original
- By Joel D Offenberg on 12-03-09
- God Emperor of Dune
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
generally disappointing
Reviewed: 08-31-15
practically nothing happens. too much waffle. regret buying all the dune books. pity about that
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