Jeffrey A Robinson
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Empire: The Empire Duet, Part 1
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,280
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 664
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 663
Orson Scott Card is a master storyteller, who has earned millions of fans and reams of praise for his previous science-fiction and fantasy works. Now he steps a little closer to the present day with this chilling look at a near-future scenario: a new American Civil War. The American Empire has grown too fast, the fault lines at home are stressed to the breaking point, and the war of words between Right and Left has collapsed into a shooting war.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Good pace, weak premise
- By Andrea on 01-01-07
- Empire: The Empire Duet, Part 1
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
interesting premise but some uniteresting dialogue
Reviewed: 06-19-16
the actual idea and premise of the book is very interesting and I'd love for there to be other books that explore this topic more even if not in this particular universe. the issues that I have with the book is that it gets lost in the dialogue that often times doesn't build characters aren't helpful in advancing the plot and altogether just uninteresting. this is a large part of what I think is keeping this story from being as tight and cohesive as it could be
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Repeat
- By: Neal Pollack
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 298
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 272
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Story4 out of 5 stars 272
Through strange metaphysical circumstances, failed screenwriter Brad Cohen finds himself caught in an infinite time loop, forced to relive the first forty years of his life again and again. Each "repeat," Brad wakes up in the womb on what was supposed to be his fortieth birthday, with full knowledge of what's come before. In various timelines, he becomes a successful political pundit, a game-show champion, a playboy, and a master manipulator of the stock market, but none of them seems to lead him out of his predicament.
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3 out of 5 stars
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SHE PULLED BRAD UP BY HIS PITTS
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 02-21-16
- Repeat
- By: Neal Pollack
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
Predictable but enojyable
Reviewed: 07-15-15
What did you love best about Repeat?
The humor of the book was right on point. Kept me chuckling to meself on a generally regular cadence.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
I actually think that this book would work better as a mini-series...but I suppose the tagline would be "What would you do if you could relive you youth" not catchy I know, but I'm a engineer not a writer.
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