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Narrated by:
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Tom Weiner
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By:
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John Steakley
Felix is a scout in A-team Two. Highly competent, he is the sole survivor of mission after mission. Yet he is a man consumed by fear and hatred. And he is protected not only by his custom-fitted body armor, the culmination of 10,000 years of the armorers' craft, but also by an odd being which seems to live with him, a cold killing machine he calls "the Engine."
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This is not a David Weber or John Ringo style military novel. The technology is painted in broad strokes and in most places lacks any real detail. The energy weapons are simple called "Blazers", thrown weapons are "Blaze Bombs" the artillery are "Laser Cannon" Normally I hate this generic kind of sci-fi but in this book the characters are so well written that you feel the battle more than see it. This author is not a world builder or an armchair general but someone who can write the soul of a real killer, something that many so called military fiction writers fail at. Many people may not "get" this book but for those of us that have felt the touch of the "Engine" this is book is a striking experience.
Normally I don't rate the narrator, caring more about the story instead but in this case I will say that he does an excellent job. You can always tell who's speaking just by the voice of the character and the voices fit perfectly with what I imagined when I first read this book.
Not just a story this is literature
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Outstanding
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Do I love it? Yes. And the narrator? Absolutely great. He has to be one of the top three best narrators I've ever listened to. I can't believe that he's doing all the voices.
A weird addiction
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Anybody that is fan of high tech futuristic fiction will love this and be able put yourself in the main characters shoes and live the journey. Just As when I read the book over 20 years ago as a teen, I found myself Talking back to it and laughing and gritting my teeth again.
Loved it all.
Loved the Book 25 years ago.. Even better now.
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Parts 1 & 4 are great and kept me interested while Parts 2 & 3 sucked. The storytelling is at two completely different levels, the first being military scifi and the other being crap.
There is simply no reason for the entire middle section and it is shameful that it exists in an otherwise decent book.
Not bad, but not great
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One of the best sci fi reads
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It could have been a good stort story
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A lifelong favorite
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Superficially, Armor is about two people- Felix, who is fighting in the Ant War, and Jack Crow, pirate extraordinaire. The two viewpoints alternate throughout, in a plot with betrayal and suffering. The scifi is very soft, so those expecting details about the ins and outs of the armor and space travel should look elsewhere for that, and enjoy this for the characters.
Really, Armor is a very inward focused look at the effects of war and combat on the individual, as well as how we cope with loss and pain. It delves into concepts of self and how one damage to the sense of self impacts people. All of this is brilliantly woven into the plot, coming to the surface on occasion to drive home a point or two. It truly is gripping stuff.
Weiner does an great job with the narration. I found his Jack Crow very persuasive, and his ability to accurately represent the characters' emotional states helped drag me into the audio book just as well as if I were reading it myself.
In summary: An excellent reading of a phenomenal sci fi novel, purposeful and with something to say beyond killing aliens and wearing armor.
Excellent novel, done justice.
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Great!
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