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Wil Wheaton
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Kate Reading
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Cherie Priest
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In the early days of the Civil War, rumors of gold in the frozen Klondike brought hordes of newcomers to the Pacific Northwest. Anxious to compete, Russian prospectors commissioned inventor Leviticus Blue to create a great machine that could mine through Alaska’s ice.
Thus was Dr. Blue’s Incredible Bone-Shaking Drill Engine born. But on its first test run the Boneshaker went terribly awry, destroying several blocks of downtown Seattle and unearthing a subterranean vein of blight gas that turned anyone who breathed it into the living dead.
Now it is 16 years later, and a wall has been built to enclose the devastated and toxic city. Just beyond it lives Blue’s widow, Briar Wilkes. Life is hard with a ruined reputation and a teenaged boy to support, but she and Ezekiel are managing. Until Ezekiel undertakes a secret crusade to rewrite history. His quest will take him under the wall and into a city teeming with ravenous undead, air pirates, criminal overlords, and heavily armed refugees. And only Briar can bring him out alive.
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In High Earth, digital entertainment is everything. Shows. Virtual worlds. Simulations - there’s something for everybody in a city where working for a living has been rendered obsolete by technological advancements. Even a short walk outside to visit with others is no longer necessary. Just load into the network and you can be with anyone, anywhere. For Asher Reinhart, nothing compares to Ignis; a live reality show that pushes human beings to their very extremes.
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Fastest read ever!
- By Willis Burns on 04-13-21
By: Rhett C. Bruno
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Self Help
- By: Ben H. Winters
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton, Ron Perlman
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
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Jack Diller is just one more struggling actor on the road to nowhere. He’s got an agent who barely remembers his name, his ex-girlfriend has hooked up with a Silicon Valley dude, and the milk in his fridge is so far past its sell-by date it’s historic. The only way Jack can scrape together a bare existence is by delivering food to exactly the types of successful people he wishes he could be. Then, one day, a very strange audiobook shows up on his phone.
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Entertaining and slightly thought provoking, overall humorous
- By Jaxon on 05-30-22
By: Ben H. Winters
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Grave Reservations
- A Novel
- By: Cherie Priest
- Narrated by: Ulka Simone Mohanty
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
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Meet Leda Foley: devoted friend, struggling travel agent, and inconsistent psychic. When Leda, sole proprietor of Foley's Flights of Fancy, impulsively re-books Seattle PD detective Grady Merritt’s flight, her life changes in ways she couldn’t have predicted. After watching his original plane blow up from the safety of the airport, Grady realizes that Leda’s special abilities could help him with a cold case he just can’t crack.
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the perfect book for what I needed
- By Ann Gerrietts on 01-20-22
By: Cherie Priest
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The Difference Engine
- By: William Gibson, Bruce Sterling
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
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The Difference Engine is an alternate history novel by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. It is a prime example of the steampunk sub-genre; It posits a Victorian Britain in which great technological and social change has occurred after entrepreneurial inventor Charles Babbage succeeded in his ambition to build a mechanical computer called Engines. The fierce summer heat and pollution have driven the ruling class out of London and the resulting anarchy allows technology-hating Luddites to challenge the intellectual elite.
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Starts strong, falls off
- By Delano on 04-22-13
By: William Gibson, and others
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If Ever They Happened Upon My Lair
- A Tale from The Legend of Drizzt
- By: R. A. Salvatore
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
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Celebrated nerd hero Wil Wheaton ( Star Trek: The Next Generation; The Big Bang Theory) brings R.A. Salvatore's only Forgotten Realms novella to audio. If Ever They Happened Upon My Lair is a story of the Bloodstone Lands that deals with a contested issue of the Forgotten Realms: the mortality of dragons.
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Not impressed
- By J. Klinghoffer on 02-19-15
By: R. A. Salvatore
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The Drowning House
- By: Cherie Priest
- Narrated by: Mara Wilson
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
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A violent storm washes a mysterious house onto a rural Pacific Northwest beach, stopping the heart of the only woman who knows what it means. Her grandson, Simon Culpepper, vanishes in the aftermath, leaving two of his childhood friends to comb the small, isolated island for answers—but decades have passed since Melissa and Leo were close if they were ever close at all. Now they'll have to put aside old rivalries and grudges if they want to find or save the man who brought them together in the first place—and on the way they'll learn a great deal about the sinister house on the beach.
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Witchy Goodness with Lovecraftian Evilness
- By GeminiMonkey on 08-02-24
By: Cherie Priest
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Vicarious
- By: Rhett C. Bruno
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton, Katherine McNamara
- Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
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In High Earth, digital entertainment is everything. Shows. Virtual worlds. Simulations - there’s something for everybody in a city where working for a living has been rendered obsolete by technological advancements. Even a short walk outside to visit with others is no longer necessary. Just load into the network and you can be with anyone, anywhere. For Asher Reinhart, nothing compares to Ignis; a live reality show that pushes human beings to their very extremes.
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Fastest read ever!
- By Willis Burns on 04-13-21
By: Rhett C. Bruno
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Self Help
- By: Ben H. Winters
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton, Ron Perlman
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
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Jack Diller is just one more struggling actor on the road to nowhere. He’s got an agent who barely remembers his name, his ex-girlfriend has hooked up with a Silicon Valley dude, and the milk in his fridge is so far past its sell-by date it’s historic. The only way Jack can scrape together a bare existence is by delivering food to exactly the types of successful people he wishes he could be. Then, one day, a very strange audiobook shows up on his phone.
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Entertaining and slightly thought provoking, overall humorous
- By Jaxon on 05-30-22
By: Ben H. Winters
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Grave Reservations
- A Novel
- By: Cherie Priest
- Narrated by: Ulka Simone Mohanty
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
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Meet Leda Foley: devoted friend, struggling travel agent, and inconsistent psychic. When Leda, sole proprietor of Foley's Flights of Fancy, impulsively re-books Seattle PD detective Grady Merritt’s flight, her life changes in ways she couldn’t have predicted. After watching his original plane blow up from the safety of the airport, Grady realizes that Leda’s special abilities could help him with a cold case he just can’t crack.
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the perfect book for what I needed
- By Ann Gerrietts on 01-20-22
By: Cherie Priest
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The Difference Engine
- By: William Gibson, Bruce Sterling
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
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The Difference Engine is an alternate history novel by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. It is a prime example of the steampunk sub-genre; It posits a Victorian Britain in which great technological and social change has occurred after entrepreneurial inventor Charles Babbage succeeded in his ambition to build a mechanical computer called Engines. The fierce summer heat and pollution have driven the ruling class out of London and the resulting anarchy allows technology-hating Luddites to challenge the intellectual elite.
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Starts strong, falls off
- By Delano on 04-22-13
By: William Gibson, and others
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If Ever They Happened Upon My Lair
- A Tale from The Legend of Drizzt
- By: R. A. Salvatore
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
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Celebrated nerd hero Wil Wheaton ( Star Trek: The Next Generation; The Big Bang Theory) brings R.A. Salvatore's only Forgotten Realms novella to audio. If Ever They Happened Upon My Lair is a story of the Bloodstone Lands that deals with a contested issue of the Forgotten Realms: the mortality of dragons.
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Not impressed
- By J. Klinghoffer on 02-19-15
By: R. A. Salvatore
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The Drowning House
- By: Cherie Priest
- Narrated by: Mara Wilson
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
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A violent storm washes a mysterious house onto a rural Pacific Northwest beach, stopping the heart of the only woman who knows what it means. Her grandson, Simon Culpepper, vanishes in the aftermath, leaving two of his childhood friends to comb the small, isolated island for answers—but decades have passed since Melissa and Leo were close if they were ever close at all. Now they'll have to put aside old rivalries and grudges if they want to find or save the man who brought them together in the first place—and on the way they'll learn a great deal about the sinister house on the beach.
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Witchy Goodness with Lovecraftian Evilness
- By GeminiMonkey on 08-02-24
By: Cherie Priest
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Rip-Off!
- By: John Scalzi, Jack Campbell, Mike Resnick, and others
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton, Scott Brick, Christian Rummel, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
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In Rip-Off!, 13 of today’s best and most honored writers of speculative fiction face a challenge even they would be hard-pressed to conceive: Pick your favorite opening line from a classic piece of fiction (or even non-fiction) - then use it as the first sentence of an entirely original short story.
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When is a rip-off not a rip-off?
- By Julie W. Capell on 11-24-13
By: John Scalzi, and others
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Alexander X
- Battle for Forever, Book 1
- By: Edward Savio
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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Alexander Grant is a little too good at a few too many things. Two dozen martial arts. Twice that many languages. Chess, the piano, sports, forging excused absences, you name it. He graduated high school top of his class 17 times. Of course, no one knows any of this. Not that he wants to go unnoticed. It’s just safer that way.
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More for Young Readers
- By Kerr on 09-23-19
By: Edward Savio
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The Toll
- By: Cherie Priest
- Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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State Road 177 runs along the Suwannee River, between Fargo, Georgia, and the Okefenokee Swamp. Drive that route from east to west, and you'll cross six bridges. Take it from west to east, and you might find seven. But you'd better hope not. Titus and Melanie Bell leave their hotel in Fargo for a second honeymoon canoeing the Okefenokee Swamp. But shortly before they reach their destination, they draw up to a halt at the edge of a rickety bridge with old stone pilings, with room for only one car....
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An Enjoyable Listen
- By Tanya Twombly on 11-06-19
By: Cherie Priest
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Leviathan
- By: Scott Westerfeld
- Narrated by: Alan Cumming
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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It is the cusp of World War I, and all the European powers are arming up. The Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their Clankers, steam-driven iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The British Darwinists employ fabricated animals as their weaponry. The Leviathan is a living airship, the most formidable airbeast in the skies of Europe.
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Wonderful, but don't forget to buy the book
- By Tahlia Merrill Kirk on 01-21-11
By: Scott Westerfeld
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Full Throttle
- Stories
- By: Joe Hill
- Narrated by: Zachary Quinto, Wil Wheaton, Kate Mulgrew, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
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In this masterful collection of short fiction, Joe Hill dissects timeless human struggles in 13 relentless tales of supernatural suspense, including “In The Tall Grass”, one of two stories cowritten with Stephen King, basis for the terrifying feature film from Netflix.
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A Strong Collection
- By Celeste on 11-05-19
By: Joe Hill
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Maplecroft
- The Borden Dispatches, Book 1
- By: Cherie Priest
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker, Roger Wayne
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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The people of Fall River, Massachusetts, fear me. Perhaps rightfully so. I remain a suspect in the brutal deaths of my father and his second wife despite the verdict of innocence at my trial. With our inheritance, my sister, Emma, and I have taken up residence in Maplecroft, a mansion near the sea and far from gossip and scrutiny.But it is not far enough from the affliction that possessed my parents. Their characters, their very souls, were consumed from within by something that left malevolent entities in their place.
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The lengthy build up is worth the mystery.
- By DabOfDarkness on 10-25-14
By: Cherie Priest
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Steamborn: The Complete Trilogy Box Set
- By: Eric Asher
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 27 hrs and 28 mins
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A supernatural swarm. A treacherous scheme. A tinker's apprentice may be the village's only hope. This collection includes Steamborn, Steamforged, and Steamsworn. Grab it and crank up a whimsical thrill-ride today!
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An Incredible Ride!!
- By Lady Meserole on 11-09-17
By: Eric Asher
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Redshirts
- A Novel with Three Codas
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
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Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. Life couldn’t be better…until Andrew begins to pick up on the facts that (1) every Away Mission involves some kind of lethal confrontation with alien forces; (2) the ship’s captain, its chief science officer, and the handsome Lieutenant Kerensky always survive these confrontations; and (3) at least one low-ranked crew member is, sadly, always killed.
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Not his Wheal-house
- By P. Stover on 09-16-13
By: John Scalzi
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Armada
- A Novel
- By: Ernest Cline
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
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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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I loved Ready Player One. Hated Armada
- By Joshua on 07-17-15
By: Ernest Cline
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The God Engines
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
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Captain Ean Tephe is a man of faith, whose allegiance to his lord and to his ship is uncontested. The Bishopry Militant knows this — and so, when it needs a ship and crew to undertake a secret, sacred mission to a hidden land, Tephe is the captain to whom the task is given....
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I love Scalzi's writing but not this book
- By Tony Loman on 11-29-11
By: John Scalzi
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The Android's Dream
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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A human diplomat creates an interstellar incident when he kills an alien diplomat in a most unusual way. To avoid war, Earth's government must find an equally unusual object: A type of sheep ("The Android's Dream"), used in the alien race's coronation ceremony. To find the sheep, the government turns to Harry Creek, ex-cop, war hero and hacker extraordinaire.
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Covertly flatulent Scifi at it's best!
- By DAVID on 11-12-11
By: John Scalzi
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Agent to the Stars
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
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The space-faring Yherajk have come to Earth to meet us and to begin humanity's first interstellar friendship. There's just one problem: They're hideously ugly and they smell like rotting fish. So getting humanity's trust is a challenge. The Yherajk need someone who can help them close the deal. Enter Thomas Stein, who knows something about closing deals. He's one of Hollywood's hottest young agents.
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- By C. Paget on 12-28-10
By: John Scalzi
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- Erika
- 07-19-11
A good, rollicking read/listen
Cherie Priest's Boneshaker is well-told, well-narrated, and despite the zombie gore, manages to tell a rather sweet story about mothers and sons. I decided to download this novel after listening to the first two books in the Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld because I felt the need for more steampunk in my life, and I wanted to see what it might look like outside of YA-novel-world.
I was not disappointed. Both Kate Reading and Will Wheaton do an excellent job with narration, and even though they don't use exactly the same voices for the same characters, it wasn't hard to follow who was speaking because there are good cues in the text itself. Besides the quality of narration, the story arc is well-plotted and has a good mix of action and dialogue. Briar's quest to save her son, and his quest for the truth about his father, avoids schmaltz and sentimentality but is still moving.
My only caution is that you should avoid listening while eating once the action of the novel moves into the sealed-off section of Seattle. I was eating a snack and listening when zombie mayhem broke out in the story, and the descriptions of what exactly happens to a zombie's head when it gets shot made my snack much less appetizing. Other than that, which was my own fault for not knowing better, I wholeheartedly recommend this book!
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- Jason
- 11-12-10
A good time
Overall this was a fun listen, it had potential to be great, but needed to be longer so as to further develop the characters. Zombies, guns, and action, don't expect it to be anything more and you will not be disappointed.
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- Connie
- 01-11-15
Well narrated Seattle Steampunk
I picked this title because I like the narrators, then I discovered it took place in Seattle and had a strong woman protagonist so I jumped in.
Good enough story about a Seattle ruined in a freak or not-so-freak accident and a mother's journey to rescue her curious son in a hostile environment. I'm not a zombie fan, but these weren't too distressing.
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- Joshua Bentley
- 02-13-12
Great Book, Decent Performance
If you could sum up Boneshaker in three words, what would they be?
steampunk, zombies, and zeppelins
Who was your favorite character and why?
I think that Captain Cly might be one of my favorite characters. He's no-nonsense and does what he has to in order to survive, but he loves his ship and is an honorable and decent man in his own way. Second on the list would probably be Jeremiah Swackhammer.
Have you listened to any of Wil Wheaton and Kate Reading ???s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I have listened to Wil Wheaton narrate Ready Player One. To be honest, I would have preferred he narrate this entire book. Kate isn't bad, but I found some of her characterizations a little annoying (like Swackhammer with his mask on).
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I didn't have any extreme reactions to the book except for enjoyment. It's a great blend of genres and Priest does a marvelous job of simple descriptions that are complex in their meaning. Many times I've had to pause the audiobook to consider the way she described something and just mull it over in awe.
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- izzyssm
- 06-26-18
Somehow it's boring
really struggled with this one. I don't know why, but it was just so horing and hard to pay attention to. Nothimg against the book, I jist couldn't get into it.
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- Vicky
- 04-23-12
Creative World, Odd Synergy Between Two Narrators
Any additional comments?
Boneshaker is one of the more creative novels I've read recently - tying together zombies, dirigibles, mad scientists, steampunk weaponry and an overall western feel takes skill to do right, and Priest definitely delivered in her world building.
The story kept me on my toes. I was never entirely sure what Dr. Blue's fate was. I thought I knew and then something would change my mind - something that happened many times throughout the book.
There was a very fun cast of secondary characters, all with their own personality quirks.
I'm interested to see how Priest continues to build her Clockwork Century world, and will be continuing with the series.
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The audiobook was narrated by Kate Reading (Briar's POV) and Wil Wheaton (Zeke's POV). I really enjoyed Wil Wheaton's reading on Zeke's point of view, but Kate Reading left me wanting more and she didn't quite seem to fit with the world as well as Wheaton did.
As I read through some other reviews, I note that some people complain that they couldn't connect to the main characters or didn't really care about them. I didn't feel this way, and I think the audiobook may have helped lend to that emotion that others didn't feel while reading.
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- Skycaptain1883
- 06-02-19
If you like steam punk or ever wondered about Steampunk this is the book for you!
Highly recommend this book as a primer to the Steampunk world. Ms. Priest blends her love of steampunk and gothic horror perfectly. Highly recommend
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- Paul
- 08-29-11
Steampunks in Zombie Land
Kate plays off the leather duster, gun slinging steampunk cougar babe really well in this spin on the zombie genre. Will Wheaton lends to the whole act with his fantastic sort of "boy wonder" voice that time seems to have not changed since his Star Trek days. Good story. Facts are a little confusing at first in the story, but work themselves out in the end. Great ending. Feels like you are watching a zombie movie in your mind. Every detail is clear.
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- Kathy Abbott
- 02-08-16
Amazing
finished in 2 days, couldn't stop listening to it. must read. this would make an amazing movie
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- Scott Berghoff
- 09-26-18
What can I say... I got sucked in...
What a great story, and having it read in turns by Wil Wheaton and Kate Reading just made it that much more special. I read the hardback, then during my 2018 September of Priest I listened to the Audible story... followed by Dreadnought and Ganymede.
Ms. Priest has created an alternative history world that I thoroughly enjoyed: Civil War era America in the Northwest US and the sh*t has hit the fan!
I cared about the characters and the genre didn't overwhelm the story. I helped carry the action, but it didn't rely on it. Thanks, Cherie!
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