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Crystal Singer

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Crystal Singer

By: Anne McCaffrey
Narrated by: Adrienne Barbeau
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Killashandra Ree has spent ten grueling years in musical training, anticipating interstellar celebrity as a vocal soloist. She is young, beautiful—and still without prospects. After learning that a flaw in her voice will prevent her from singing lead, she hears of the mysterious Heptite Guild on the planet Ballybran, where the fabled Black Crystal is found. Mining this strange form of crystal is a dangerous occupation but to Killa, the risks are acceptable. Remarkably, her adaptation to crystal mining is unusually rapid and easy and Killashandra advances quickly. The problem is—few people who land on Ballybran ever leave.

©2002 Anne McCaffrey (P)2022 Phoenix Books
Adventure Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Space Mining Funny
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Beloved Classic • Fascinating World • Good Characterization • Strong Protagonist • Engaging Storyline • Unique Concept
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I had this audiobook on tape from when it was originally released, but as far as I can tell, there no mastering done on the tape trance and it was not handled by experts or from a master tape.). Skip this. Good story and Barbeau is a good reader but the mastering (or lack or it) destroys this.

Bad transfer!

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I would Love to have The whole trylogy, I have read it times and times again . This version is really dissapointing, however well read. I will not buy The next one

Well read but dissapointing

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After having read the original book years ago, it was nice to hear a fair reading. It would have been better if it had not been abridged.

Good for abridged version

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I have read this Story so many times. I was sad it was Abridged but my Brain added the extra parts. The rewrite for this version was done well. The narrator was very good, the audio quality was iffy. But Still a wonderful Listen.

I Love this Story

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It dus clear up but was obviously recorded from cassette tapes, but I have heard worse recordings.

first few minutes the audio needs adjustment...

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They shortened the story WAY too much. The things they removed were needed for the background and details that made the story interesting. Lust look at the length, 2 hours vs 10 - 14 for most titles

I liked the story from the beginning, and the way the world was built

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I have always enjoyed this book. poor recording, speaker going too fast. I had to slow the playback time. I wondered a few times if this was abridged.

the audio recording is poor and rushed.

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Loved the series. Didn’t know it wasn’t unabridged Some of the fun scenes were left out which made me dislike the narration

You get what you pay for

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BOTH THE CRYSTAL SINGER & KILLASHANDRA AUDIOBOOKS ARE SO CHOPPED & CUT UP THAT THE BOOK IS HARDLY...RECOGNIZEABLE. SO MUCH OF THE BOOK IS LEFT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE READING. I WAS EXTREMELY DISSAPPOINTED...AND HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR A COMPLETE " " UNABRIDGED" AUDIOBOOK RECORDING THAT I COULD PURCHASE TO REPLACE THE CHOPPED UP AUDIBLE VERSION...

The Crystal Singer Trilogy by Anne McCaffrey, The Crystal Singer, Killashandra, Crystal Line, is one of my all time favorite collections that is as memorable as JJR Tolkien's The Hobbit, Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave Merlin Trilogy, the Star Wars Trilogy in Books & Movies, and Dragonlance Chronicles books...

AUDIOBOOK IS SO CUT OUT THAT BOOK IS BARELY READ

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It covered the book , but slashed the writing. Without the writing it wasn't exactly a McCaffery sounding book. That was utterly disappointing.

Abridged

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