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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 Mining Funny
Beloved Series • Fascinating World • Good Characterization • Engaging Storyline • Unique Tale • Emotional Delivery
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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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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 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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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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Would you try another book from Anne McCaffrey and/or Adrienne Barbeau?

As long as it is not an abridged version

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Make the recording an unabridged version. To many "little details" that are not important, but really round out the book, are missing from this abridged version. Things like the Symbiant transaction makes the senses so much more sensitive, including eyesite and that is why Killa needed contacts off world.

Which character – as performed by Adrienne Barbeau – was your favorite?

Didn't have one

Did Crystal Singer inspire you to do anything?

no

Any additional comments?

If you have read the book, you will be sorely disappointed in the abridged version. If you have not, you might enjoy, but will have missed so many little things that make the book so much more enjoyable.

Abridging Ruins This Book

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Needs to be much longer!
Should put both books together.
I wish someone could write more abut the crystal singer.

Way too short!

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I have been a fan of Anne McCaffrey's books for years. The Crystal Singer trilogy is one of her best stories outside of the Dragons of Pern. My only complaint is the books are too short and Anne only wrote the three books. This Crystal Singer world is so fascinating and attention grabbing it is too bad the series is too short.

Very good but short.

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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I LOVE the crystal singer series and Adrienne Barbeau was a great choice and she did a great job of reading - the sound quality was horrible and really detracted from my enjoyment of a favorite story.

great book great performance TERRIBLE recording!

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