
Julian Comstock
A Story of 22nd-Century America
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Scott Brick
In Colorado Springs, the Dominion sees to the nation's spiritual needs. In Labrador, the Army wages war on the Dutch. America, unified, is rising once again.
Then, out of Labrador come tales of a new Ajax - Captain Commongold, the Youthful Hero of the Saguenay. The ordinary people follow his adventures in the popular press. The Army adores him. The President is...troubled. Especially when the dashing Captain turns out to be his nephew Julian, son of the falsely accused and executed Bryce.
Treachery and intrigue dog Julian's footsteps. Hair's-breadth escapes and daring rescues fill his days. Stern resolve and tender sentiment dice for Julian's soul, while his admiration for the works of the Secular Ancients, and his adherence to the evolutionary doctrines of the heretical Darwin, set him at fatal odds with the hierarchy of the Dominion. Plague and fire swirl around the Presidential palace when at last he arrives with the acclamation of the mob.
If Jules Verne had read Karl Marx, then sat down to write The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, he still wouldn't have matched the invention and exuberance of Robert Charles Wilson's Julian Comstock. As told by Julian's best friend and faithful companion, a rustic yet observant lad from the west, this tale of the 22nd Century asks - and answers - the age-old question: "Do you want to tell the truth, or do you want to tell a story?"
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Excellent tragedy with very good narration
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Masterful Writing, Not My Genre
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Would you try another book from Robert Charles Wilson and/or Scott Brick?
Robert Charles Wilson: Yes.Scott Brick: NO.
If you’ve listened to books by Robert Charles Wilson before, how does this one compare?
I have not.Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Scott Brick?
A howler monkey? A bobcat in heat? The singer from Slayer?Could you see Julian Comstock being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?
They'd have to add some vivid action scenes.Any additional comments?
Please re-record all the awesome books that are narrated by Scott Brick, so I can listen to them.OK book, terrible narrator
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This story feels like a classic. Its hard to shut off and I love the characters.
Scott Brick could read a shopping list and make it sound good
I'm not even done and hope it wont end
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Interesting idea that falls short
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Vivid characters and great dialogue
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What will happen when
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Wanted to like it, but gave up
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Thought is was a bit far fetched
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The disconnect between this late 22nd century world and all that had preceded it was not explained well and left much confusion as to why they were so painfully and selectively ignorant. Character development is slow in coming and weak when it arrives. At nearly a third the way through the book, I really don't know much about the main character and worse, I don't care about him.
The overly verbose flourishes of language seems pretentious and contrary to the characters and world described, as if the author is trying desperately to impress someone.
The narrator is, frankly, horrible with a constant lilting and descending of tone and tempo that evokes a cheesy (think Saturday Night Live) characterization of a letter being read from the Ken Burns Civil War documentary. The narration simply grated on me.
I've only not finished one other audio book out of close to 200, so I'm used to toughing out the occasional weak book. This one was unbearable.
Pretty Bad
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