
Marsbound
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Narrated by:
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Liza Kaplan
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By:
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Joe Haldeman
Young Carmen Dula and her family are about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime - they're going to Mars. Once on the Red Planet, however, Carmen realizes things are not so different from Earth. There are chores to do, lessons to learn, and oppressive authority figures to rebel against.
And when she ventures out into the bleak Mars landscape alone one night, a simple accident leads her to the edge of death, until she is saved by an angel - an angel with too many arms and legs, a head that looks like a potato gone bad, and a message for the newly arrived human inhabitants of Mars: We were here first.
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Critic reviews
"Grade: A-. A solid piece of science fiction." (scifi.com)
"Top 10 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of 2008" (Kansas City Star)
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A masterpiece
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If you could sum up Marsbound in three words, what would they be?
I love Joe Haldeman. The Forever War is one of my favorite sci-fi books ever. I listened to Starbound first, not realizing it was part of a trilogy. After finishing it, I HAD to start at the beginning of the trilogy,so got Marsbound. It is another excellent Haldeman story!What does Liza Kaplan bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
She does a really great job of bringing Carmen to life. She sounds just the way I figured she'd sound at the age she is in this book.Any additional comments?
Get the entire trilogy. It's an excellent read!Excellent story AND narration
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NOT FOR CHILDREN
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I was a little leery about purchasing this one on account, that the narrator of the story is a young woman. However Haldeman pulled it off well. And I was able to suspend my usual penchant for macho characters, to relate to her story.
Bound for Listening
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Perhaps had I read this book instead of listening to it, I'd have enjoyed it more. Kaplan's narration was just bad. I know I've been spoiled by narrators such as John Lee and the late, lamented Patrick Tull, but I had expected someone who is, after all, a voice actress to do a better job. Her "voice" for Carmen and the overall narration sounded like a child in elementary school reading a book in a sing-song (truly jarring when she was narrating a sex scene) and her voices for other females reminded me more of some anime characters I've heard. Really, really bad anime characters.
I don't recommend this book. For good YA titles, try John Marsden's "Tomorrow" series, or the YA books by Charles de Lint. For good YA sci-fi, Heinlein is dated, but still good. John Scalzi's "Zoe's Tale" is great. Take the money you would have spent on this book, and look for one of those instead.
Meh.
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The narration was clear and understandable, but could not really help the material.
Maybe if I was young and female?
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Weak performance
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What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
It needed to be faster paced with real conflict. Everybody were too accomodating of each other. There was very little suspense. Most of the dialog was on the level of gossip. This just wasn't in the same class as theWould you ever listen to anything by Joe Haldeman again?
Forever War is one of the best Sci Fi books out there.Did the narration match the pace of the story?
The narrator did an OK job. Her performance matched the charactor.You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
There were no moments in the book I can offer as particularly interesting.Weak and slow moving story
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Poor Narration, Awkward Sex Scenes
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Joe Haldeman, where have you gone?
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