
Prelude to Ascension
The Assemblies of the Living, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Samuel Peery
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By:
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Brent Clay
John Riley is a physicist who achieves his lifelong dream of unraveling the mysteries of anti-gravity, but along the way, also unwittingly discovers the secret of interstellar communication. When he and a small group of coworkers attempt to respond to an unexpected message, believing it to have originated from somewhere on Earth, they find more than they anticipate. The message is from deep space.
Once contact is made, the Remotes, as they are called, will not be dissuaded. Humanity becomes an unwilling newcomer to a staggeringly ancient galactic collective, which regards the Earth as an "emerging world" that is subject to its oversight. As humanity slips further into the grip of the enigmatic consortium, the mysteries become deeper; there is more to Earth’s history than meets the eye, and even the galaxy itself is not what it seems.
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Peery has a wonderful, smooth voice. He'd make a good therapist. He did accents well. He makes a great reader, but not an actor. Very little personality came through, the lines were merely read with just minor fluctuations in volume or speed depending on what was being read.
Kept my interest
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The weakness was the very slow plot development. The other weakness was that the characters did not really capture my interest. They were ok but their personal issues never came alive for me.
Overall it was moderately entertaining and might be good for people who like hard science fiction.
Interesting science but slow plot development
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Sad that the second book isn't available
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Stay with it...if you can (*yawn*).
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Slow To Build, But a Great Story
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Excellent and enjoyable First Contact
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Well imagined and thought provoking!!
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Great Book
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I have one true criticism however. I don't know whether I should assign blame for this to the narrator or to the author--or perhaps both! So, I rated the narration a star less as a result, not having any other choice. To explain:
Much of the dialogue, AJ's seems to stand out more than others, was stilted and unnatural. I'm sure it was written in a way, as I find many novels to be, where dialogue is in some odd formalized format where the use of contractions are inexplicably avoided. (Sometimes novels also will use the full first and last name of the character every time they are mentioned or cited in the book!).
Our mind's narrator tends to translate these formal forms as we read so we "hear" a contraction or just the first name of the character. In audio books, I want to hear natural interpretation of dialogue.Use of it's, can't or won't, shouldn't or wouldn't, is the way people naturally speak. Will not, can not, it is not, we are, should not, for example, aren't examples of how people talk in natural, mundane, daily dialogue and conversation.
So, I think this narrator is almost excellent. If the narrator will learn to use a little oral-interpretation, dramatization of dialogue, or take a bit of creative license, then his story telling and dialogue would flow and captivate--and never be cause for distraction from the performance.
A narrator should discuss this with the author ahead of time to gain their approval to interpret the text. If this is not done, then shame on the narrator. If, on the other hand, the author directed his narrator to read the text strictly verbatim or didn't prep the narrator to make the characters sound natural...? then shame on that author!
Exciting and Original Book and Story Line
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I can't wait for the sequel
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