
Queen of Angels
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Narrated by:
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George Guidall
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By:
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Greg Bear
Emanuel Goldsmith, a famous poet, murdered eight people, then disappeared. Three people want to find him: an aspiring writer, an embittered scientist who wants to use him, and a policewoman who needs to put him in custody before the Selectors, a vigilante organization, get to him first.
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Bear packs quite a bit of baggage into this tale. The significance on the binary millennium (2048) seems a bit geeky. Much of the verbiage is introspective, while the international diplomatic kerfuffle seemed forced. The space probe looks like a concept that was never fully fleshed out for a standalone story.
The narration is very well done with excellent character distinction. Pacing is on the slow side.
Near future perspectives on mass killings
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fantastic, a whole new experience on audio
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The primary protagonist being a "transform" is remarkably prescient. I found all of the characters well drawn and compelling, including the AI.
The journey into the Country of the Mind of Goldsmith was astonishing.
Not to give away anything (I hope), it is well worth the listen, and /or read.
Excellent story
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A trove of great ideas
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Where does Queen of Angels rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Among fiction, very high. The narrator was excellent and the story was engrossing.What did you like best about this story?
I liked the complexity of the story and the way the author managed to make interesting characters while also introducing fascinating scientific topics (of varied fields).What about George Guidall’s performance did you like?
It was easy to tell by his intonation which character he was portraying. He got across emotion without ever seeming tawdry.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Not in one sitting (it is 19 hours long), but it was definitely a book I was always excited to get back to.Excellent SF that has aged well
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What a find
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But if it is supposed to be a murder mystery, it becomes lost in the fog of each character's existentialism.
If the point of the wiring was to get you add list into their reality, it is a masterpiece. But if it is meant to be a murder mystery, it fails miserably.
The lack of continuity made me stop halfway through, after finding that I had stopped listening several times, and had to remind to where it had lost my interest yet again.
Waaaaannnnnddddeeeerrrrssss..................
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Brilliant, prescient, resonant masterpiece
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Too long.
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