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Slow Bullets

By: Alastair Reynolds
Narrated by: Susan Duerden
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A vast conflict, one that has encompassed hundreds of worlds and solar systems, appears to be finally at an end. A conscripted soldier is beginning to consider her life after the war and the family she has left behind. But for Scur - and for humanity - peace is not to be.

On the brink of the ceasefire, Scur is captured by a renegade war criminal and left for dead in the ruins of a bunker. She revives aboard a prisoner transport vessel. Something has gone terribly wrong with the ship.

Passengers - combatants from both sides of the war - are waking up from hibernation far too soon. Their memories, embedded in bullets, are the only links to a world that is no longer recognizable. And Scur will be reacquainted with her old enemy but with much higher stakes than just her own life.

©2015 Alastair Reynolds (P)2015 Tantor
Adventure Fiction Hard Science Fiction Military Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Technothrillers Thriller Thriller & Suspense Technology War Solar System
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"A fine example of the true science fictionist's art." (Michael Bishop, author of A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire)
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Another great tale by Alistair Reynolds! Joins the library of his wonderful works! Enjoyed it!

Great Story

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This is the first review I have given on Audible because I needed to express how terrible the narration is.

As expected the story and writing are the usual excellence of Alastair Reynolds.

The narration is borderline un listenable. At times it genuinely sounds like an AI generated voice,

You would be better off feeding the text into Windows narrator and listening to it.

Worst Narration I have listened through

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Almost unlistenable. How an a pro end every sentence as a question? Story promised and didn’t deliver

Poor story. Terrible narration

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The story is really good, but it sound like siri is rnarrating it. Susan Duerden mistakes periods for exclamation points.

Good story bad read

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Shoot me now. Horrible narration. Worst I've ever heard. Reynolds should demand a refund from anyone involved in the process.

Painful narration

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Is the woman read this a robot? because she sounds like one. she puts a wierd inflection on the end of every sentence

Great novel but..

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Narration isn't as bad as some make it out to be, but certainly isn't great. I've enjoyed a lot of Reynolds's works, but this one feels weak. Characters are flat and uninteresting, setting is not well fleshed-out, and sci-fi concepts feel a little uninspired. Overall, I found it boring. However, I still very much respect this author. Check out House of Suns and Revelation Space if you haven't already!

meh

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Not Reynolds best work, but not bad. The hardest part of the story to endure was the poor performance of the narrator with a sing-song style that came across rather mechanically; every line with the same intonation and rhythm. She really was quite annoying.

If you can listen not to the narrator per se, but to the story, you'll have a better experience... but that's not easy.

Good story, bad narration

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An interesting book. Shame I cannot enjoy it. The narrator bombs it so bad, impossible to follow.

Listening to the narrator is torture.

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Is there anything you would change about this book?

I was not expecting such a short book. This was a novella, not a novel.

Would you be willing to try another one of Susan Duerden’s performances?

No. She reads like a robot that turns every sentence into a question by inflecting the end. I have listened to 72 audiobooks and this was the only one I have not finished due to unbearable narration.

Horrible Narriator

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