
Voice of the Whirlwind
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Don Leslie
In those 15 years, the entire world has changed. An alien race known as The Powers has established relations with humanity, and the Orbital Policorp which held his allegiance has collapsed. He fought and survived the off-world Artifacts War, but dozens of his friends did not. Both his first and second wives have divorced him. And, more importantly, someone has murdered him, causing the activation of the beta back-up.
Now Steward must probe into the horrors of the war, its politics and betrayals, to find out who wanted him dead - if he doesn't want to die again.
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Critic reviews
"Resonances of Vietnam-era moral concerns make this deft updating of the postWorld War II genre of psychological thrillers about amnesiacs one of the best of its kind." (Publishers Weekly)
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Looking at a future then ..quite cool.
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I loved the idea of mankind’s outward expansion into space being stunted by a failure of ideas and ideologies rather than technological limitations - all the tech in the world won’t help a soulless society.
The Zen-Detective angle was a good idea, but I felt like the mystery needed more clues and less explanation. Still, a good scifi yarn.
Strong concept, needed tightening up
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The only criticism is that the reader repeatedly mispronounced so many words that were integral to the atmosphere of the story. It would have taken only a few minutes to verify the correct pronunciations. Very annoying.
Even with that, the story was excellent!
Outstanding!!
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I thought the narrator had a good voice but it is the kind of voice that's hard to hear if you have any background noise, like when you are driving in a car.
Fun but forgettable read
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The only down side is that the voice of the narrarator didn't match what I envisioned for the main character, but that is a personal choice. The narrarator took some getting used to but once I did I enjoyed the audiobook, although I have to admit I think I enjoyed reading it a little bit more. it is still worth a credit if you like this type of book.
Really good cyberpunk
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Surprisingly excellent
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Unfortunately, he's been revived with fifteen years of memory missing. Nor is this an accident. It's a deliberate choice his alpha made, and chose not to explain. Steward has a lot of information to recover before he can hope to complete his mission, and every step of the way is dangerous. He's chasing through the solar system, one space habitat after another, and the history he missed includes the arrival of a significantly more advanced alien species known as the Powers.
It's a well-written story, with good plot and good characters, as you'd expect of Walter Jon Williams. Unfortunately, unlike many other Williams works, this one just didn't really connect for me. Not enough that I stopped listening to the audiobook, or that I regret listening to it. It is a good book. If you like cyberpunk, there's a good chance this will work a lot better for you than it does for me.
So I'd say don't rush out and buy it, but if it crosses your path, give it a try.
I bought this audiobook.
A good enough book that didn't grab me
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a fun sci-fi mystery
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Excellent!
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Much better than the first part!
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