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World Breakers

By: Tony Daniel - Editor, Christopher Ruocchio - Editor
Narrated by: J. Rodney Turner
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Formed from cold steel and superpowered computing brains, these gigantic tanks with the firepower of an entire army have been the decisive factors in interplanetary battle. But are humans worthy of the extraordinary instruments of war that they have created? Are the Worldbreakers the greatest protector of human liberty, or its worst threat?

For, while these Worldbreakers very definitely have minds of their own, the question remains: within their iron and superluminal quantum breasts, does there lie a faithful heart? Stories of world breakers and world makers in the great tradition of Keith Laumer's Bolos from David Weber, Larry Correia, Wen Spencer, and more!

©2021 Tony Daniel and Christopher Ruocchio (P)2024 Tantor Anthologies & Short Stories Military Science Fiction Space Opera Heartfelt War
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a good mix of short stories. I wasn't sure at first about the deep narrator but ilI ended up leaving it made the whole thing feel weighty.

solid.

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I picked this up because there are some awesome authors in the mix. And there are. The problem is, I can't really tell how good their stories are because the narration makes them unintelligible.

J Rodney Turner has a decent voice, but the sound mixing department was asleep on this one. It sounds like you're trying to listen to a story mumbled by a guy sitting across from you in a crowded restaurant. Even with the volume turned up to 11, it's barely understandable. And if you're listening on headphones or small speakers or anything without lots of bass, you're going to be struggling. It doesn't help that Turner's voices are a bit mushy without a whole lot of differentiation between characters.

So, yeah, I hate to write a review based almost purely on narration, but here we are. Pick it up if you're going on a long car drive where you can peg the volume knob. Otherwise, just grab the print version.

Ruined by Narration

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Shame, good stories but impossible to understand. Sounds like a baked Sam Elliot talking at the end of a looong tunnel.

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I got through the first story and had to stop. the narrator is just that bad. there's no telling anyone apart, no breaks or emotion, and he's hard to understand. Get this book redone by someone like Wil Wheaton, Elizabeth Klett, or Peter Kenny. then it would be worthy of the stories.

narrating kills the book

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