G. Merinstein

This should be called "Crucify Halsey" rather than Glasslands as almost the entire story seems to be a vehicle for Traviss to replay time-worn cliches about govt abuses of power instead of the continuation of the Ghosts of Onyx. It seems as though she wrote this without reading any of the earlier stories. This reminds me of all the Atlantis myths and legends that grew out of Plato's mentioning of Atlantis, while only retaining a superficial relationship to the few lines mentioned by Plato. I found Traviss' version of Halo to be boring and uninteresting. In addition to being a waste of time and money, it's actually insulting to any fan of the game and the stories.

This is a good almost classic form of scifi / fantasy story, but hearing it brought out so much more for me than when I originally read it. This is one of those stories that cries for a cast dramatization.

I've heard that some readers have had extreme responses to the graphic violence in the story, and i feel these people possibly misunderstood: this is not a children's storybook (or it is, in as much as Grimm's Tales was originally a children's storybook?). it is a tale of a real and violent time in prehistory, contrasting good and evil, science and parascience. the real world is sometimes (more often than not) extremely violent. if these scenes are shocking to some, it is intentional and germane.

i do hope a sequel is produced soon to complete the story that Entangled has begun.

Yes, if it's another Dr Who or Torchwood themed story. This book moves very slowly for at least the first half: if not for the Torchwood characters I probably would have stopped listening 2 hours in. Daniel Pirrie's characterisations were amusing, especially when he used the stereotypical GeoW Bush voice to represent how the British hear all Americans' accents, and then performed the dialog using their British pronunciations. e.g. to Americans a "Geezer" is an old codger where as a "geyser" is an erupting spring of water.

I reviewed my copy of The Masque of Mandragora classic DW episode again.

the worst possible audiobook, i manage to find yet one more that goes just that much further. the author explains how his insecurities over the quantum theory uncertainties drove him to find solace in the uncertainties of a divinity he can neither see, hear or experience directly, but must exist if only to provide him an alternative to the quantum and string theories who's mathematics escape him. If only they hadn't found a narrator who's voice is reminiscent of Marshall Applewhite and thus made me long for Comet Hale-Bopp.

This should be listed as "Fiction: Myth, Legends, Fairy-Tales" . If, as an author, you plan to make galactic claims based upon grossly generalized and implied correlations, you should be prepared to offer at least some brute facts as substantiation. Myths cannot be presented as proofs for using fairy tales as factual history.

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Amber Benson is a great actress: she's a delight to see and watch perform on screen (big and small). She should stick to it.

I hear Jesse on cable TV, and on Howard Stern. He is able to get his points across quite understandably and intelligently, so why doesn't he narrate his own books? This could have been an excellent listen since when Gov. Ventura spoke, everyone listened. They might not have all liked what he said, because he never pulled his punches, but everyone tuned in. I really wanted to hear Jesse speak his own words, with his own emotions and in his own style.