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Joshua

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  • Foundation and Earth

    • UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 44 mins)
    • By Isaac Asimov
    • Narrated By Larry McKeever
    Overall
    (195)
    Performance
    (181)
    Story
    (178)

    Councilman Golan Trevize is wondering if he was right to choose a collective mind as the best possible future for humanity over the anarchy of contentious individuals, nations and planets. To test his conclusion, he decides he must know the past and goes in search of legendary Earth, all references to which have been erased from galactic libraries. The societies encountered along the way become arguing points in a book-long colloquy about man's fate, conducted by Trevize and traveling companion Bliss, who is part of the first world/mind, Gaia.

    T says: "Reader is terrible"
    "Easily the worst read Audible.com book."
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    Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

    Only if you have a sentimental attachment to the Foundation series and want to read it to its end. Larry McKeever turned one of my favorite books into a daily toil. I slept through large portions of the book and didn't even bother rewinding because I just wanted to finish it. He has the reading voice of a Geritol advertisement. Also he obviously didn't bother, or did his editors, to listen to any of the other Foundation books because his pronunciations are terribly inconsistent: Zer-oth law instead of Zero-eth. Gee-skard instead of Gis-kard etc. To those with fond memories of the Foundation series who want to keep them that way should avoid this book. I honestly don't know Larry McKeever was ever allowed in front of a microphone.


    What other book might you compare Foundation and Earth to and why?

    Alystar Reynolds has some great books.


    How could the performance have been better?

    Pick a different guy. I know! How about the same person who read all the other books in the series. At least he knows how to pronounce the names and words.


    Could you see Foundation and Earth being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

    I know they say they are making one but the general public is too dumb to absorb a story like this. They'd have to turn it into a travesty of intellectual minimalism like Will Smith's "I, Robot. Maybe if Daneel Olivaw was a transformer...."


    Any additional comments?

    This book is proof that you can turn pure gold into dung.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Six Days of the Condor

    • UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 56 mins)
    • By James Grady
    • Narrated By Nick Sullivan
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (56)
    Performance
    (18)
    Story
    (17)

    When CIA operative Malcolm, code-named Condor, discovers his colleagues butchered in a blood-spattered office, he realizes that only an oversight by the assassins has saved his life. He contacts CIA headquarters for help, but when an attempted rendezvous goes wrong, it quickly becomes clear that no one can be trusted.

    jonathan says: "Oldy but a Goody"
    "First book I've read where the movie was better."
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    Would you listen to Six Days of the Condor again? Why?

    Nope, because I've seen the movie so many times.


    Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

    No, its a little slow. Had trouble keeping track of the names.


    Any additional comments?

    The love store isn't believable. I can see why they re-worked the book for the movie. Still a great read. Probably would have been better if I wasn't such a huge fan of the movie.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • I, Robot: To Protect

    • UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 10 mins)
    • By Mickey Zucker Reichert
    • Narrated By Alma Cuervo
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (9)
    Performance
    (9)
    Story
    (9)

    The best-selling author of the popular Renshai series, Mickey Zucker Reichert pens I, Robot: To Protect - the first in a trilogy inspired by the Isaac Asimov classic I, Robot. It’s the year 2035, and robot psychologist Dr. Susan Calvin is beginning her residency at a teaching hospital where patients are being injected with diagnostic nanobots. Before long, Susan realizes that the injections portend dire consequences - and that the nanobots are being used to facilitate a deadly scheme.

    Joshua says: "An old friend"
    "An old friend"
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    What did you love best about I, Robot?

    The author brings back to life an old friend, the legendary Dr. Susan Calvin. This book definitely feels like it could have been written by Isaac Asimov. In fact, I think this author is better at writing for female characters than Asimov was. Susan Calvin's character is full of warmth and a depth that it hasn't seen before. It is a must-read for Asimov fans.


    What did you like best about this story?

    Getting to know Dr. Susan Calvin better.


    What does Alma Cuervo bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

    She sounds like Dr Calvin always sounded in my head.


    Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

    Yes, but I had to force myself to take breaks.


    Any additional comments?

    I really miss Isaac Asimov. Its great that someone can add more to the Asimov experience and, in some ways, exceed it.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • I Am Legend

    • UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 19 mins)
    • By Richard Matheson
    • Narrated By Robertson Dean
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (2971)
    Performance
    (929)
    Story
    (944)

    In I Am Legend, a plague has decimated the world, and those unfortunate enough to survive are transformed into blood-thirsty creatures of the night. Robert Neville is the last living man on earth. Everyone else has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville's blood. By day, he stalks the sleeping undead, by night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn.

    S. Casper says: "Superb!"
    "Stupefying"
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    Not only is this the best audio book I've ever listened to, its the best novel I've ever read. The narration and sound quality was incredible.

    I'm laying here in my bed staring at the ceiling as the last paragraph of the book spills out and the full horror of the its reality is revealed. Stupefying.

    3 of 4 people found this review helpful
  • Star Trek, The Next Generation: Imzadi

    • ABRIDGED (3 hrs)
    • By Peter David
    • Narrated By Jonathan Frakes
    Overall
    (96)
    Performance
    (26)
    Story
    (29)

    Ship's counsellor Deanna Troi mysteriously falls ill...and dies. But her death marks the start of an incredible adventure for Commander Riker - an adventure that takes him across time, pits him against one of his closest friends, and forces him to choose between Starfleet's strictest rule and the one he calls Imzadi. Read by Jonathan Frakes, and enhanced with sound effects!

    Stephen says: "Twas OK"
    "Horrible recording quality"
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    The sound quality of this recording is horrible. Its all mid-range with no lows or highs. I had to turn the treble way up and the bass down to be able to make out the words without straining. You'd think they would put more time into this. Sorry Peter.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful

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