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Seth

Playa Del Rey, CA, United States | Member Since 2007

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  • Consider Phlebas | [Iain M. Banks]
    Consider Phlebas
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    Consider Phlebas

    • UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 26 mins)
    • By Iain M. Banks
    • Narrated By Peter Kenny
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (205)
    Performance
    (158)
    Story
    (164)

    The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction, cold-blooded, brutal, and worse, random. The Idirans fought for their Faith; the Culture for its moral right to exist. Principles were at stake. There could be no surrender. Within the cosmic conflict, an individual crusade. Deep within a fabled labyrinth on a barren world, a Planet of the Dead proscribed to mortals, lay a fugitive Mind. Both the Culture and the Idirans sought it....

    wendy says: "First story of Culture, told from outside"
    "Starts with a bang, ends with a whimper."
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    Is there anything you would change about this book?

    I would make me care about the characters.


    What do you think your next listen will be?

    Something that isn't a part of the Culture series.


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

    An accent.


    If this book were a movie would you go see it?

    Probably. The scope is epic.


    Any additional comments?

    Wish it were better.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Girl Who Played with Fire: The Millennium Trilogy, Book 2 | [Stieg Larsson]
    The Girl Who Played with Fire: The Millennium Trilogy, Book 2
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    The Girl Who Played with Fire: The Millennium Trilogy, Book 2

    • UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 38 mins)
    • By Stieg Larsson
    • Narrated By Simon Vance
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (16336)
    Performance
    (6313)
    Story
    (6314)

    Mikael Blomkvist, crusading journalist and publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to publish a story exposing an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society, business, and government. On the eve of publication, the two reporters responsible for the story are brutally murdered.

    David says: "irritatingly engrossing"
    "More of the same, exactly what I wanted."
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    Where does The Girl Who Played with Fire rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

    Near the top.


    What did you like best about this story?

    I enjoyed listening to Stieg Larsson hit his stride.


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

    Simon Vance brings decorum.


    Any additional comments?

    The Millenium Trilogy is a great read.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Once and Future King | [T. H. White]
    The Once and Future King
    UNABRIDGED

    The Once and Future King

    • UNABRIDGED (33 hrs and 3 mins)
    • By T. H. White
    • Narrated By Neville Jason
    Overall
    (859)
    Performance
    (701)
    Story
    (698)

    The complete "box set" of T. H. White's epic fantasy novel of the Arthurian legend. The novel is made up of five parts: "The Sword in the Stone", "The Witch in the Wood", "The Ill-Made Knight", "The Candle in the Wind", and "The Book of Merlyn".

    Bookaholics says: "Fabulous reading, epic story and a new chapter!"
    "Great stories, albeit a little meandering."
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    Any additional comments?

    All in all, a great listen, although you often wonder what the point of many of the story's diversions are.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War | [Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg, William Broad]
    Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War
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    Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War

    • ABRIDGED (6 hrs and 13 mins)
    • By Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg, William Broad
    • Narrated By Murphy Guyer
    Overall
    (57)
    Performance
    (10)
    Story
    (9)

    Three New York Times reporters uncover the truth about biological weapons. In a frightening and unforgettable narrative of cutting-edge science and spycraft, Germs reconstructs the former Soviet and Iraqi germ warfare programs, and how they affected U.S. policy. "Chilling," says Booklist.

    Seth says: "It's Judith Miller."
    "It's Judith Miller."
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    Is there anything you would change about this book?

    I would have preferred a text more focused on current trends and historical facts and less focused on justifying anything any Bush Administration has ever done.


    What was most disappointing about the authors’s story?

    The fact that in the end, it's still an apologia for government paternalism.


    1 of 1 people found this review helpful

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