Doug

The story stands on its own merits; it is one of his better juveniles, but not his best. As usual, he has interesting characters and makes you think about the science and engineering of what is going on in a natural way, without detracting from the entertaining and compelling characters, and the solid plot. The narrator did a nice job, and let the story roll along without being melodramatic. He also did a nice job of giving the characters unique voices.

I liked it, almost as much as I enjoyed the book.

No, but good

Mourning Sergeant Bothari

Miles or Bothari. They belong together.

And so it begins.

No

The stand off at the arctic base

Yes. Very well.

A few

A good start too his career

The narrator. He was also good in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Double Star by Hienlien

The first duels, as well as the Berserker God climbing the knoll that the spaceship was on

The emotion he brings to the reading.

When the Magnate was mentally dominated and shamed by the controlling Berserker

Her perspective

Average story, better than average performance

First time

Baldwin's demise and the conclusion.

Somewhat preachy, but several honest and caring scenes. The viewpoint is different from many of his books.

The story and the faithful way that the narrator had in evoking the feel of the book.

There were many, but I particularly liked the way that the story opened.

His feeling for the characters, and his characterisations.

Yep

Nope

I particularly liked Del Rey, Leiber, Schmitz (the first material I had read by him), Dick and Herbert.

I've read the novel before, and it is classic Burroughs. Not his best but not his worst by any means. The main problem I had with this audiobook was the narration.

There were two problems. First, the narrator used some sort of Eastern European accent for all the Martian dialogue, and a neutral American accent otherwise. This grated on me and detracted from the content of what was being spoken, since the accent was being pushed so much that the dialogue felt unnatural. Second, there was little feeling or emotion being expressed in the dialogue. I felt that the narrator didn't understand the feelings of the charactors nor the author's intent, and as a result it was difficult for me to engage with the characters or the story. It was like listening to someone reading a laundry list.

For me either aspect was a killer. I would not recommend this rendition.