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David Eckard

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  • Existence | [David Brin]
    Existence
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    Existence

    • UNABRIDGED (32 hrs and 30 mins)
    • By David Brin
    • Narrated By Kevin T. Collins, Robin Miles, L. J. Ganser
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (211)
    Performance
    (188)
    Story
    (186)

    Gerald Livingston is an orbital garbage collector. For a hundred years, people have been abandoning things in space, and someone has to clean it up. But there’s something spinning a little bit higher than he expects, something that isn’t on the decades’ old orbital maps. An hour after he grabs it and brings it in, rumors fill Earth’s infomesh about an "alien artifact".

    A. Massey says: "Big ideas, good science fiction, frustrating style"
    "And answer for "Where are the aliens""
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    What did you love best about Existence?

    That Dr Brin took his Futurist ideas to a story


    Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

    A battle on a blimp


    Any additional comments?

    Dr Brin is a physicist and a futurist. He not only tries to figure out where current tech is going, he tries to figure out its impact on society. In this book, he takes all that to extreme levels and tells a story. It contains one answer to the question, "Where are the aliens" With over 100 billion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy, there should be some around. He also includes a lot of what is happening now, such as global warming. I quite enjoyed the story he built around this.

    4 of 4 people found this review helpful
  • Legion | [Brandon Sanderson]
    Legion
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    Legion

    • UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 8 mins)
    • By Brandon Sanderson
    • Narrated By Oliver Wyman
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (2267)
    Performance
    (2057)
    Story
    (2092)

    Stephen Leeds, AKA 'Legion,' is a man whose unique mental condition allows him to generate a multitude of personae: hallucinatory entities with a wide variety of personal characteristics and a vast array of highly specialized skills. As the story begins, Leeds and his 'aspects' are drawn into the search for the missing Balubal Razon, inventor of a camera whose astonishing properties could alter our understanding of human history and change the very structure of society.

    Rick Howard says: "More more more!"
    "Very enjoyable"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story
    Would you listen to Legion again? Why?

    Maybe, I usually don't


    What was one of the most memorable moments of Legion?

    When he created a new illusion


    Which scene was your favorite?

    When he created a new illusion


    Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

    no


    Any additional comments?

    This novella is highly recommended. Brandon Sanderson is very good at stuff like this.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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