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Michael

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  • Existence | [David Brin]
    Existence
    UNABRIDGED

    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
    (213)
    Performance
    (189)
    Story
    (187)

    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"
    "Very slow, over all pretty boring."
    Overall
    Performance
    Story
    Would you try another book from David Brin and/or the narrators?

    I am not sure I would try another Brin title but the narrators of this story are very good. I especially like Kevin Collins.


    Has Existence turned you off from other books in this genre?

    I like science fiction. I just like a faster paced adventure.


    Would you listen to another book narrated by the narrators?

    I would listen to any other story I find narrated by Kevin Collins or any of the narrators from this title.


    You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

    It was an interesting concept.


    Any additional comments?

    The narrators did their part pretty well, conveying feelings or expression but the story just went on and on. In my opinion I think this story with it limited doses of "adventure" could have been told in one 6 to 8 hour part. It is just to slow to be 30 hours long. I almost could not continue after part 2 of 4.

    7 of 11 people found this review helpful

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