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The Last Legends of Earth: A Radix Tetrad Novel
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LENGTH20 hrs and 15 mins
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RELEASE DATE11-20-12
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Program TypeAudiobook
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Publisher's Summary
Seven billion years from now, long after the Sun has died and human life itself has become extinct, alien beings reincarnate humanity from our fossilized DNA drifting as debris in the void of deep space. We are reborn to serve as bait in a battle to the death between the Rimstalker, humankind's reanimator, and the zotl, horrific creatures who feed vampire-like on the suffering of intelligent lifeforms.
Set in the artificial planetary system of Chalco-Doror, which is no more and no less than a vast cosmic machine, The Last Legends of Earth is a love story, a gripping saga of struggle against alien control, and an examination of the machinery of creation and destruction. Above all, it is world-building of the highest and grandest order, on a scale rarely seen in science fiction since the great works of Olaf Stapledon.
©1989, 2009 A. A. Attanasio (P)2012 A. A. Attanasio
What Members Say
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"A Truly Visionary Tale"
What three words best describe David Gilmore’s performance?Bad dinner theater. The narration of this book very nearly ruined this book for me.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?Yes
Any additional comments?I read this book a few years ago and instantly fell in love with the story. The way in which Attanasio manages to tell a tale that spans 7000 years through the experience of the main characters is really unique. The worlds that he creates or rather that he has the Rimstalker create are an astounding concept that really stick with me and I am sure that I will return several more times.
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"To Dark otherwise it could have been a great book"
What disappointed you about The Last Legends of Earth?I had to fast forward thru the descriptions of gore. I don't want to take my imagination to a nightmare world. This book needs a Horror warning or label.
(I should have know from the short sample, but I gave it a try because it sounded like it was going to be light or even humorous when the narrator was reading the guide book to the worlds inhabitants, warring the Earth's people who have been brought back to life.)
Has The Last Legends of Earth turned you off from other books in this genre?It is a multi genre horror and SI-FI so no, I never, ever read horror! this slipped in #$%&!!
What didn’t you like about David Gilmore’s performance?The voice artist is gifted when it comes to clarity and diction. Reading is flat, almost a montone, paced slow and not much change. Some risk and a couple odd voices here and there that are so out of place after the metronome delivery of the rest of the story. Very briefly one voice has a special effect that sounded like an echo chamber that grated so much I fast forwarded that too. Special effects?! Don't do it unless your 100% sure it's going to work. Let our imagination fill in the atmosphere of a well written story and skip the risky stuff.
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?I think I could have loved this book without it's dark side, if it were just SI-FI without the sick horror. I don't want to fill my imaginary world with torture or genocide when I follow along in a story. Tone down the dark stuff, it isn't necessary to go there to tell this story, there could still be conflict without resorting to the easy or cheap trick of adding that stuff.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful