"Options" Copyright ©1979 by John Varley; "Permafrost" by Roger Zelazny Copyright ©1988 by Omni Publications International Ltd.; "The Poplar Street Study" Copyright ©1985 Karen Joy Fowler; "Why I Left Harry's All Night Hamburgers" by Lawrence Watt-Evans Copyright ©1987 by Davis Publications; "Our Lady of the Sauropods" by Robert Silverberg Copyright ©1980 by Agberg, Ltd.; "Fat Farm" by Orson Scott Card Copyright ©1980 by Omni Publications International Ltd.; "The Sentinel" Copyright ©1951 by Arthur C. Clarke; "Skin Deep" Copyright ©1987 by Kristine Kathryn Rusch; "Feedback" Copyright ©1993 by Joe Haldeman; Copyright (P)1995 by Dove Audio, Inc.
"Just one complaint"
This is a fine collection. The narration is also good. The one REALLY annoying characteristic is that there is no break between stories. No announcement of author, title, date etc. The next story just starts in with even less pause than between sentences within a story. If it were not for the fact that the narrator changes, you would not even be able to tell only by listening when one ends and the next one starts.
"Needs a pdf download to track book titles/authors/"
I agree with another reviewer in that there is no way to know the title and author of the short story, or for that matter who is narrating. A break between stories and an introduction to identify the narrator would be a welcome enhancement. Most books on tape have this feature, and this shortfall is somewhat frustrating when trying to identify selections from a collection.
If nothing else, to have a pdf document posted to the site with this information would be tremendously helpful.
Other than that shortcomming, the stories met my expectations of these well known authors. The stories spark imagination and easily transend the decades since they were created and are every bit as entertaining today.
The writing is great, the naration is entertaining; but the lack of knowing exactly what you are listening to detracts from the entertainment value.
"Nice Road Trip Book"
I enjoyed this audio book and was entertained on my extended drive to Atlanta. I agree with the other reviewer on the transition between stories; there is none, one story ends the next begins. Was not too big of a deal but I found myself wondering what was the title to that story and is that really Roddy McDowall??? I also had problems with the volume of the narration being different from one story to the next. The stories wont blow your mind however, it was worth the one credit for entertainment value.
"Despite it's less than stupendous ratings..."
I enjoyed this audiobook a lot. The narration was done by familiar voices. It was acted out rather well. The content was great as well. The only complaint I had was that two stories were louder than the other. I would turn the volume up pretty loud (being on the freeway and all...) and then have to turn it down when it went on to a louder story. But only one narrator was loud and she did two stories, so it's not much of a complaint.
"More of the Best not the best"
I have only listened to the first three stories and am immensely disapponted .. not in the reading which is very good, not in the literature which is very entertaining, but in the audio book itself. This is a book of short stories, but the presentation lacks titles, authors and readers for each story. Very confusing to listen to, so it really detracts from the enjoyment.
"format is disorganized"
poorly presented, there was no mention of the titles or author during the reading , therefore it is impossible to judge the authors or stories.
not well presented version.
could not tell which story I was listening, the breaks in between were non existant and there were no word of whose story was.
yes, but recorded in a better organized way.
"Terrible"
The narration is the worst I've experienced on Audible and the stories are all fused together; there are no delineations between them so you have no idea when one starts and one ends.