The Map of the Sky: A Novel

The time spent on listening to this book seemed to never end. I asked myself on 3 or 4 occasions, why am I still listening to this?

It just seems to me that this work was printed from the authors rough draft notes and bypast the editor, altogether.

I did like my introduction to James Langton and appreciated his performance but I don't know if I am able to buy another work of Felix J. Palma.

The books is broken into three seemingly interminable parts, of which the first is so unrelated to the "description" of the story that I thought I'd switched the order of the book sections. The author is definitely cleaver, but I felt like it just went on and on and on. There are light hearted scenes between a suitor and his intended and there are terrible scenes that felt like the precursor to the Matrix. Eventually everything is tied together into a more satisfying ending.

If this book becomes the next "in" thing I'll be able to say I read it, but you won't find me looking for other offerings from this author. In truth, based on the description and the reviews on the website, I was disappointed.

I loved Palma's first book that played with truth vs. fiction. This one has some of that but it tries to do too much, and takes way too long to do it. Similar actions and events are described over and over, or the same event is described by different characters without adding anything. A shorter book would have been much more effective. Also while the overall tone of the first book was positive, some of this one is very grim. The narrator did a fine job with the various characters but the book itself was disappointing.

While not my favorite story, I know The Map of the Sky is among the most memorable. The Map of Time was a light-hearted frolic compared to this dark story. Felix J. Palma weaves a horrifying "What if" tale, and James Langton's narration is spot on.

Jame's Langton's voice never distracts from the character whose words he is reciting.

The Map of the Sky left me feeling as though I need another "The Map of'" book.

The story could have used tighter editing. It drags a lot.
I like James Langton as a narrator.

I read ALL my audio and Kindle books over again - simply to catch nuances I may have missed the first time through

This is the first time I have read this author. I put him on my 3rd tier of preferred authors.

Almost any book is worth reading. This includes "The map of the sky" which I would rate as worthy but not by any means exciting and stimulating.

The story moved very slowly at first and so it took me awhile to get into it. I almost gave up, but it does pick-up and develops into a good story. It is an interesting take on the work of H G Wells. If you are a fan of Wells stick with the story. It is worth it in the end.

No

no

He did his best with material that had characters who were tedious and too drawn out.

The concept was great, but I found the book way too long, not that exciting and confusing for a good part of it. It could have been a great sci-fi, time travel, but it dragged on and on.

This story artfully weaves at least three classic favorites together into a delicious new perspective of 19th century future imaginings. The journey back to an earlier era was surprisingly both simulating and refreshing in contrast to some of the pessimistic and more jaded current imaginings that are being mass-produced on the post-cyber-punk assembly line of today. Delightful read! The narrator was excellent as well.

Only on sale.

Only on sale.

First 15 minutes.

Far too long for the material presented, which made the book tedious almost beyond belief. Too bad, because the author can write well.