The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.

A Novel

De: Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland

Narrado por: Laurence Bouvard, Shelley Atkinson, Laural Merlington, Joe Barrett, Will Damron, Luke Daniels, Robert Fass, James Anderson Foster, Tavia Gilbert, Arthur Morey, David Stifel, Charlie Thurston, Kate Udall

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Poor Audio Quality

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This is NOT a review of the whole novel As far as story and plot goes, the 40 minutes I've listened to so far is great. What is not great is the audio quality of this release (using Enhanced format, highest available on Audible). There seems to be a sibilant "echo" after certain phrases in the novel, most noticeable when the 's' sound is heard, that I have only encountered before when listening to audio files that have been transcoded one too many times.

I CANNOT confirm whether or not the cd release has the same issue, so for now I'm going to put this down to a hiccup in audible's transcoding process from the master files to their proprietary format. (encrypted AAC (LC) SBR m4b, essentially).

If possible (I'm not sure if you can edit reviews), I will update this review if and/or when this has been fixed.

Great story and a lot of fun

I really enjoyed this story and the excellent audio production. A great time travel novel with a unique approach based on science + magic. I liked the collaborative style of the two authors, resulting in something different from N. S. but retaining much of what makes his stories so compelling.

What dreams may come

The night after finishing this book, my dreams were haunted by the encroachment of many strands: for power over and manipulation of hundreds of situations, almost lucid.

Once Uncle Screwtape told Wormwood that the ultimate victory for their “father” would be to create the materialistic magician... Well, touché.

Like a tv drama

Written more like a tv drama than a novel, but this took me 2 hours before I cared about the characters enough to keep going. Interesting premise. Such a long buildup for a novel that could be half its length.

nice trip in past and present multiverse

I liked the situations characters were put in, misplaced in time. I am not big on witches but this book integrated them well into a good story.