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Narrado por:
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Brian Nishii
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Cixin Liu
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"Narrator Brian Nishii perfectly conveys the author's joy and feelings of isolation at discovering science fiction as a child, the exhilaration of world-building as a science fiction writer, and the imaginative process of predicting our world in 50 years."—AudioFile
"We’re mysterious aliens in the crowd. We jump like fleas from future to past and back again, and float like clouds of gas between nebulae; in a flash, we can reach the edge of the universe, or tunnel into a quark, or swim within a star-core. . . . We’re as unassuming as fireflies, yet our numbers grow like grass in spring. We sci-fi fans are people from the future."—Cixin Liu, from the essay "Sci-Fi Fans"
A VIEW FROM THE STARS features a range of short works from the past three decades of New York Times bestselling author Cixin Liu's prolific career, putting his nonfiction essays and short stories side-by-side for the first time. This collection includes essays and interviews that shed light on Liu's experiences as a reader, writer, and lover of science fiction throughout his life, as well as short fiction that gives glimpses into the evolution of his imaginative voice over the years.
A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books.
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 407
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From Cixin Liu, the New York Times best-selling author of The Three-Body Problem, To Hold Up the Sky is a breathtaking collection of imaginative science fiction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superlatives all around!
- De restless consumer en 02-15-21
De: Cixin Liu
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Solar Express
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 16 h y 44 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 124
You can't militarize space. This one rule has led to decades of peaceful development of space programs worldwide. However, increasing resource scarcity and a changing climate on Earth's surface is causing some interested parties - namely India, the North American Union, and the Sinese Federation - to militarize. The discovery of a strange artifact by Dr. Alayna Wong precipitates a crisis. What appears to be a hitherto undiscovered comet is soon revealed to be an alien structure on a cometary trajectory toward the sun.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I Really Enjoyed This -- Far More Than Expected
- De C. Hartmann en 11-11-15
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Borrowed Time
- De: John Nolte
- Narrado por: Jim Seybert
- Duración: 13 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 161
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 152
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 152
Joshua Mason has been alive for thousands of years. He doesn't know how or why it happened, only that he can die like any man, but will always return. When you live forever, everything you love will die, so he decided long ago to not become attached. That all changed when he met Doreen. With her, he found something more than the woman he loves, after thousands of years of wandering, he found his place in the world. Now she's dying of old age. Distraught, Joshua promises to look after Charlie, Doreen's grandson, who is thirty-six, but forever a child due to a terrible brain injury.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story, compelling characters
- De Amazon Customer en 10-23-23
De: John Nolte
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Spiderlight
- De: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrado por: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Duración: 8 h y 26 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 76
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
The Church of Armes of the Light has battled the forces of Darkness for as long as anyone can remember. The great prophecy has foretold that a band of misfits, led by a high priestess will defeat the Dark Lord Darvezian, armed with their wits, the blessing of the Light and an artifact stolen from the merciless Spider Queen. Their journey will be long, hard and fraught with danger. Allies will become enemies; enemies will become allies. And the Dark Lord will be waiting, always waiting…
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5 out of 5 stars
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First listen to this author went well
- De nikolaus matheis en 11-04-24
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Timequake
- De: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrado por: Arthur Bishop
- Duración: 4 h y 49 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 381
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 335
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 334
According to Kurt Vonnegut's alter ego, the old science fiction writer Kilgore Trout, a global timequake will occur on February 13, 2001, at 2:27 p.m. It will be the moment when the universe suffers a crisis of conscience: Should it go on expanding indefinitely or collapse and make another great big BANG? For its own cosmic reasons, it decides to back up a decade to 1991, giving the world a 10-year case of deja vu, making everybody and everything do exactly what they'd done during the past decade.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Arias only make hopeless situations worse
- De Darwin8u en 12-28-17
De: Kurt Vonnegut
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Starless
- De: Jacqueline Carey
- Narrado por: Caitlin Davies
- Duración: 21 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 473
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 435
Destined from birth to serve as protector of the princess Zariya, Khai is trained in the arts of killing and stealth by a warrior sect in the deep desert; yet there is one profound truth that has been withheld from him. In the court of the Sun-Blessed, Khai must learn to navigate deadly intrigue and his own conflicted identity…but in the far reaches of the western seas, the dark god Miasmus is rising, intent on nothing less than wholesale destruction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The most beautiful thing I've enjoyed this year!
- De DabOfDarkness en 08-06-18
De: Jacqueline Carey
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Ultra 85
- De: Logic
- Narrado por: Steve Blum, Logic
- Duración: 8 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 99
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 99
In the year 2115, when the Earth is no longer inhabitable, the remainder of humanity lives in Babel, a giant space station. Two pilots, Quentin and Kai, must find the planet Paradise, where only the most promising citizens are allowed to live. On their journey, Quentin and Kai encounter Quentin’s estranged father, who left Babel for Paradise when Quentin was a child, and they discover just how different Paradise is from what they imagined—and how they must change it for the better.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Steven Blum is the only reason to listen to this.
- De Vash Kimura en 01-08-25
De: Logic
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Autonomous
- A Novel
- De: Annalee Newitz
- Narrado por: Jennifer Ikeda
- Duración: 10 h y 27 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,606
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,443
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,446
Earth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, traversing the world in a submarine as a pharmaceutical Robin Hood, fabricating cheap scrips for poor people who can't otherwise afford them. But her latest drug hack has left a trail of lethal overdoses as people become addicted to their work, doing repetitive tasks until they become unsafe or insane.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Came For The Science, Bailed For The Porn
- De Becca Mellema en 08-05-19
De: Annalee Newitz
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Too Like the Lightning
- Terra Ignota, Book 1
- De: Ada Palmer
- Narrado por: Jefferson Mays
- Duración: 20 h y 19 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 839
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 755
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 754
Mycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, to wander the world being as useful as he can to all he meets. Carlyle Foster is a sensayer - a spiritual counselor in a world that has outlawed the public practice of religion, but which also knows that the inner lives of humans cannot be wished away.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding story, if a bit inaccessible at times
- De Ron Lubovich en 10-15-16
De: Ada Palmer
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Finder
- De: Suzanne Palmer
- Narrado por: Joe Hempel
- Duración: 11 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,541
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,413
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,411
Fergus Ferguson, repo-man, has one job: find the spacecraft Venetia's Sword and steal it back from Arum Gilger, ex-nobleman turned power-hungry trade boss. Finding Gilger in the farthest corner of human-inhabited space, a gas-giant harvesting colony called Cernee, was easy. The hard part will be getting past a field of space mines, hacking into the Sword's compromised AI, and fighting a crew of hostile enemies to take control of the ship. But when a cable car explosion launches Cernee into a civil war, Fergus finds himself caught in the crosshairs.
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2 out of 5 stars
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this was pretty bad
- De Amazon Customer en 09-16-19
De: Suzanne Palmer
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A Half-Built Garden
- De: Ruthanna Emrys
- Narrado por: Kate Handford
- Duración: 15 h y 50 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 95
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 84
On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay. She heads out to check what she expects to be a false alarm—and stumbles upon the first alien visitors to Earth. These aliens have crossed the galaxy to save humanity, convinced that the people of Earth must leave their ecologically-ravaged planet behind and join them among the stars. And if humanity doesn't agree, they may need to be saved by force. But the watershed networks that rose up to save the planet from corporate devastation aren't ready to give up on Earth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Really interesting and engaging story
- De Sebastian en 07-09-23
De: Ruthanna Emrys
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Of Bone and Thunder
- A Novel
- De: Chris Evans
- Narrado por: Todd Haberkorn
- Duración: 16 h y 41 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 24
In this strange, new world deep among the shadows under a triple-canopy jungle and plagued by dangers real and imagined, soldiers strive to fulfill a mission they don’t understand and are ill-equipped to carry out. And high above them, the heavy rush of wings slashing through the humid air herald a coming wave of death and destruction, and just possibly, salvation.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Vietnam in Fantasyland
- De Michael D. Stuart en 04-19-25
De: Chris Evans
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Agents of Influence
- De: Dayton Ward
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
- Duración: 11 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 401
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 359
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 360
For years, Starfleet Intelligence agents have carried out undercover assignments deep within the Klingon Empire. Surgically altered and rigorously trained in Klingon culture, they operate in plain sight and without any direct support, while collecting information and infiltrating the highest levels of imperial power. Their actions have given Starfleet valuable insight into the inner workings of Klingon government and its relentless military apparatus. After three of Starfleet’s longest serving agents fear exposure, they initiate emergency extraction procedures.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Star Trek fans should listen to this book.
- De Jennifer Baratta She/Her en 06-11-20
De: Dayton Ward
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Rubicon
- De: J. S. Dewes
- Narrado por: Eunice Wong
- Duración: 16 h y 20 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 82
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 68
Sergeant Adriene Valero wants to die. She can't. After enduring a traumatic resurrection for the ninety-sixth time, Valero is reassigned to a special forces unit and outfitted with a cutting-edge virtual intelligence aid. They could turn the tide in the war against intelligent machines dedicated to the assimilation, or destruction, of humanity. When her VI suddenly achieves sentience, Valero is drawn into the machinations of an enigmatic major who’s hell-bent on ending the war—by any means necessary.
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3 out of 5 stars
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some twists and turns
- De Ocean State Prime en 06-24-23
De: J. S. Dewes
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The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
- A Novel
- De: Becky Chambers
- Narrado por: Rachel Dulude
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,562
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,361
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,358
With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has going for it is a chance proximity to more popular worlds, making it a decent stopover for ships traveling between the wormholes that keep the Galactic Commons connected. If deep space is a highway, Gora is just your average truck stop. The Five-Hop is run by an enterprising alien and her sometimes helpful child, who work hard to provide a little piece of home to everyone passing through.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The narrator completely ruined it.
- De rosenh en 09-13-21
De: Becky Chambers
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The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands
- A Novel
- De: Sarah Brooks
- Narrado por: Katie Leung, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Duración: 9 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 37
There is only one way to travel across the Wastelands: on the Trans-Siberian Express, a train as famous for its luxury as for its danger. The train is never short of passengers, eager to catch sight of Wastelands creatures more miraculous and terrifying than anything they could imagine. But on the train's last journey, something went horribly wrong, though no one seems to remember what exactly happened. Not even Zhang Weiwei, who has spent her life onboard and thought she knew all of the train’s secrets.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Narration cadence too clipped
- De ulan25 en 08-03-24
De: Sarah Brooks
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The Wandering Earth
- De: Cixin Liu
- Narrado por: Feodor Chin, Greg Chun
- Duración: 14 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 486
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 422
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 425
These 11 stories, including five Chinese Galaxy Award winners, are a blazingly original ode to planet Earth, its pasts, and its futures. Liu's fiction takes the listener to the edge of the universe and the end of time, to meet stranger fates than we could have ever imagined. With a melancholic and keen understanding of human nature, Liu's stories show humanity's attempts to reason, navigate, and above all, survive in a desolate cosmos.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extraordinary book!
- De Yuanting Tao en 10-30-21
De: Cixin Liu
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre A View from the Stars
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- Edward E. Annunziata
- 04-08-24
Great view of science fiction!
I loved this because interwoven between the mind blowing, Cixin Liu short stories are enthralling essays about the genre itself from his Chinese and 1980s sci-fi perspective.
Excellent collection from an amazing Hugo award winning SciFi author! ⭐️⭐️🪐🛸🚀🌟☄️🌎
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- Beatingu Silli
- 04-13-24
This was an awesome read!
I love the authors perspective on science fiction and science fiction fans. So glad I picked this up.
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- eR
- 11-25-24
Heard it in the Morning is epic!
Cixin Lui continues to astonish me. He was able to write an epic in short story form! In A View from the Stars, the short story Heard it in the Morning invokes the passion of the pusuit of the Unified Field Theory in physics and wraps it into the struggle of life trying to examine itself from the early universe to present day. It is beautifully written with great imagination and a practical Chinese sensibility that I have grown to appreciate.
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