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Glimpses
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
Ray Shackleford is trying to deal with the death of his father and the collapse of his marriage when the impossible happens. Music that no one has ever heard before begins to play from his stereo speakers. It is only the first step on a journey that will take him to Los Angeles, London, Cozumel, and points far beyond, and bring him face to face with Jim Morrison, Brian Wilson, Jimi Hendrix - and his own mortality.
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- World Fantasy Award, 1994
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- Samuel Montgomery-Blinn
- 03-21-11
Moving, remembering, and being.
This is a wonderful book about a late 80s stereo repairman (Ray) who discovers that he can, through some kind of power of imagination and love of music, actually cause lost albums to come to be. A musical trip through the late 60s (The Beatles, The Doors, Brian Wilson) as Ray re-lives both his own youth and the time and character of the musicians who made the music which provided the soundtrack to a tumultuous era. In the present, Ray is dealing with the death of his distant father, the tenuous threads which hold his marriage together, and coming to terms and some form of understanding with both. Stefan Rudnicki's narration is (as always) rich and resonant, capturing's Ray's voice and grounding the book in a dry, gravelly baritone which suits it perfectly. This is an authentic book of a time that was and of timeless music that almost was, and true human characters moving between them. I enthusiastically recommend it.
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- Bob
- 09-03-11
Can Rock & Roll really change the world.
What did you love best about Glimpses?
Lewis’s tales of a time bending rock fan gives us an intimate look at rock legends as well as a realistic portrayal of a middle aged man whose faith in rock and roll to change the world is put to the ultimate challenge.
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- Audio Gra Gra
- 08-14-15
Interesting premise but stinker of a story
Ray Shackleford has a gift that just pops up out of nowhere one day - the ability to bring to life classic recordings that were abandoned and never saw the light of day. One day he listens to the Beatles and re-sculpts the sound coming through the speakers. No explanation given as to how this happens, and everyone he tells about this gift just believes him on face value. No skepticism, no questioning and soon enough an old record company executive hires him to make bootleg CD's.
He goes on to bring to life albums thats were abandoned by The Doors, Brian Wilson and Jimi Hendrix. Amongst these 3 scenarios there is some admittedly interesting speculative writing, but about halfway through the book, I suddenly realised that while the narrative was moving, nothing was actually happening - we didn't seem to moving towards any destination - we were just aimlessly drifting along....
As it turns out, this gift of Ray's is somehow ultimately supposed to be some kind of way of trying to reconcile with his recently deceased and long estranged father. Say what??!!!???!
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- Mark J Mccullough
- 05-02-12
Rock & Roll Time Travel ?
Would you listen to Glimpses again? Why?
I have already listened to this book twice and enjoyed it more the second time. There were slight nuances I missed the first time but when listened to again helped me see more clearly the character of Jimi Hendrex and Jim Morrison and Brian Wilson
What was one of the most memorable moments of Glimpses?
There wasn't one specific moment that captured me but rather a cascading sense of a personal journey that created incredible chances to see life from a different view point.
What about Stefan Rudnicki’s performance did you like?
The tone of his voice helped created a perfect visualation of the main
character for me and also the time and place.
Any additional comments?
I grew up during the seventies so all the characters made perfect sense to me. Because of Shiner's writing style I remembered people and places that I hadn't thought of in a very long time. The seventies became alive for me all over again the fashions the lauanguage and especially the music. It rekindled my memories of all the music and personalities and history that happened during that tumultious and explosive time in out history.
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- Ryan Wigzell
- 12-28-20
Psychedelic Time travel
This novel is sticky sweet with 80’s and 90’s wares with a deep dive into the 60’s music scenes. Wish someone would make a movie based on this book in this time frame. It would be a trip to see.
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- Jessica Gillison
- 08-03-19
Exciting original work
Really enjoyed the book!! Big fan of the reader!! overall great listening! i recommend it!
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- Ben
- 05-06-15
Just plain awesome!
This was my second time listening to Glimpses. I enjoyed the story and the telling of it even more than the first time I listened to it several years ago, and that's not just because I live in Austin.
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- anonymous
- 04-06-17
This book is just ok...
I didn't think the storyline was believable... and the sex scenes were mansplained and awkward...