Limitless

A Novel

De: Alan Glynn

Narrado por: Fred Berman

Now a major motion picture starring Bradley Cooper, Robert DeNiro, and Abbie Cornish.

Alan Glynn's Limitless is a high-concept thriller for this Adderall age, and a haunting meditation on the allure and the curse of human potential.

A burnout at thirty-five, months behind on his book, low on cash, and something of a loser, Eddie Spinola could use a shot in the arm. One day he randomly runs into Vernon, his ex-wife's brother, and his ex-dealer. Now employed by a shadowy pharmaceutical company, Vernon has something that might help: a new designer drug that stimulates brain function. One pill and Eddie is hooked. His book is finished within days; he learns and synthesizes information at a frightening rate; and he can go a long time without sleep or food. Naturally, he begins to play the stock market. But when Vernon turns up dead, Eddie makes off with the only stash of the drug in existence. Then come the side effects: black-outs, blinding headaches, and violent outbursts he can't seem to remember.

©2001 Alan Glynn (P)2011 Macmillan Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Alan Glynn has created enough twists and thrills to keep readers up late--even without resorting to illegal and dangerous substances.” —The New York Times Book Review

“A compulsive chemical thriller.” —San Francisco Chronicle

Entertaining, Slightly different than movie

I felt that the narrator was very talented, and had a melodic cadence to his voices which was very easy to listen to for several hours. I also enjoyed his many and varied dialects and characterizations.

The ending was different than the movie. I liked the movie, and the novel equally well. They were different enough to both be interesting, but similar enough that the one seemed, to me anyhow, to add to the other.

Good! Movie better

What made the experience of listening to Limitless the most enjoyable?

The added details, and change of storyline from movie.

What did you like best about this story?

The change in storyline kept me listening.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Fred Berman?

I would try another.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Movie was already made...wouldn't change a thing.

good booj

the narration was good. he used different types voices for the different characters. the story was good. I wasn't completely satisfied with it. but overall a good book.

Good, though not for fans of the movie.

if you want this for the movie experience, you will be disappointed. I'm glad I listened, but it was different.

Great book love the performance

movie was pretty faithful besides the end. Definitely love the ties back to the government.

Better than the movie.

If you enjoyed the movie then this is worth experiencing. The story is much more developed. Great performance as well.

The movie was better

there's not much more to say than that if you like the movie but wish it had a darker undertone then you'll like the book otherwise skip it and enjoy the movie.

Better than the movie

Loved it! The narrator was perfect. Had me hanging on to every word. Now to start book 2.

Maximum Wishfulment

Like I'm assuming is the case with most people, I discovered this book after watching the film. After watching the film numerous times and the short-lived series I wanted more. So I watched the film again this time looking for that inevitable line you get with most science fiction films that end up being good, "based on the book . . . " and there it was "The Dark Fields".

I was rather surprised that the publishers had already figured out that a bunch of people were going to be wanting to read the book and made it easier to find by changing the original title to that of the movie; however The Dark Fields is really a different story than the film, that only happens to hit a lot of the same beats. The book is great, and while it still holds true that the book overall is better than the film; the film ends up having the more satisfying ending. The changes made in the film did improve and streamline the book in some places for example I like the name Eddie Morra much better than Eddie Spinola. The love interest is completely made up for the film, though it's injection into that story does raise the stakes and helps make the protagonist a bit more relatable. A lot of instances that played out in montage in the film have a much bigger impact on the story in the novel.

Fred Berman was the perfect choice as narrator for this story. He brings this kind of manic energy to the reading that makes you feel like you're on NZT with the protagonist. Overall if you liked the film you'll probably like the novel, and there are enough differences in the two that you'll still have some surprises.

Great story and read with real emotion

loved it and couldn't stop listening to it. I became obsessed with finishing the story then was strangely left wanting more.