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©1997 Joseph Kanon (P)1997 Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, A Division of Random House, Inc.

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  • JOSEPH
  • Fort Wayne, IN, United States
  • 12-14-12

Terrible sound quality

What would have made Los Alamos better?

The enhanced audio was poorly executed

Any additional comments?

This recording sounds like it was mastered from cassette tape

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

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  • Gena
  • bloomington, IN, United States
  • 01-16-12

Poor sound quality

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

The sound quality is quite poor. This is the first time I've had such an issue with Audible downloads, but I didn't listen to the entire book because of that.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

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    3 out of 5 stars

Los Alamos with distracting annoying music

Good story about interesting historical period. However, the music is both distracting and annoying as it sounds off tune most of the time and adds little to the "atmosphere".

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

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Los Alamos

Annoying sound effects.

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    4 out of 5 stars

Good, but...

I agree that the plot is well done and interesting, but lets lose the annoying background "music" that obscures the words at chapter breaks. Otherwise well read.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

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    5 out of 5 stars
  • JH
  • 07-19-09

Great period piece, first rate narrator

Complex and believable WWII era story with the development of the atomic bomb as a backdrop. The two main characters are engaging and adequately life-like that you care what happens to them. Lots of twists, and I could find no internal contradictions. I am surprised at the low ratings given by others - I suspect they were looking for something else. From my point of view, narrator Edward Herman simply reading a random newspaper story would get a score to at least 3 stars.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

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Los Alamos

Decent book. Suspenseful and historically interesting.

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Almost ruined by poor production quality.

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kind of boring

Very odd background noises. Old time radio narration. plot weak. gratuitous sex scenes...but not too graphic. would not recommend it.

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terrible audio quality

the garbled background noise and low fi recording is almost unintelligible at times and always painful to listen to. between that and the disappointment of only having an abridged version available, I wish I could get my money back. by far my worst audible purchase.