Of Gods and Globes

By: Emily Munro, Lancelot Schaubert, Anne Greenwood Brown, Juliet Marillier, LJ Cohen, Anthony G. Cirilla, FC Shultz

Narrated by: Daniel Dorse

From what we have relearned in recent history about the way magnetism, gravity, centrifugal and centripetal force, as well as the many other forces one giant body exerts upon another, we know the medievalists had it right all along. When the moon gets too close and too bright, it makes us crazy.

In that spirit, editor Lancelot Schaubert rounded up sci-fi and fantasy writers Anne Greenwood Brown, Juliet Marillier, LJ Cohen, Anthony G. Cirilla, FC Shultz, and Emily Munro to write about cosmic influence. The fantasy writers took a more mythological approach, speaking of the symbolic (or perhaps godly) Mercury and Mars and Neptune. The sci-fi writers tell you what it is like to live on Jupiter and Uranus. All of them, though, speak of the influence of what one writer called the music of the spheres.

These are stories Of Gods and Globes. They're quite the ride: They made the editor laugh and cry and chilled him to the bone with terror. And one of the stories made him long for a home that...well, for a home he doesn't think he's ever been to before.

©2018 Lancelot Schaubert (P)2020 Lancelot Schaubert

Good for when you just want something to pass the time

I had issues with the very minimal background noises with my type of ptsd and anxiety so I lost interest several times. The narrator is very easy to understand but a bit too monotonous for me.
For me, the story is just good enough to follow along on the background, all stories kinda follow a greater storyline connecting space(ships), planets, mythological creatures and more

Anthology

I’m so sorry to say this anthology didn’t manage to keep me engaged.
The main reason for that is the narration.
There is not much technically wrong with it, but I just didn’t enjoy listening to the performance. For me, the narrator has a too deep and monotone voice and I had a hard time keeping my focus on the audiobook.
Because of this, it’s hard for me to rate the stories.
I have finished the first and last 2 short stories.
The first is maybe a bit too smart for me, but I would have enjoyed the other 3 with different narration/ in E-Book form.

Included in this anthology are :
Perpetual Silence - LJ Cohen (25 minutes)
An Incomplete Assignment – Anne Greenwood Brown (33 minutes)
Celestines – Emily Munro (44 minutes)
The Bells are Ringing – Anthony G. Cirilla (1 hour, 12 minutes)
Four Umbrellas – F.C. Shultz (26 minutes)
Army Men – Juliet Marillier (23 minutes)
00:08:23 – Lancelot Schaubert (27 minutes)

Also included are an introduction and short bios from every author.

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Opinions and ratings are my own and not influenced by how I got the Audio Book.