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- By: Ben Bova
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Ben Bova
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
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Stoner knew. The fiery object hurtling toward the Earth was an alien spacecraft. But the world might never know. He was trapped in an iron cordon of secrecy, for the discovery had shattered the world power balance, setting off a brutal struggle for supremacy that raged from the sacred halls of the Vatican to the corridors of the Kremlin and the Pentagon. The forces of fear and treachery would use any weapon at their command, from mind war to sabotage, to keep the world in darkness.
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Not Quite "Rendezvous With Rama"
- By Noe on 02-26-09
By: Ben Bova
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A Talent for War
- An Alex Benedict Novel
- By: Jack McDevitt
- Narrated by: Gregory Abbey, Jack McDevitt
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
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Everyone knew the legend of Christopher Sim. Fighter. Leader. An interstellar hero with a rare talent for war, Sim changed mankind's history forever when he forged a ragtag group of misfits into the weapon that broke the back of the alien Ashiyyur. But now, Alex Benedict has found a startling bit of information, long buried in an ancient computer file. If it is true, then Christopher Sim was a fraud.
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Very good - but the cover and title are deceptive
- By Brian on 09-25-10
By: Jack McDevitt
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Aftermath
- By: Charles Sheffield
- Narrated by: Gary Dikeos
- Length: 19 hrs and 47 mins
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It’s 2026, and catastrophe has struck from an unexpected source. The Alpha Centauri supernova has risen like a second sun, rushing Earth toward its last summer. Floods, fires, starvation, and disease paralyze the planet. In a blue aurora flash of gamma rays, all microchips worldwide are destroyed, leaving an already devastated Earth without communications, transportation, weaponry, or medicine. The disaster sets three groups of survivors on separate quests. A militant cult seizes the opportunity to free their leader, known as the Eye of God, from the long-term coma to which a court sentenced her.
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Third grade book reports are read better
- By Judy on 06-12-13
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Falling Free
- Miles Vorsokigan, Book 4
- By: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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Leo Graf was just your average highly efficient engineer: mind your own business, fix what's wrong, and move on to the next job. But all that changed on his assignment to the Cay Habitat, where a group of humanoids had been secretly, commercially bioengineered for working in free fall. Could he just stand there and allow the exploitation of hundreds of helpless children merely to enhance the bottom line of a heartless mega-corporation?
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Don't read this one first
- By Carol on 02-20-13
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Solomon's Arrow
- A Novel
- By: J. Dalton Jennings
- Narrated by: Peter Larkin
- Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins
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It's the mid-21st century. The oceans are rising, the world's population is growing, terrorist organizations are running rampant, and it has become readily apparent that humanity's destructive nature is at the heart of the matter. When all faith in humanity seems lost, a startling proposal is announced: Solomon Chavez, the mysterious son of the world's first trillionaire, announces that he, backed by a consortium of governments and wealthy donors, will build an interstellar starship.
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Couldn’t finish this one.
- By The Carolina Dude on 11-08-20
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The Star King
- The Demon Princes Series, Book 1
- By: Jack Vance
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
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Five intergalactic criminal masterminds raid the tranquil world of Mount Pleasant, leaving behind only ruin and slaughter - and the orphaned child Kirth Gersen, who comes to manhood swearing to take bloody revenge. Now Gersen roams the galaxy, bringing vengeance to the Demon Princes one by one, in Jack Vance's classic series of hardboiled space opera.
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A longtime favorite, perfectly narrated
- By Gan on 03-05-22
By: Jack Vance
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Voyagers
- By: Ben Bova
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Ben Bova
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Stoner knew. The fiery object hurtling toward the Earth was an alien spacecraft. But the world might never know. He was trapped in an iron cordon of secrecy, for the discovery had shattered the world power balance, setting off a brutal struggle for supremacy that raged from the sacred halls of the Vatican to the corridors of the Kremlin and the Pentagon. The forces of fear and treachery would use any weapon at their command, from mind war to sabotage, to keep the world in darkness.
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Not Quite "Rendezvous With Rama"
- By Noe on 02-26-09
By: Ben Bova
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A Talent for War
- An Alex Benedict Novel
- By: Jack McDevitt
- Narrated by: Gregory Abbey, Jack McDevitt
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone knew the legend of Christopher Sim. Fighter. Leader. An interstellar hero with a rare talent for war, Sim changed mankind's history forever when he forged a ragtag group of misfits into the weapon that broke the back of the alien Ashiyyur. But now, Alex Benedict has found a startling bit of information, long buried in an ancient computer file. If it is true, then Christopher Sim was a fraud.
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Very good - but the cover and title are deceptive
- By Brian on 09-25-10
By: Jack McDevitt
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Aftermath
- By: Charles Sheffield
- Narrated by: Gary Dikeos
- Length: 19 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s 2026, and catastrophe has struck from an unexpected source. The Alpha Centauri supernova has risen like a second sun, rushing Earth toward its last summer. Floods, fires, starvation, and disease paralyze the planet. In a blue aurora flash of gamma rays, all microchips worldwide are destroyed, leaving an already devastated Earth without communications, transportation, weaponry, or medicine. The disaster sets three groups of survivors on separate quests. A militant cult seizes the opportunity to free their leader, known as the Eye of God, from the long-term coma to which a court sentenced her.
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Third grade book reports are read better
- By Judy on 06-12-13
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Falling Free
- Miles Vorsokigan, Book 4
- By: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Leo Graf was just your average highly efficient engineer: mind your own business, fix what's wrong, and move on to the next job. But all that changed on his assignment to the Cay Habitat, where a group of humanoids had been secretly, commercially bioengineered for working in free fall. Could he just stand there and allow the exploitation of hundreds of helpless children merely to enhance the bottom line of a heartless mega-corporation?
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Don't read this one first
- By Carol on 02-20-13
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Solomon's Arrow
- A Novel
- By: J. Dalton Jennings
- Narrated by: Peter Larkin
- Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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It's the mid-21st century. The oceans are rising, the world's population is growing, terrorist organizations are running rampant, and it has become readily apparent that humanity's destructive nature is at the heart of the matter. When all faith in humanity seems lost, a startling proposal is announced: Solomon Chavez, the mysterious son of the world's first trillionaire, announces that he, backed by a consortium of governments and wealthy donors, will build an interstellar starship.
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Couldn’t finish this one.
- By The Carolina Dude on 11-08-20
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- Cecila
- 07-31-12
Good to listen to
If you could sum up Summertide in three words, what would they be?
interesting
Who was your favorite character and why?
one of the little aliens
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
no
Any additional comments?
it was hard toget into, the first 2 CD' were all history and technical info that was later needed in the book. Once past this the book got very good.
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- Chuck
- 03-03-10
Strong beginning to the Heritage Universe
Hard science fiction with very few frills. Direct and to the point with very good narration. Introduces the Heritage series, answers a couple of questions but poses more. I really enjoy this type of science fiction and will listen the the next 3 books.
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- Richard
- 12-03-20
interesting storyline
I had to concentrate or I missed things. lucky there is 'Rewind'. my have to revisit the book anothere day!
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- John A. M. Darnell
- 11-24-03
High Science Fiction - not for the faint of heart
Charles Sheffield believed in hard science and even harder science fiction. All of his stories are built on extrapolations from present day science to some future filled with incredible technological magic. Summertide is no different. The story itself will appeal only to those who enjoy technological fantasies, and if you are someone like that, then the mediocre performance of the reader will not trouble you. For all the rest, no matter who performed the work, you would find it wanting.
As for me, I strongly recommend it. When I have the time and the credit, I intend to get all four of these novels on CD (through Audible, of course).
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-20-21
Enjoyed the storyline
I liked the characters. Made my day pass faster. Got some work done while listening
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- mc-pen
- 09-21-20
Entertaining
A good SciFi thriller. the story line was entertaining. listened till the end. all good
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- Jesse
- 05-30-21
I’m not sure if I liked it or not yet
At first I was drawn into the story by its mystery and intrigues about the builders of many artifacts in this region of space and what these wild and seemingly random artifacts were designed to do. Just enough is given during the story about them to keep you on the edge of your seat with wonder at what complex system they may be a part of.
Then about halfway through you realize there is no way that this book is going to provide much satisfaction on that front in a single book, I’m okay with that. The story is progressing Icelandic..there’s so cool characters…there’s some intrigue..a love interest or two…I’m hanging in there and it’s still enjoyable.
Then we start to notice what is the first of many narrator inconsistencies between recording sessions maybe? All of the sudden it’s like a new narrator jumped on and for a good two or three minutes it throws you out of the story..it happens frequently in the second half of the audiobook.
I should also mention that is you aren’t completely disgusted and sickened by the sound of the words doublet, summertide, tidal forces and air car, you very soon will be. As a matter of fact just thinking about the word summertide is giving me a splitting headache.
The trouble is I did find myself despite all the faults wanting to know how it turned out. I don’t have the mental strength to listen to the following books just yet..but if I can ever get the word summertide scrubbed outta my mind I may just do that.
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- Jaco du Plooy
- 05-16-23
Don't miss this series. What a good read
I finished all three of this series that are on Audible. One after the other. No break in between. I cannot believe that I have missed out on this series through all the years.
The series is for free but I would have quite happily paid for it.
This is good science fiction. Simple as that. You get really involved with the characters and what I like is they follow through to the next books.
Each book gets to a finish but leaves you wanting to get the next one.
The stories are not dated and if I didn't know the publishing date, would not have noticed.
Really cannot say more than, if you enjoy a good science fiction book, look no further.
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- Douglas
- 12-27-03
Sheffield Should Stick to Science
If you like to read technical reports and scientific articles, you may like this book. However, if you like to read about characters and human emotions set within a scientific fictional future, you will not like this book. The charaters are portrayed as dichotomous (either/or) variables that respond to an environment that constantly needs to be analyzed. Sheffield tries to make his characterizations central, but fails and the reader is left instead feeling quite detached. To further the insult of this book, the narrator (G. Howard) seems to feel the same way. He reads as if he is cramming for a freshman's final exam--in Latin no less. Pass on this one.
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- Kelly Howard
- 08-08-15
deadliest dull reader of all time
I've had this book for about 2 years. In that time, i have tried I dunno how many times to listen to it. I can't, I just can't; the reader is so deadly dull, so completely monotonous, lacking in inflection, lacking change of voice or pacing or character or anything whatsoever that if you showed his performance on a graph, it would look like this:
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I have no idea what the book is like so i gave it a mid-grade, figuring that won't really help or hurt it. Wish I could give the performance negative stars. Geoffrey could be reading a phone book, and it wouldn't sound much different. No, that's not true, the phone book would be more interesting, probably; at least there'd be the change from numbers to words & back. Bore-you-to-tears dull. Bore-you-to-death dull. But not, oddly, bore-you-(or at least em)-to-sleep dull; he's so boring that I can't even use the book as a way to distract me from the roiling stresses of life & lull me to sleep. It's so impossible to keep my focus on the book that the real world keeps slithering back into my conscious.
Oh, how I wish I'd returned this dog.
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