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Technomancer
- Unspeakable Things, Book 1
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Series: Unspeakable Things, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
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- Cliff
- 05-27-14
Good noir sci-fi/ fantasy series with a warning
I have been trying out new series to find ones I like while waiting for those I am currently reading. I decided to give this one a try and I am glad that I did.
I was pretty concerned at first as the first few chapters are almost directly lifted from Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber. It was well written though and gets into more unique territory quickly after that. The premise of the series is very cool and is similar to the lost room series on sci-fi years ago.
The main character has amnesia and I hate that trope. Other than that the character development is good, the story is very interesting and the world makes sense. You really can like the main character and root for him. The meta-story is good enough you want to find out what happens not only in this book, but in the ones that follow. There is a lot of action and it is well written and fun.
This is technically a Sci-fi novel, but it reads very urban fantasy as well. it reminds me of the Harry Connoly 20 palaces series, and in a good way. It is a very dark and dangerous world.
I really loved the narrarator. If I had to pick a person to do a film noir, detective voice Mr. Lane is the go to guy. He has a great range and I can't imagine anyone else doing a better job reading this book.
The warning is the second book. I finished this one and was anxious to move onto the next one. I read the reviews and they all talked about how bad the new narrarator was. I thought it might be because the one for this book was so good. So I bought it and started to listen.
My first impulse was, oh hell no! I stopped the book after about two minutes. The guy sounds like Kirby Heyworth with a sinus infection and I am not overly fond of Kirby Heyword WITHOUT a sinus infection. I will try again in the future, but I am not sure I will be able to listen to it. Be aware you might not like listening to the second book and may have to read it to enjoy it rather than listen on audible format.
Other than that, Technomancer is an excellent book, great voice acting and although it leaves a lot of questions it stands well on its own.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-30-13
In a world similar to Peter Clines "14."
I really enjoyed this book once it got going. For me,i had to get about 3 hours into it before the story really picked up. I honestly feel like this could be a character and story line form Peter Clines book "14," it had some of the odd creepy things going on that could be linked to 14.
Everyday objects having magical qualities,very creepy aliens,cultists,dirty cops and russian gangsters.
Cool idea,fun listen,great narrator. The only complain was its slow start.
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- Renato M. Lellis
- 11-29-17
The title is misleading
For a novel that is titled technomancer, there is not much tech in the plot.
The story turns around mundane objects that have magic powers and the people that use them. One of the characters describes something about the magic as yet unknown technology, but I think is only an attempt to make a cool title.
The protagonist awakes without memory in a sanatorium and has to discover his past and the truth about a series of violent murders that are taking place in his hometown of Las Vegas.
In the end, the motivation of the various characters and the plot itself are not clear and sometimes is contradictory: Why was Quentin memory erased? Why was Quentin "released" to investigate the murders? Doesn't the powerful members of "The community" already know who was behind the attacks? Why does Quentin not take time to investigate himself?
Also the fact that Quentin being a Blogger is very weird. He became a competent magic user is a matter of days. Why was not Quentin able to do this before?
The worldbuilding is also a little inconsistent: "Why some people are unable to left their "domains"? Why "The Community" allow the attack on the gray man and why wat that done is such an amateur way?
And after all that, the plot reminded me a lot of "The Lost Room", a TV show about mundane magic objects and group of people that seek them and "Warehouse 13", that is also about magical objects.
In the end, the idea was interesting, but not very well developed, with uninteresting characters and an unconvincing plot.
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- Rush
- 09-02-12
More good than bad
What other book might you compare Technomancer to and why?
The base them is pretty similar to Sci-Fi channel's mini-series, The Lost Room, as another customer mentioned.
What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?
I really enjoyed the way the narrator read the book up until I heard him do his first accent. It got worse when I heard is second accent. Whether he's doing an Oriental accent or a Hispanic accent, they all sound like they're from India. It was really bugging me, so I just pretended like all of the accented characters were actually Indian and it wasn't so bad after that. The rest of the narration was gold.
Was Technomancer worth the listening time?
Yes. Once I got past the bad accents, the story was quite fun. B.V.Larson is really good at making you feel the details with his descriptions. There's also a lot of both contemporary fantasy and horror in it. Fans of both genres will likely get a kick out of it.
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- JTF
- 01-18-13
Hardboiled PI meets SciFi Aliens - fun read
If you could sum up Technomancer in three words, what would they be?
Interesting collusion of worlds
What did you like best about this story?
Technomacer takes the best of conspiracy theory, parallel existences, aliens and the shady world of private detectives and melds an interesting narrative and cast of characters.The characters are really fabulous.
What does Christopher Lane bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
If Sam Spade read a book, he would sound like Christopher Lane. The amazing part of Lane's reading isn't just that he can out Bogey Bogart, but that he has a terrific range for all of the characters. This is my first book with Lane as a narrator. It won't be my last. He is one of the few readers that make the book better.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
If only I could listen at one time. :)
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- Professor
- 07-25-12
Great beginning, let's see what will be next!
What made the experience of listening to Technomancer the most enjoyable?
It has a very good plot, in fact it is so good that i still can't decide about the genre.
I'm not sure whether it is Urban fantasy or Science fiction !
Who was your favorite character and why?
The main character is fine
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
The idea for this plot is very similar to a tv show " The Lost Room"
at least part of the concept was taken directly from the show http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0830361/
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- Jedi DK
- 03-12-19
...ok....
I wasn’t really impressed with this book. It came across like one of those 1950s era style detective thriller. If you’re into those sort of stories, then this book will be good for you
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- RLW
- 02-28-19
Don't judge books by reviews, or by authors.
Technomancer? Please. This was a cross between classic gumshoe pulp complete with 30s gangster accents and a Vegas location and Desden files tripe complete with over reacting conversations and superficial characters. Never mind that I couldn't care about anyone in this story or the fact that they didn't believably care about each other, it was the most disjointed, ad hoc story line I've seen since I watched my 5 year old and his buddies dress up in cowboy, soldier and super hero costume cast offs to play silly Harry Potter meets Star Wars meets Captain Jack Sparrow games. Christopher Lane has a good voice but was pretty miscast here too. A total loss.
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- Qwksilver
- 02-27-19
The Cover is Click-Bait
Let me tell you some of what this book isn't. Technomancy, is a term in science fiction and fantasy that refers to a category of magical abilities that affect technology, or to magical powers that are gained through the use of technology. A technomancer is someone who can create, augment, transform, a piece of tech, with magic. Examples, A mage with the power to sense a defect in technology, and repair it. A mage with the power to hack computers/atms, enhance a smartphone, or trick a biosensor lock by touching the tech.
A technomancer might also be someone who gains a piece of tech (electronics, not clockwork/combustion) that grants him magic or magic like abilities. Examples, you have a smartphone has an app that taps into the magic field to say, change your appearance, implant a whole new language into your mind. Maybe the smartphone has a designer app that magically changes a building structure, or color scheme, to suit you. Perhaps a TV that you can walk through like a doorway, and return back later, literally taking you into a fiction, or simply stone henge.
This book merely grazes the idea of Technomancy but in no way represents it the way the cover might imply. Green and Black like old old computer monitors. Cloak and hood like a mage. None of these things, not even technomancy in the way that the title might imply.
It's an ok story. Were there a more appropriate title, it might have rated a 5/5, but the only reason I read it, was the title, and this title is truly click-bait
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- MThespian
- 05-21-18
way for the narrator to commit!
story was eh. but the narrator went all in making an uninspired plot listenable with a fully invested performance
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- 06-21-15
B.V. Larson goes up against Jim Butcher
This is Larson's take on the Paranormal Detective Noir Genre. Larson seems to be quite inspired by Jim Butcher's Dresden Files!
This is a review particularly for Jim Butcher Fans who no doubt will be drawn to this series. Butcher's detective Harry Dresden's city is Chicago, Quentin Draith's is Los Angeles and they are pretty much going head to head.
Being a Harry Dresden fan already, and also having read a few of Larson's books, I was interested how Larson would fare outside his usual military sci-fi novels. It's not bad, but not necessarily mind-blowingly good either. I'm going to interested to read the next book (it took Jim Butcher three books to get the Dresden Files to be totally gripping and addictive). For me it'll take another book or two to see if Larson is successful in developing a cast of strong characters you really care about and keep coming back to. Also, perhaps an little more humour wouldn't go amiss. So far though, Larson's contribution to the genre seems promising.
The main thing missing is the perfect narrator - James Marsters (the narrator of the Dresden Files) has taken on the mantel of "Harry" and he produces absolutely superb performances - for fans Marsters "is" Harry Dresden. For me neither narrator for Quentin Draith quite hits the mark yet (although I much prefer Darcie than Lane. Darcie (book 2) is much better at the character voices and seems more appropriate casting).
Larson's supernatural offering has a bit more of a sci-fi feel than Butcher's world which is more magical. Books 1 & 2 could easily have been a single book story-wise. Book 1 is a bit slow and it's only in Book 2 where the story properly gets going.
Here's a quick summary of the first two books - Draith wakes up missing memories of his past in a world where there exists ordinary-looking objects that have special powers e.g. sunglasses that open locks, other objects that give the owner rapid healing powers, control other people's minds or give access to other worlds/realities etc. Draith ends up acquiring several of these objects that give him "powers" and of course, Draith has use these and team up with other object-owning characters to save his city and uncover his past.
There are several things that are similar to Butcher stories e.g. travel to other "realms", a governing group that keep the supernatural world in check, a wicked witch character that is helpful but not necessarily on the side of "good", monsters, unravelling a mystery to save the city. I laughed at the book cover as it's got a very a similar looking guy to the Dresden Files, i.e. a non- descript detective type wearing a panama hat - the only difference is Larson's Draith has a gun and Butcher's Dresden has a leather duster and staff. Maybe Quentin is Harry's long lost brother or something?
I'm awaiting the next book to see if I'm hooked to the series.
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