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The Original
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Hugo Award-winning authors Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal team up in this exclusive audio-first production of The Original, a sci-fi thriller set in a world where one woman fights to know her true identity and survive the forces that threaten her very existence.
In the near future, humans choose life - for a price. Injectable nanite technology is the lifeblood that flows through every individual wishing to experience the world through the lens of their own theme. While death from mortal wounds is still possible, life is made easier in a socially liberated society where automation and income equality allow passion pursuits to flourish over traditional work. Renewal stations are provided to every law-abiding citizen for weekly check-ins, which issue life-sustaining repairs in exchange for personal privacy. But what becomes of those who check out, of those who dare to resist immortality and risk being edited under the gaze of an identity-extracting government surveillance system?
When Holly Winseed wakes up in a hospital room, her memory compromised and a new identity imposed on her, a team of government agents wastes no time stating their objective. With intent to infiltrate and defeat the terrorist group ICON, the agents tell Holly that she is now a Provisional Replica and has one week to hunt down and kill her Original for the murder of her husband, Jonathan. If she succeeds, she’ll assume her Original’s place in society. If she fails, her life will end. Holly’s progress is monitored by an assigned contact that feeds her information as she confronts the blank, robotic world around her, discovering that others view life through the theme of their own choosing.
With her newly implanted combat and deduction skills, Holly fends off both attacks by terrorists and doubts about her own trustworthiness as clues lead her to her Original - and to the truth about Jonathan. In the end, one body remains and one walks away. Although questions persist, one thing is certain: Life will never be the same.
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- jturner
- 09-16-20
Good story, but something ruined it for me...
The narrator is fantastic. I really enjoyed her subtle variations on voice, and she didn't do any really extreme or distracting changes. Also, there was background music to create feeling in the scenes, and that was really cool.
The story itself was engaging, but the ending felt very sloppy. I actually am not sure whose voice I am hearing at the end of the story, or what the real conclusion was. If I found out that was on purpose, to create some kind of tension and let me introspect on who I want it to be or something dumb like that, I would drop a star ;)
Finally.... I don't know what to call this...the netflix effect? When I am enjoying media, and in a moment the story decides to take a break from plot and believability to bring in something that is totally irrelevant to the story. Like Saturday morning cartoons of old, creators of content use alluring media to draw me into nagging my parents for sugar cereal or toys because the cartoon is just so cool. Well, in this case, I am not a child anymore, and what you are selling has no appeal.
**minor spoiler alert**
Here, the Protagonist takes a break from being hunted and shot at, and has a ...moment of silence, to feel guilty for assuming Her enemy's gender. Whaat? The Protag can do all sorts of violence without feeling bad about it (Crushed trachea...eh, they will get over it...), but assume someone's gender!? Ghastly! What a sin! it grates. Also, using a plural pronoun to refer to one person is confusing and highly distracting from the story. My overall rating displays how irritating this is, and I would not re-hear or recommend this book.
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- Shaw51
- 09-15-20
Awesome but PG-13
This audiobook had awesome tones to it, tons of atmosphere with music and other sounds. I was deeply saddened to hear so much strong foul language in this audio, with Sanderson's name slapped on it. I often recommend Sanderson books to younger audiences. Other than that it had tons of Snapshot vibes also done by Brandon Sanderson. Keeps you on your toes.
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- Josh Angel
- 01-19-21
Poorly Written, Overt Agenda
Unfortunately this novella doesn't work for me structurally, and the authors personal political views are distracting.
THE GOOD
The narrator was very good.
THE BAD
The Story: The story seems to want to be a high concept SciFi, a thriller, and a mystery rolled in into one. Unfortunately, in my opinion it fails at all three.
The SciFi elements are rather unoriginal and seem to have been lifted wholesale from several episodes of Black Mirror. I could forgive them if they’d used these borrowed ideas in new and original ways, but sadly, the SciFi concepts were never explored deeply or in ways not already covered by the Black Mirror episodes I mentioned.
The thriller aspect never really gets off the ground either. The main character has 4 days to live, yet I never felt a real building of tension. Without real tension you cannot have a thriller.
Mystery? Sadly, the plot fizzles at the end and the big reveal leaves the reader with more questions and no answers. Since it’s necessary to actually solve a mystery for it to be a mystery, I feel the story failed in this way as well.
So what was this story actually about?
Authors Agenda: Where to begin?
This novella appears to be distilled from current American politics, and it seems to show the authors personal biases. As far as I can tell the story was meant to show the "communist hellscape" that some imagine we'd experience under "Big Government".
There are dueling recurrent privacy paranoia themes that don't seem to understand they are in opposition to each other: the authors appear to rail against the privacy laws that hinder police investigations i.e. the need for warrants and the requirement to respect data privacy, at the same time they are espousing the existential danger of the government having too much access and control over our personal information. Cognitive dissonance?
There is also a nod to "fake news" with technology used to "skin" over reality, allowing people to only see what they want to see. This seems to be a reference to how many only listen to news sources that confirm their personal biases. And it’s alluded that the news is controlled (of course) by the Big Government.
There is also a "universal living income" mentioned, more communism paranoia, and society has turned into a world of loafers who consider peeling oranges a real career path because of those these handouts. Another reference to how horrible it would be with Big Government.
At one point they make a quick reference to global warming, implying that we've lost land mass due to the rise of the ocean. This single talking point from the opposing political viewpoint seems to be a half-hearted attempt to avoid having this story criticized as having a conservative agenda.
THE UGLY
I’m surprised that Brandon Sanderson was willing to put his name on this novella. To be perfectly honest, this is poorly written on many levels, and the blatant political agenda is off-putting.
I would not recommend this story to anyone, even diehard Sanderson fans.
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- Corax
- 09-14-20
Good premise, solid execution, still unsatisfying.
(MAJOR SPOILER IN THIS REVIEW)
The Original starts out with a great punch, and keeps a nice, tight narrative through the first two acts, and largely into the third. You can catch the feel of both authors here and there, but they gel nicely and it doesn't distract from the story. The narrator is good, easy to listen to, and speaks clearly.
What ruined it for me was this;
(HERE'S THE SPOILER TURN BACK!)
...it has an ambiguous ending, which I found VERY unsatisfying. I get the angle they were going for, I do. A whole 'really makes you think,' vibe. But I felt super cheated as a reader, especially after the third act garnered a surprising amount of emotional investment from me.
Sooooo.... yeah. Very disappointing.
Or maybe I'm missing something obvious, that makes it Actually Good. I sort of hope so. I hope other people like it. I wish I had, too.
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- Rebecca
- 10-13-20
Disappointed
I was quite disappointed for two reasons. First was the language. I realize that for some this is not a big issue, but I listen to books with my wife and grandchildren, and I have trusted that with Sanderson's name I could be safe doing this. However be warned there is a constant amount of strong to very strong profanity and vulgarity, way to much for us. I will now have to check out and be cautious, of future books by Sanderson as we can longer trust his name to be associated with appropriate material.
Secondly is how dark the story is, no hope, no redemption, no moral compass, etc. just a dark, dystopian future.
On a positive note Julia Whelan as always does an excellent narration.
I rarely review books but in this case it is way below what we have come to expect.
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- Michael
- 09-17-20
A trippy ride
This book is different from other works by Brandon Sanderson. I’ve only read one book by Mary Robinette Kowal, but this was different from that as well. This book was a wonderful synthesis of their writing styles that made me think deeply about the themes presented.
This is a great story, but is definitely not light listening. Be prepared to feel deeply and have much to think about when you’re done.
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- Adam Hornbuckle
- 11-27-20
Off-putting and boring
The female narrator's attempt at male voices is painful. The main character feels ashamed for "misgendering" someone who was trying to kill her.
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- Lonnie-The GreatNorthernTroll-Moore
- 10-27-20
Ohhhh Man!
Ohhhh Man! Do you know what happens when two of my favorite authors collaborate? You get, an Effing-Great Book! You get a mystery, the likes of which I've never read before... eerie and haunting, with so much pathos that it'll cut you to your soul!
Julia Whelan's gifted narration was simply wonderful, perfectly setting the stage for us as she wound through the landscape of Holly's life, in the telling of this story!
Needless to say, even though it's short (only 3.5 hrs), it's one of my most favorite books written this year! So if you like good mysteries that can effortlessly step across genre boundaries, you'll want to tuck this little beauty into your library!
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- Branden Harris
- 09-29-20
meh...but the music!
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- Martin Grisman
- 09-14-20
Excellent Audiobook production
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This review is more how it performed *as* an audiobook - and I have to say, I loved the production.
As well as the narrator, in many places there were quiet, ambient sounds - the beating of a heart during a tense scene, the music in the background of a club. Oh, and I loved the voice change effects for recordings.
These sounds and little touches really pulled me into the scene and helped bring the production to life!
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- Stefanie Dierdorp
- 05-17-21
Perfect apart from the ending
Really loved everything about this book aside from the ending. The supporting audio is brilliant (like a beat in the background when they're in a club). And the story raises a lot of philosophical issues without dwelling on them for too long. The ending felt a bit sudden though, and I understand why it had to end this way, but I don't like it ;)
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- Assaf Levin
- 07-23-22
excellent story
a bit too short
the added sound effects are very good
read it
hope for more books like this
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- E.M
- 05-30-22
Sweeping sci-fi mystery
Clean except for some mild language. edge-of-your-seat mystery with a rapid and shocking end quarter though I wasn't necessarily fond of the actual ending, which feels a bit too open for my taste.
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- Warren O'Keefe
- 04-07-22
Well-paced, introspective sci-fi excellence
I am not often inclined to review a product, but this title needs some serious praise on my part.
If you enjoy high-tech futurism ask setting for a cerebral, introspective story that, for my part, gripped my attention ruthlessly a d refused to let go until completed, this is a good purchase for you.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-23-22
Brilliant, thought provoking!!
This is a fabulous listen, highly recommended. Great ending!!
The narration is really good, a very enjoyable purchase.
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- Gosia Furmanik
- 07-18-21
Really good!
I really enjoyed this story, it raised so many interesting questions. But I hated the background music, it was distracting and I felt like it was trying to force certain moods which didn't necessarily align with how I read the story.
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- J. Matias
- 07-04-21
Good story but the loud background music ruins it
It is a very good story. The entire thing is very much shown, not told - which I deeply appreciate.
However, the background music is so loud in places I could barely understand the narrator, and it pretty much ruined the experience for me :(
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- Jimbo
- 05-02-21
Brilliant short story!
Familiar and unique elements made this an easy and comforting listen. It provided a brilliant combination of thriller tension and sci-fi fascination to keep you hooked, and enough moral quandries to keep your brain engaged when you take a break.
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- Kindle Customer
- 05-02-21
Loved it!
For such a short story it was so well executed. I loved the world. It really made me think and have discussions about ethics. The narration was nice although at times the extra sounds/music were annoying.
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- Tyler Jimmieson
- 09-26-20
Cool story, but great production
if you're a Philip K Dick fan you'll find this story scratches the itch. There is considerably more action than PKD writes with but it has the same probing questions throughout, 'what is real? If something is a good enough forgery does it matter?'
And of course, you'll have to come up with the answers.
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- C.A. Harland
- 07-28-21
Fantastic
This brilliant story is reminiscent of 1984, where the government sees all, and reality is a matter of perspective.
The narrator does an amazing job, and the production quality is excellent. This is such an immersive audiobook, and just begging for a film deal.