Wally Roux, Quantum Mechanic

De: Nick Carr

Narrado por: William Jackson Harper

Growing up is hard enough without the added pressure of a hiccup in the fabric of space-time.

Wally Roux is a teenage genius with a big imagination and a big heart, who just moved to Savannah, GA, from Maine with his mom, who adopted him when he was an infant. In this charming and sweet solo performance, Wally investigates what is causing a number of strange events and occurrences. He explores and gets lost within space-time - an infinite, indefinable, and mysterious void that you can’t see but when you slice into it you can feel it.

Part science fiction and part coming-of-age story, Wally Roux follows one boy’s journey of self-discovery and self-identity.

Playwright Nick Carr was awarded a commission through the Audible Emerging Playwrights Fund, an initiative dedicated to developing innovative original plays driven by language and voice. As an Audible commissioned playwright, he received funding and creative support to develop Wally Roux, Quantum Mechanic.

Note: Wally Roux contains adult language.

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©2019 Nick Carr (P)2019 AO Media LLC

Soooo good!

Narration is perfect and the story is short but compelling. Really well done. I want more from the author and narrator.

Unbelievable, but still enjoyable

I kept hoping that the author would reveal something about this character that would make his learning enough quantum physics, in two days, to cut holes in the fabric of reality believable, not to mention the high-tech tools that appear to materialize out of nowhere; but that hope was never realized. The author also appears somewhat ignorant about quantum physics, or maybe he just didn't want to get into the finer points of it (which is understandable, because it makes most people's, including my, head spin). At the quantum level observation equals interference, which is the reason for a lot of the quirky things we observe with quantum physics. We just haven't found a way to observe without interfering yet.

That said, it's still a very enjoyable coming of age story that I would recommend on those grounds. It would be nice if it was a little longer and actually resolved some of the conflicts before wrapping up though.

The reader over does it in a few places, and occasionally the audio effects make some of the words hard to understand, but overall I think they did an excellent job with this production.

LOVED IT!

Humorous, poignant and loved the narration.

A great introduction to my first Audible Original.

Will listen to more Nick Carr books too.

Entertaining thank you!

pleasant story and awesome voice actor

loved both the story and the voice actor. It was a pleasant listen that kept me wanting to hear what was coming next. which is what a story is supposed to do.

Great original, unique short story

This story is different than anything else I’d heard before. It’s also a feel good story with ‘laugh out loud’ parts. I was never bored and it I left me wanting more. Great narration.

Weak story kept afloat by decent performance

The story was weak.

The performance could had been great if female voices had been given a bit more care.

Nicely done

This is a great listen. It is well read, engaging and thought provoking. Would definitely recommend to anyone!

Great

I never read fiction stories (listen) and this is interesting, nice ending, makes you think.

loved this story

loved this story. the POV, the tone, the language. all good. loved the reader too. he brought it to life.

Excellent Story and Performance

This was the most delightful and interesting story I’ve listened to in a while. I am, by no means, in the age range this book is targeted towards, but when I saw that my beloved Chidi was performing the book, I had to take a listen. I am not a sci-fi can; my favorites are Stephen King, Toni Morrison, Victoria Christopher Murray - my reading preferences lean towards a more mature genre. However, I found the writing of this book and the performance of it to be absolutely invigorating and entertaining. I laughed in so many different parts and absolutely enjoyed the quantum changes and storylines behind them. This brought such joy to me. I look forward to listening to more books by this author, as well as more performances done by William Jackson Harper. My only regret is that it was too short. I absolutely love this book.