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Blade Runner
- Originally published as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
- By: Philip K. Dick
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there lurked several rogue androids. Deckard's assignment: find them and then..."retire" them. Trouble was, the androids all looked exactly like humans, and they didn't want to be found!
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This is the original Do Androids Dream of Electric
- By D. ABIGT on 08-29-10
- Blade Runner
- Originally published as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
- By: Philip K. Dick
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
rare time where movie was way better than the book.
Reviewed: 08-09-24
I would say the majority of this book is entertaining, especially for someone who loved the movie. It's very different though! I can tell you that we would not love the movie. Kat, it stayed true to the book.
It gets very weirdly hung up on Deckers obsession with live animals, and the actual hunting of the Androids ends up being almost anticlimatic. certainly do not get the big finale you got in the movie.
I found myself the last hour. just wishing the thing would be over. but the majority of the book I did enjoy and I would recommend if you're a big blade runner fan you fill should still read this.
But overall, I much prefer the story from the movie over this.
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Miracle on 34th Street
- By: Valentine Davies, Todd Strasser
- Narrated by: Carl Reiner
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
- Abridged
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Miracle on 34th Street begins when a last-minute replacement in the annual Thanksgiving Day Parade claims to be the genuine Santa. Is he the real thing or just a charlatan in a red fuzzy coat? In a classic courtroom climax, the department store's Kris Kringle convinces everyone, including a skeptical little girl named Susan Walker, that Santa Claus really does exist.
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Cheap rendition of a classic story
- By maggie on 12-24-23
- Miracle on 34th Street
- By: Valentine Davies, Todd Strasser
- Narrated by: Carl Reiner
Rare time where movie is WAY BETTER than Book!
Reviewed: 12-02-22
you know you so often hear people say oh well the book was way better than the movie. Not in this case!
First off the narrator's voice got on my nerves, I know it takes place in New York but it's such a hardcore New York accent, especially when he's doing the voices of Susan and her mom. I did appreciate the way that they were trying to update the story anymore with some of the name changes you don't hear many people named Doris yet Dory is cute and does sound modern. But there were a number of changes that were unnecessary, I don't know if it's just me loving the original movie so much, but it just didn't have the same impact, for instance in the court case there's no people bringing in mail. in the movie that's a tearjerker.
I don't know it just kind of felt like a short story version of the movie and like a lot of the things that have been changed didn't really need to be.
I think the thing that really missed out on this was the incredible character building and emotional connection you get when you watch the movie. usually books are superior in this case because they have the time to really deeply explore the person's thoughts, background, intentions, things that a movie has to brush over for time. but in this case it felt just the opposite. I was excited to read the book. I've done that a number of times where there's a movie I like, and then I decide to read the book, usually so that you can get a deeper understanding of the thing that you like, in this case it did not feel deep at all.
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Kingdom Come
- The Final Victory
- By: Tim F. LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
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With Lucifer securely locked away for a thousand years, the Lord Jesus Christ now reigns over a renewed earth. But despite the idyllic surroundings and Christ-friendly environment, a growing number of hedonistic youth join a band of rebels who reject Christ and long for Satan's return.
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Changing Narrators was a mistake
- By Carmel on 03-12-12
- Kingdom Come
- The Final Victory
- By: Tim F. LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
Worst out if the series
Reviewed: 08-18-22
I almost returned this book. first half pretty bad, but gets better towards the end.
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Left Behind
- A Novel of the Earth's Last Days
- By: Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
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What would happen if millions of people around the world suddenly disappeared one day? In this fascinating apocalyptic thriller, best-selling Christian inspirational authors LaHaye and Jenkins pool their considerable talents to answer that question. Narrator Richard Ferrone's unusually deep and hypnotic voice will keep you right in the middle of this not-unimaginable end of the world nightmare.
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Great series!
- By Shannon L Hendon on 08-03-04
- Left Behind
- A Novel of the Earth's Last Days
- By: Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
wow i can't wait to read the next one.
Reviewed: 12-30-21
I think even a non Christian would enjoy this.
But knowing it's all from the Bible and as a believer it's even better.
I'm glad I won't be left behind.
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George Lucas
- A Life
- By: Brian Jay Jones
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 18 hrs and 18 mins
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On May 25, 1977, a problem-plagued, budget-straining, independent science-fiction film opened in a mere 32 American movie theatres. Conceived, written, and directed by a little-known filmmaker named George Lucas, Star Wars reinvented the cinematic landscape, ushering in a new way for movies to be made, marketed, and merchandised. Simply put, George Lucas is one of the most influential filmmakers of the past 50 years.
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The General in his Labyrinth
- By Joselo on 09-15-17
- George Lucas
- A Life
- By: Brian Jay Jones
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
Seemed like a very well balanced story of Lucas
Reviewed: 12-20-21
I was impressed because I feel this really did give a good well-balanced view of George Lucas. he definitely celebrates his achievements and innovations, but it also isn't afraid to talk about how he could be quite hard to get along with at times. I know people that know him and it seems like it's a pretty accurate portrayal.
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Walt Disney
- The Triumph of the American Imagination
- By: Neal Gabler
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 33 hrs and 20 mins
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Walt Disney was a true visionary whose desire for escape, iron determination, and obsessive perfectionism transformed animation from a novelty to an art form, first with Mickey Mouse and then with his feature films–most notably Snow White, Fantasia, and Bambi.
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Diane Disney
- By Amanda on 02-15-13
- Walt Disney
- The Triumph of the American Imagination
- By: Neal Gabler
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
Really got to see the guys and the bad mostly good
Reviewed: 12-02-21
I loved it very well written. even though it's a very long listen when it was over I wanted more. I felt like it was a very honest picture of who Walt Disney was. it showed both his good sides and bad sides it seemed to me like it was not biased. I enjoyed very much.
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Babylon's Ashes
- The Expanse, Book 6
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
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A revolution brewing for generations has begun in fire. It will end in blood. The Free Navy - a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships - has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign of piracy and violence among the outer planets. The colony ships heading for the thousand new worlds on the far side of the alien ring gates are easy prey, and no single navy remains strong enough to protect them. James Holden and his crew know the strengths and weaknesses of this new force better than anyone.
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Gees what happened?
- By Robert on 12-21-16
- Babylon's Ashes
- The Expanse, Book 6
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
another great Expanse book
Reviewed: 04-02-21
Wow so much in this one chapter of the Expanse!
Really good. Can't wait to read the next one.
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Cibola Burn
- The Expanse, Book 4
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 20 hrs and 7 mins
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The fourth book in the NYT best-selling Expanse series, Cibola Burn sees the crew of the Rocinante on a new frontier, as the rush to colonize the new planets threatens to outrun law and order and give way to war and chaos. Enter a new frontier. "An empty apartment, a missing family, that's creepy. But this is like finding a military base with no one on it. Fighters and tanks idling on the runway with no drivers. This is bad juju. Something wrong happened here. What you should do is tell everyone to leave".
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Book has been renarrated by Jefferson Mays-Thanks!
- By fandel69 on 03-16-17
- Cibola Burn
- The Expanse, Book 4
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
Another great book in the Expanse story.
Reviewed: 02-09-21
I have been really loving all of these. the book before this was a little harder to get through but this one is really good. I can't wait to start the next one.
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A Christmas Story
- The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film
- By: Jean Shepherd
- Narrated by: Dick Cavett
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
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The holiday film A Christmas Story, first released in 1983, has become a bona fide Christmas perennial, gaining in stature and fame with each succeeding year. Its affectionate, wacky, and wryly realistic portrayal of an American family's typical Christmas joys and travails in small-town Depression-era Indiana has entered our imagination and our hearts with a force equal to It's a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street.
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Poor Jean Shepherd
- By Jimmy on 05-28-11
- A Christmas Story
- The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film
- By: Jean Shepherd
- Narrated by: Dick Cavett
fun to see how the book inspired the movie
Reviewed: 12-11-20
it's funny how they took the whole book and put it into one Christmas season where the book actually covers a bunch of time beyond Christmas.
I'm glad I read it. Fun story.
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Dragon Teeth
- A Novel
- By: Michael Crichton
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Sherri Crichton
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still populate America's western territories, even as lawless gold-rush towns begin to mark the landscape. In much of the country, it is still illegal to espouse evolution. Against this backdrop two monomaniacal paleontologists pillage the Wild West, hunting for dinosaur fossils while surveilling, deceiving, and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars.
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Exceptional Surprise!
- By Roman on 06-05-17
- Dragon Teeth
- A Novel
- By: Michael Crichton
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Sherri Crichton
Made me miss my favorite author
Reviewed: 05-20-20
I didn't even know about this book. Michael Crichton has been one of my favorite authors for years. I'm glad I discovered this book.
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