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The Mercy of Gods
- Captive's War, Book 1
- By: James S.A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 126
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 126
The Carryx—part empire, part hive—has waged wars of conquest for centuries, destroying or enslaving species across the galaxy in its conflict with an ancient and deathless enemy. When they descend on the isolated world of Anjiin, the human population is abased, slaughtered, and put in chains. The best and brightest are abducted, taken to the Carryx world-palace to join prisoners from a thousand other species. Dafyd Alkhor, assistant to a prestigious scientist, is captured along with his team.
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4 out of 5 stars
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not quite the same magic as the expanse
- By Gajan Selva on 10-10-2024
- The Mercy of Gods
- Captive's War, Book 1
- By: James S.A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
Start of a new epic
Reviewed: 28-10-2024
I really like the story. But this is just the very beginning of something epic. My only issue was that the narrator has almost no range in his characters' voices especially the girls. The authors also use the character's names sparingly and so it was difficult to keep track of who was talking at times. I almost gave up because of this but the story kept me going and I did warm to the voice a little more by the end
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The Redemption of Time
- By: Baoshu
- Narrated by: Bruno Roubicek
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 79
At the end of the fourth year of the Crisis Era, Yun Tianming, riddled with cancer, chose to end his life. But death for Yun Tianming is merely the first step in a journey that will place him on the front line of a war that has raged since the beginning of time. As Yun Tianming lay dying, his brain was extracted from his body, flash frozen, put aboard a spacecraft and launched on a trajectory to intercept the Trisolarian First Fleet. It was a desperate plan. But there was an infinitesimal chance that one day Tianming may, somehow, send valuable information back to Earth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nice hit of Three Body world that answers some interesting questions.
- By Anonymous User on 17-11-2023
- The Redemption of Time
- By: Baoshu
- Narrated by: Bruno Roubicek
A perfect dip back in the Amazing universe
Reviewed: 28-08-2021
I definitely sat on the fence with this one wondering if it could possibly live up to the original series that I thought was the best science fiction I've read. You know the characters are stilled and the plot sometimes meandering but who else can make you see fourth dimensional space, make a ship out of strong-interaction force, and take you to the end of time?
So can this live up to that? I was very pleasantly surprised by how good this was. It extended on the series and gave a satisfying conclusion to some of the secondary characters. If you loved the original and want to get transported back to that universe I recommend you take the plunge and give this fan fiction a go.
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Piranesi
- By: Susanna Clarke
- Narrated by: Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 832
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 729
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 729
Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has. In his notebooks, day after day, he makes a clear and careful record of its wonders: the labyrinth of halls, the thousands upon thousands of statues, the tides that thunder up staircases, the clouds that move in slow procession through the upper halls. On Tuesdays and Fridays Piranesi sees his friend, the Other. At other times he brings tributes of food to the Dead. But mostly, he is alone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Be patient
- By Peter on 19-12-2020
- Piranesi
- By: Susanna Clarke
- Narrated by: Chiwetel Ejiofor
A really nice and intriguing tale
Reviewed: 28-08-2021
I saw it was a Hugo finalist and won a major Audie and I was not disappointed.
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Exoplanets: The Search for Another Earth
- By: Danielle George
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 347
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 308
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 306
Technologically there’s never been a better time to search for a new earth beyond our solar system. Professor Danielle George examines exoplanets in the so-called habitable zone. Those that have liquid water. And maybe even life. She wonders how we might be able to take the our first ever high resolution picture of an exoplanet using the microchips found in mobile phones. And she meets world-leading astrophysicists to ask if within our lifetimes humans might step foot on an earth-like planet.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exoplanets
- By Paul Rayment on 02-07-2020
Nice overview but,
Reviewed: 10-07-2020
I would have preferred a bit more discussion of the hard science behind all these amazing discoveries.
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Exoplanets: The Search for Another Earth
- By: Danielle George
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 239
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 211
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 210
Technologically there's never been a better time to search for a new earth beyond our solar system.
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4 out of 5 stars
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extremely interesting and well produced
- By Amazon Customer on 22-09-2020
Nice overview but,
Reviewed: 10-07-2020
I would have preferred a bit more discussion of the hard science behind all these amazing discoveries.
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Identity Crisis
- By: Ben Elton
- Narrated by: Ben Elton
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 374
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 335
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 334
A series of apparently random murders draws amiable, old-school Detective Mick Matlock into a world of sex, politics, reality TV and a bewildering kaleidoscope of opposing identity groups. Lost in a blizzard of hashtags, his already complex investigation is further impeded by the fact that he simply doesn’t ‘get’ a single thing about anything anymore. Meanwhile, each day another public figure confesses to having ‘misspoken’ and prostrates themselves before the judgment of Twitter. Begging for forgiveness, assuring the public 'that is not who I am'.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ben Elton at his best
- By Bridget Devlin on 13-04-2019
- Identity Crisis
- By: Ben Elton
- Narrated by: Ben Elton
So funny
Reviewed: 10-07-2019
If you like Ben Elton then you'll love this one. Up there with High Society but maybe not quite as clever. As usual up to the minute satire on identity politics, Brexit, Cambridge Analytica, Russian interference, post truth twitter feeds and gender dysmorphia. All read excellently by Ben Elton himself.
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Scoop
- By: Evelyn Waugh
- Narrated by: Simon Cadell
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of the Daily Beast, has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, however, and may in a moment of weakness make another. Acting on a dinner party tip from Mrs. Algernon Stitch, Lord Copper feels convinced that he has hit on just the chap to cover a promising war in the African Republic of Ishmaelia. So begins Scoop.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By Anonymous User on 25-05-2021
- Scoop
- By: Evelyn Waugh
- Narrated by: Simon Cadell
Very funny book
Reviewed: 11-04-2018
A very well read audiobook with a good range of voices. Absolutely cracking prose with some laugh out loud moments.
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Daughter of Eden
- Dark Eden, Book 3
- By: Chris Beckett
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 15 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
Angie Redlantern is the first to spot the boats - five abreast, with men in metal masks and spears standing proud. As the people of New Earth declare war on the people of Mainground, a dangerous era has dawned for Eden. After generations of division and disagreement, the two populations of Eden have finally broken their tentative peace, giving way to bloodshed and slaughter. Angie must flee with her family across the pitch black of Snowy Dark to the place where it all started.
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5 out of 5 stars
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the story of Eden is good good!
- By BejiQ on 21-04-2021
- Daughter of Eden
- Dark Eden, Book 3
- By: Chris Beckett
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
A great performance of a fitting end
Reviewed: 22-03-2018
I really enjoyed Dark Eden. Such an atmospheric and inventive tale with great world building. Daughter of Eden was ok. The 3rd book was really good, almost up to the first one. A satisfying conclusion to the trilogy but plenty of room for more stories if needed.
The narration was very good with plenty of different voices. Sometime the accents were a little funny but who really knows how they speak on Eden! I always prefer 1reader than a group, so luckily this book is only told from the viewpoint of Angie, unlike the previous 2.
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The Handmaid's Tale
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Joanna David
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,739
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,586
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,588
The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed . If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Unfortunate choice of narrator
- By Kylie on 08-05-2017
- The Handmaid's Tale
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Joanna David
A thoroughly chilling tale
Reviewed: 23-10-2017
I note some others' concerns regrading the narrator but I found her fine. Overall a very moving book.
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