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The Rock Rats
- Book Two of The Asteroid Wars
- Narrado por: Ira Claffey, Amanda Karr, cast
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- William J Fanning
- 02-25-22
Rock Rats
As always, Mr Bova has done a wonderful job. Tight and well written, with enough science to satisfy a crusty old man like me.
Sleep well sir.
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- L.
- 05-29-06
Poncho Matures
A bit slower than the first book in the series, and not as good as the third, but Bova seems to be drawing a breath, and taking a bit of time to let Poncho, the other characters, and the environment, "mature" a bit before going on. You see why he needed to do this as you get into the next book.
It's still WELL worth listening to as you move along the series. Still entertaining and fun (and "entertainment" is what's it's all about afterall)
I DID think there seemed to be a book missing between this book and the next (The Silent War), but it's not TOO big of a gap.
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- George
- 10-02-14
Oh? Now I get it
Another Sci-fi mixed with political intrigue. Don't want to give away the ending, but all the bad guys prospered and the good guys stayed neutral and (mostly) alive. C'mon! Oh, now I get it. There's a sequel.
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- Jeffrie Benedetti
- 07-22-18
great day today for readers Ben Bova the best sci-
great day today for readers Ben Bova the best sci-fiery writer space seems like next door when you're reading for Ben Bova
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- Doug
- 10-22-19
Unsatisfactory ending
Bad guys win and we get to listen hours to find this out. Nice.
Not cool
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- Steve Cross
- 04-04-06
A little disappointing
Where book one of this series (The Precipice)is a fairly entertaining space opera, The Rock Rats get uncomfortably close to soap opera. I generally prefer hard science fiction where the technology is a logical or at least a plausible extrapolation of current knowledge. On this, Ben Bova generally succeeds, but instead of allowing the science to create most of the dramatic tension, the author relies on the hormonal response of the supposedly hard-headed businessman Humphries to fuel the conflict. Pretty silly really.
There are lots of interesting and unique problems that would be faced by anyone attempting to open up a new frontier such as the asteroid belt. A great example is the rudimentary beginnings of space battle techniques and tactics briefly touched on by the author. Instead, too much of the book is "powerful man wants beautiful woman and is willing to do anything to get her". You don't need science fiction for that theme.
Even so, the book isn't terrible - merely average and a disappointment compared to the first book in the series. Still worth reading though just to see how things turn out. I do hope there is more about Pancho Barnes in the third book. She was a far more interesting character.
One additional note: the voice talent is a bit disappointing as well. At least part of the appeal of book one was the fact that 80-90% of the book was read by Scott Brick and Amanda Karr - both absolutely superb. But even the first book had some short segments with different readers so noticeably inferior that is was disconcerting.
Here the female reader(s)is again outstanding. I can't even tell if there is more than one reader or if Amanda Karr is just so good that she can sound like several different people. Unfortunately, the men (except for Stefan Rudnicki) suffer by comparison. Barely average. I could get used to them, but every time the narration switches back to a female, you get reminded of the mediocrity of most of the male readers.
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- Maciej Maciejewski
- 04-07-22
Horrible narration of a good story.
Excellent story by Ben Bova totally butchered by the narration. Whats the point of having multiple narrators if they all do all the parts? In different accents? You kind of get used to it after a while, but seriously, if you've got a male and a female narrator, at least have the male do the male characters and the female, the female ones. What's the point of letting both, do both, and the same characters to boot? Idiotic.
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- Barbara A
- 02-27-23
House repairs vs Bova books
I thought a few seconds, should I work on the house or listen to another Bova Book… Rock Rats is a great book !!
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- Jack
- 04-08-08
Great Listen
I enjoyed this latest audiobook in my collection. I have enjoyed all of Bova's creations. He takes you on a grand tour of the solar system with his books. Go ahead and take the tour, you will be gald you did!!
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- Mark L.
- 09-17-16
horrible performances
I really HATE this pseudo play in many voices format. if you are going to do that, then give each player a character and have them stick with it..... don't do this whole thing where one player does all the characters in the section they read. yuck!!!!!!
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