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The circus comes to town . . . and a man gets to go to the stars. A young girl on a vacation at the sea meets the man of her dreams. Who just happens to be dead. And an immortal pirate. A swordfighter pens his memoirs . . . and finds his pen is in fact mightier than the sword. Welcome to Gene Wolfe's playground, a place where genres blend, and a genius's imagination straps you in for the ride of your life. The Wolfe at the Door is a brand-new collection from one of America's premiere literary giants, showcasing some material been seen before
De: Gene Wolfe
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The Forge of God
- De: Greg Bear
- Narrado por: Stephen Bel Davies
- Duración: 16 h y 27 m
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On September 28th, a geologist working in Death Valley finds a mysterious new cinder cone in very well-mapped area. On October 1, the government of Australia announces the discovery of an enormous granite mountain. Like the cinder cone, it wasn't there six months ago.
Something is happening to planet Earth, and the truth is too terrifying to contemplate
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Great Story, Wonderful Listening, But the Editor?
- De George Knight en 07-14-13
De: Greg Bear
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Star Maker
- De: Olaf Stapledon
- Narrado por: Andrew Wincott
- Duración: 10 h y 41 m
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One moment a man sits on a suburban hill, gazing curiously at the stars. The next, he is whirling through the firmament, and perhaps the most remarkable of all science fiction journeys has begun. Even Stapledon's other great work, 'Last and First Men' pales in ambition next to 'Star Maker' which presents nothing less than an entire imagined history of life in the universe, encompassing billions of years.
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meditative classic
- De Darryl en 09-18-12
De: Olaf Stapledon
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A Borrowed Man
- De: Gene Wolfe
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
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E. A. Smithe is a borrowed person. He is a clone who lives on a third-tier shelf in a public library, and his personality is an uploaded recording of a deceased mystery writer. Smithe is a piece of property, not a legal human. A wealthy patron, Colette Coldbrook, takes him from the library because he is the surviving personality of the author of Murder on Mars. A physical copy of that book was in the possession of her murdered father, and it contains an important secret, the key to immense family wealth.
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Great Gene Wolfe Concept, Distracting Narration
- De Alex Levine en 10-27-15
De: Gene Wolfe
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Gilded Cage
- Dark Gifts, Book 1
- De: Vic James
- Narrado por: Avita Jay
- Duración: 11 h y 32 m
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In a darkly fantastical debut set in modern-day Britain, magic users control everything: wealth, politics, power - and you. If you’re not one of the ultimate one-percenters - the magical elite - you owe them 10 years of service. This is the darkly decadent world of Gilded Cage. In its glittering milieu move the all-powerful Jardines and the everyday Hadleys. The families have only one thing in common: Each has three children. But their destinies entwine when one family enters the service of the other. They will all discover whether any magic is more powerful than the human spirit.
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characters surrounded by damn good writing
- De NH en 05-26-17
De: Vic James
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Forge of Darkness
- Kharkanas Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Steven Erikson
- Narrado por: Daniel Philpott
- Duración: 31 h y 55 m
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Forge of Darkness takes listeners to Kurald Galain, the warren of Darkness, and tells of a realm whose fate plays a crucial role in the fall of the Malazan Empire and surrounds one of the Malazan world’s most fascinating and powerful characters, Anomander Rake. It’s a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, where Mother Dark reigns above the Tiste people. But this ancient land was once home to many a power...and even death is not quite eternal. The commoners’ great hero, Vatha Urusander, longs for ascendency and Mother Dark’s hand in marriage, but she has taken another Consort, Lord Draconus.
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A Precursor Epic Fantasy - A Rewarding Beginning!
- De Michael en 11-08-12
De: Steven Erikson
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Blood of a Novice
- The Eternal Ephemera, Book 1
- De: Davis Ashura
- Narrado por: Travis Baldree
- Duración: 21 h y 35 m
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The son of the town drunk, Cam never figured on letting his family name hold him down. He always strove to dream bigger, to fight for something better, to achieve more than what everyone else expected of him. But, as they say, “once a Folde, always a Folde,” and when a decision to rescue a friend leads to disaster, fortune’s favor is lost. Cam spirals away from his dreams and ambitions; his fall finally ending at the bottom of a bottle. But all hope is not lost. Cam rises, supported by family and friends.
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Weakness
- De emilio en 12-11-22
De: Davis Ashura
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Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc.
- De: Ash Bishop
- Narrado por: Scott Brick, Suzanne Elise Freeman
- Duración: 11 h y 47 m
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When Russ Wesley finds an unusual artifact in his grandfather’s collection of rare antiquities, the last thing he expects is for it to draw the attention of a ferocious alien from a distant planet. Equally surprising is the adventurous team of intergalactic exterminators dispatched to deal with the alien threat. They’re a little wild, and a little reckless. Worse yet, they’re so impressed with Russ’s marksmanship that they insist he join their squad . . . whether he wants to or not.
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Meh
- De Marc en 01-02-23
De: Ash Bishop
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The Darkness That Comes Before
- The Prince of Nothing, Book One
- De: R. Scott Bakker
- Narrado por: David DeVries
- Duración: 20 h y 44 m
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In a world scarred by an apocalyptic past, evoking a time both 2,000 years past and 2,000 years into the future, untold thousands gather for a crusade. Among them, two men and two women are ensnared by a mysterious traveler, Anasûrimbor Kellhus - part warrior, part philosopher, part sorcerous, charismatic presence - from lands long thought dead. The Darkness That Comes Before is a history of this great holy war, and like all histories, the survivors write its conclusion.
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Finally in audiobook!
- De Andy en 06-28-12
De: R. Scott Bakker
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Nine Princes in Amber
- The Chronicles of Amber, Book 1
- De: Roger Zelazny
- Narrado por: Alessandro Juliani
- Duración: 5 h y 31 m
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Amber is the one real world, of which all others including our own Earth are but Shadows. Amber burns in Corwin's blood. Exiled on Shadow Earth for centuries, the prince is about to return to Amber to make a mad and desperate rush upon the throne.
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Great book, lame deal!
- De Robert en 08-13-12
De: Roger Zelazny
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Consider Phlebas: Booktrack Edition
- De: Iain M. Banks
- Narrado por: Peter Kenny
- Duración: 16 h y 25 m
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Consider Phlebas: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! The first audiobook in Iain M. Banks's seminal science fiction series, The Culture. Consider Phlebas introduces listeners to a utopian conglomeration of human and alien races that explores the nature of war, morality, and the limitless bounds of mankind's imagination.
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Music is super distracting and constant
- De Anonymous1234 en 06-17-20
De: Iain M. Banks
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- Darwin8u
- 04-11-12
Original, Difficult and Well-Crafted.
I am almost anti-fantasy. I find most derivative at best and banal to the extreme. Wolfe's first book in his famous The Book of the New Sun tetralogy, however, is genre fiction at its finest. Original, difficult and well-crafted, it is easy to see how Wolfe is regarded as a writer's writer.
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- Lauffeuer
- 02-23-10
Not for everyone, but I enjoyed it.
This is maybe one of the saddest books I've read. An overwhelming sense of isolation and loneliness pours out of each line. It is deeply emotional book, and I don't think such a book is for everyone.
If you need constant action, hope, a quest, a hero with a purpose, and so on, this is not the book for you. There isn't even the hope of redemption for the protagonist and he really could use it. The story really is something quite dark and often times aimless.
Now, I completely enjoyed the book and found myself easily lost in the story. I don't doubt it is due a good deal to the excellent narration. The random wandering, discoveries, and encounters keep the story moving along and interesting. It is a very dream-like tale.
The only issue I had was that the author does ramble more than once, even to the point of being annoying in a few instances. Once during the book, I did sigh and think, "Can we get on with it?" However, this did not spoil my overall enjoyment.
In short, it's a great story if you can appreciate a great setting where hope isn't offered as the protagonist wanders aimlessly into exile.
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- Radford
- 07-20-11
Interesting but not captivating
First of all let me preface this with I haven't listened to the whole series yet. I do plan on going through the whole series. I'm currently about 2.5 hours from finishing the second book, which I like better than the this one. So I'm going to base my review upon each book and sum it up when I finish the 4th one. If I like the 4th one I'll go to the 5th.
As other readers have stated, you really have to pay attention to this book. There's so much in the story that it's easy to miss something. For me there isn't much action to it, I personally like action. There is a small twist in it that you can figure out. IMHO, the story moves slow and it feels like it's going to be a long story.
There's a conclusion to the first part of the journey (as I'm calling it) but it left me feeling unsatisfied. I'm almost thinking the first and second book should have been put together (based on what I've listened to thus far). The writing style is good and I am curious about how Severian "completes" his journey which is why I'm continuing the series.
The narrator does a good job and based on what I'm hearing the narration seems to fit Severian's personality.
In summary, this book by itself moves very slow and save for one "duel", is not very action orientated. If your personal taste is detail and some mystery then this may very well suit your style. Don't get me wrong I'm not against detail but I need something more with it. If they had half ratings, I would probably give this a 3.5.
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- 11-23-11
Classic SF literature; excellent reading
"The Book of the New Sun" is one of science fiction's greatest works of literature--dense, elliptical, allusive and elusive--and Jonathan Davis reads the challenging text (which uses many archaic words to create the feeling of a time removed from the present that's still linked to the past) with superb sensitivity. Gene Wolfe's narrator Severian is a careful, methodical person, which helps modulate the book's bizarre and confusing world (which looks and feels like fantasy but is actually SF), and Davis strikes just the right tone of hushed deliberation to anchor the listener without overplaying the parts and turning it into a more dramatic or mannered "performance."
A must for anyone interested in classic SF or simply good writing. Audible Frontiers, more Gene Wolfe, please!
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- Guy Generic
- 03-09-16
Give It a Second Try with Podcast
I revisited this series based on recommendation. At first I bounced off a few times and was very confused by the writing, etc.
What really helped was listening to a podcast discussing both the book/series and Gene Wolfe's work. Alzabo Soup was the podcast with Phil and Metz. They go chapter by chapter is breaking down and discussing what is happening. It's incredible. I have a huge appreciation for their work and Gene Wolfe after taking this approach.
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- 9 Devils
- 04-10-12
One of best sci fi/fantasy of all time
One of the best books I've ever read. I'd recommend reading, or at least having a copy, as well as listening, because Wolfe's plots are always so complex you need to be able to go back and check things in order to follow. But the recording is high quality, narrator is growing on me, and if you've already read the book then the recording is a great way to experience it again. Just be wary of listening for the first time--at least have a copy of the book to check back on plot points. May seem like a of effort, but it's worth it.
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- Devon
- 02-06-22
Brilliant but difficult
Like all of Gene Wolfes work I've read this book is very good but also difficult. It's difficult to keep track of what's happening in his stories and when reading them I've found I've had to reread portions to comprehend events. Unfortunately this is more difficult with an audiobook. I really wish wolfe had included more exposition and description in his stories as I feel they would be more enjoyable and less difficult to digest.
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- Teddy
- 09-28-20
A Great Read For Those Ready For Fantasy
I fell in love with the story almost as soon as I had begun my listen, but continually fell upon the same issue. The speed with which the book progresses along it's narrative arc varies from slow, deliberate descriptive prose to what feels to be huge jumps in the story's arc. This same issue has plagued me through many books, however, and may simply be a side effect of the written word translated as a spoken narrative.
All that being said, this is an excellent and genre defining piece of fantasy that will not disappoint, and an excellent place to start your journey into the world laid out before you by Wolfe.
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- Nick
- 05-25-23
Interesting story, bad audio quality.
I thought the story was interesting when I could hear it, however the narration tended to be very quiet.
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- DrEHarris
- 12-14-23
Great prose
Feels a little dated now but a super original story with nods to all sorts of authors and mythos. Great pacing and many odd characters and situations
Completely unique
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