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If you've never read a Repairman Jack novel, this is the place to begin. It's 1990. A twenty-one-year-old named Jack has dropped out of college, leaving his old life behind to build a new one in New York City. Manhattan's rough edges are jagged enough to shred any unwary newcomer, but perhaps not one who is determined to stay off the grid, at any cost, in the busiest metropolis on earth. And to do so, he'll have to take jobs of a less than legal nature.
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Fun, as long you don't think too much
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Eli knows corruption runs deep within the compound. It's a reality he's forced to confront every year on Bid Day. But when your job is to go out into the radiation-soaked Fringe so that others can live in peace, you don't ask too many questions. For Harper, the bid system works just fine. She's the best developer in her year, and she's confident she'll find a place among the wealthy, respected Systems workers. But when an upset in the bidding changes the course of Harper's future, she'll be forced to rely on an unlikely ally.
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Short novels are movie-length narratives that may well be the perfect length for science fiction stories. This audio collection presents the best-of-the-best short science fiction novels published in 2014 by current and emerging masters of this vibrant form of storytelling.
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Narrator sounds like Tony Danza
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Modern gods and goddesses, remote, revered - and like the pantheon of heroes and heroines of ancient myth - possessing great power tempered with flaws. Now, find within this anthology great tales by gifted and award-winning authors who move superheroes from the four-color panels of comic books to the fantastic pages of fiction, stories that will remind anyone who ever wanted to wear a cape or don a cowl of the extraordinary powers of the imagination!
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Pretentious tired old concepts
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Horror combined with misogynistic characters
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- Don
- 09-22-07
Good SF, dissappointing language
The science fiction and social manipulation in this book are great. The characters are a bit predictable, the future has nice surprises, and the control of super powerful entities is believable. As an audio book, I really didn't care for the profanity. One can easily gloss over four letter words in text, but when listening to the book they got in the way.
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- Will
- 11-11-07
Riveting
Intriguing plot, interesting charactization, suspenseful. A lot of fun to "read". Reader is excellent as well.
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- Doug in Whittaker
- 04-02-08
I agree with Rusty
I agree with Rusty. If you like the other books by this author, you will like this one too. His characters are complex mixtures of good and bad.
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- george
- 10-31-13
Pass this one by.
It was just kind of boring. It dragged on. I really enjoyed Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan, but this is far from his best effort. The narrator does a decent job, but the story barely held my interest.
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- Rob
- 08-15-18
Powerful and Current
Richard K. Morgan's Thirteen has aged well since its publication a decade ago. Its dystopian elements, the disintegration of the United States in the 21st century, might have seemed a bit harsh, oh, five years ago, but something about post-2016 life makes the depiction of Jesusland a bit on the nose. Maybe too much so.
I came to this after enjoying the Netflix adaptation of Altered Carbon, and it is very much of a piece with that, in its depiction of a world stratified by wealth, in which technology has wrought fundamental changes, while failing to remedy deep-seated problems in the human condition.
I want to particularly laud the performance of Simon Vance. His narration of the book is splendid, both as the omniscient narrator, but especially as the voice of the laconic, world-weary Carl Marsalis. This version of the book has to be a step above the printed text, if only because Marsalis gains a rich voice and a London-area accent.
The murder-mystery setup, present as well in Altered Carbon, serves the plot well. I suppose the payoff was a bit smaller than I'd expected, but this is not a major problem. In the end, there's a lot of rich character work here: particularly with Marsalis and the distinct Sevgi Ertekin.
It is unfortunate to see so many people drawing offense from this fine work of science fiction. Then again, when one reads the following Q&A within a one-star review, it's easy to see the benighted shadow of Jesusland looming over us:
"What could Richard K. Morgan have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
"NOT SLANDERED MOST OF THE CONSUMERS IN THIS COUNTRY FOR LOVING GOD..."
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- Richard
- 03-01-15
Great listen!
This is an exciting and well thought out book. It's unexpected twists make it hard to put down. I was reluctant at first to spend a credit based on some of the reviews but, I think it's a first rate story that I'll listen to again. I can't wait to listen to more of this author's work.
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- Joe
- 10-17-18
Third listen, love it every time.
I wish there were a sequel, or better, another trilogy. I'm going to restart the Altered Carbon trilogy on Audible and start the Netflix series.
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- Reader
- 08-31-13
Frickin Awesome
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Action packed, well written, entertaining and involving.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Marsalis, duh
What about Simon Vance’s performance did you like?
Good story teller
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Cant keep a good man down
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- Curt
- 04-18-24
A bit complicated towards the end
As a casual listener (while walking the dogs, chores) there were times this story was hard to follow, especially when they referred to the main character, sometimes by his last name, others by his first name... The story was good but it lost me often enough that I will pay close attention in the future to comments before going another round with this author.
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- JCL
- 08-14-11
Vintage Morgan!
A very entertaining picture of a pronounced dystopian future. The backstory is a rich tapestry of interesting pieces of information: vintage Morgan. A troubling aspect of Mr. Morgan???s works is that he seems to lack the vision to give his stories any satisfying meaning. They are elaborate, highly detailed ??? brilliantly detailed! ??? tapistries that ultimately have no particular point. After a fascinating and extremely violent romp from Mars to The Rim Countries and Jesusland, ???Thirteen??? peters out with an ending reminiscent of ???Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid???. This is unsatisfying because Mr. Morgan???s creative genius deserves more. His works to date are strongly based on a philosophy of scientific realism: All biology is portrayed in electro-chemical-mechanical detail. All living things are deterministic. No Steve Talbot here! As in ???Altered Carbon,??? where the ???Catholics??? are portrayed as unscientific, dogma-ridden simpletons for their belief that a digitized personality lacked a soul and therefore ???sleeved??? humans were basically zombies, here the residents of Jesusland are portrayed with unremitting disapproval. In Mr. Morgan???s works to date, religious impulses and ideas are universally repellant and destructive. The lives of his non-religious characters, though, are hardly attractive; more ???Clockwork Orange??? than desirable. Still, the rich detail of the story is worth your time.
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