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Walkaway By Cory Doctorow
Each chapter is from a different character's point of view and they have different readers for each character so part of the fun is seeing how the different readers portray the same character. Very enjoyable so far.
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Currently listening to The Redshirts.
American Gods is up next.
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I was telling my daughter today that I ranked Blackhorn Key just below Harry Porter 1,3 and 5 and but as better than Harry Porter 2,4,6,7 and 8. Note bad for Bullwinkle's first book. The time period is awesome because there really is much family fiction that takes place during the English restoration period. My youngest daughter has been itching to listen to book 2 but I've been holding out until the big family vacation car ride.
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1) The Death of Expertise, by Tom Nichols. It's a pretentious examination of how and why we treat each other like crap. It's a bit eye opening, and pretty depressing.
2) The Fold, by Peter Clines. I had a long road trip to Origins, and many people recommended this title. I don't feel it reached the hype. I thought it was a poor man's Michael Crichton, and about as "hard sci-fi" as any of Crichton's lesser works. It was entertaining, that I won't deny. But I wouldn't put it much past a pulply genre offering.
Prior to these two middling affairs, I re-"read" the Dark Tower series on audio. I read the first three twenty years ago. I stopped half way through Wizard and Glass. Last summer, I committed to all seven (ahem, eight) books via audio. It took ten months, and it was a pretty dumb commitment, IMO. I enjoyed books one and four the most. Most of King's work post-accident has been rubbish, though a few stand out (shitty pun). Dark Tower books 5-"8" are not among the positives. I don't know if I'd say they're as diminishing in return as Herbert's Dune sequels - but they're not far off. Wind Through the Keyhole was just a lame money grab. Not as bad as Doctor Sleep, but that ain't saying much.
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I love Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451 is a marvelous book. I think it is also suited to audio however it's read by Ray Bradbury who is not a dramatist. He is not a voice actor. He is an author and one of my most favorite but after the novelty of having him read his own story wears off you will be left wishing that somebody more suited to the task had read the book.
Night Soldiers by Alan Furst and read by George Guidall
Absolutely great. The story is about a young Bulgarian who gets recruited by the Soviet Secret Police (NKVD) in the early 30's and what happens to him over the next 15 years or so. The story is exciting and entertaining and takes many twists and turns but never feels contrived in the "twist for sake of twist" sense. The reader is perhaps the best I've heard yet.
I found myself looking forward to my commute just so I could find out what happens to Kristo next! Highly recommended.
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repoman wrote: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and read by Ray Bradbury
Night Soldiers by Alan Furst and read by George Guidall
Absolutely great. The story is about a young Bulgarian who gets recruited by the Soviet Secret Police (NKVD) in the early 30's and what happens to him over the next 15 years or so. The story is exciting and entertaining and takes many twists and turns but never feels contrived in the "twist for sake of twist" sense. The reader is perhaps the best I've heard yet.
I found myself looking forward to my commute just so I could find out what happens to Kristo next! Highly recommended.
That is a good book. I love the period and the topic. Alan Furst books have been showing up at the library surplus sale so I've been buying everything.
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