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The City in the Middle of the Night
- De: Charlie Jane Anders
- Narrado por: Jennifer O'Donnell, Laura Knight Keating
- Duración: 13 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 477
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 428
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 427
January is a dying planet - divided between a permanently frozen darkness on one side, and blazing endless sunshine on the other. Humanity clings to life, spread across two archaic cities built in the sliver of habitable dusk. Sophie, a student and reluctant revolutionary, is supposed to be dead, after being exiled into the night. Saved only by forming an unusual bond with the enigmatic beasts who roam the ice, Sophie vows to stay hidden from the world, hoping she can heal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best S-F novels I've ever read!!!
- De Michael J. Mcmorrow en 02-17-19
My Book of the Year
Revisado: 12-26-19
The book starts with an excellent premise, a group of colonists settle on an a hostile planet where their equipment and technology slowly fall apart over several generations, leaving humanity tied to a handful of cities scattered across the planet. From here the story focuses in on two characters: Sophie and Mouth, as they encounter the planets deepest secrets. The story stays focused on these two characters, filtering the world through their eyes in a way that deepens your understanding of both character and environment.
The story manages to provided meaningful character growth every few chapters, each step deepening your understanding and respect for the characters. At 14 hours I expected this book to go by like a flash, but there was always so many interesting things going on, the book seemed to last much longer.
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The End Is Always Near
- Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
- De: Dan Carlin
- Narrado por: Dan Carlin
- Duración: 7 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 10,349
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 9,106
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9,053
In The End Is Always Near, Dan Carlin looks at questions and historical events that force us to consider what sounds like fantasy; that we might suffer the same fate that all previous eras did. Will our world ever become a ruin for future archaeologists to dig up and explore? The questions themselves are both philosophical and like something out of The Twilight Zone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hardcore Histories Greatest Hits
- De Steven Glover en 10-31-19
- The End Is Always Near
- Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
- De: Dan Carlin
- Narrado por: Dan Carlin
Misleading and Full of Recycled Content
Revisado: 11-14-19
Rather than being a historical tale of the many times human civilization has come close to collapse, this book is largely a meandering recounting of several of Dan Carlin's favorite topics. The first two chapters have nothing to do with societal collapse, and rather focus on the tired topic of wether or not previous generations were stronger and cooler than the current ones. This is followed by unfocused depictions of the Bronze Age Collapse, Bubonic Plagues, and the rise of Nuclear Weapons.
These topics could be interesting if they could maintain focus on the topics at hand instead Carlin slides into endless tangents. I would have hoped that writing a book would help Carlin stay on point, instead it seems the opposite has happened.
This is worsened by the fact that much of the material in this book is lifted (sometimes word for word) from several of his previous podcasts. Overall I would consider this Carlin's weakest work.
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