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Project Hail Mary
- De: Andy Weir
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 16 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 193,511
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 176,998
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 176,446
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bazinga
- De Davidgonzalezsr en 05-04-21
- Project Hail Mary
- De: Andy Weir
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
Yum-- tasty hard scifi
Revisado: 06-05-21
Learning works best when entertained.
So nice to really enjoy a book and learn about accurate science.
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Glorieta Pass
- De: P. G. Nagle
- Narrado por: Jeremy Arthur
- Duración: 15 h y 57 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 21
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 21
The Texan Confederate armies, under General Henry H. Sibley, had their supply train destroyed by the 1st Colorado Union Volunteers at Glorieta Pass, and have only one prize remaining: A battery of Union artillery captured at the Battle of Valverde. The Texans, with their force decimated and dispirited by the absence of fallen comrades, are determined to have some glory to show for their terrible losses. But standing in their way are Union Captain Alastar O'Brien and the Colorado Volunteers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So good. Poignant and memorable Characters.
- De Amazon Customer en 05-19-17
- Glorieta Pass
- De: P. G. Nagle
- Narrado por: Jeremy Arthur
Young Adult love triangle
Revisado: 05-03-21
Wish these YA books were better marked.
Main characters all young whites in the NM territory but that doesn't matter, cause this story could be set in any state that needs southern apologists.
Thought i would learn about the Glorietta battles.
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1636
- The Chronicles of Dr. Gribbleflotz
- De: Kerryn Offord, Rick Boatright
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 89
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 88
Phillip Theophrastus Gribbleflotz, the world's greatest alchemist and a great-grandson of Paracelsus - and a Bombast on his mother's side - was a man history had forgotten. But when the town of Grantville was transported by a cosmic accident from modern West Virginia to central Germany in the early 17th century, he got a second chance at fame and fortune.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting book about Dr. Gribbleflotz
- De Holdt Garver en 02-06-19
- 1636
- The Chronicles of Dr. Gribbleflotz
- De: Kerryn Offord, Rick Boatright
- Narrado por: George Guidall
Slice of Life style story, no overarching conflict
Revisado: 11-20-20
But i loved the heavy mix of chemistry and science versus psuedoscience. Almost a textbook with a plot. im looking for more steampunk era science analysis books. Just wishing for a beginning, end structure.
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Inspector of the Dead
- De: David Morrell
- Narrado por: Matthew Wolf
- Duración: 10 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 563
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 520
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 520
Legendary thriller writer David Morrell transports listeners to the fogbound streets of London, where a killer plots to assassinate Queen Victoria. The year is 1855. The Crimean War is raging. The incompetence of British commanders causes the fall of the English government. The empire teeters. Amid this crisis comes opium-eater Thomas De Quincey, one of the most notorious and brilliant personalities of Victorian England. Along with his irrepressible daughter, Emily, and their Scotland Yard companions, finds himself confronted by an adversary who threatens the heart of the nation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A plot that left be breathless.
- De jerelyn en 04-25-15
- Inspector of the Dead
- De: David Morrell
- Narrado por: Matthew Wolf
Great Afterword
Revisado: 02-11-20
He explains the non-fiction history mixed into his story. Characters and events may be real and non-coincidental.
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The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man
- Burton & Swinburne, Book 2
- De: Mark Hodder
- Narrado por: Gerard Doyle
- Duración: 14 h y 31 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 753
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 701
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 698
When a clockwork-powered man of brass is found abandoned in Trafalgar Square, Burton and his assistant, the wayward poet Algernon Swinburne, find themselves on the trail of the stolen Garnier Collection - black diamonds rumored to be fragments of the Lemurian Eye of Naga, a meteorite that fell to Earth in prehistoric times. His investigation leads to involvement with the media sensation of the age: the Tichborne Claimant, a man who insists that he's the long lost heir to the cursed Tichborne estate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another excellent installment.
- De Chris - Audible en 04-17-12
- The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man
- Burton & Swinburne, Book 2
- De: Mark Hodder
- Narrado por: Gerard Doyle
it's amusing that the title never gets resolved.
Revisado: 11-19-16
Scampish Author---I may have to re-listen/echo this Abook again but Whom placed the clockwork in the square?
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Against the Day
- A Novel
- De: Thomas Pynchon
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 53 h y 32 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 448
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 279
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 280
This novel spans the period between the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and the years just after World War I. With a worldwide disaster looming just a few years ahead, it is a time of unrestrained corporate greed, false religiosity, moronic fecklessness, and evil intent in high places. No reference to the present day is intended or should be inferred.
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5 out of 5 stars
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brilliant!
- De Rebecca Lindroos en 01-28-07
- Against the Day
- A Novel
- De: Thomas Pynchon
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
Good Reference to write a steampunk story but....
Revisado: 02-17-16
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
NO --- no recommendation.
Clearly the author was writing a history report on the 1800's and decided to craft it into a book to salvage the A minus on the final report.
What could Thomas Pynchon have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Apply "endings".
One of the big diffs between Stories and Poems: poems, like songs, rarely have Endings.
Just Describe the conflict, speculate about how I feel, and repeat chorus.
This book introduces characters and some good dialog, then Boom next setting, next characters, then boom boom boom.
There is a grand total of ONE plot in a 52 hour audiobook.
For a new story just tack on an ending and you've got a decent story.....hey maybe I should go to my writing desk of dollars......excuse me
Any additional comments?
Mike Perschon, the Steampunk Scholar, recommended this book in multiple top 10's.
From a History-Book-Come-Alive, I guess, it saved Mike from doing the research himself.
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