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Dune
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, y otros
- Duración: 21 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 125,125
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 107,954
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 107,843
Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This classic deserves better
- De Matthew Salvo en 07-01-21
Vivid, well constructed, but dull.
Revisado: 02-26-15
What did you like best about Dune? What did you like least?
The scenes are portrayed vividly, I was taken to another world
What was most disappointing about Frank Herbert’s story?
Meh. Maybe it had too much build up for me. I found the politics to be overbearing and dull, and craved more action and varience in scene than was presented.
What about the narrators’s performance did you like?
This is a quality production, all the narrators were a joy to listen too
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
It is, I have, I wouldn't again.
Any additional comments?
Game of Thrones. In Space. Without the sex and a lot less violence.
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The Cosmic Computer
- De: H. Beam Piper
- Narrado por: Jeffrey Kafer
- Duración: 6 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 84
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 74
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 74
Conn Maxwell returns from Terra to his poverty-stricken home planet of Poictesme, “The Junkyard Planet”, with news of the possible location of Merlin, a military super-computer rumored to have been abandoned there after the last war. The inhabitants hope to find Merlin, which they think will be their ticket to wealth and prosperity. But is Merlin real or just an old rumor? And if they find it, will it save them - or tear them apart?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good, but reader should have looked stuff up.
- De Jenny Everywhere en 01-28-17
- The Cosmic Computer
- De: H. Beam Piper
- Narrado por: Jeffrey Kafer
Terrible.
Revisado: 02-26-15
What disappointed you about The Cosmic Computer?
The performance.
What was most disappointing about H. Beam Piper’s story?
Ugh. A bunch of post US civil war frontiers men with about the same political views, walking around toting guns, starting companies left right and centre for every purpose other than to prospect the darn computer. The attitude towards women is pretty offensive too, and about as dated as the paper-tape spitting cosmic computer that has an interface taking hours to decipher.
What didn’t you like about Jeffrey Kafer’s performance?
It sounded like he was sight reading. The prosody was off-kilter and difficult to follow -- I have heard better from text-to-speech systems.
What character would you cut from The Cosmic Computer?
They're all so slow witted.
Any additional comments?
Don't buy it. It's probably better to read it yourself, if you're interested in antiquated guesses about the future with antiquated political and social views. I was glad to finish it and disappointed that they didn't all wipe themselves out.
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