J. Asbury

Great, save for this:

Revisado: 05-21-22

As a modern society book, this story shouts at a singular ignorance, that regarding the necessity for and human reliance on religion, specifically that singular religion split into two complimentary pieces, The Jewish (God) and Christian (God's Son) religions. While those who pervert religion are responsible for their fair share of crimes, Judeo/Christian values brought humanity out of the dark ages, literally and, it would seem, is the only thing keeping humanity from high-speed digression into wide-spread madness. This story quite ignorantly ignores humanities fundamental need for a clear, humane, and sane moral framework upon which to base their lives, one that is not, and thankfully never will be, subject to the human tendancy to create George Orwell's 1984 distopia. Words like "love" need to be the sole posession of God, defined by and explained by His words and no other. If not, such words become human weapons of mental disfunction, perversion, and death, leading all the way back to ages of destruction, darkness, and ignorance that are as de-evolved and pathetic as humanity has ever been. To quote Mr. Jordan Peterson, "The Christian Religion is the pre-condition required for the perception, understanding, and knowledge of truth." In short, without concrete moral values defined from without humanity, unalterable and unchanging, humans can't distinguish truth from illusion. Sad and pathetic as that might seem as a human limitation, it is, never the less, as essential as breathing air and I think that resenting humanities dependancy on air to breath is rather the clear proof that humans are as dumb as they are stupid. Humans will only ever be their best if they aspire to live up to an unreachable moral code of perfection that IS, in point of fact, exactly that, perfect. Left isolated, to our own devices, humans wallow in the muck of insanity, debauchery, and evil beneath even the animals of the natural world. Therefore, what could be more necessary than something that elevates humanity from such a grotesque state as that? Nothing.

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Amazing Book (Amazing Trilogy)

Revisado: 04-28-22

The reading of this book is a bit dry however, the story is so compelling that it overcomes the dry delivery. If you manage to make it to the end of the series you'll feel that you have not wasted your time and the sad twist will break your heart with its fairness and its unfairness.

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Amazing series except...

Revisado: 02-09-18

Performance: Excellent, as usual.

Story: Almost inexcusable.

Why?: (spoilers) For reasons only the author knows, Gen. Barrett Milton has died in the final assault by Pey Leiong Lam (a member of the alien advanced team) in Book 2 of the series. A tragic loss certainly but, one that the listener can accept. The author, in an act of pure shit, proceeds to eliminate all but one of the core team which has sacrificed so much to save earth. And not in a good way or with any respect but, in utter disgrace.
For two entire books we have gotten to know and love Niel Daniels, Madaline Cavanaugh, Ayalla Zubeda, Gen. (previously Col.) Barrett Milton and a few others. They have worked, slaved, risked everything to accomplish the impossible. So what does the author do, destroys the fuck out of them in shame and ignominy and hands all of their work to Jim Hacker (who no one gives a shit about because he hasn't suffered any fuckin' thing) and a slew of people we, the listeners, neither know nor care about at all!
I could have excepted the resolutions, even the total bullshit ones, if they had been done AFTER the battle in the epilogue. Instead the author, like a complete fucking sack of shit, literally steals it all away from the main characters and gives it away to a bunch of nobody's deflating the ending into a pointless flat tire. In the end, everyone you have grown to love and respect will all be gone. Only Niel gets a foot note.
Needles to say, Jim Hacker and the author can go fuck themselves. I won't invest in another story by this author again. He obviously enjoys taking a massive dump on his listeners and then shoving some trash can ending in our faces. I won't be treated with such contempt by anyone.
Feel free to enjoy the first two books and even the first half of this book but, once you hear about "Jim 'eat my shit' Hackers" near death beef with Niel, skip ahead all the way to the final 6 chapters and cut out all of the authors bullshit. It even seems as if Jim Hacker's only purpose in the story is to act exactly like Niel but be thought of a "better". The hypocrisy is sickening. If Jim Hacker gets someone killed in an attempt to do "what's right", it's fine. If Niel, who carries the litteral weight of the world does it, he's a scumbag war criminal. Now, I wouldn't have cared at all if the author had held Niel and Ayalla accountable after they had seen things through to the end. But, to snatch away their work, give it all to a bunch of nobodies, (who in all truth would have carved Niel's empire up like a pie without him and the threat of Ayalla anyway. Like hell were the world leaders afraid enough of, Jim "eat my shit" Hacker, not to kill him and devolve like spoiled children snatching toys out of a toy box, sentencing the world to absolute destruction to serve their own selfishness and the rest of us be damned) and expect us to swallow this nonsense ending? For me it was one giant bridge of shit to far. For all the fact that I loved the first two books, this author takes a giant crap on the heads of readers and listeners in this third installment. It should have been called, Fear the Bullshit.

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Better than average

Revisado: 01-11-18

Story: Good but, could have used more detail and flushing out.

Performance: Better than average but with seriously disjointed parts with every character being performed by two different performers causing story confusion. Would have preferred either a single performer OR multiple performers but both is not well done here. (3.5 stars, not 4).

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Sci Fi Swashbuckler

Revisado: 10-12-17

I enjoyed this and the first two books, as well as the performance. However, it should be noted that, Peter Delloro's performance is chocked full of mispronounced words. Full. I found it appropriate because, having lived near Virginia, southern people have absolutely no idea how to speak words properly. While this is not true of all Virginians, it is true of most so, the reading kinda fits. Even should a Virginian have a large vocabulary, it is often that they still do not know how to speak them properly. Words such as "stygian" become "st(eye)gian" and "succor" becomes "sue-core" instead of "suckor". So, if you're big on exacting pronunciation, forget about it, Peter Delloro is not ever going to be your guy. However, of all the readers, he sounds a lot like an actual, back water, basackwards, Virginian and not British or television American.
He sounds exactly right, despite being one serious butcher of spoken English. What can I say? It's what Virginians and most southern Americans do.

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Satisfying and Fun

Revisado: 02-07-16

It isn't the best of the best (strangely I haven't found a single book that I absolutely thought was the "best" yet) however, if you want a book that is fun, is narated in a multifaceted way with strong depth, and will leave you pleased with your purchase, this IS one of those books. You'll be glad you bought it and you won't hate the abysmal performance or hate that the story drags on, and on, and on with unnecessarily long winded discriptions, or hate that there is no discriptions at all (feels empty). Good balance of pace and flow, strong naration, and a pleasant ending make this book a top 20% book.

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How I wish every story would end.

Revisado: 01-13-16

Great end to a fun series. The only bone I've had to pick with this series is how obtuse the characters can be when answers to problems are staring them in the face. However, maybe the characters are supposed to be super thick at times. Style criticism aside, I do wish more books had as much entertainment value as this story. The series has a great beginning, enticing middle, and brilliant end unlike other totally disappointing book series which bomb the ending so badly that you return the whole series (Wheel of Time).

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Well done.

Revisado: 01-08-16

The story is well known and fantastic so, the only point of interest is narration. It wasn't entirely expected, the narrators voice is a touch high for my taste. However, what the narrator lacks in depth, he makes up for with versatility. Characters feel distinct and different with little confusion due to similarities. A throughly wonderful audio book.

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Good book!

Revisado: 01-08-16

While this will never top the list of my all time favorite books, it was well narrated and a pleasant story. Jack London is a bit direct in his writing but that only means that this book doesn't drag on, and on until you get to the good parts. In fact, the book simply goes from one interesting or exciting moment to the next. A brief book but good all the same.

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Great audio book!

Revisado: 01-08-16

Unlike the last several audio books I've listened to, this book is wonderful. Great performances, although Tim Curry isn't a major reader as is supposed. The story is a pleasure, not the movie garbage, with the focus being NOT on the romance. I'm frankly a bit sick of everything always being about romance. Anyway, this performance is a breath of fresh air, even though it's old. It's well done and a treasure in any audio book collection.

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