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Red Prophet
- Tales of Alvin Maker, Book 2
- De: Orson Scott Card
- Narrado por: Scott Brick, Stephen Hoye, Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 12 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,574
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,973
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,969
In this thrilling sequel to Seventh Son, Alvin Maker is awakening to many mysteries: his own strange powers, the magic of the American frontier, and the special virtues of its chosen people, the Native Americans. Alvin has discovered his own unique talent for making things whole again. Now he summons all his powers to prevent the tragic war between Native Americans and the white settlers of North America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Who could believe
- De Statler & Waldorf en 05-06-07
- Red Prophet
- Tales of Alvin Maker, Book 2
- De: Orson Scott Card
- Narrado por: Scott Brick, Stephen Hoye, Stefan Rudnicki
Terrific, humane, alternate history, perfectly read
Revisado: 05-20-23
The team that does Orson Scott Card’s audiobooks is beyond compare. This book, like all his books, are deeply compassionate and humane. A perfect antidote to a superficial and polarized world. OSC gives us heroes and villains, but the heroes are flawed and the villains are trying their best, and the result is a kinder and more ennobling view of the human world.
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Skygods
- The Fall of Pan Am
- De: Robert Gandt
- Narrado por: Thomas Block
- Duración: 11 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 425
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 384
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 379
Originally published by Wm. Morrow, in 1995, Skygods is the saga of America's most glamorous airline - from its meteoric ascent to its plunge to extinction. Pan Am blazed the way across the world's oceans with its magnificent Clipper ships, launched the first international jet service, was the first to fly the behemoth 747, was the lead customer for America's SST and the Concorde, and was even taking reservations for the first commercial flights to the moon.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An Absorbing Slice of Social History
- De S. Perry en 06-01-14
- Skygods
- The Fall of Pan Am
- De: Robert Gandt
- Narrado por: Thomas Block
Engaging!
Revisado: 05-17-15
Would you consider the audio edition of Skygods to be better than the print version?
Probably so… Thomas Block's narration--a kind of curmudgeonly old-timer delivery--was charming and definitely grew on me. I am inclined to think that his reading brings out some humor in Gandt's writing that would be easy to miss from the printed page.
What did you like best about this story?
Gandt's decision to make the perceptions of the pilots, the "Sky Gods", the focus of his narrative. Specifically, the "New Hires" from the mid-1960s, who did their apprenticeships under the "Masters of Ocean Flying Boats", and who were promised that they would be captains of SSTs and Lunar Clippers. This focus made for a very human touch to a book about economics, business relationships, corporate mergers, and civil aviation policy.
Any additional comments?
If I have one criticism, which is not really fair, it would be this: I would like more on the heyday of Pan-Am and less on its prolonged decline. On the other hand, Pan-Am's decline is a perfect window into the larger commercial aviation industry, and that story, from 1968 and the dawn of the 747, through the early '90s, is fascinating.
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