NICHOLAS A CLARK
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Zero K
- By: Don DeLillo
- Narrated by: Thomas Sadoski
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 395
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 345
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 342
Jeffrey Lockhart's father, Ross, is a billionaire in his 60s with a younger wife, Artis Martineau, whose health is failing. Ross is the primary investor in a remote and secret compound where death is exquisitely controlled and bodies are preserved until a future time when biomedical advances and new technologies can return them to lives of transcendent promise. Jeff joins Ross and Artis at the compound to say "an uncertain farewell" to her as she surrenders her body.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Everybody wants to own the end of the world...
- By Darwin8u on 05-11-16
- Zero K
- By: Don DeLillo
- Narrated by: Thomas Sadoski
Bored to tears
Reviewed: 04-23-17
I wanted to check out DeLillo since, in literary circles at least, he's touted as a prolific American writer. But his style just isn't for me. Esoteric, meandering, often repetitive; I found myself struggling to pay attention. Every time the narrator began a sentence with, "Define _____", I was grinding my teeth, because invariably he would opine at length about the etymology of some word or concept or other with little relevance to the story. It was...I don't know, self-indulgent.
Anyway, very disappointed.
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Off to Be the Wizard
- Magic 2.0, Book 1
- By: Scott Meyer
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 31,434
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28,923
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28,916
It's a simple story. Boy finds proof that reality is a computer program. Boy uses program to manipulate time and space. Boy gets in trouble. Boy flees back in time to Medieval England to live as a wizard while he tries to think of a way to fix things. Boy gets in more trouble. Oh, and boy meets girl at some point.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hang in there
- By Kelly on 03-04-17
- Off to Be the Wizard
- Magic 2.0, Book 1
- By: Scott Meyer
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
Wizards, Computers, and Nerds, Oh My!
Reviewed: 10-02-15
Great narration. Really cool and innovative premise, fun story, but got a little silly at times. Was hoping for a bit more philosophical depth, but overall, an entertaining ride.
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