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Fallout
- Expeditionary Force, Book 13
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 22 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 18,349
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 16,826
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Story5 out of 5 stars 16,751
The problem with lying about having a super weapon is that the bad guys might believe they have nothing to lose by doing something stupid that both sides will regret. Or, they might just call your bluff. Either way, the Merry Band of Pirates need a plan to deal with the Fallout.
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5 out of 5 stars
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How much more epic can this get???
- By Daniela on 12-08-21
- Fallout
- Expeditionary Force, Book 13
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
the series is dead. this book is awful
Reviewed: 12-18-21
The original story line that made expeditionary force so great is no longer here at all. Skippy isn't even in the first five chapters. I couldn't get past the fifth chapter. terrible story....not even a story. it's just random events as part of a war with little to no context even if you just read the last book.
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Project Hail Mary
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 191,625
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 175,209
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Story5 out of 5 stars 174,657
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
- By Davidgonzalezsr on 05-04-21
- Project Hail Mary
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
as good or better than the Martian
Reviewed: 11-10-21
Before picking up this book I read a bunch of the top reviews that were mostly neutral to negative on the story. I have no idea why because it's an absolute delightful storty that's extremely easy to follow and pretty well thought through.
I'll curtail that by adding that I am a doctor and having the bio knowledge as well as a background in engineering does make it immensely more fun because of its relative accuracy. you do not need to be any sort of doctor or engineer however. Having some very basic understanding of the existence of microbes and the fact that different metals are, different, does help and I feel that's where some of the negative reviews come from.
These people giving negative reviews seemingly don't even live in the real world. the concept that bacteria exist, bombs explode and people are made of cells is pretty universal amongst humans. You just need to be aware that this book is science forward and it seems some of these negative reviews are people that are clearly science backwards.
fantastic book that's very well written. so so fun to listen to. highly recommended and I can't wait for the movie. even if they butcher the book I'm excited to see the move. hopefully it gets made.
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Makers
- The New Industrial Revolution
- By: Chris Anderson
- Narrated by: René Ruiz
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 657
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 565
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 573
Chris Anderson takes you to the front lines of a new industrial revolution as today’s entrepreneurs, using open source design and 3-D printing, bring manufacturing to the desktop. In an age of custom-fabricated, do-it-yourself product design and creation, the collective potential of a million garage tinkerers and enthusiasts is about to be unleashed, driving a resurgence of American manufacturing. A generation of "Makers" using the Web’s innovation model will help drive the next big wave in the global economy, as the new technologies of digital design and rapid prototyping gives everyone the power to invent.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good basic information, but not a lot of good info
- By Tarik Y. on 11-30-12
- Makers
- The New Industrial Revolution
- By: Chris Anderson
- Narrated by: René Ruiz
a bit outdated now
Reviewed: 11-24-19
this is a good story for grandparents in the year 2019. I'd you're younger than 40 and at all interested in tech and startups, you are probably already aware of most of this stuff if not all of it.
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Quirky
- By: Melissa A. Schilling
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 127
What really distinguishes the people who literally change the world - those creative geniuses who give us one breakthrough after another? What differentiates Marie Curie or Elon Musk from the merely creative, the many one-hit wonders among us? Melissa Schilling, one of the world's leading experts on innovation, invites us into the lives of eight people - Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Elon Musk, Dean Kamen, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs - to identify the traits and experiences that drove them to make spectacular breakthroughs, over and over again.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Most fascinating and important book to date!
- By Jonathan on 04-16-18
- Quirky
- By: Melissa A. Schilling
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
cool but a long winded synopsis...
Reviewed: 06-20-19
It's an alright book but it's a long winded synopsis of many other books. The ideas are presented as a sort of meta-study but there is little direction towards an original hypothesis. Ideas that are presented are not in such a way that a reader would gain much from them in their own lives. It's more of a 'mater of fact' book rather than anything approachable. Anyone looking for actual leadership/innovation research should maybe just go directly to the books used to write this book. At least for me, books such as the one of Jobs or Tesla were more insightful than this one aggregate book
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Mavericks
- Expeditionary Force, Book 6
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 17 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 31,412
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 28,850
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28,763
The remnants of the Expeditionary Force stranded on the alien-controlled planet "Paradise" get a chance to prove themselves, in a simple off-world training mission with a ship full of teenage alien cadets. When the mission goes horribly wrong and the survival of everyone on Paradise is at risk, the Merry Band of Pirates may have to come to the rescue. Unless they get killed first....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Trouble on Paradise pt. II
- By Leonidas Karr on 09-27-18
- Mavericks
- Expeditionary Force, Book 6
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
half this book is about paradise
Reviewed: 12-07-18
maybe more than half of this book was spent talking about a side story on Paradise. it was rather upsetting how much of it was about this lengthy side story that doesn't involve any primary characters.
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Zero Hour
- Expeditionary Force, Book 5
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 17 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 40,636
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 37,451
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37,275
United Nations Special Operations Command sent an elite expeditionary force of soldiers and pilots out on a simple recon mission, and somehow along the way they sparked an alien civil war. Now the not-at-all-merry band of pirates is in desperate trouble, again. Their stolen alien starship is falling apart, thousands of light years from home. The ancient alien AI they nicknamed Skippy is apparently dead, and even if they can by some miracle revive him, he might never be the same.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The middle sags with repetition
- By KM on 02-14-18
- Zero Hour
- Expeditionary Force, Book 5
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
the best one yet. moving to the next one now.
Reviewed: 11-09-18
the best one yet. moving to the next one now. I'm so sad the next one is the last one 😔
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Black Ops
- Expeditionary Force, Book 4
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 40,918
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 37,567
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37,424
The elite crew of the pirate ship UNS Flying Dutchman had a simple mission: determining whether the Thuranin are sending another starship to Earth. Along the way, they became sidetracked by securing a future for the UNEF troops on the planet Paradise. When asked whether Earth was now safe, their ancient alien AI responded "Not so much"...now they have to deal with the consequences.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Slightly better than books two and three.....
- By Mary and Stephen on 01-02-18
- Black Ops
- Expeditionary Force, Book 4
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
as good as book 2.
Reviewed: 10-14-18
book 1 was super slow till the middle. then they got a lot better. this one has a cliff hanger at the end. skipping to the next book now.
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Bad Blood
- Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
- By: John Carreyrou
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 39,191
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 34,726
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Story5 out of 5 stars 34,657
In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the next Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup “unicorn” promised to revolutionize the medical industry with its breakthrough device, which performed the whole range of laboratory tests from a single drop of blood. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at more than $9 billion, putting Holmes’s worth at an estimated $4.5 billion.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extreme retaliation against former employees
- By LEE on 05-29-18
- Bad Blood
- Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
- By: John Carreyrou
- Narrated by: Will Damron
a company and person unknown
Reviewed: 09-12-18
from the very beginning it sets a tone to let you know the company is a sham. that continues and the story is about a company few know and a person that may not be important enough for a book. sure it may give some minor insight to something in sillicone valley but I'd definitely recommend the Jobs/apple book or 'the everything store' book over this. however listen/read those with a grain of salt, I'm sure they were written to boost stock prices.
regarding the books biological premise, I'm a life science major/dentist and found it completely dry and uninteresting. The tech is not explained in depth and not really 'hip', for lack of a better description.
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All These Worlds
- Bobiverse, Book 3
- By: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 67,791
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 61,810
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 61,613
The epic and highly anticipated conclusion to the listener-favorite series that had countless Audible listeners (and employees) hooked from the very first Bob - featuring, as always, a flawless performance from the inimitable Ray Porter. Being a sentient spaceship really should be more fun. But after spreading out through space for almost a century, Bob and his clones just can't stay out of trouble. They've created enough colonies so humanity shouldn't go extinct.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Clean ending to a fantastic series
- By Virgil on 08-08-17
- All These Worlds
- Bobiverse, Book 3
- By: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
A fun ending but maybe the other two were better.
Reviewed: 08-03-18
Overall this is a really fun trilogy of stories that is far more believable than most other sci-fi stories. It's still quite out there however so much enjoyment. Unfortunately the third edition is a bit drawn out maybe. Still a very good story and a great audiobook. One of my favorites for sure.
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For We Are Many
- Bobiverse, Book 2
- By: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 72,818
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 66,311
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 66,108
Bob Johansson didn't believe in an afterlife, so waking up after being killed in a car accident was a shock. To add to the surprise, he is now a sentient computer and the controlling intelligence for a Von Neumann probe. Bob and his copies have been spreading out from Earth for 40 years now, looking for habitable planets. But that's the only part of the plan that's still in one piece.
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4 out of 5 stars
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THE FECAL MATTER HAS HIT THE ATMOSPHERIC PROJECTOR
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 05-03-17
- For We Are Many
- Bobiverse, Book 2
- By: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
a required book after the first one.
Reviewed: 07-29-18
after reading/listening to the first book you, this one picks up without a single beat lost. the side stories are interesting but excessive and left me anxiously awaiting the progression of the main story.
having given himself an entire universe of possibilities with almost endless directions, the author somehow reined it in and kept the story within a typical persons mental capacity.
this books universe is not unlike star wars or Stargate. I would say it's star wars mixed with game of thrones. the story is set among the stars with multiple tracks but is much more 'believable' than star wars or stargate or star trek. at least it was to me.
one star off because it requires me to pickup the third book when it could have really just been two longer books. they're relatively short...
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