Charles Hill
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The Mother Code
- By: Carole Stivers
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4 out of 5 stars 49
The year is 2049. When a deadly non-viral agent intended for biowarfare spreads out of control, scientists must scramble to ensure the survival of the human race. They turn to their last resort, a plan to place genetically engineered children inside the cocoons of large-scale robots - to be incubated, birthed, and raised by machines. But there is yet one hope of preserving the human order: an intelligence programmed into these machines that renders each unique in its own right - the Mother Code. Kai is born in America’s desert Southwest, his only companion his robotic Mother, Rho-Z.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mixed feelings
- By Noah D. Harrell on 02-21-21
- The Mother Code
- By: Carole Stivers
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
Boring Not Inspired
Reviewed: 03-07-21
Once again, too much introspection, talking, blah blah, blah. No action a real yawner!!!! Passion, action, suspense go a long way....
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Robot Geneticists: The Complete Collection, Books 1-6
- By: J.S. Morin
- Narrated by: Paul Michael Garcia
- Length: 59 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,130
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,006
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,000
Earth...Population: 1. Her name is Eve14. She is the result of a 1000-year project by the robots of Earth to restore the planet after all life was wiped out in 2065. 27 robotic minds, copied from Earth's great scientists, carried on after the species died. Immortal, but with memories of sensations they can no longer experience, some renegade robots now have a daring agenda. They want human bodies.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Humanity Receives a Second Chance
- By Daniel Delgado on 06-05-19
- Robot Geneticists: The Complete Collection, Books 1-6
- By: J.S. Morin
- Narrated by: Paul Michael Garcia
Bravo-Well Done
Reviewed: 08-23-19
This book is an epic saga. This book is "Awesome" "Amazing" "Spectacular. I don't use these words lightly. I'm hard to please when it comes to sci fi books/movies. The annoying thing about many AI/robot stories is that the character is set in an isolated world. There's very little interaction with the environment the robot is in. There's too much introspection and there's almost always very little multi-relationships with other humans or robots. I want to read, listen or see robots/androids doing amazing things, not sitting around talking about doing amazing things. This book has it all!! I'f you've seen the movie Ex Machina, which I thought was a piece of crap. If you saw the Netflix movie "I Am Mother" BORING!!!!! This book is not those in any way... It has balance, "Oh My God" what a concept!!. It has the good, the bad and the ugly. It has robot human relationships, it has robot to robot relations and here it is "The Robot Interacts With its Environment. It's a bleeping "MIRACLE" A Writer That Get's IT. Other writers can learn a story telling lesson from him.
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Liberation
- The Frontiers Saga, Book 10
- By: Ryk Brown
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,195
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,103
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,102
Heartfelt reunions with friends... Desperate plans to gain advantage... Opportunities that cannot be ignored... Discovery of family once thought lost... The time has come for Captain Scott to fight for that which was taken...the very freedom of the world he was sworn to protect.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Gripping
- By Jean on 12-15-16
- Liberation
- The Frontiers Saga, Book 10
- By: Ryk Brown
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
The Hits keep coming! !!
Reviewed: 02-20-18
10 books in and the beat goes on. Awesome
each books lives up to entertainment
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Freedom's Dawn
- Frontiers Saga, Book 4
- By: Ryk Brown
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,291
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,169
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,164
A ship under siege. A world on the brink of civil war. A distraught people seeking a new beginning. A battle weary crew that can barely hold it together. Even a legend can use a little help from time to time. The crew of the Aurora, the Karuzari, and the Corinairans must find a way to work together, or else they may all perish.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great story
- By Jean on 05-09-16
- Freedom's Dawn
- Frontiers Saga, Book 4
- By: Ryk Brown
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
Another Awaome Chapter.
Reviewed: 07-11-17
The balance of action & self reflection is perfect, no boring places. Must read listen.
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Broken Angels
- By: Richard K. Morgan
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,808
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,335
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,339
Cynical, quick-on-the-trigger Takeshi Kovacs, the ex-U.N. envoy turned private eye, has changed careers, and bodies, once more, trading sleuthing for soldiering as a warrior-for-hire and helping a far-flung planet's government put down a bloody revolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very very good story, very very "adult"
- By crazybatcow on 07-15-08
- Broken Angels
- By: Richard K. Morgan
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
Summary is better than the book
Reviewed: 06-02-17
Too much introspection not enough action, slow pace. Easy to get bored or lost uninspired
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Weight of the Heart
- Bruna Husky, Book 2
- By: Rosa Montero, Lilit Žekulin Thwaites - translator
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Story4 out of 5 stars 43
Part human and part robot, private investigator Bruna Husky has been hired to locate a stolen diamond. But as Bruna's leads start to drop dead, her case becomes about much more than a stolen gem - and much more dangerous. Traversing the galaxy, Bruna races against the clock to uncover a nuclear power conspiracy that threatens all sentient beings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Weight of the Heart Bores into Your Heart and Mind
- By JTF on 11-23-16
- Weight of the Heart
- Bruna Husky, Book 2
- By: Rosa Montero, Lilit Žekulin Thwaites - translator
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
interesting not earth shattering
Reviewed: 02-02-17
The technology was interesting & creative.
The story dragged needed more pace & intensity action.
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Kill Process
- By: William Hertling
- Narrated by: Jane Cramer
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,062
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 968
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Story4 out of 5 stars 971
By day, Angie, a 20-year veteran of the tech industry, is a data analyst at Tomo, the world's largest social networking company; by night, she exploits her database access to profile domestic abusers and kill the worst of them. She can't change her own traumatic past, but she can save other women. When Tomo introduces a deceptive new product that preys on users' fears to drive up its own revenue, Angie sees Tomo for what it really is - another evil abuser.
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5 out of 5 stars
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IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 07-29-16
- Kill Process
- By: William Hertling
- Narrated by: Jane Cramer
Almost A Great Listen
Reviewed: 08-10-16
Is there anything you would change about this book?
Yes, have Angie kill more rat bastards that abuse women. There was a big imbalance in the story telling for my taste. When you have a summary that "Touts" killing men who abuse women, give me more than 3/4 Retributions. Retributions, payback , JUSTICE was the main factor in me buying this book. Many abusers just need killing, period, many abusers get away with their heinous crimes. I was drawn to this book because I thought it was going to be a great read for a women's Vengeance!! Not quite, my dreams were dashed. If Hertling would have had more killings, exploring different ways to torture an abuser the listen would have been more enjoyable. Since we can't kill or torture abusers in a real life democratic society, listening in a fantasy would have been really, really cool.
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
Not impressed!!! A real bummer, a complete let down.
Did the narration match the pace of the story?
The narration was great no issues with it.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
No, probably not....
Any additional comments?
Justice and punishment was not adequately served in this book....
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The Windup Girl
- By: Paolo Bacigalupi
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 19 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6,927
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4,937
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,963
Anderson Lake is a company man, AgriGen's Calorie Man in Thailand. Under cover as a factory manager, Anderson combs Bangkok's street markets in search of foodstuffs thought to be extinct, hoping to reap the bounty of history's lost calories. There, he encounters Emiko...Emiko is the Windup Girl, a strange and beautiful creature. One of the New People, Emiko is not human; instead, she is an engineered being, creche-grown and programmed to satisfy the decadent whims of a Kyoto businessman.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good and also Frustrating
- By txkimmers on 11-16-09
- The Windup Girl
- By: Paolo Bacigalupi
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
Awful Book
Reviewed: 05-12-16
Would you try another book from Paolo Bacigalupi and/or Jonathan Davis?
I would not try another book by Paolo Bacigalupi and/or Jonathan Davis
What do you think your next listen will be?
No Idea
What didn’t you like about Jonathan Davis’s performance?
Pain staking slow pace
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
disappointment
Any additional comments?
I would not recommend this book.
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The Gunslinger
- The Dark Tower I
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 11,454
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,562
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Story4 out of 5 stars 7,637
Eerie, dreamlike, set in a world that is weirdly related to our own, The Gunslinger introduces Roland Deschain of Gilead, of In-World that was, as he pursues his enigmatic antagonist to the mountains that separate the desert from the Western Sea in the first volume of The Dark Tower series. Roland, the last gunslinger, is a solitary figure, perhaps accursed, who with a strange single-mindedness traverses an exhausted, almost timeless landscape of good and evil.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Dark Tower Review - Part One
- By Michael on 10-23-03
- The Gunslinger
- The Dark Tower I
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: George Guidall
This Book Was Absolutely Awful
Reviewed: 09-28-15
What disappointed you about The Gunslinger?
Everything!!!
Would you ever listen to anything by Stephen King again?
Yes I'd give another King book a try
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of George Guidall?
N/A - No Comment
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
No
Any additional comments?
I don't like being preached to, this book was like a long church sermon.
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MILA 2.0
- By: Debra Driza
- Narrated by: Tara Sands
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 63
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 56
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Story4 out of 5 stars 57
Mila was living with her mother in a small Minnesota town when she discovered she was also living a lie. She was never meant to learn the truth about her identity. She was never supposed to remember the past - that she was built in a computer-science lab and programmed to do things real people would never do. Now she has no choice but to run - from the dangerous operatives who want her terminated because she knows too much, and from a mysterious group that wants to capture her alive and unlock her advanced technology.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Quick fun read
- By M. Herbert on 07-15-13
- MILA 2.0
- By: Debra Driza
- Narrated by: Tara Sands
A Disappointing Read - Too Much Hype
Reviewed: 09-28-15
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
A teenager might enjoy it.
Has MILA 2.0 turned you off from other books in this genre?
No
How did the narrator detract from the book?
N/A No Comment
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from MILA 2.0?
N/A No comment
Any additional comments?
Another book that didn't live up to the summary hype!!!!
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