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Good ride with tolerable anachronism

Reviewed: 12-06-23

But that’s part of the point of the book, I believe. Similes a tad overused, but again, part of the point. All in all a very enjoyable listen.

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Smart, funny, well performed

Reviewed: 06-01-21

Good plot and characters with much humor and action. One of my best listens. Wil Wheaton reads it very well.

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Needed editing

Reviewed: 04-05-18

There's a good book in there, but it needed more editing to get there. Even so, I give it three stars because I've read/heard much worse, and the story itself is pretty good. There was a lot of head hopping, many info dumps, and too many "As you know, Bobs" on top of some fairly egregious technical errors. For example, the author states that there's a side of the Moon that never sees the Sun. That is flat out wrong, and could have been avoided with a quick Internet search. There's a side of the Moon that never sees the Earth because of tidal lock, but as the Moon orbits us and rotates, the whole Moon gets a piece of Sunshine. Anyway, if you ignore the head hopping and such, it's worth a listen.

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Excellent, rich story, and essay at end is at least as enjoyable

Reviewed: 09-05-16

Even if you've read Gilgamesh, I highly recommend this listen. It is most artfully done and includes an essay about the story at the end. Best line of the essay: "How do vigorous young giants pass the time?" But the story, even absent the essay, is a rich source of sociological and cultural commentary that predates the Bible by two and a half millennia and the Iliad by a thousand years, even including a Noah flood story that makes you wonder who borrowed from whom. Plus, Guidall can make anything interesting.

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Decent story but bad technique and editing

Reviewed: 05-22-16

I listened to the first two books in this series, which probably should have been one book, and the underlying story is decent, but there are a number of things that really irritated me about the author's style and some basic errors that should not have gotten past an editor. The most egregious error was referring to standing walls as horizontal surfaces every single time. Stylistically, there was far too much repetition of information a la Kevin J. Anderson. I don't know if it's because the writer thinks we can't remember something from two chapters ago, to boost word count, or just because the writer doesn't remember he already wrote it, but it is annoying. The story is good enough that I slogged through it anyway, but I'm reluctant to get any more of these. If there had been better editing, many of the issues could have been fixed before publication.

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Decent story but too much tell and POV hopping

Reviewed: 05-22-16

Long spells of info dumping about characters' philosophies and states of mind as told from inside the characters' heads. Changing point of view mostly between two main characters is a little annoying but not intolerable. This is my first Koontz novel in a long time, and it was worth the listen.

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I keep listening despite writing issues

Reviewed: 08-18-15

The story is engaging enough that I still put up with info dumps and repetitions of explanations on the level of Kevin J. Anderson. Currie has great material and it would be fantastic if he could work on his writing technique. Yet here I am buying the last two books of the series.

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Good story needs editing

Reviewed: 08-09-15

Old school editing seems to be dead. Currie has good stuff here and I plan to
Listen to at least one more book. But there are so many as you know bobs and other info dumps plus point of view shifts that it was difficult for me to hang on through the whole book. I strongly encourage currie and editors to remember the greatness of dickens and aspire to that level of tell by show and consistent point of view. Also narration tries too hard for Gravity. Yes its military fiction but let up on the gravitas once in a while. Apart from that narrator was very good.

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Good story and performance. Way too much info dumping.

Reviewed: 06-03-15

Better editing is needed everywhere, not just on this book. This is an example of a great story buried in huge piles of exposition. Even so I stuck it out and look forward to the next book. Just maybe put the exposition in an appendix.

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Good idea, decent story

Reviewed: 01-25-11

I liked the story. While some of the infodumps and as-you-know-Bobs were interesting, they really cluttered things up and reduced my enjoyment of the book. I still recommend it, though.

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