Litany of the Long Sun
Book of the Long Sun, Books 1 and 2
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Gene Wolfe
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Litany of the Long Sun contains the full texts of Nightside the Long Sun and Lake of the Long Sun that together make up the first half of The Book of the Long Sun. This great work is set on a huge generation starship in the same future as the classic Book of the New Sun (also available in two volumes from Orb).
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Jon Ryan has some unfinished business. Since he caused the universe to reboot, well, he can't seem to find his wife of two billion years. That's one great big oops. He also can't find the massive time ship Aramthella and her human crew. Double oops. And then there's the matter of not knowing whey why there are several copies of key people in the new reality he must navigate. Triple oops. He actually knows one whole heck of a lot less about his current situation than seems healthy. But he's Jon Ryan, former fighter pilot turned android warrior for humankind.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing!
- By Jason on 07-27-24
By: Craig Robertson
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Synchronicity War Redemption: Volume 1
- By: Dietmar Wehr
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 18
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Twenty-one years have passed since the end of the wars against the Insectoids and the rogue AI Machineships. A new generation of Shilohs has joined the Space Force, much to the joy of the AIs that still revere the memory of The Cag, Victor Shiloh. And, once again, humanity is in mortal danger. The temporal backlash from multiple time jumps that the Friendlies had warned against is making itself felt with a vengeance. Can humans and their loyal AI allies find a way to undo their meddling with time? Changing the past without resorting to time travel will be but half the battle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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As good as the earlier series
- By MD on 07-08-24
By: Dietmar Wehr
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Stand Alone
- Wolfhounds, Book 1
- By: John Van Stry
- Narrated by: Kyf Brewer
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 170
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Chase had it all planned out. Do a little time in one of the emperor's jails, say a four-year stretch, for getting rid of some trash that no one would miss, and when he got out, the path to leadership would be wide open. Unfortunately, his bastard of a father, the same one who left his mother to die in poverty and him to run wild on the streets, took an interest. Seeing him sitting on the bench when his case went to court was a shock. But not as big a shock as being sentenced to ten years in the Imperial Navy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Review with Spoilers
- By Ranger_1997 on 03-15-24
By: John Van Stry
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Psi Wars: Homecoming
- Psi Wars, Book 1
- By: Rick Partlow
- Narrated by: Derek Shoales
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 6
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 6
Korri Fontenot left family behind on Earth a century ago to fight in a war that broke her body and her mind. Now, her great-granddaughter, Jackie, has followed in her footsteps. First as a Marine and then as a mercenary outlaw, Jackie has made the mistake of breaking into a secret corporate lab and stealing an ancient alien artifact. Dark forces want the artifact back.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Somewhat undermined by the narration
- By QuantumNorth on 11-27-24
By: Rick Partlow
What listeners say about Litany of the Long Sun
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- C. Duval
- 06-11-24
Good ideas, but...
Note: my review encompasses this and the next book (really they are both pairs of books) in this series.
I thought the idea(s) behind this book were really, really interesting. But for me, the story never paid off. The dialog is recursive and tangential; with lots of exposition. And certain details of the story don't really make sense; for example, how could a society that built a generation starship devolve into such a primitive medieval state after only 300 years, despite the presence of functioning futuristic technology in its midst?
This first book pair was more solid than the second; the second book pair created a lot more questions than answers, and introduced one other twist in the epilog that was just plain weird. The whole thing just never quite came together for me, and I don't plan on reading more in this series.
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- Shannon Cole
- 04-20-24
It is a great story
It took a couple of hours to get into it.
Ride out that first couple of hours and you’ll be happy.
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- red
- 07-09-24
Discovering the (supposed) truth of the setting
Gene wolfe is the master of worldbuilding for all time. Following Silk through his ignorant yet wise escapades makes me love him more than any protagonist
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- Adam
- 05-19-22
Finally a worthy audio version of this classic
Culp's performance of the many characters is distinct and consistent, and helps keep the reader's focus tight in the middle of what eventually becomes a fairly convoluted plot.
Let's be honest though, the performance succeeds or fails on one question, and the answer to that question is: yes, he nails the voice of Oreb the talking bird. Fish heads?
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- Robert DeFrank
- 05-15-22
Worth the wait!
A long-awaited Audible version of Wolfe's classic that does the story justice. Worth listening to and listening again.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-10-23
EXCELLENT!!!
So happy to listen to this in audio format many years after reading the series.
The narrator was awesome and the story was even more engaging than I had remembered.
Thank you audible for making this available.
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- Tzoltzor
- 08-26-23
A great story, and a fantastic bird
Oreb is one of my new favorite literary creations. Jason Culp brings Oreb and the myriad other characters to vivid life. Another great tale from Mr. Wolfe
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- John
- 04-14-22
Utterly brilliant in it’s tedium
Less baroque, wordy and seemingly postmodern than New Sun but no less rife with allegory. When Wolfe is ON, my is he ON. The bizarre mashing of Levantine and Mesoamerican traditions works even better in long sun than it did in new sun, and the pacing is quite unique. Cannot wait to finish the last two books in this series nor can I wait for the release of short sun. The solar cycle may be one of the best series I have ever encountered.
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- Wicked Messenger
- 06-15-23
SPOILERS IN TITLE DESCRIPTION
The publishers description spoils major information that 5 chapters in hasn’t been revealed. One of the joys of reading Gene is figuring out his worlds from context clues alone. A joy spoiled by fools.
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- Sherry
- 09-21-24
just terrible
bad post tech steam punk. Just goes on and on with weird transitions. main character is such a loser.
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