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Sunday, July 31, 2011
Starting: (3618) Spatterjay Series Bk #1; The Skinner by Neal Asher
Next Item: (3619) Demon Wars Saga Bk #5; Ascendance (Pt 2 of 2) by R. A. Salvatore
Summary by Graphic Audio:
Years have passed since the great miracle atop Mount Aida—a miracle known as the Covenant of Avelyn. Corona is a different place. Avelyn is about to be elevated to sainthood by the very church that once proclaimed him a heretic. And King Danube has asked Jilseponie Wyndon—the outlaw hero of the Demon War—to become his queen.
Jilseponie can never love any man as completely as she did the Ranger Elbryan, the father of the child she lost. But she cannot deny that she has feelings for the wise and kindly king.
Yet danger looms. For the child that she lost never died—as she believes—but was stolen away by the queen of the elves. Raised in secret by the queen, he has grown to be a headstrong boy who shows every promise of being as skilled in the arts of combat as his father before him, and as powerful with the gemstone magic as his mother.
They call him Aydrian.
Aydrian: a boy raised to be a weapon. A boy on a collision course with destiny. (Part 2 of 2)
Approximate Run Time: 6 hours
Next Item: (3618) Spatterjay Series Bk #1; The Skinner by Neal Asher
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Skipping: (3617) Undertow by Elizabeth Bear
Narration stinks and is a big turn off. The developing story doesn't seem that great either.
Finished: (3616) Skolian Empire Bk #03; Catch the Lightning by Catherine Asaro
Excellent book even though the book seemed to be a love story with a space adventire/time travel/other dimension background. The story was wrapped around a space warrior been thrown off course ended up 300 years in the past and a different universe/dimension and falls in love with a girl. The rest of the story are the problems/difficulties he must over come to marry and return home with the girl.
Starting: (3617) Undertow by Elizabeth Bear
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Next Item: (3618) Spatterjay Series Bk #1; The Skinner by Neal Asher
Publisher's Summary
To the remote planet Spatterjay come three travellers with very different missions. Janer is directed there by the hornet Hive-mind; Erlin comes to find the sea captain who can teach her to live; and Keech - dead for 700 years - has unfinished business with a notorious criminal.
Spatterjay is a watery world where the human population inhabits the safety of the Dome and only the quasi-immortal hoopers are safe outside amidst a fearful range of voracious life-forms. Somewhere out there is Spatterjay Hoop himself, and monitor Keech cannot rest until he can bring this legendary renegade to justice for atrocious crimes committed centuries ago during the Prador Wars.
Keech does not realise that Hoop's body is running free on an island wilderness, while his living head is confined in a box on an Old Captain's ships. Nor does he know that the most brutal Prador of all is about to pay a visit, intent on wiping out all evidence of his wartime atrocities. Which means major hell is about to erupt in this chaotic waterscape.
Approx Running Time: 16 hrs and 2 mins Plus Music Interlude.
MUSIC INTERLUDE:
Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers 16 Biggest Hits
Le Jazz Affair Show #380 (07-19-09) hosted by Sal Calfa
The Carpenters Yesterday Once More-Greatest Hits
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Next Item: (3617) Undertow by Elizabeth Bear
Publisher's Summary
Elizabeth Bear is a rising name in science fiction. In Undertow, André Deschênes wants to escape his life as a hired assassin. He hopes to learn the art of conjuring, manipulating the odds of people's lives. But a revolution is brewing in the city of Novo Haven, where an alien race is finally gaining ground, demanding they be treated as citizens. And before André moves on, he has a contract to fulfill.
Approx RunningTime: 11 hrs and 13 mins
Starting: (3616) Skolian Empire Bk #03; Catch the Lightning by Catherine Asaro
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Finished: (3615) Dorsai Series Bk #1; Dorsai! by Gordon R. Dickson
Good book and I think I'll get more of the series. Good space and planetary war action.
Next Item: (3616) Skolian Empire Bk #03; Catch the Lightning by Catherine Asaro
Publisher's Summary
A young girl from Earth falls in love with a handsome stranger, and becomes a pawn in an interstellar war.
In the distant future, the Skolian Empire rules one third of the human galaxy, and is the most powerful of all. For the ruling family has the power of telepathy, and through it, the ability to communicate faster than light, across interstellar space. But their most determined enemy, the traders, who thrive on human pain, need to interbreed with a Skolian to gain their powers. And now they have her.
The best way to listen to this series:
Primary Inversion (Unabridged)
The Radiant Seas (Unabridged)
The Last Hawk (Unabridged)
Ascendant Sun (Unabridged)
The Quantum Rose (Unabridged)
Catch the Lightning (Unabridged)
Approx Running Time: 11 hrs and 25 mins
Starting: (3615) Dorsai Series Bk #1; Dorsai! by Gordon R. Dickson
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Skipping: (3614) Entire & the Rose Bk 2; A World Too Near by Kay Kenyon
This book other than the music interlude was primarily background noise for my busy Friday. When the book started and I paid attention, it didn't seem that interesting. So I let it play through phone calls and meetings when I would have normally stopped. Well this morning, I can pay attention to the book and decided to move on without finishing the book.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Next Item: (3615) Dorsai Series Bk #1; Dorsai! by Gordon R. Dickson
Publisher's Summary
Throughout the Fourteen Worlds of humanity, no race is as feared and respected as the Dorsai. The ultimate warriors, they are known for their deadly rages, unbreakable honor, and fierce independence. No man rules the Dorsai, but their mastery of the art of war has made them the most valuable mercenaries in the known universe. Donal Graeme is Dorsai, taller and harder than any ordinary man. But he is different as well, with talents that maze even his fellow Dorsai. And once he ventures out into the stars, the future will never be the same....
Approx Running Time: 6 hrs and 40 mins
Starting: (3614) Entire & the Rose Bk 2; A World Too Near by Kay Kenyon
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Skipping: (3613) Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
Narration is a big turn off. Just the way its beeping done turned me off.
I just skipped the book parts and listened to both music interlude. The first music interlude was great, but I skipped some of the tracks on the Surgarland and American Pie albums.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Next Item: (3614) Entire & the Rose Bk 2; A World Too Near by Kay Kenyon
Publisher's Summary
In Bright of the Sky, Kay Kenyon introduced a milieu unique in science fiction and fantasy: The Entire, a five-armed radial universe that exists in a dimension without stars and planets and is parallel to our own universe. Stretched over The Entire is a lid of plasma, called the "bright", which ebbs and flows, bringing day and twilight. Under the vast canopy of the bright live many galactic species, copied from our own universe.
Former star pilot Titus Quinn loves The Entire, but now he must risk annihilating it by destroying the fortress of Ahnenhoon. To sustain a faltering Entire, Ahnenhoon's great engine will soon reach through the brane separating the universes and consume our own universe in a concentrated ball of fire.
Quinn sets off on a journey across The Entire armed with the nan, a small ankle bracelet containing nanoscale military technology that can reduce Ahnenhoon and its deadly engine to chaos. He must pursue his mission even though his wife is held prisoner in Ahnenhoon and his own daughter has sent the assassin MoTi to hunt him down.
As Quinn wrestles with looming disaster and approaches the fabled concentric rings of Ahnenhoon's defenses, he learns that in the Entire, nothing is what it appears. Its denizens are all harboring secrets, and the greatest of these is the nature of the Entire itself.
Approx Running Time: 15 hrs and 28 mins Plus Music Interlude.
MUSIC INTERLUDE:
Various Artists, Hits Of The 80s Disc 1
Le Jazz Affair Show #379 (07-15-09) hosted by Sal Calfa
Kenny Rogers What About Me
Starting: (3613) Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
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Finished: (3612) Deathlands #37; Demons of Eden by James Axler
Great book and this time there was a different plot to the story
Next Item: (3613) Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
By Michael (Mesa, AZ, United States) Jan 15, 2010
I like the style of the way this fellow writes, and he creates very interesting and engaging characters. The plot line seemed to hold a lot of potential. But, as the protagonist slips into having more and more dreams, it reminded me of Hamilton's Dreaming Void and Temporal Void novels. Feels like an easy out for the author, although I will say Reynolds' dreams at least expand the story and seem to make some sense. Both authors seemed to rely on characters having unbelievable powers to the point of being ludicrous (and another easy way out of needing more rational explanations). And, what the protagonist and almost everyone else does to the aliens in the "6th ship" behind the convoy is just downright inhuman. Of course, how those aliens ever managed to build anything given their physiology strains credulity. In the end, I felt more sympathy / empathy for the aliens and Methusala (an old fish) than I did for any of these distinctly unlikeable characters. I can't recommend this one, but I appreciated they way Reynolds and the narrator told the story, flawed though it may be. And so, I know I'll listen to another Reynolds yarn.
Approx Running Time: 23 hrs and 8 mins
MUSIC INTERLUDE #1:
Various Artists; Best Of Disco Disc 3
Le Jazz Affair Show #377 (07-08-09) hosted by Sal Calfa
The Beach Boys Pet Sounds 40th Anniv
MUSIC INTERLUDE #2:
Don McLean American Pie
Le Jazz Affair Show #378 (07-12-09) hosted by Sal Calfa
Sugarland Love on the Inside
Starting: (3612) Deathlands #37; Demons of Eden by James Axler
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Finished : (3611) Honor Harrington Adventure Bk #11; At All Costs by David Weber
Excellent book. Honor once again save the day, but not before thousands are killed.
I also enjoyed the music interlude sections.
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Sunday, July 24, 2011
Next Item: (3612) Deathlands #37; Demons of Eden by James Axler
Summary by Graphic Audio:
The legacy of the twentieth century was the world-wasting nuclear firestorm that destroyed a way of life forever. Civilization is in ruins, its pitiful remnants perverted by brute force, and mankind is less at home on the planet than ever before. Yet in the desolation that is the Deathlands, an intrepid group of wayfarers continues the determined fight for survival and a better future.
Leaving a western ville besieged by desert pirates in search of the legendary cities of the Spanish conquistadors, Ryan Cawdor and his warrior survivalists enter a hidden valley untouched by civilization. Here the descendants of the First People are at one with Nature, following their sacred and mystical traditions. But deep in the valley is an awesome force, a power that can freely heal...or wantonly destroy.
Approximate Run Time: 6 hours
Starting: (3611) Honor Harrington Adventure Bk #11; At All Costs by David Weber
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Finished/comments: (3610) OTR, Podcasts & Music by Various Performers
Album: Crystal Gayle - Super Hits
COMMENTS: good album. I haven't listened to any of Crystals albums in some time.
Sci-fi Podcast: Escape Pod; Ep-215-Mr. Penumbra's Twenty-Four-Hour Book Store by Robin Sloan
COMMENTS: didn't find the story that interesting and skipped.
Album: Don Grusin & Bill Sharpe Geography
COMMENTS: great album. First time I listened to this one.
Old Time Radio Show: Ghost, Ep540927-Ghost of Ireland Bet
COMMENTS: not very interesting so I skipped. Audio quality fair.
Old Time Radio Show: Jekyl Hyde; Ep12-Dr Jekyl & Mr Hyde 1954-09-13
COMMENTS: volume to low to listen to while driving, skipped.
Music Podcast: Le Jazz Affair Show #335 (02-11-09) hosted by Sal Calfa
COMMENTS: good music in this show and we listened to the,entire show.
Music Podcast: Le Jazz Affair Show #500 (09-12-10) Host by Sal Calfa
COMMENTS: good music in this show and we listened to the,entire show.
Music Podcast: Smooth Jazz Affair Smooth #15 (11-13-09) hosted by Sal Calfa
COMMENTS: good music in this show and we listened to the,entire show.
Podcast: Whitley Striebers Dreamland; Show 01-08-2011
COMMENTS: show not interesting, skipped.
Next Item: (3611) Honor Harrington Adventure Bk #11; At All Costs by David Weber
Publisher's Summary
What price victory? The war with the Republic of Haven has resumed . . . disastrously for the Star Kingdom of Manticore. Admiral Lady Dame Honor Harrington, Steadholder and Duchess Harrington, the single victorious Allied commander of the opening phase of the new war, has been recalled from the Sidemore System to command Eighth Fleet. Everyone knows Eighth Fleet is the Alliance's primary offensive command, which makes it the natural assignment for the woman the media calls "the Salamander." But what most of the public DOESN'T know is that not only are the Star Kingdom and its Allies badly outnumbered by the Republic's new fleet, but that the odds are going to get steadily worse.
Eighth Fleet's job is to somehow prevent those odds from crushing the Alliance before the Star Kingdom can regain its strategic balance. It's a job which won't be done cheaply. Honor Harrington must meet her formidable responsibilities with inferior forces even as she copes with tumultuous changes in her personal and public life. The alternative to victory is total defeat, yet this time the COST of victory will be agonizingly high.
Approx Running Time: 32 hrs and 8 mins Plus Music Interlude.
MUSIC INTERLUDE #1:
Absolutely The Best Of The Archies
Various Artists; Best Of Disco Disc 1
Le Jazz Affair Show #375 (07-01-09) hosted by Sal Calfa
MUSIC INTERLUDE #2:
Various Artists; Best Of Disco Disc 2
Le Jazz Affair Show #376 (07-05-09) hosted by Sal Calfa
The Best Of Debby Boone
Starting: (3610) OTR, Podcasts & Music by Various Performers
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Skipping/comments: (3609) Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword of Avalon by Diana L. Paxson
Story started out sounding interesting with King Authors death and returning the sword to the lady of the lake, then fizzled out.
I did listen to the music interlude section, and I always love the Eagles. The other selections were great also.
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Next Item: (3610) OTR, Podcasts & Music by Various Performers
Summary:
Album: Crystal Gayle - Super Hits
Sci-fi Podcast: Escape Pod; Ep-215-Mr. Penumbra's Twenty-Four-Hour Book Store by Robin Sloan
Album: Don Grusin & Bill Sharpe Geography
Old Time Radio Show: Ghost, Ep540927-Ghost of Ireland Bet
Old Time Radio Show: Jekyl Hyde; Ep12-Dr Jekyl & Mr Hyde 1954-09-13
Music Podcast: Le Jazz Affair Show #335 (02-11-09) hosted by Sal Calfa
Music Podcast: Le Jazz Affair Show #500 (09-12-10) Host by Sal Calfa
Music Podcast: Smooth Jazz Affair Smooth #15 (11-13-09) hosted by Sal Calfa
Podcast: Whitley Striebers Dreamland; Show 01-08-2011
Starting: (3609) Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword of Avalon by Diana L. Paxson
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Finished/comments: (3608) Serrano Legacy Bk #3; Winning Colors (Pt 1) by Elizabeth Moon
Excellent book even for the third time listening. The family's young are sent on a mission to find out about the rejuvination drugs. Harris takes Cicilla to the frontier to look at reading stock. As usual unexpected events developed.
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Saturday, July 23, 2011
Next Item: (3609) Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword of Avalon by Diana L. Paxson
Publisher's Summary
Epic in its sweep and peopled by the remarkable women who have always inhabited Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword of Avalon expands the legendary saga that has enchanted millions of readers over the years and is sure to please Bradley's loyal readership and anyone who loves wonderfully told stories of history, myth, and fantasy. A boy raised in secret after traitors kill his parents will return to Avalon---and when he does, he'll be faced with a formidable task: to prove his worth as a son of the kings and priestesses of his land and lead his followers to victory, wielding the newly forged sword Excalibur.
Approx Running Time: 17 hrs and 22 mins Plus Music Interlude.
MUSIC INTERLUDE:
Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975
Bob James Heads
Le Jazz Affair Show #404 (10-11-09) hosted by Sal Calfa
Starting: (3608) Serrano Legacy Bk #3; Winning Colors (Pt 1) by Elizabeth Moon
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Finished/comments: (3607) Halo Bk #5; First Strike by Eric Nylund
Great book, even for the third time listening to the book. This book follows the,adventures of John, Spartan 118 from his escaping the Flood to trying to stop an attack on earth.
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