Narration: a big turn off.
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Skipping: (4346) Surface Detail by Banks, Iain
Next Item: (4348) Dorsai Series Bk #4; Tactics of Mistake by Gordon R. Dickson
Publisher's Summary
It's obvious that Cletus Graeme - limping, mild-mannered scholarly - doesn't belong on a battle field, but instead at a desk working on his fourth book on battle strategy and tactics. But Bakhalla has more battlefields than libraries, and Graeme sees his small force of Dorsai - soldiers of fortune - as the perfect opportunity to test his theories. But if his theories or his belief in the Dorsai lead him astray, he's a dead man.
LENGTH
8 hrs and 28 mins
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Starting: (4347) Retrieval Artist Novel Bk #6; Recovery Man by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Finished: (4345) Rogue Angel #33; Cradle of Solitude (GA) by Alex Archer
Narration: excellent.
Story: great thrilling adventure searching for a lost confederate gold shipment.
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Next Item: (4347) Retrieval Artist Novel Bk #6; Recovery Man by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Publisher's Summary
On Jupiter's moon, Callisto, a mysterious Recovery Man kidnaps Rhonda Shindo after he terrorizes and then abandons her brilliant 13-year-old daughter, Talia. While authorities on Callisto search for Rhonda, her employers at the Aleyd Corporation try to gain custody of Talia. Somehow, Callisto authorities realize, she's part of the crime, even though she was left behind.
Meanwhile, Miles Flint is having a crisis of his own. In his murdered mentor's files lies a long-held secret, one that could change his life. His investigation of the secret leads him to the Aleyd Corporation, into the middle of the search for Rhonda Shindo, and to a case that threatens the entire legal system that enables the Earth Alliance to function.
Listen to more in the Retrieval Artist series.
LENGTH
9 hrs and 53 mins
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Starting: (4346) Surface Detail by Banks, Iain
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Starting: (4345) Rogue Angel #33; Cradle of Solitude (GA) by Alex Archer
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Finished: (4344) Passage Trilogy Bk #2; Twelve by Justin Cronin
Narration: excellent.
Story: part two of biological warfare experiments gone wrong and escape confinement causing a plague across North America that wipe out most of the population as it turns people into vampires. This book follows other characters as the plague runs rampage then jumping 100 years post holocaust/biological escape, following the lives and actions of the characters from book one.
Excellent story and I've added the book back into my queue to listen to again.
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Publisher's Summary
It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters. And it begins with a murder.
Lededje Y'breq is one of the Intagliated, her marked body bearing witness to a family shame, her life belonging to a man whose lust for power is without limit. Prepared to risk everything for her freedom, her release, when it comes, is at a price, and to put things right, she will need the help of the Culture.
Benevolent, enlightened and almost infinitely resourceful though it may be, the Culture can only do so much for any individual. With the assistance of one of its most powerful - and arguably deranged - warships, Lededje finds herself heading into a combat zone not even sure which side the Culture is really on. A war - brutal, far-reaching - is already raging within the digital realms that store the souls of the dead, and it's about to erupt into reality.
LENGTH
20 hrs and 28 mins
MUSIC INTERLUDE:
Album: Best Of Sawyer Brown
Album: Various Artists, Bloodshot Records Spring Cleaning Sampler
Sci-Fi Podcast: Escape Pod; Ep-359-Chasers by Scott W. Baker
Album: Various Artists, We Wish You a Merry Christmas
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Next Item: (4345) Rogue Angel #33; Cradle of Solitude (GA) by Alex Archer
Summary by Graphic Audio:
The skeletal remains of a confederate soldier, hidden deep within the Paris Catacombs. The legend of a long-lost Confederate treasure. An aged scrap of paper that reads simply, Berceau de solutude -- Cradle of Solitude.
In was sheer dumb luck, really. Archaeologist Annja Creed happened to be in Paris when the bones of the soldier were discovered. But this was no ordinary soldier -- this man was the keeper of a treasure that could have affected the outcome of the American Revolution. Somewhere, the treasure waits to be claimed.
Now Annja is unraveling a 150-year-old mystery and a trail of clues that will lead her across the ocean and deep into the heart of the Old South. But she isn't the only seeker of this treasure. Someone else wants it -- bad enough to kill anyone who stands in their way...
Approximate Run Time: 6 hours
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Starting: (4344) Passage Trilogy Bk #2; Twelve by Justin Cronin
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Skipping: (4343) Scimitar SL-2 by Patrick Robinson
Narration: good.
Story: just not keeping my interest, in fact I've decided to remove all the books by this author from my queue.
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Sunday, February 24, 2013
Starting: (4343) Scimitar SL-2 by Patrick Robinson
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Next Item: (4344) Passage Trilogy Bk #2; Twelve by Justin Cronin
Publisher's Summary
The end of the world was only the beginning.
In his internationally best-selling and critically acclaimed novel The Passage, Justin Cronin constructed an unforgettable world transformed by a government experiment gone horribly wrong. Now the scope widens and the intensity deepens as the epic story surges forward with...
The Twelve
In the present day, as the man-made apocalypse unfolds, three strangers navigate the chaos. Lila, a doctor and an expectant mother, is so shattered by the spread of violence and infection that she continues to plan for her child’s arrival even as society dissolves around her. Kittridge, known to the world as "Last Stand in Denver", has been forced to flee his stronghold and is now on the road, dodging the infected, armed but alone and well aware that a tank of gas will get him only so far. April is a teenager fighting to guide her little brother safely through a landscape of death and ruin. These three will learn that they have not been fully abandoned - and that in connection lies hope, even on the darkest of nights.
One hundred years in the future, Amy and the others fight on for humankind’s salvation...unaware that the rules have changed. The enemy has evolved, and a dark new order has arisen with a vision of the future infinitely more horrifying than man’s extinction. If the Twelve are to fall, one of those united to vanquish them will have to pay the ultimate price.
A heart-stopping thriller rendered with masterful literary skill, The Twelve is a grand and gripping tale of sacrifice and survival.
LENGTH
26 hrs and 26 mins
MUSIC INTERLUDE #1:
Album: Caribbean Steel Drum Ensem..., Steel Drum Favorites
Album: Carpenters Essential Collection (65-97) Disc 1
Fiction Podcast; Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine; Ep-05-Spiritual Tripping by Joshua Scribner
Music Podcast: Le Jazz Affair Show #615 (08-26-12) with Sal Calfa
MUSIC INTERLUDE #2:
Album: Electric Light Orchestra, Afterglow Disc 2
Album: Trace Adkins, Greatest Hits Vol 2
Music Podcast; Le Jazz Affair Show #041 (04-19-2006) with Sal Calfa
Music Podcast: Smooth Jazz Affair Show #182 (01-25-2013) with Sal Calfa
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Finished: (4342) Hammer's Slammers; Sharp End by David Drake
Narration: excellent.
Story: thrilling story of mercenaries on other planets.
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Next Item: (4343) Scimitar SL-2 by Patrick Robinson
Publisher's Summary
Amid the Canary Islands lies the massive crater of the volcano Cumbre Vieja. Scientists theorize that one day the volcano will erupt, triggering a series of events that would lead to a tsunami wave higher than any in recorded history. This mega-tsunami, with waves of more than 150 feet in height, would ravage Europe, Africa, and ultimately the East Coast of the United States, causing immeasurable loss of life and destruction.
It is discovered that Ravi Rashood, America's nemesis, the former SAS officer who is now the head of Hamas, has hatched a diabolical plot against the West: to fire a nuclear-headed guided cruise missile, Scimitar SL-2, named for the curved sword of the Muslim warrior Saladin, into Cumbre Vieja.
United States Admiral Arnold Morgan, the retired National Security Adviser, knows something worse is to come after Rashood explodes Mount St. Helens. But stopping him won't be easy.
As the terrorists' deadline approaches, Morgan and his team must consider the unthinkable and assume the daunting task of organizing the mass relocation of major population centers along the East Coast to safer ground.
Morgan finds himself battling his greatest enemy yet, racing against time to locate Rashood, the silent, underwater marauder, and stop him before the unimaginable occurs.
MUSIC INTERLUDE:
Album: All Over The World, Very Best Of ELO
Music Podcast: Le Jazz Affair Show #580 (12-25-2011) with Sal Calfa
Album: Simon & Garfunkel Greatest Hits
Album: Various Artists, Time-Life Treasury of Christmas Disc 1
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Starting: (4342) Hammer's Slammers; Sharp End by David Drake
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Finished: (4341) Honor Harrington Bk #10; War of Honor by David Weber
Narration: excellent.
Story: not much combat action on this book. This one was mostly about the politics of the two governments.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Next Item: (4342) Hammer's Slammers; Sharp End by David Drake
Publisher's Summary
Gangs ruled Cantilucca. Guns were the only law, and there was no lack of guns. It was hard to imagine matters getting worse. Until the survey team arrived.... Major Matthew Coke was not a squeamish man, but the state of affairs on Cantilucca turned his stomach. He was only human after all. Where some of the rest of his team were concerned, it was difficult to be sure: five professional mercenaries who'd learned the hard way that in the end they could defeat anything - except their own consciences.
LENGTH
11 hrs and 4 mins
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Next Item: (4341) Honor Harrington Bk #10; War of Honor by David Weber
Publisher's Summary
No one wanted another war.
Thomas Theisman didn't. Not after risking his life to overthrow the Committee of Public Safety's reign of terror and restore the Republic of Haven's ancient Constitution.
Baron High Ridge didn't. The Prime Minister of Manticore was perfectly happy with the war he had. No one was shooting anyone else at the moment, and his government could continue to milk all those "hostilities only" tax measures for their own partisan projects.
His Imperial Majesty Gustav didn't. Now that the fighting between the Star Kingdom and the Havenites had ended, the Andermani Emperor had his own plans for Silesia.
Protector Benjamin didn't. His people had made too deep a commitment to the Manticoran Alliance to risk seeing it all thrown away.
And Honor Harrington certainly didn't. The Salamander knew too much about how much war cost.
Unfortunately, what they wanted didn't matter....
A Note from Author David Weber
There's been some confusion—not to say, um, energetic debate, readers and fans being readers and fans—about the correct pronunciation of "Manticoran." The truth, alas, is that a stitch was dropped. An error occurred. A mistake was made… and it wasn't Audible's fault. It was mine. Before Audible recorded the very first Honor Harrington book, narrator Allyson Johnson and I not only corresponded by e-mail but actually spoke to one another by phone. She wanted to make absolutely certain she had the correct pronunciations for names, places, star nations, etc., and I tried to make certain all of her questions were answered. And so they were. Unfortunately, at some point in the process, I replied to one of her e-mails by telling her that "Man-ti-core-ahn" was pronounced "Man-tik-er-ahn." Exactly how this happened is more than I can say at this point, except to blushingly disclose that the original e-mail remains intact, confirming to all the world that it was, indeed, my fault. I can ascribe it only to a temporary mental hiccup on my part and crave your forgiveness. If, however, you must blame someone for the mix-up, that someone should be me and not Audible, who have done everything they could to get it right.
LENGTH
36 hrs and 4 mins
MUSIC INTERLUDE #1:
Music Podcast: Le Jazz Affair Show #044 (04-30-2006) with Sal Cailf
Album: Alan Jackson, Let It Be Christmas
Album: Various Artists, Sweet Home Alabama - The Country Music Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd
MUSIC INTERLUDE #2:
Album: 101 Strings Orchestra, A Salute to America Disc 2
Album: Bob James & Hilary James, Christmas Eyes
Album: Fourplay, Let's Touch the Sky
Music Podcast: Smooth Jazz Affair Show #178 (12-28-2012) with Sal Calfa
MUSIC INTERLUDE #3:
Album: Various Artists, Bloodshot Indie-Pendence Sampler
Album: Martina McBride White Christmas
Music Podcast; Smooth Jazz Affair Show #180 (01-11-2013) with Sal Calfa
Album: Hank Williams III, Straight to Hell Disc 1
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