Summary:
Sci-Fi Podcast: Escape Pod; Ep-263-Fuel by Matthew Rotundo
Old Time Radio show: Frankenstein
Old Time Radio Show: Giants; Ep550-the Giant of Thermopylae (540503)
Music Podcast: Le Jazz Affair Show #495 (08-25-10) hosted by Sal Calfa
Single track: In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins
Music Podcast: Smooth Jazz Affair Show #10 (10-09-09) hosted by Sal Calfa
Album: Cher Bang Bang-the Early Years
Album: Air Supply = the One That You Love
Podcast: Whitley Striebers Dreamland show 04/01/11
Great book. This is one of my favorite series and I've already added the series back in my queue.
Daniel get promoted again this time to captain. In teaming up as usual wins several battles and kicks the alliance out of another solar system.
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Amazon.com Review:
Joe Haldeman plays tag in The Coming, as the narrative is passed from character to character in a seamless, if ultimately disappointing, tale set in 2054. Haldeman, whose honors include the Hugo, Nebula, and John W. Campbell awards, puts Gainesville, Florida, and 20 or so characters under the microscope to study a chain of events in the wake of a local astronomy professor receiving a mysterious message that may be from aliens.
Professor Aurora Bell receives a message from space that simply states, "We're coming." The message appears to be alien, and according to Professor Bell's calculations, the vessel that sent it is headed toward Earth and will arrive in three months. As the local population and the rest of the world begin to examine what a visitation from a superior alien force might mean, speculation looms about whether or not the message is a hoax. The arrival approaches, and Professor Bell and those around her become embroiled in the media circus. The politics and intrigue of the situation take on a life of their own.
Haldeman paints a vivid picture in The Coming of a world on the brink of another world war, where homosexuality is illegal, technology is advanced, and yet, humans really haven't changed that much. The tension in Florida is a microcosm that reflects the larger picture of Earth in trouble. But The Coming doesn't really get interesting until the final third of the book, and even then the ending is disappointing. Every few pages the story moves on to a different character, so most of the them are a bit flat. Haldeman has focused the story so tightly on one city that all the important events take place off stage and the characters have little to do but react.
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Daniel Leary is Cinnabar's most successful space captain; his friend, Lady Adele Mundy, is its most efficient spy - but they've got their hands full as they face:
A Cinnabar Senator furious at losing an election - and still powerful enough to make her anger deadly
The boy ruler of a star cluster who thinks he's a god - and who can sign the death warrants of even Cinnabar officials if a mad whimsy tells him to
A world of slaves and escaped slaves, where the most savage beasts in the jungle used to be human
An enemy base that could shrug off attack by powerful battlefleets - but which must fall to a single cruiser if Cinnabar is to survive
From palace to reeking jungle, from gunfights in grimy hangars, to the flagship's bridge during a sprawling space battle, Leary and Mundy are in the thick of it again. Watch the galaxy explode In the Stormy Red Sky.
Approx Running Time: 14 hrs and 29 mins
I've listened to this book before and decided not to listen to it again. I rather listen to one of my favorite series.
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The Mirror Universe is a dark and twisted reflection of our own, where humans and Vulcans live as slaves to a brutal alliance of Klingons and Cardassians - an alliance long believed to be the creation of one man, the feared and hated Emperor Tiberius, the Mirror Universe counterpart of James T. Kirk. But just as Kirk survived his own age to live in the era of a new generation of heroes, so Tiberius now returns to fulfill his mad dreams of total domination - not just of his universe, but of Kirk's as well.
From the nightmarish landscape of the Mirror Universe Earth to the joys of impending parenthood and marriage to the woman he loves, the imcomparable Teilani of Chal, Kirk is propelled into his most personal and dangerous mission yet as he fights to uncover the secret of Tiberius' return, and learn the terrible truth behind the madman's real plans for the Federation.
Approx Running time; 3 hrs
story fizzled out and narrator isn't that great. Book is a collection of short stories, the first story has an Old Time Radio version.
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Second time for this book and I decided not to finish it.
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"To serve and obey and guard men from harm."
On the far planet Wing IV, a brilliant scientist creates the humanoids, sleek black androids programmed to serve humanity.
But are they perfect servants, or perfect masters?
Slowly, the humanoids spread throughout the galaxy, threatening to stifle all human endeavor. Only a hidden group of rebels can stem the humanoid tide....if it's not already too late.
First published in Astounding Science Fiction during the magazine's heyday, The Humanoids, has endured for fifty years as a classic on the theme of natural versus artificial life.
Approx Running Time: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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Great book and introduction to the Retrieval Artist series. I've already listened to inexorably the other books in the series.
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Summary by Graphic Audio:
Premier Vassily, supreme leader of a Soviet dominated world, lays dying, the result of a conspiracy plot lead by Colonel Killov, head of the U.S.S.A. KGB, who sees himself as the next in line to rule the Empire. But Killov has his enemies. General Zhabnov, head of the United Socialist States of America, has his own eyes on the premiership. But first, Zhabnov must take care of the continuing freefighter rebel problem within his borders. And his answer is ingenious. He will brainwash and mind control tens of thousands of his American slave laborers and turn them into soldiers. Soldiers he will use to hunt down and destroy the rebels and their leader—Ted Rockson, the Doomsday Warrior.
Approximate Run Time: 5 hours
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The short novel that started the entire Retrieval Artist series, The Retrieval Artist introduced Miles Flint to the world. Hugo-nominated, chosen as one of the best stories of the year, The Retrieval Artist created an entire universe, and Flint himself became what IO9 calls “one of the top ten science fiction detectives ever.”
Part CSI, part Blade Runner, and part hard-boiled gumshoe, the retrieval artist of the series title, one Miles Flint, would be as at home on a foggy San Francisco street in the 1940s as he is in the domed lunar colony of Armstrong City.
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Approx. Running time: 2 hours
Excellent book and conclusion of the war. This is the second tome I've listened to this book.
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Publisher's Summary:
The Lost Fleet: Relentless found its way onto the New York Times best-seller list...Now Victorious leads the charge again - and "Black Jack" Geary is in command....
As war continues to rage between the Alliance and Syndicate Worlds, Captain "Black Jack" Geary is promoted to admiral - even though the ruling council fears he may stage a military coup. His new rank gives him the authority to negotiate with the Syndics, who have suffered tremendous losses and may finally be willing to end the war. But an even greater alien threat lurks on the far side of the Syndic occupied space.
Approx Running Time: 11 hrs and 17 mins
Summary by Podiobooks:
Shepherd Autrey is a Quaker, a physician, and a man deeply disturbed by the madness around him as the War Between the tates bears down on his America in 1863. Dared by a friend to take an active role, Shep volunteers to provide humanitarian aid to the victims of Sherman’s scorched earth campaign in the Shenandoah Valley. There he runs foul of a Confederate recruiting drive and fi nds himself hanged by the neck from a tree. Awakening in a strange land which can’t possibly be earth, Shep is plunged into battle and saves the life of an alien warrior prince. Hailed by bloodthirsty killers as the bravest man alive, Shep combats his conscience, his fl agging faith, and an ever-growing number of people who want him dead.
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Book not attacking my interest.
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Sci-Fi Podcast: Escape Pod; Ep-262-Cruciger by Erin Cashier
COMMENT: I listened to most of the story before skipping to the next track in my play list. Therefore story was so-so.
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Old Time Radio Show; Exploring Tomorrow; Over Population 19xx.xx.xx staring Various Actors & Actresses
COMMENTS: audio quality fair. Story ok.
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Old Time Radio Show: Ghost; Ep25-Ghost Ship (450424) starring Unknown
COMMENTS: recording volume to low to hear/listen to in the car. Skipped.
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Music Podcast: Le Jazz Affair Show #494 (08-22-10) hosted by Sal Calfa
COMMENTS: good music in this show.
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Album: Neil Diamond Greatest Hits 1966 - 1992 Disc 2
COMMENTS: an ok album. Nothing especially great or super about it.
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Music Podcast: Smooth Jazz Affair Show #09 (10-02-09) hosted by Sal Calfa
COMMENTS: good music in this show. I listened to all of it.
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Album: The Best of Red Sovine
COMMENTS: good classic country/truckers songs.
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Podcast: Whitley Striebers Dreamland; Show 12/18/2010
COMMENTS: show started out interesting, but dried out after the first commercial break.
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Publisher's Summary:
"I was born a slave, as was my father before me, but I shall die a free man." Thus begins the poignant story of Samuel Washburn, born a slave in 1850. A young master's cruelty leads to an unforeseen confrontation, which results in Sam and his cousin fleeing the plantation for their lives. They run north to freedom, only to return the South to fight for the greater cause in the Civil War. While still a boy, Sam becomes a regimental drummer with a "colored regiment" and sees action in the Wilderness campaign at Fredericksburg and Petersburg, and in the bloody Battle of the Crater in July 1864.
Sam's voice offers a unique and insightful perspective on the carnage of the War Between the States and the toll it took on both young and old, black and white.
Approx. Running Time: 6 hrs and 13 mins
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Good book even for the third time listening to it, but I think a third time is enough for a while.
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Good book. An enjoyable addition to the series.
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Summary by Graphic Audio:
Heris Serrano—formerly a commander in the Regular Space Service—must take whatever job she can get after her resignation under a cloud. What she can get is the captaincy of a rich old lady's space yacht...a rich old horsewoman, who has little liking for the military, and whose spoiled nephew Ronnie (and his equally spoiled friends) have been foisted on her after his folly embarrassed the family. Lady Cecelia's only apparent interest is horses—she intends to go fox hunting on the private pleasure planet of a friend of hers, Lord Thornbuckle. But events conspire to make it far more than a fox hunt. (Part 1 of 2)
"The lively dialogue between these two strong female characters is particularly well done." - Audiofile Magazine
Approximate Run Time: 6 hours
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Good book even for the third time listening to it. Highly recommend if you're into the Halo games etc.
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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.
Approximate Run Time: 8 hours
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Great book. Suspenseful, thrilling and earth kicks the aliens butt. I've already put the book back in my queue to listen to again.
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Publisher's Summary:
Continuing the saga of the award-winning Xbox game....This is how it began.
It is the year 2524. Harvest is a peaceful, prosperous farming colony on the very edge of human-controlled space. But we have trespassed on holy ground, strayed into the path of an aggressive alien empire known as the Covenant. What begins as a chance encounter between an alien privateer and a human freighter catapults mankind into a struggle for its very existence.
But humanity is also locked in a bitter civil war known as the Insurrection. So the survival of Harvest's citizens falls to a squad of battle-weary UNSC Marines and their inexperienced colonial militia trainees. In this unlikely group of heroes, one stands above the rest: a young Marine staff sergeant named Avery Johnson.
Approx Running Time: 11 hrs and 56 mins
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The continuing battle against the hoard. This time they have to retreat from the hoard and build up more arms for combat. The book ends with a skipper killing the leader of the hoard. Over all a good book.
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Publisher's Summary:
Of all the hosts of Eurotas, the Troias were the most fell. For they were born of Winter.
Between the Solar Array Pumped Laser and Troy, the two-trillion-ton nickel-iron battlestation created by eccentric billionaire Tyler Vernon, Earth has managed to recapture the Sol system from their Horvath conquerors and has begun entering the galactic millieu. But when the Rangora Empire rapidly crushes humanity's only ally, it becomes clear the war is just beginning.
At the heart of nickel, iron, and starlight are the people, Marines, Navy, and civilians who make Troy a living, breathing, engine of war. Survivors of apocalypse, they know the cost of failure. If this Troy falls, no one will be left to write the epic.
Citadel continues the saga begun in Live Free or Die, following the paths of several characters during the first years of The Spiral Arm Wars, culminating in the First Battle of E Eridani.
Approx. Running Time: 15 hrs and 9 mins Plus Music Interlude.
MUSIC INTERLUDE:
Alan Parsons Project Eye in the Sky
Carpenters Yesterday Once More-Greatest Hits 1969-1983 Disc 2
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Ryan and friends are captured by an old enemy amnd must battle "stickies" a mutant human race. Good with a slight change in story.
Publisher's Summary:
Stranded on a distant world ruled by alien creatures, Union Colonel Andrew Keane and his regiment must rely on a brute force when a human traitor among them gives the aliens the secret to air power.
Approx. running time: 15 hrs and 15 mins
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