Stefanie Fraser
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The Andromeda Strain
- Auteur(s): Michael Crichton
- Narrateur(s): David Morse
- Durée: 8 h et 15 min
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Au global4 out of 5 stars 202
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 185
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Histoire4 out of 5 stars 184
The United States government is given a warning by the preeminent biophysicists in the country: current sterilization procedures applied to returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Realistic and poignant science fiction story
- Écrit par Andrew Korsovetski le 2018-11-07
- The Andromeda Strain
- Auteur(s): Michael Crichton
- Narrateur(s): David Morse
Meh. (Reserving the rights to change my mind).
Évalué le: 2020-08-17
I’ve been on a Michael Crichton kick recently - and had super high hopes for this one, given how Jurassic Park is in my top 10 fave books of all time AND it’s currently a global pandemic. (Another book in my top 10 is The Stand...and I’m very well versed in the apocalyptic/pandemic genre). The Andromeda Strain did not measure up to my expectations. Not enough “scare” or stress. Not enough paranoia, or social implications of the discovery of an alien “virus”...if that’s what it was. What would the military be planning - or doing - if contact is the case? How would the media be suppressed or the story leak out after a town is (to quote Stephen King) “cancelled” to control an outbreak? What HAPPENS with the alien cells once the mechanisms are discovered? What about the families of the scientists who up and go? Do they care their spouses are gone with a phone call? Do the scientists care? These questions are not answered in this book. This book was like being a fly on the wall where a handful of scientists, who lack any charisma or wit or camaraderie run a bunch of experiments and discover...something. What comes out of it, I didn’t really care by the end. I’m not returning this book - because I wonder if the Andromeda Evolution answers some of my questions...and it was an okay read. Just don’t expect Jurassic Park. (And - read Jurassic Park. It’s stellar.).
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Wanderers
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Chuck Wendig
- Narrateur(s): Dominic Hoffman, Xe Sands
- Durée: 32 h et 22 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Histoire4 out of 5 stars 104
Shana wakes up one morning to discover her little sister in the grip of a strange malady. She appears to be sleepwalking. She cannot talk and cannot be woken up. And she is heading with inexorable determination to a destination that only she knows. But Shana and her sister are not alone. Soon, they are joined by a flock of sleepwalkers from across America, on the same mysterious journey. And like Shana, there are other "shepherds" who follow the flock to protect their friends and family on the long dark road ahead.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Read .. Listen.
- Écrit par Eric le 2019-07-23
- Wanderers
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Chuck Wendig
- Narrateur(s): Dominic Hoffman, Xe Sands
Solid Apocalyptica
Évalué le: 2019-11-15
Good story - good characters, and they weren’t too archetypal, which was nice :). I wanted more grit, though - more collapse of society, more terror and panic. There were some chilling bits - don’t get me wrong, I devoured this book in 2 weeks time (and it was chunky!). My husband misses me lol.
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The Stranger Beside Me
- The Shocking True Story of Serial Killer Ted Bundy
- Auteur(s): Ann Rule
- Narrateur(s): Lorelei King
- Durée: 18 h et 29 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 166
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 146
Ann Rule was working on the biggest story of her career, tracking the trail of victims left by a brutal serial killer. Little did this future best-selling author know that the savage slayer she was hunting was the young man she counted among her closest friends. Everyone's picture of a natural winner, Ted Bundy was a bright, charming, and handsome man with a promising future as an attorney. But on January 24, 1989 Bundy was executed for the murders of three young women - and had confessed to taking the lives of at least thirty-five more women from coast to coast.
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5 out of 5 stars
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There is an Audio problem in Chapter 54
- Écrit par Bailey le 2020-01-28
- The Stranger Beside Me
- The Shocking True Story of Serial Killer Ted Bundy
- Auteur(s): Ann Rule
- Narrateur(s): Lorelei King
Solid True Crime
Évalué le: 2019-06-18
This book was a good piece of true crime literature, told from the perspective of a casual friend of Ted Bundy. I think the author did a great job describing the tension between reconciling the man she knew with the man capable of such violence. I do wish there had been more emotional exposition of various characters - particularly the law enforcement on the hunt. The author worked closely with them, and so often they were relegated to overly simplified quotations as “we took the search to the ground” or “we were stumped”. But maybe I’m being overly critical and asking for what this book was not - I just wanted more from the world! Ann rule seems like a great author and I’m sure I’ll try another if her true crime novels, if just to see what her writing is like on a less personal narrative.