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- Narrated by: Lorelei King
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
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Flynne Fisher lives down a country road, in a rural America where jobs are scarce, unless you count illegal drug manufacture, which she’s trying to avoid. Her brother Burton lives on money from the Veterans Administration, for neurological damage suffered in the Marines’ elite Haptic Recon unit. Flynne earns what she can by assembling product at the local 3D printshop. She made more as a combat scout in an online game, playing for a rich man, but she’s had to let the shooter games go.
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- Xanatax
- 2023-05-29
Excellent follow-up to seeing the TV series.
Came here from the TV mini-series. ( which was excellent! )
This did not disappoint, almost every single part of the story, I enjoyed more in the novel.
Not a top-tier production for the audio-recording. 🤷♀️ I’m not angry, but … a book this good, from an author this good … spend more on production? That might just mean hire some extra voice-actors for lines, and then extra techs editting it together. For something this good … please do! More of a “missed opportunity,” than a complaint.
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- Doug R
- 2021-12-11
Great
Lorelei King does some great voices! Both male and female. Enjoyed listening to the book.
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- Peter Harvey
- 2023-09-20
Really enjoyed!
Really enjoy William Gibson’s world building. This is my 4th book of his that I’ve read.
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- Jeff Walsh
- 2022-11-22
A great storyline very well read.
If you're watching the Amazon series, this book is a must as a great guide to what it's all about.
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- Oscar
- 2023-01-13
Great Story
Great story. Forget the TV show, that only share the title. The book is a very rich and engaging story. It can be convoluted and hard to follow at times, but that doesn't take away from the overall enjoyment of it.
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- poprad99
- 2022-11-12
Read by a Robot
Don't waste your time here. Sterile, like it's been read by an AI. Read it on paper.
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- Aleef
- 2022-12-20
I can't finish this
I thought the tv show was alright and I was hoping for more depth in the book (complex plots, character development, background story, etc). I can't finish this. It's like listening to someone read the phone book. Maybe the printed version works better. This was unbearable.
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- T Jim
- 2022-09-22
Take it or leave it
Some interesting scifi concepts but the story and characters are forgettable.
Undeveloped protagonists, absent antagonist, and too many side characters; none of them compelling.
The big reveals fall flat, and since you don't care about the characters, there are no stakes and no tension.
The story is resolved hastily via deux ex machina, but only after the antagonist finally arrives to literally exposit their character's motivation.
Overall it's okay.
I don't regret purchasing it. But I won't read it again.
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- Dakota O'Neill
- 2023-11-13
Not the TV series
Don’t get excited if you want more backstory or an ending to the TV series. Confusing at times with a narration that needs to be 1.5x or faster to be manageable. Could be so much more.
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- Robin
- 2023-03-29
Good story
Watched the TV show 1st. I was hoping for more depth.
Narration was just ok.
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