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A Promised Land
- 著者: Barack Obama
- ナレーター: Barack Obama
- 再生時間: 29 時間 10 分
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In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency - a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.
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Ready Player Two
- A Novel
- 著者: Ernest Cline
- ナレーター: Wil Wheaton
- 再生時間: 13 時間 46 分
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Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday’s vaults, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS 1,000 times more wondrous - and addictive - than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest - a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who’ll kill millions to get what he wants.
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Book 1
- 著者: J.K. Rowling
- ナレーター: Stephen Fry
- 再生時間: 9 時間 33 分
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Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!
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- 投稿者: 匿名 日付: 2020/01/03
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Factfulness
- Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
- 著者: Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund
- ナレーター: Simon Slater
- 再生時間: 7 時間 59 分
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Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of carrying only opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When asked simple questions about global trends - why the world's population is increasing; how many young women go to school; how many of us live in poverty - we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers.
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A compass to cruise the uncertain world
- 投稿者: "1az" 日付: 2020/08/21
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The Name of the Wind
- The Kingkiller Chronicle, Book 1
- 著者: Patrick Rothfuss
- ナレーター: Rupert Degas
- 再生時間: 28 時間 3 分
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I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the university at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. My name is Kvothe. You may have heard of me.
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The Guest List
- 著者: Lucy Foley
- ナレーター: Olivia Dowd, Aoife McMahon, Chloe Massey, 、その他
- 再生時間: 9 時間 54 分
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On an island off the windswept Irish coast, guests gather for the wedding of the year – the marriage of Jules Keegan and Will Slater. Old friends. Past grudges. Happy families.Hidden jealousies. Thirteen guests.One body. The wedding cake has barely been cut when one of the guests is found dead. And as a storm unleashes its fury on the island, everyone is trapped. All have a secret. All have a motive.One guest won’t leave this wedding alive....
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A Promised Land
- 著者: Barack Obama
- ナレーター: Barack Obama
- 再生時間: 29 時間 10 分
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In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency - a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.
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Ready Player Two
- A Novel
- 著者: Ernest Cline
- ナレーター: Wil Wheaton
- 再生時間: 13 時間 46 分
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Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday’s vaults, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS 1,000 times more wondrous - and addictive - than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest - a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who’ll kill millions to get what he wants.
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Book 1
- 著者: J.K. Rowling
- ナレーター: Stephen Fry
- 再生時間: 9 時間 33 分
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Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!
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- 投稿者: 匿名 日付: 2020/01/03
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Factfulness
- Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
- 著者: Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund
- ナレーター: Simon Slater
- 再生時間: 7 時間 59 分
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Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of carrying only opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When asked simple questions about global trends - why the world's population is increasing; how many young women go to school; how many of us live in poverty - we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers.
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A compass to cruise the uncertain world
- 投稿者: "1az" 日付: 2020/08/21
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The Name of the Wind
- The Kingkiller Chronicle, Book 1
- 著者: Patrick Rothfuss
- ナレーター: Rupert Degas
- 再生時間: 28 時間 3 分
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I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the university at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. My name is Kvothe. You may have heard of me.
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The Guest List
- 著者: Lucy Foley
- ナレーター: Olivia Dowd, Aoife McMahon, Chloe Massey, 、その他
- 再生時間: 9 時間 54 分
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On an island off the windswept Irish coast, guests gather for the wedding of the year – the marriage of Jules Keegan and Will Slater. Old friends. Past grudges. Happy families.Hidden jealousies. Thirteen guests.One body. The wedding cake has barely been cut when one of the guests is found dead. And as a storm unleashes its fury on the island, everyone is trapped. All have a secret. All have a motive.One guest won’t leave this wedding alive....
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The Travelling Cat Chronicles
- 著者: Hiro Arikawa, Philip Gabriel
- ナレーター: George Blagden
- 再生時間: 5 時間 59 分
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa, read by George Blagden. The tender feelgood story of a man's journey around Japan with a streetcat. Translated by Philip Gabriel, a translator of Murakami. It's not the journey that counts but who's at your side. Nana is on a road trip, but he is not sure where he is going. All that matters is that he can sit beside his beloved owner, Satoru, in the front seat of his silver van. Satoru is keen to visit three old friends from his youth, though Nana doesn’t know why, and Satoru won’t say.
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Contact
- 著者: Carl Sagan
- ナレーター: Jodie Foster
- 再生時間: 4 時間 38 分
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In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who, or what, is out there?
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The Shining
- 著者: Stephen King
- ナレーター: Campbell Scott
- 再生時間: 15 時間 50 分
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Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he'll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote...and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted five-year-old.
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The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Lord of the Rings, Book 1
- 著者: J. R. R. Tolkien
- ナレーター: Rob Inglis
- 再生時間: 19 時間 53 分
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Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the first part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, available as a complete and unabridged audiobook. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power - the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring - the ring that rules them all - which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins.
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Rhythm of War
- The Stormlight Archive, Book 4
- 著者: Brandon Sanderson
- ナレーター: Michael Kramer, Kate Reading
- 再生時間: 57 時間 26 分
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After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage. Now, as new technological discoveries begin to change the face of the war, the enemy prepares a bold and dangerous operation. The arms race that follows will challenge the very core of the Radiant ideals and potentially reveal the secrets of the ancient tower that was once the heart of their strength.
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Blade Runner
- Originally published as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
- 著者: Philip K. Dick
- ナレーター: Scott Brick
- 再生時間: 9 時間 12 分
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It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there lurked several rogue androids. Deckard's assignment: find them and then..."retire" them. Trouble was, the androids all looked exactly like humans, and they didn't want to be found!
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The Return of the King
- The Lord of the Rings, Book 3
- 著者: J. R. R. Tolkien
- ナレーター: Rob Inglis
- 再生時間: 17 時間 12 分
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Concluding the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the final part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, available as a complete and unabridged audiobook. The armies of the Dark Lord Sauron are massing as his evil shadow spreads ever wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents unite forces to do battle against the Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring.
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Small Steps
- 著者: Louis Sachar
- ナレーター: Curtis McClarin
- 再生時間: 5 時間 11 分
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Two years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is home in Austin, Texas, trying to turn his life around. But it's hard when you have a record, and everyone expects the worst from you. The only person who believes in him is Ginny, his 10-year-old disabled neighbor. Together, they are learning to take small steps. And he seems to be on the right path, until X-Ray, a buddy from Camp Green Lake, comes up with a get-rich-quick scheme.
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All Systems Red
- 著者: Martha Wells
- ナレーター: Kevin R. Free
- 再生時間: 3 時間 17 分
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All Systems Red is the tense first science fiction adventure novella in Martha Wells' series The Murderbot Diaries. For fans of Westworld, Ex Machina, Ann Leckie's Imperial Raadch series, or Iain M. Banks' Culture novels. The main character is a deadly security droid that has bucked its restrictive programming and is balanced between contemplative self-discovery and an idle instinct to kill all humans.
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Different Seasons
- 著者: Stephen King
- ナレーター: Frank Muller
- 再生時間: 19 時間 45 分
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In this classic collection of four novellas, the grand master takes you on irresistible journeys into the far reaches of horror, heartache and hope. 'Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption' is the story of two men convicted of murder - one guilty, one innocent - who form the perfect partnership as they dream up a scheme to escape from prison. In 'Apt Pupil' a golden schoolboy entices an old man with a past to join in a dreadful union.
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Bad Blood
- Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
- 著者: John Carreyrou
- ナレーター: Will Damron
- 再生時間: 11 時間 36 分
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The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of a multibillion-dollar start-up, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end. In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose start-up ‘unicorn’ promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood tests significantly faster and easier.
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Divergent
- (Divergent, Book 1)
- 著者: Veronica Roth
- ナレーター: Emma Galvin
- 再生時間: 11 時間 11 分
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For 16-year-old Tris, the world changes in a heartbeat when she is forced to make a terrible choice. Turning her back on her family, Tris ventures out, alone, determined to find out where she truly belongs. Shocked by the brutality of her new life, Tris can trust no one. And yet she is drawn to a boy who seems to both threaten and protect her. The hardest choices may yet lie ahead…. A debut novel that will leave you breathless.
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"Wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, Ready Player One is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut." (Independent)
"Part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart." (CNN)
"Ernest Cline’s novel deserves to be a modern classic." (SciFiNow)
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Brought to you by Penguin.
Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg.
A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready?
It's the year 2044 and the real world has become an ugly place. We're out of oil. We've wrecked the climate. Famine, poverty and disease are widespread.
Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia where you can be anything you want to be, where you can live and play and fall in love on any of 10,000 planets. And like most of humanity, Wade is obsessed by the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this alternate reality: OASIS founder James Halliday, who dies with no heir, has promised that control of the OASIS - and his massive fortune - will go to the person who can solve the riddles he has left scattered throughout his creation.
For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that the riddles are based in the culture of the late 20th century. And then Wade stumbles onto the key to the first puzzle.
Suddenly, he finds himself pitted against thousands of competitors in a desperate race to claim the ultimate prize, a chase that soon takes on terrifying real-world dimensions - and that will leave both Wade and his world profoundly changed.
If you loved Ready Player One and can't wait for more, check out Armada, Ernest Cline's latest geek masterpiece!
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Earth’s future is bleak in the gripping sci-fi fantasy audiobook Ready Player One, written by the brilliant Ernest Cline and narrated by American actor Wil Wheaton. Set in the near future, most of the human race have locked themselves into a virtual reality to escape the planet that the past generations had destroyed. Within this virtual existence lies the answer to infinite riches and Wade Watts spends every second on the treasure hunt. It is a frenzied race with countless players, all infected with desperation. The danger is intense and will affect them all.
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- Gabriele
- 2012/09/08
Where's the sequel?!
This was an incredible book, with both the writing and performance being top-class. I have never read a book much like this, yet I was deeply thrown into the story and really felt for the characters and the world around them.
I would recommend this book to those of you have ever had any interest in computing, retro gaming and retro film. It really is a 80s pop-culture book with an incredible setting and back story.
To be honest, I was upset when the book ended. The only question that came to my mind was: Where is the sequel?!
Hopefully one might be made soon... I know Ernest Cline hasn't ruled it out yet!
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- 匿名
- 2020/09/02
amazing book!!! sooo much better than the film
i think ive read around 200-300 books (and probably 50-100 audiobooks) and i would honestly say this is by far the best audiobook ive read to date, and as a standalone book its the best ive read. (please note i may be a little biased due to me studying computer science and being a gamer\geek)
will's performance was amazing, i was so surprised at how well he brought the book to life. when it comes to an audiobook, the narrators job is to help bring the emotions, suspense, anxiety, and elation that the author is trying to portray, and he did that to perfection.
this is the first 5* review ive ever given, and its worth every one of them. i just wish the book had of been just 1 extra chapter, although in my heart i knew it was the right time to end the book... i just wanted more!!!
i would absolutely recommend this book to anyone, i dont know what more to say as i dont want to mention anything about the story, so just read this book :)
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- David Gleerup
- 2020/08/23
The best book I have heard so far
Loved it :)
The best book I have heard so far, can only recommend it. Especially if you like computer and grew up in the 80s :)
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- Andreas Dinesen
- 2020/07/10
Best audio book yet!
Can't recommend this enough, flew through it in 3-4 days. Only disappointing thing is that the movie now pales in comparison! 🙈
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- Alicia
- 2020/03/16
Great narrative arc
I loved how this dystopian universe where everyone escapes from the dreary polluted world to enter the fantastic virtual world that has been created. The thrill and tensions between the players and the ones that control the system makes it all the more gripping.
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- Marius Vorster
- 2018/09/21
Game adventure of note
The story takes you on journey of self discovery, strained friendships and bravery through a epic game quest. The gamers underdogs against a corporate machine that will cheat and stack all cards in their favour for the ultimate prize.
A good read, the well researched 80s facts brought back some memories and the flow was well maintained. If you like retro gaiming and RPGs and your up for an adventure then this book is for you.
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- W1M0
- 2017/10/14
Fun Concepts, Odd Character Responses
I reached a point where I got irritated with the main character (not the performance).
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- 匿名
- 2020/12/11
go watch a movie or don't bother at all
my expectations were low but jesus christ. no character development, weirdly sexist, the entire book is just 80s references and the story is slow and not interesting at all
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- Hampus
- 2020/11/16
WIL WHEATON IS THE WORST NARRATOR OF ALL TIME!!!
That was the worst narration performance I have ever heard. What a dork.
Stop saying the word "Then" like your whole existance depends on it, it does not fit the storyline.
"AND THEN I sat down" "THEEEEEN I opened the book" "AAAAAAND THEEEEEEEEEEEEN I put my suit on"
The book also sucked. It is like it was written by a elementary kid who got some help from one of his parents to make it have a little bit more substance.
This is one of the few instances where the film is way better than the book.
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- Aly Aziz
- 2020/08/14
Perfection
This was such an engaging book. I binged the first 9 hours from how amazing it was. I highly recommend it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018/04/05
This Book Changed My Life 💙 New Hobbies Found 💜
I never read books.
Always thought ....
" pffft, Naaaaaaa. . This is for nerds " ... BORING! ..etc.
So just brought one of those alexa devices, set it up added some skills played some music and all the other stuff when you get something new etc..
Came across this audible app and how you get a free audible book on sign up, something free always sounds good so went for it, thought nothing off it just did it for the sake of it.. after sign up the first book I see is Ready Player One, so just thought yeah that will do as I planned to see the movie soon which a the time movies beat books any day was my way of thinking THEN!!
Man how I was so wrong, I went on to have the book play while I was preparing to sleep, thinking yeah this will make me doze right off ... 6 hours later I was now sat up with a drink and snacks excited to find out what happens next ! totally amazed !
so for the regular bookworms this book may not do much justice I guess, but for me it will be the first book I have read/listened from start to finish and what has now made me want to read or listen to more and more from here on out.. I have a new hobby and it is thanks to this amazing book. .. please guys give it a try .. especially non book readers... it may change your perspective on thins 😃😃😃
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- Robyn
- 2016/03/21
Surprisingly enjoyable!
On paper, I was not supposed to like this book. It's about a teenager who spends his entire life in an online virtual reality world playing a quest (reminds me of my weekly challenge to get my kids off their i-stuff and outside for a bit!) BUT - this story is actually all about paying homage to the 80s, plus a bit of rom-com for good measure!
Absolutely loved it!! Once I started, I couldn't put it down. If you're into your 40's/50's and enjoy a bit of '80s nostalgia, then this one's not to be missed!
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- Simon
- 2018/02/25
Radio, Video, Boogie in a Suitcase!
Oh what a ride this was! For sure it helps that I am precisely the target consumer for this having had my teenage years across the 80s. And yes I loved the video games of the time and of course have long lived in thrall to a certain Canadian Holy Trinity who feature so prominently.
Even so, having questioned the wider appeal of some other LitRPG-style books this one blows away any such doubts. While there are stats and game rules in this that's not at all the key feature. It's a wonderful space opera of a game within a story. The nostalgia of 80s pop culture, video games, music and all the rest of it is a massive bonus for me and those with interests in the decade but the story more than stands on its own considerable feet.
Cline imbues his dysfunctional geeks with warm character, gives them personality and even a certain twisted nobility as they battle corporate evils in an online quest that boils over with real-world implications. Towards the end I was willing them to succeed and genuinely enthralled with this curiously geeky adventure.
Of course to be the real deal an audiobook needs a good narrator and for this book Wheaton strikes precisely the right tone and hits all the right notes.
Yeah, yeah, I know this isn't going to win any Booker prizes but it's pure entertainment on a stick!
Five Stars all the way.
GAME OVER
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- Mark G
- 2014/04/09
Ready Reader One
This is something of a gamer geek novel - so I preface all my views with the caveat that like Neal Stevenson's REAMDE it may appeal to those, like me, of a certain sub-culture. The story-line itself is not so remarkable, civilization in deep decline in the next few decades yada yada. What makes this story interesting is the alternative that the majority of the population turn to in order to escape and a challenge that arises therein.
It is fast paced story that never seemed to drag. It has a great 1980's sub-plot if you have fond memories of early games, TV, books, film and computers. I found the characters and their gamer-style issues with RL (real-life) accurate and engaging. I found myself looking forward to the drive to work in the mornings (when I get to listen to my audiobooks) which doesn't often happen to me!
The narration by Wil Wheaton (of ST:TNG fame and avid gamer) is excellent, a really good choice and nice kind of twist as you will find out if you choose to listen.
All in all I consider this one of my best ever spontaneous buys on Audible after being a member for many years - highly recommended.
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- Martin
- 2016/09/22
Listened in 2 days.....
Best book I have listened to this year. I am not sure why the description did not really draw me to this book before but so glad I eventually gave in to curiosity. I am a big fan of online gaming, star trek, sci fi fantasy etc etc... so I am probably a bit nerdy I guess and I think it most definitely helps with this book. I enjoyed so much in this one, the 80's nostalgia mixed with the dystopian future just worked so well. Having Will Wheaton narrate this book was fantastic and made me smile a lot in certain places that it was him narrating, I am pretty sure he smiled himself at certain parts too whilst narrating. Aside from the fun part of him being narrator for obvious reasons he is actually a superb narrator and did such a good job with this, I would not hesitate to listen to him narrate anything. Love this story and everything about it.
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- martin camp
- 2018/08/28
great listen
I thought the movie was good I then soon noticed the book is a million times better and the movie is just based on the book and has pretty much no similarities in story. the book was a great listen and kept me entertained for hours
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- "tommypot"
- 2018/07/26
Awful fan fiction
I was only about 10 minutes into listening to this audiobook when I got a bad feeling that I had just wasted my months credit on a terrible book. I stuck with it but unfortunately I was right... this is not a good book. At all.
Paper thin character with a dislikable hero. A silly concept taken way too seriously. Terrible dialogue. Poorly written. The amount of times Cline uses the word ‘perfectly’ is ridiculous (“such and such a thing fit perfectly”, “such and such a pop culture reference was recreated perfectly”, “I tried such and such and it worked perfectly”). The story is nerd wish fulfilment that obsessing over pop culture minutia will somehow make you the saviour of the world.
I listened to this because I was interested in the premise of a run down world where everyone spends their time in virtual reality, but the world building is really under-baked. Hardly any time is spent in the real world so you don’t really care why the character want to escape it in the Oasis, and the virtual world is just a mishmash of pop culture references. Cline spends so much time listing references or with mundane descriptions of old games and movies and it becomes very tedious. I can’t count the amount of times I rolled my eyes at how ham fisted the references became, and seriously this very silly concept was being taken. Listing references is not a substitute for world build, story and character, but that’s what this book is.
I’ve no problem with a good trashy book but this is basically dull fan fiction. Generally I don’t mind Wil Wheaton but his narration just added an extra layer of authenticity to the toxic nerd culture the main character live in and generally takes the ridiculous story way too seriously.
What I’m trying to say is this book is basically awful.
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- Hannah
- 2014/07/28
Are you ready to begin?
What made the experience of listening to Ready Player One the most enjoyable?
First and foremost, Wil Wheaton is a first-class narrator - he has absolutely the most perfect voice for audiobooks (not too bassy, not too nasally) and doesn't do too badly with accents either (unlike some other narrators which have caused me to return books!). Secondly, the world of Ready Player One is - as noted in the novel - everything any reader or gamer has ever dreamed of: essentially a 'holodeck' experience. It is the book's exploration of the pros and cons of this system that draws you in - in Star Trek we see people using the holodecks for recreation, essentially living out episodes in an ongoing drama; but as Ready Player One points out....why would you ever leave?
What other book might you compare Ready Player One to, and why?
I have desperately been searching for something else as engaging and exciting as RPO since I finished reading! My recommendations would probably be to read other books which effectively create alternative worlds - perhaps 'The Knife of Never Letting Go' by Patrick Ness, 'Peter and Max' by Bill Willingham and 'Divergent' by Veronica Roth.
What does Wil Wheaton bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
As I mention above, Wil is an excellent reader. He has an obvious love for the subject matter and, having been an actor on Star Trek 'The Next Generation' and a teenager in the late 80s and early 90s, has a strong familiarity with many of the pop culture references. Wheaton sounds like he is having an absolute ball with this reading!
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
'What would you sacrifice to win the ultimate prize?'
Any additional comments?
Read (.....listen to). This. Book.
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- Niall Barnes
- 2020/10/21
Wheaton is the perfect voice.
Can’t recommend enough. Wil Wheaton is an inspired casting for the book, one of the best performances I’ve heard from a narrator. MTFBWYA
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- William Thompson
- 2018/07/09
cringe.
I didn't know you could put together a great list of things from the 80s, a basic story and cringe worthy teenage love affairs to form the basis of a book. too many times I literally shuddered and frowned throughout and have come away feeling violated by Wil Wheaton.
I'm still upset about this now, don't do it to yourself.
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- Nicholas Hallam
- 2017/09/03
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Firstly, I would like to say Will Wheaton did an amazing job at narrating, he kept my attention throughout the duration of the book. You could tell he enjoyed reading Ready Player One (Especially when he was referenced in the book).
Ernest Cline seems to have a way of painting a picture in the reader/listeners mind, without lingering on the story for to long. The story was intriguing, sometimes predictable... But I didn't mind, as it had a lot of interesting references, and the predictability was still entertaining.
I would happily recommend this book.
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- 匿名
- 2018/04/02
So good!
I was hooked from the first line and it held my attention till the very end. Loved the 80’s nostalgia and gaming references. The movie was different enough to book that you could experience them separately without the details being repeated. My 11 yr old was also hooked (there were one or two slightly inappropriate references for his age but 13 and up would probably be fine). Highly recommended!
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- GD
- 2018/05/08
Loved it. A must read for any gamer.
Loved it. Such an interesting story of what the future of gaming and society could be like. If you grew up with with Atari or Commodore 64 and still love gaming then this is your book.
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- Jonathan leane
- 2017/09/10
Good job from wil Wheaton, but...
I probably went in with unrealistic expectations, but despite what seemed like an interesting start I ultimately found the book to be very disappointing. I was expecting a dark and gritty dystopia, but I got a tame 'coming of age' adventure story.
The level of writing often seemed targeted more towards young adults rather than mature readers, and many of the 80s references seemed forced - as though the author was name-dropping just got the sake of it - and weren't particularly engaging. I grew up in the 90s though, so your mileage may vary.
Would not recommend.
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- Jonathan
- 2019/01/21
If I could rank it any lower
This is just the worst. It's a miserablke unself aware journey through a very specific pop culture trajectory.
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- Jeremy
- 2018/05/01
Waste of my time.
This was recommended to me on reddit, turns out to be glorified teenage fanfiction.
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- 匿名
- 2018/02/27
Onanistic trash
Firstly, Will Weaton should have to pay me to listen to his whiny, subpar narration. He needs to learn how to intonate his sentences correctly. Also, he should go to some speech classes because that vocal fry is going to do some damage.
Secondly, this is not so much a novel as a list of things that were cool in the 80s. The plot is glacial because the author is too busy explaining what John Hughes movies are. I know what they are!
Also the protagonist is a dick. He was bullied and he becomes the bully. It's not cool or heroic, it's just unkind.
If you like books that are good, keep looking. If you want to be bombarded with how cool it is to know lots of things about what some old white guys did...enjoy I guess.
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- A. Gyani
- 2018/01/25
Eurgh. About as interesting reading aloud a war hammer manual
I started this book thinking that there would be an interesting mash up of different 80s characters. Instead it was just the author telling you about how much he knew about the eighties with a bit of transphobia thrown in there to boot. Bad!
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- Rymkervic
- 2019/02/05
All the stars are deserved
Got this to read due to big star profile from readers, wasn't expecting much but this is something else - the detail is beyond belief and not in a boring way. Hats off totally to the author. Awesome
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- glenn urquhart
- 2016/01/23
Enjoyable fan-service romp. Wil Wheaton great.
Yes it unashamedly riffs off blatant and continual nostalgia but it was just a really fun romp.
Wil's narration was great and good to hear female characters not getting the wussy, inspipid, breathy read most make narrators give them.
I got most of the references, but not all, and I'm not sure you'd get as much out of this story if you aren't somewhat familiar with the 80's or old-school videogames, but I found it utterly ridiculous fun and didnt want it to end.