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- Narrated by: Amanda Sayle
- Length: 17 hrs and 43 mins
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In a ruined and toxic landscape, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. There, men and women live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them. Sheriff Holston, who has unwaveringly upheld the silo’s rules for years, unexpectedly breaks the greatest taboo of all: He asks to go outside.
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- virginia
- 10-26-14
Excellent story, ridiculous narration
I am always happy to find a new series of books to keep me busy for all of the driving and walking I do, and this kept me interested throughout the entire story. I love the author's vision of an underground society, and the trip to the down-deep by the mayor and deputy, while a slower part of the book, was a great way to describe the makeup of the silo in a more dynamic way than just a narrative description which would have taken too long. The plot twists were well timed, the characters interesting and there was just enough left out to make you want to continue with the next book "Shift" which I will be reading next.
Unfortunately, the narration for many of the character voices was horrendous. I read about narration problems in the reviews, but when I listened to the sample (in both versions of this book) I thought "well that isn't so bad".... of course, because there is no dialogue in any of the samples. Good thinking, Audible, I wouldn't want potential buyers of the book to hear the cringeworthy voice of Bernard, which is a cross between Paul Lynde and Edward G Robinson, or the Minnie Mouse voice of half the female characters. For other males she makes the same mistake as many other female narrators doing male voices... she tries to sound like a man rather than just using a lower version of her normal speaking voice. The result, for characters like Lucas and Holsten, is the voice of a man who has just been punched in the stomach. It is a shame because it takes away from what would otherwise be a very enjoyable and interesting book.
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- Kurt Schwoppe
- 03-05-17
Most Okay-est Post-Apocalyptic Story I've Read
I've been bingeing on post-apocalyptic stories lately, and this one rates in the middle. The silo premise works, and it mostly held my interest. I also love the fact that the IT department is the antagonist because a touch of realism never hurts :) But, there is nothing new here. Frankly, there is nothing to move you, shock you, or leave you in awe. It’s a good story; nothing more. I agree with the other comments that the narrator should not do male voices. You can try to overlook it, but in truth you never warm up to some of the good-guys because their voices are so dang annoying. All-in-all, I enjoyed the book, but glad I got this version on sale.
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- elle
- 06-07-17
Tedious and Painful
Not only does this story go on and on and on with very little taking place, Amanda Sayle's attempt to do 'voices' for the characters is far below the quality I have come to expect with Audible. I know, I was warned by other reviewers. That is why I didn't return the book, because I didn't heed the warning so feel I am responsible for the choice I made.
But one of the most important male characters as well as another male character sound just like the Wicked Witch of the West when she says "...I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too." Her normal narration voice is quite good but she should not be allowed to do men's voices. Add to that the extremely poorly written characters, the painfully slow moving plot, and the predictable outcome and I don't understand why anyone would subject themselves to the rest of the series.
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- mlfarr
- 03-13-16
Couldn't finish.
I got so bored listening to this book that I felt I was wasting my time so never finished!
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- Lore
- 06-16-17
An apocalyptic tale done right.
With the Earth in a state of ruin, mankind has retreated to living underground where a dystopian society has evolved to ensure continued existence. The inhabitants of the underground silo know that their self contained ecosystem is a fragile balance so they must dole out harsh consequences to anyone who disobeys the rules. These people have lived underground for generations and know nothing of how they got there or why the outside world is so inhospitable; however, they do know that crimes are punished by being sent outside through the single airlock at the top of the silo. The world outside is so toxic that even their best protective suits offer only offer a couple of minutes of life, yet everyone sentenced to die this way is asked to perform a vital service to the rest of the silo before they perish - a cleaning of the external sensors. Would you do such a favor for those who sentenced you to die?
Being sent out of the airlock is known as a "Cleaning" and it has become a weird combination of mourning and celebration for the silo. Leading up to a Cleaning the entire silo is abuzz with discussions about whether or not the person will actually clean the sensors. Amazingly, as far back as everyone can remember, all individuals so punished have indeed cleaned the sensors before walking off and dying. These deaths are witnessed by everyone watching through view screens that provide a much improved image due to the newly cleaned sensors. Why does everyone clean? Even those who swear ahead of time that their sentence is unjust and vow not to clean do indeed wind up cleaning when they get outside. Why is that?
This mystery, and many others, are what makes this tale of the apocalypse so intriguing and Hugh Howey does a masterful job of slowly peeling back the onion and revealing this bizarre society in which the main characters live. The various rules of the silo, along with the mechanisms that make the society work, are slowly revealed along the way and each step adds another piece to an oddly compelling puzzle. Originally self-published on Amazon as a 5 part serial publication this omnibus edition is all 5 stories together in a single novel and certainly worth listening to. If you enjoy this book then you can continue on with the rest of the series and find out how the world became the way it is and why the rules are the way they are.
The narration is done by Amanda Sayle and she does a decent job bringing this unique story to life. Be warned that some of her voices can be annoying, surprisingly they are all female character voices, but they are lesser characters so I was able to get past that and enjoy her reading overall. This book left me very intrigued and eager to move onto the second book, Shift.
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- T
- 08-09-17
glad it is over
i found the narrator annoying and could hardly wait to finish this very long audiobook. didnt like the narrator's impersonations.
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- FanB14
- 06-09-15
So these people are trapped in a silo
in a future apocalypse where the outside air is toxic. It's cramped, everyone is sorted into jobs just like all other novels of this sort. After reading how this book is supposed to be great, I still stayed away after reading 1 or 2 negative reviews until it was on sale. I usually don't love books like this, but found this to be well-written and after the first 20 minutes, I was hooked. The first few characters are just interesting enough to make you want to know why they've made their choices and see what comes next.
I didn't care for one of the character voices from the female narrator, but it wasn't bad enough for me to return or to distract too much from the story. Check the sample to ensure you won't be bothered by this. Since I purchased this on sale, feel like I got a steal.
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- Michael G Kurilla
- 06-01-13
Post-apocalyptic life in a silo
Wool presents an intriguing slant on the post-apocalyptic theme. The story opens with humanity confined to an underground silo consisting of about 150 levels, but without any sort of elevator or escalator, just stairs. Outside the silo is a barren, poisonous landscape. Technologically, society is late 20th century with modern medicine (although nothing special) and limited computer capabilities. The silo is completely self-sufficient with religious beliefs consistent with the silo as a heavenly creation. Banishment from the silo with eventual death by toxic gases is their form of capital punishment. We follow several characters that slowly unravel inconsistencies in this setup with the realization that there are things beyond the silo and history left unspoken.
The author provides some interesting organizational parallels to the society that add to the believability of this world. For example, the levels of the silo are divided into three sections (upper, middle, and lower) that parallel socioeconomic and political status: the upper is political and administrative with IT dominating; the middle section is largely a middle class of professionals, while the bottom sections are relegated to manual and grunt labor. Much effort, subterfuge, and ruthlessness goes into maintaining order until one lone woman manages to undermine the delicate balance.
The major detraction is the slow pace of the entire story with important revelations reserved for late in the tale. At the same, the author slowly kills off early characters that appeared as major players and only gradually introduces the participants around for the denouement. Finally, the narration is suboptimal with a poor rendition of voices and an extreme slow pace of delivery that only adds to the snail's pace.
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- 12-13-13
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Very well written, dystopian future story. The narrator nearly ruins it though. When she is reading in her own voice she is fine, but her character voices are nasal & cartoonish. Very glad that the remainder of the series has a different narrator. If you think you can stand the annoying voices, give it a go. If not, get the print edition.
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- Brett
- 05-21-13
Open Mic night for Narrators
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I am not a perfectionist when it comes to the narration, but I could not sit through this performance. The narrator sounds like Glinda the good witch of the north after an ambien overdose in her best voice. Things get rediculous when the other male characters come into the story. Seriously I have heard more reasonable voices on Sponge Bob cartoons. It ruined the story for me. Skip the audio and just read this one.
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New York Times best-selling author Daniel Kraus completes George A. Romero's brand-new masterpiece of zombie horror, the massive novel left unfinished at Romero's death!
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Hmmm 🧐
- By Rhonda on 08-12-20
By: George A. Romero, and others
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Meat
- By: Joseph D'Lacey
- Narrated by: Chris Coxon
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In Abyrne, a strange town surrounded by a wasteland, the eating of meat is a sacred obligation. The town’s strict laws are brutally enforced by a ruthless Baron and a merciless Bishop. Adored by the townsfolk is Richard Shanti, Abyrne’s famous bolt-gunner – the most efficient slaughterhouse worker in living memory. In private, however, Shanti is a gentle man; a husband, and father to twin girls. The growing guilt about his murderous job weighs him down. Beguiled by a rebellious heretic, Shanti uncovers the harrowing truth behind Abyrne’s history.
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Holy Cow!!!
- By Michael on 12-30-19
By: Joseph D'Lacey
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The Moving House
- A Prequel to Ghostland
- By: Duncan Ralston
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Garrote House has seen its share of blood. Since Christopher's ancestor Oliver Hedgewood built the house in the 1800s, many spirits have taken up residence in "the Moving House", including horror author Rex Garrote, who'd burned to death in his private library. Christopher Hedgewood and Sara Jane Amblin, inventor of the Recurrence Field, return to Garrote House one final time before it's relocated to Ghostland.
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Prequel to Ghostland and Ghostland 2!
- By John Rinaldi on 01-06-21
By: Duncan Ralston
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Hunting by Stars
- (A Marrow Thieves Novel)
- By: Cherie Dimaline
- Narrated by: Meegwun Fairbrother, Michelle St. John
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Years ago, when plagues and natural disasters killed millions of people, much of the world stopped dreaming. Without dreams, people are haunted, sick, mad, unable to rebuild. The government soon finds that the Indigenous people of North America have retained their dreams, an ability rumored to be housed in the very marrow of their bones. Soon, residential schools pop up — or are re-opened — across the land to bring in the dreamers and harvest their dreams.
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Laughed, cried and everything in between.
- By Anonymous User on 07-11-22
By: Cherie Dimaline
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Ignorance Is Strength
- By: John Joseph Adams - editor, Hugh Howey - editor and contributor, Christie Yant - editor
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer, Gabrielle de Cuir, Susan Hanfield, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. George Orwell once wrote of a world where abuse of power begins with an abuse of language and a bastardization of truth. Some of today's most exciting voices in speculative fiction explore the ramifications of those ideas in Ignorance Is Strength.
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Liberal rhetoric
- By Eric on 04-25-21
By: John Joseph Adams - editor, and others
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Shift Omnibus Edition
- Shift 1-3, Silo Saga
- By: Hugh Howey
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 18 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platform that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate. In the same year, a simple pill, it had been discovered, could wipe out the memory of any traumatic event. At almost the same moment in humanity's broad history, mankind had discovered the means for bringing about its utter downfall - and the ability to forget it ever happened.
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Back to where it all started
- By Lore on 07-05-17
By: Hugh Howey
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The Living Dead
- By: George A. Romero, Daniel Kraus
- Narrated by: Bruce Davison, Lori Cardille, Daniel Kraus
- Length: 27 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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New York Times best-selling author Daniel Kraus completes George A. Romero's brand-new masterpiece of zombie horror, the massive novel left unfinished at Romero's death!
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Hmmm 🧐
- By Rhonda on 08-12-20
By: George A. Romero, and others
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Meat
- By: Joseph D'Lacey
- Narrated by: Chris Coxon
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
In Abyrne, a strange town surrounded by a wasteland, the eating of meat is a sacred obligation. The town’s strict laws are brutally enforced by a ruthless Baron and a merciless Bishop. Adored by the townsfolk is Richard Shanti, Abyrne’s famous bolt-gunner – the most efficient slaughterhouse worker in living memory. In private, however, Shanti is a gentle man; a husband, and father to twin girls. The growing guilt about his murderous job weighs him down. Beguiled by a rebellious heretic, Shanti uncovers the harrowing truth behind Abyrne’s history.
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Holy Cow!!!
- By Michael on 12-30-19
By: Joseph D'Lacey
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The Moving House
- A Prequel to Ghostland
- By: Duncan Ralston
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Garrote House has seen its share of blood. Since Christopher's ancestor Oliver Hedgewood built the house in the 1800s, many spirits have taken up residence in "the Moving House", including horror author Rex Garrote, who'd burned to death in his private library. Christopher Hedgewood and Sara Jane Amblin, inventor of the Recurrence Field, return to Garrote House one final time before it's relocated to Ghostland.
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Prequel to Ghostland and Ghostland 2!
- By John Rinaldi on 01-06-21
By: Duncan Ralston
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Hunting by Stars
- (A Marrow Thieves Novel)
- By: Cherie Dimaline
- Narrated by: Meegwun Fairbrother, Michelle St. John
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Years ago, when plagues and natural disasters killed millions of people, much of the world stopped dreaming. Without dreams, people are haunted, sick, mad, unable to rebuild. The government soon finds that the Indigenous people of North America have retained their dreams, an ability rumored to be housed in the very marrow of their bones. Soon, residential schools pop up — or are re-opened — across the land to bring in the dreamers and harvest their dreams.
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Laughed, cried and everything in between.
- By Anonymous User on 07-11-22
By: Cherie Dimaline
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Ignorance Is Strength
- By: John Joseph Adams - editor, Hugh Howey - editor and contributor, Christie Yant - editor
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer, Gabrielle de Cuir, Susan Hanfield, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. George Orwell once wrote of a world where abuse of power begins with an abuse of language and a bastardization of truth. Some of today's most exciting voices in speculative fiction explore the ramifications of those ideas in Ignorance Is Strength.
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Liberal rhetoric
- By Eric on 04-25-21
By: John Joseph Adams - editor, and others
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The World Gives Way
- A Novel
- By: Marissa Levien
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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In fifty years, Myrra will be free. Until then, she's a contract worker. Ever since she was five, her life and labor have belonged to the highest bidder on her contract—butchers, laundries, and now the powerful, secretive Carlyles.
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Unique story very well written
- By SKDEB on 06-19-21
By: Marissa Levien
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Eve of Man
- By: Giovanna Fletcher, Tom Fletcher
- Narrated by: Charlotte Ritchie, Josh Dylan
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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On the first day, no one really noticed. All those babies wrapped in blue blankets - not a pink one in sight. On the third day, people were scared - a statistic-defying abundance of blue. Not just entire hospitals, not only entire countries, but the entire world. Boys. Only boys. Until Eve. The only girl born in 50 years. The savior of mankind. Kept protected, towering above a ruined world under a glass dome of safety until she is ready to renew the human race. But when the time comes to find a suitor...Eve doesn't only want safety and protection. She wants freedom.
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not bad
- By Maria Monserrat Cotera on 12-27-20
By: Giovanna Fletcher, and others
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The Rings of the Inconquo Trilogy: The Complete Series
- By: A.L. Knorr, Aaron D. Schneider
- Narrated by: Tara-Louise Kaye
- Length: 22 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Ibby’s parents gave up everything for a chance at a better life. So, after a terrible accident leaves her alone in London, Ibby works her internship at the British Museum and goes to her classes to make them proud. But when Ibby encounters a mysterious professor in the bowels of the museum, she learns that her lineage means bigger responsibilities than good grades. Training in the secrecy of a ghostly underground tube station defunct since 1933, her waking powers means Ibby must face the wrath of a titan with a vendetta against her kind...and she has to do it alone.
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Incredible series
- By Madeleine East on 11-17-21
By: A.L. Knorr, and others
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Chosen Ones
- By: Veronica Roth
- Narrated by: Dakota Fanning
- Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Fifteen years ago, five ordinary teenagers were singled out by a prophecy to take down an impossibly powerful entity wreaking havoc across North America. He was known as the Dark One, and his weapon of choice - catastrophic events known as Drains - leveled cities and claimed thousands of lives. Chosen Ones, as the teens were known, gave everything they had to defeat him. After the Dark One fell, the world went back to normal...for everyone but them. Of the five, Sloane has had the hardest time adjusting.
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Same dull and depressed tone throughout
- By Thien-Nga Vo on 04-09-20
By: Veronica Roth
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Tales of the Peculiar
- By: Ransom Riggs
- Narrated by: Simon Callow, Bruce Mann, Garrick Hagon
- Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Before Miss Peregrine gave them a home, the story of peculiars was written in the Tales. Wealthy cannibals who dine on the discarded limbs of peculiars. A fork-tongued princess. These are but a few of the truly brilliant stories in Tales of the Peculiar - the collection of fairy tales known to hide information about the peculiar world, including clues to the locations of time loops - first introduced by Ransom Riggs in his number-one best-selling Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series.
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Delightful short stories from the peculiar world
- By TFD on 10-11-16
By: Ransom Riggs