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Add to Bag. Peter Matthiessen, who died in , was a great writer. His nonfiction is superb, and his novels are even better: At Play In the Fields of the Lord is an epic thing, and Far Tortuga is brilliant and moving, one of my favorite novels. His third great novel has an unusual publishing history. Then about ten years later it reappeared in a single volume, considerably compressed by Matthiessen, titled Shadow Country.
This reaction surprised me. I had not been aware that I harbored any longing to revise those books. When I finish a novel I generally move on without a lot of looking back. Could be tragic, but in my case there is a solution, which is simply to start another novel.
How did the narrator detract from the book? His phrasing seems disconnected from any reasonable punctuation. At times he seems to read a set number of word, pause, read the next set number of words, and go on like this. The meaning gets constantly fouled up by this clumsy phrasing.
He does not do this in other books of his I've listened to. A real disappointment because the subject is interesting to me. Couldn't put it down - drove around extra miles, went for long walks, was search for excuses to be by myself to listen. Would you listen to Fifty Degrees Below again?
Yes, in a year or two because I enjoyed so many of the scenes. Robinson's affection for his fictitious characters is contagious. And so much of the book rings true, at least in my experience with children, scientists and academics. Liked several but would have to say Charlie. Several have commented on the reader Ganim.
He narrates very deliberately and I know this irritates some people who want the narration to be very dramatic. I just focused on the content rather than the slow reading style. I think he did a great job on the dialogue, though, using different voices, inflections and accents. As to the underlying theme of the book, Robinson is able to insert important little treatises on climate change and on the role of scientists in society without coming across as pedantic.
I liked that. More classic Kim Stanley Robinson like reading a story designed to teach you about research papers. The narration does not help and the character while interesting in there thought processes are as people just If you are interested in science then go for it if not then probably leave it.
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why? I would if the story would interest them. If you don't have an interest in ecological issues then you won't stick with the story past the bad narration. Who was your favorite character and why? I really like Frank. We seem to spend more time with him than anybody else, and his epiphany and change in lifestyle is really interesting. How does this one compare? Only the previous book in this series. The story itself is gripping, but the narration really lets the story down, just like in the previous book.
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Founders who want to become wealthy should be open to pursuing ideas that require resources. So, you must choose between money and power. We have organized this book so that all tests and quizzes appear at the point when you will most likely use them—unit pretests followed by section quizzes, followed by chapter tests, followed by unit posttests. The most recent one is Lee and Lee At it's core, this novel is not a thriller but a political statement and the message is 'we need to do something now! Moreover, these estimates suggest that the incremental benefit from additional education grows with experience: the differences in wages between people with varying degrees of education become larger as they advance in their careers. Success makes founders less qualified to lead the company and changes the power structure so they are more vulnerable.
I did get involved with the disaster on the Kimbali island. The race against time with the rising sea levels is very tense and involving. If only there was a better narrator. His pacing is really odd, with misplaced pauses and odd phrasing.
The robotic voice is really distracting, I don't quite know what the editors were thinking! Your audiobook is waiting…. By: Kim Stanley Robinson. Series: Science in the Capital , Book 2. Length: 20 hrs and 15 mins. Categories: Fiction , Contemporary. People who bought this also bought Publisher's Summary Best-selling, award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson continues his groundbreaking trilogy of eco-thrillers - and propels us deeper into the awesome whirlwind of climatic change.
Set in our nation's capital, here is a chillingly realistic tale of people caught in the collision of science, technology, and the consequences of global warming - which could trigger another phenomenon: abrupt climate change, resulting in temperatures Hopefully, this will prepare him for whatever is to come Listen to all of our Capital Trilogy titles.
Critic Reviews "Perhaps the foremost practitioner of literary utopias. What members say Average Customer Ratings Overall. Amazon Reviews. Sort by:. Most Helpful Most Recent. Jonathan Gwiazda Lives at Leucadia. Did valuable research in algorithms predicting a gene's protein expression. Young and smart, pure mathematician, is not interested to the biotech applications of his algorithms. Marta Leo's lab assistant.
Californian, loves surfing. Married an ex-professor and then married Frank; they got a house at Cardiff. Frank hid a third mortgage from her to invest in a biotech start-up; when they broke up the money was gone, so Frank still owes Marta. Employed in Small Delivery Systems. Several of them are Vietnam Vets. Frank befriends them and hangs around with them often.
There's Zeno abrasive voice , Fedpage reads the Washington Post, well versed in federal bureaucracy , Cutter used to work in city park service, now just cuts trees , Andy, Jory, Chessman black boy, chess prodigy; gets to go into nation-wide chess competitions , Deirdre knitting woman.
The Frisbee players Spencer, Robin, Robert. Hang around at Rock Creek Park playing Frisbee. Frank befriends them and plays with them. Several are parts of the fregan culture of Washington. A consultant for biotech firm Small Delivery Systems. Frank is not unsensible to her charming appearance and voice, however he's outmaneuvered by her schemes to bring in Yann Pierzinski to Small Delivery in the NSF committee for funding research projects.