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Hamlet's Mill

By: Giorgio de Santillana,Hertha von Dechend
Narrated by: Graham Dunlop
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Summary

Updated 2023

Ever since the Greeks coined the language we commonly use for scientific description, mythology and science have developed separately. But what came before the Greeks? What if we could prove that all myths have one common origin in a celestial cosmology? What if the gods, the places they lived, and what they did are but ciphers for celestial activity, a language for the perpetuation of complex astronomical data?

Drawing on scientific data, historical, and literary sources, the authors argue that our myths are the remains of a preliterate astronomy, an exacting science whose power and accuracy were suppressed and then forgotten by an emergent Greco-Roman worldview. This fascinating book throws into doubt the self-congratulatory assumptions of Western science about the unfolding development and transmission of knowledge. This is a truly seminal and original thesis, a book that should be heard by anyone interested in science, myth, and the interactions between the two.

Note: We caught some mistakes from the first release and this has been edited since then.

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Terrible narrator

I wish I could have a refund the narrator can barely read / pronounce any names properly and is terribly edited. It renders the book useless.

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Terrible narrator

Unlistenable unfortunately due to the narrator… great shame as I would love to be listening right now!

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  • Anonymous User
  • 28-08-21

Came for the information, stayed for the hilarity

This book comes highly recommended from a handful of researchers in the field, so I was already sold on it. But! The narrator—while clearly literate—is a total idiot. So many mispronunciations!
This is good though; I heard somewhere that if you laugh while you’re learning, you’re more prone to retention.

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  • Shahid
  • 28-01-22

I hate to be this person...

The content is fascinating -- but this doesn't in any way feel like a professional audiobook. It's like someone reading for a podcast, which is fine if it didn't cost $21 retail. And it's not simply the un-edited-out errors, which any printed publisher would also take some critique for if they let it slip through, it's the lack of care in the reading. Part of being a professional reader should include learning how to pronounce what you will be reading. If it's a free podcast that you are sharing with the world -- do what you will! But it would be nice if the performer honored the content, and he doesn't -- which tends to drag on the listener with a book this length. Great content. I don't even have a problem with the reader's voice; just hard to hear mispronounced words & names page after page.

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  • Smitty
  • 22-01-22

Great story needs an edit.

Great content aside, someone forgot to do a final listen through. Editor should be fired.

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  • Kevin Hankins
  • 15-04-22

Poor Performance

This guy is SO bad at reading. Reads the same stuff over again, screws it up, mispronounces 1/3 of the words, clearing his throat and clapping?

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  • logan sauerwein
  • 20-12-22

mixed up puncuation

I really wanted to enjoy this book, but it too hard to listen to.

the reader reads as if so eone mixed up all the punctuation and accent marks. there are several mispronunciations, awkward pauses (most mid sentence and some mid detail) and unexplainable inflections in the reading that make some parts of the story almost unintelligible. had to re listen to several parts so much I decided to read the book myself

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  • Robert
  • 26-11-22

Unlistenable

The reading is a horrible unprofessional disgrace given the fascinating story (a story of stories). One reviewer said it was funny. But that only lasts so long and it becomes a distraction from an otherwise inspired discovery. I would ask for my money back, and will if there is a way. I will never complete this title on this app. I have heard 45 minutes of another version and it is a completely different and superior experience. All of the bad reviews are correct.

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  • Obiwanspicoli
  • 19-05-22

Book is Great - Narrator is horrible

While the content in the actual book is fascinating I cannot get past the terrible narration. I am returning the audiobook and I will order a physical copy. This is not on Graham Dunlap alone. The audio engineer / producers obviously did not care about producing a decent audiobook.

There are numerous, humorous mispronunciations including: A-shill-ous (for Aeschylus), So-fock-a-lees (for Sophocles) and Aristotalan (for Aristotelian). There are also many places where he reads the same line over that was missed in post production and should have been edited out. At 4:49:13 the narrator literally clears his throat mid-sentence, claps four times and then resumes the sentence where he left off. It is absurd to try to listen any further.

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  • Daniel Kohn
  • 05-12-22

Unlistenable trash

Whoever picked this dbag to narrate this book should be imprisoned. This book is completely impossible to listen to. This moron shouldn’t be allowed to read a telephone book

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  • will crow
  • 21-10-22

Who did you find to read this???

The narration makes this IMPOSSIBLE to listen to. He can't pronounce simple, two syllable words! Why didn't you find a native English speaker? Good grief! It's a good book ruined by this unlettered person.

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  • Liz
  • 11-02-22

great book

I love the narrator's voice. didn't hear any issues some other reviews complained of.

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