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Postcards from Gliese
- Narrated by: Trish Helsel
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
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Summary
She came to Gliese to save her marriage. Now she's trying to save herself. This dangerous bit of rock is quite possibly the worst place in the universe to bring a troubled relationship. And trying to save it while hiking through the wilderness might be the worst decision Annie's ever made.
She's willing to risk it.
The light jumper drops Annie and her researcher-husband on the planet's surface. All that's left is the treacherous Wadamongo River, bad directions, and the trail leading to the safety of the big water station. It isn't long before her husband's arrogance translates to disaster, leaving Annie to make her way alone. At the station, she finds more danger than safety and more questions than answers. What destroyed all the electronic equipment? What are the noises she's hearing at night?
Who is the man whose cabin she's inherited?
And happened to the scientists who were supposed to greet her?
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Norma Miles
- 20-04-22
"With this pen ..."
Her 30 years of marriage was floundering on his infidelities so, when he told her that he'd been chosen to go as the eminent anthropologist to a colony on Gliese, instead of objecting, she saw it as a five year period in which he couldn't stray. The journey across country to Big Water was to be of several days duration: of course, he knew a better way to travel - he always knew better!
There is so much packed into this short story, about, amongst other things, adventure, monsters and salvation. It is a real joy, funny, too. I loved this tale and it should have been five stars; unfortunately a star was lost in the narration. Although Trish Helsel has a pleasant sounding voice and reads well, she also adds such a depressing down turn in most sentences that I personally found it difficult to listen to her and it distracted me from what was being said. Even though, told in the first person as it was, a little pessimism could easily have crept in, if the intention was to convey perhaps, frustration, irritation and ongoing anger, it failed badly. Better to read the text version, if possible, to fully enjoy the story without distraction.
I received a freely gifted complimentary copy of Postcards from Gliese, at my request, via Free Audiobook Codes.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Mark Chitty
- 23-08-22
Short, but an interesting story
A story about a woman on a dangerous alien planet, and what it holds as she loses her husband on the way to a research station where he had taken a job. Told through diary entries on postcards, it was quite interesting, and the world was fleshed out enough in the short length of it. The format worked well in giving little updates and progressing the story forward a bit at a time, with the revelations and conclusion satisfying.
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