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Starfist
- School of Fire
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
- Series: Starfist (abridged), Book 2
- Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
- Abridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
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- patrick williford
- 20-12-19
not the whole story
it's not the whole book. this is just an abridged version. also not a fan of the narrator
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- Kindle Customer
- 07-06-19
read the book
Listening to the abridged version is a waste of time, these are great stories and these do no justice.
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- Michael Jacobi
- 24-08-10
Why such a drastic abridgment?
I bought three of these but wish I had not. I am a fan of military sf, but the stories I got were so cut up and condensed that it was hardly worth hearing. They might have been pretty good had there been any character development left, but sadly it all ended up on the cutting room floor. I hope the authors were really angry when they saw what the publisher did to their hard work. Save your money and look for the unabridged version elsewhere.
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- Enrique
- 20-02-08
Excellent book and narrator!
Loved the action packed book. The narrator did a fine job. Excellent!
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- Kindle Customer
- 04-02-11
Great series
This entire series in print is great, but this download is abridged. Still good for a couple of hours in the car or on the train.
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- David
- 25-07-08
Disappointing
Narrative was choppy, and the plot hard to follow. The story jumps from scene to scene with little or no explanation as to why we are suddenly there. The characters were cardboard cut-outs, full of Semper Fi machismo, with almost no backstory to make you care for them. As a military Sci-Fi piece, I was expecting some detail into tactics and combat, but there was little of that as well. Entire battles were condensed to one or two un-fulfilling sentences. Finally, the conclusion to the plot comes right out of left field, with no chance for the reader to discover it for themselves. It was a disappointing end to a disappointing story.