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Beyond the Aquila Rift

By: Alastair Reynolds
Narrated by: Tom Dheere
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 Beyond the Aquila Rift: It's shorthand for the trip no one ever hopes to make by accident. The one that will screw up the rest of your life, the one that creates the ghosts you see haunting the shadows of company bars across the whole Bubble. Men and women ripped out of time, cut adrift from families and lovers by an accident of an alien technology we use but rarely comprehend.©2005 Alastair Reynolds (P)2019 ABP Editore Anthologies & Short Stories Science Fiction Space Opera Space Fiction Artificial Intelligence Robotics

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this story was very confusing and the addition of the music every few mins made it very difficult to follow the story

confusing

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The good things first - it’s a fantastic short story by A. Reynolds. I really enjoyed his revelation space books so I was a little reluctant to get into this one. However, it did not disappoint. Excellent buildup and Reynolds-style twists.

Now the bad things - the narrator can’t control his breathing. You can hear him gasping for air between sentences which can be pretty disruptive anxiety inducing. His pacing was also off somehow. I tried to listen at different speeds but it didn’t help. It’s not the worst narration I heard but it’s still the auditory equivalent of nails being scratched down a chalkboard.

Great story, awful narration

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I loved the existential dread it caused, and how the story unfolds.

This brought more depth to the Love, Death, & Robots episode of the same name

Great scifi short story

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Audio quality is not good. sounds metallic and too sharp. It took some getting used too.

I also think the reader was a bit fast.

Story was great as expected

Great story but low audio quality

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I downloaded this book after having watched the Love, Death and Robots episode inspired by it. It's an excellent story, though, part of me wishes that I'd heard it before watching the episode, as is always the case.

One slight problem I had with this audiobook was the reading pace. There's a lot to take in in a pretty small amount of time and I think the author read too quickly and it didn't really give you a chance to dwell on what was happening. My solution to this was to change it to 80% speed, though, and that seemed to do the trick.

I listened to this whilst on a walk and it firmly held my attention throughout. Highly recommend particularly if you've *not* seen the Love, Death and Robots episode yet.

Great story

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I decided to give this book a go as I recently watched the Love Death and Robots episode that is based on this short story. The story itself is in my opinion a tad less interesting than the animation, however my main annoyance stems from Tom Dheere. He reads this story like he had too much coffee and decided to speed run it. It's honestly quite jarring. A secondary complaint would be that he seems to struggle to clearly change voices for different characters. Often times I couldn't tell who was actually talking. All told, I wouldn't recommend this audiobook to people, I would instead recommend just watching the LD&R episode.

The orator does NOT understand pacing.

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Bland narration ruined a sci-fi classic. The mix of weird music didn't help either. Avoid. Watch Netflix Love, Death & Robots instead - or read the short story. It's brilliant.

Bland Narration

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I bought this audiobook on Amazon, linking through from the paperback version of the “Beyond the Aquila Rift” short story collection. However, even though this has the same title as that collection, it is just a single story! I’m contacting Amazon to ask for a refund. Ripoff.

Misrepresentation - Buyer Beware!

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