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The Peripheral
- Narrated by: Katie Leung
- Length: 14 hrs and 15 mins
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Summary
The Peripheral by William Gibson is a thrilling audiobook about two intertwined futures, from the bestselling author of Neuromancer
In the near future in a broken down rural America, Flynne Fisher scrapes a living as a gamer for rich players. One night, working a game set in a futuristic but puzzlingly empty London, she sees a death that's unnervingly vivid. Soon after she gets word that it isn't a game after all—the future she saw is all too real, she's the only witness to a murder and someone from that unreal tomorrow now wants her dead. The story of a young woman caught between two worlds, The Peripheral interweaves two futures—pre-apocalypse USA and post-apocalypse London—to tell a story which gets right to heart of the way we live now.
“Wild, richly satisfying . . . big-screen, popcorn-chewing thrills. What a glorious ride” - Guardian
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- mr g.
- 09-06-24
the story is good... narrator not so much
something about the voice doesn't work..
i persevered for 12 chapters but found i had to re-listen.. but couldn't get it. couldn't take it in.
not sure if it's a pitch/ tone thing..
but it sure didn't work for me.
audio book dnf.. I'll go old school and read this one.
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- Stuart Piper
- 23-01-24
Brilliant narration - incredible accents bravo
As prescient as Neuromancer was in the 80s - love the Amazon series - a crime it was cancelled. Gibsons prose is poetry
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- Mark Calvert
- 23-05-23
Enjoyable, informative and entertaining.
A fantastic story that the TV series very loosely follows. Great voice actor to boot who helped to bring the audible narration to life.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-06-24
Strong voicing and writing
Razor sharp rapid fire writing in Gibson's usual style. It took me a little while to really get into the story, but once settled it was obvious how deft the storytelling is. With a sci-fi plot like this it could've very easily become totally incomprehensible, but it was honestly fairly easy to follow. You're given tidbits of info along the way so that you can feel turning points coming, but not so much so that you can see every twist coming a mile away. The voice acting is about as good as it gets. Plenty variety in voices, and nothing that sounds annoying. Easy recommend.
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- Kmadrid
- 05-03-24
good reviews but not to my liking
Story does not make sense, the way it was written (all over the place, in my opinion)
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