Was Permutation City worth the listening time? compared to the book itself this verbal recitation (wont call it a performance) is the least of my complaints, but won't be listening to books read out loud by this guy again. What three words best describe Adam Epstein’s performance? major plot developments drop off and never picked back up, useless character have there stories re told multiple times and never contribute to the over all story, and the book end abruptly as though the author accidentally forgot the last third of the book somewhere. The publishing company must have printed the rough draft by mistake. What was most disappointing about Greg Egan’s story? I don't hold it against my friend for reccomending This is not SpaceOpera scifi It's hard scifi and requires thinking about the ideas & concepts presented rather than passively enjoying a good story. Permutation City amounts to a compelling thought experiment on the nature of consciousness, self-identity, and the implications of artificial reality & existence. Permutation City, the Movie: WTF, Hollywood Actually Made This? If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be? On top of this, his accents were awful I don't recall listening to anything else by him, so maybe he just had a bad day. His voice is nasal, and his style monotonous: A deadly combination. What didn’t you like about Adam Epstein’s performance? What other book might you compare Permutation City to and why?Īnything else by Greg Egan The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. No, the narration was awful, about as bad as possible without causing me to stop listening or return the purchase to audible. Would you consider the audio edition of Permutation City to be better than the print version? It is read by John Polk, and even with poor audio quality, is far superior to kindergarten audio-torture version offered by Audible.Įxcellent Hard SciFi done right! AWFUL narration If you dig, you can find an old cassette recording of Diaspora online. If it does, pick up some of his books in another format. If the voice doesn't bother you, you are in for some seriously mind blowing hard sci-fi. I then discovered to my horror that this narrator reads almost all of the newly released Greg Egan material. I heard a whiny, nasal, mosquito buzzing voice, reading at kindergarten speed, and then using some of the most comically exaggerated and poorly executed accents I've ever encountered in a professional production. and then checked to make sure it wasn't April 1st. When they did, I immediately went to purchase Diaspora, one of the best books, sci-fi or otherwise, that I've ever read. I waited years for audible to release his works. Greg Egan is arguably one of the greatest sci-fi authors of our time, and without reservation my favorite.
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