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City of Golden Shadow

Otherland, Book 1

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City of Golden Shadow

Written by: Tad Williams
Narrated by: George Newbern
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Surrounded by secrecy, it is home to the wildest dreams and darkest nightmares. Incredible amounts of money have been lavished on it. The best minds of two generations have labored to build it. And somehow, bit by bit, it is claiming the Earth's most valuable resource - its children.

©1998 Tad Williams (P)2014 Penguin Audio
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stunning and before its time

this book was written over 28 years ago and it still feels new and fresh... you can see several plot devices that Ernst Cline seems to have borrowed from this book to underscore the main story for ready player one. you know it's good when it influences other great authors.

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Love it!

One of my favorite series with a fantastic narrator! i can't stop listening! the characters are amazing and the story is unique and imaginitive.

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I was entertained

I have read the series before a long time ago and wanted to revisit the story. The audiobook performance was well done and I enjoyed it as much as I did in printed form. Throughly entertaining.

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second time reading this masterpiece

I absolutely love this series. this is my second time reading/listening and again I cannot put it down.

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such a good story. I would recommend this to all.

can't wait to start the next in the series. I am sure it will be just as good.

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Good long book

Fairly inventive and well rounded. The slow pace is filled with entertaining characters and scenes. A reasonably satisfying choice if you're looking for an extra long book/series to fill time. Looking forward to seeing where the characters end up.

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The performance of national accents is amazing

Reading for the second time, I find the pacing of the action much more enjoyable. I remember wanting so much for it to rush on, when I was young. As far as narration, the reader is an excellent choice actor; the small flaws in his rendering of the descriptive passages actually helps me to stay on top of the action.

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How awful this narrator wow

The narrator ruins the book more than anything. It's a dumb book tbh but the narrator sounds like an Indian with his accent sounds nothing like South African. I'm from Canada and I've more. Than enough of that Indian accent lmao instant delete / return of book

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