My latest listen was "Raising Atlantis" by Thomas Greanias read by Scott Brick...
Overall, I enjoyed the book.
The quality of the version I downloaded from Audible.com was excellent, although there appeared to be a problem during the transfer to my Nomad which caused some garbling at the end of the first part and dropped the last ten minutes of the second part; fortunately, the original files on the hard drive were intact and I was able to listen to the end on the PC.
As expected, Scott Brick did a wonderful job performing the narration. I actually ended up selecting this book by first performing a search of all of the Scott Brick narrated books on Audible.com, and then making the selection based on the description of the story.
I did not find this book quite as engaging as some of the others I have listened to. I'm not sure though if this was because of the writer, or because I did not listen to this book as quickly as I usually do. On days when Jeanie and I walk on the beach, I do not listen to my audio books. There was also a number of days between when I started the book and when I finished it when we either had company, work interfered, or weather interfered with my normal exercise routine. As such, there tended to be longer than usual gaps between listens. This might have deadened how much I "got into" the story.
The story was interesting, but not quite as "edge of the seat" as I would have liked. I did find the historical references interesting, and aspects of the underlying theology found resonance with my beliefs (or at least contemplations).
The best description of the book is probably the first review shown on Amazon.com by LadyNaava which starts out "Raising Atlantis is like reading a weird hybrid between DaVinci Code and Stargate." Hmm, lets see... I really liked The DaVinci Code and I thoroughly enjoy Stargate - no wonder I liked the book.
I couldn't help but feel at the very end of the book like it was set up for a sequel. Guess what? Greanias will be releasing it (The Atlantis Prophecy) on July 18!
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Posted by David at March 27, 2006 08:00 PM