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Title: Empire Builders
Author: Ben Bova
Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-26-10
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 186 votes
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Dan Randolph never plays by the rules. A hell-raising maverick with no patience for fools, he is admired by his friends, feared by his enemies, and desired by the world's loveliest women. Acting as a 21st privateer, Randolph broke the political strangle-hold on space exploration, and became one of the world's richest men in the bargain.
Now an ecological crisis threatens Earthand the same politicians that Randolph outwitted the first time want to impose a world dictatorship to deal with it.
Dan Randolph knows that the answer lies in more human freedom, not lessand in the boundless resources of space. But can he stay free long enough to give the world that chance?
Critic Reviews:
"I believe that by far the science fiction author who will have the greatest effect on the science fiction world, and the world as a whole, is Ben Bova." (Ray Bradbury)
Solid action-adventure/politicking/consciousness-raising from a veteran pro. (
Kirkus Reviews)
"A rollicking good read!" (
Starlog)
Members Reviews:
And excellent book and hard to stop listen to
This is the second book about Dan Randolph even if it was writte well before Powersat.
The earth is heading towards a greenhouse cliff, a sudden climate change that will destroy much of the planet in ten years if something isn't done soon. The ice caps will melt. Cities will be flooded. Millions will die. When Randolph tries to let people know what's going on and try to help orchestrate a plan to avoid this catastrophe, government officials from the Global Economic Council (the GEC) confiscate his company, imprison him, and silence his scientific team.
The story continues and as usual it quite good and i find the book hard to put down, or stop listen to if you, like me listen to the audio book.
Stefan Rudnicki does an very excellent job adjusting his voice to each of the characters so you get a god idea of who speach. Speech tags become redundant. He captures a variety of accents well, and the voices match the personalities. He tries hard to get the Japanese right, but it doesn't roll off his tongue well.
Its even a bit scary to think that this book was written back in 1993 and quite well talks about some of the problems we have been facing today. The tsunamis in Indonesia and the flooding of New Orleans.
Another keeper from Ben Bova
Would you listen to Empire Builders again? Why?
Yes, I would listens again, I enjoyed this book
What other book might you compare Empire Builders to and why?
I think I could compare this title to the Orion series, there is a lot of space travel and exploration in both
What about Stefan Rudnickis performance did you like?
I like Stefan Rudnicki, he is a very good narrator for truck drivers because he keeps his voice at a fairly constant volume, which is nice because I don't have to keep fooling with the volume control while I'm driving
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
No, I'm generally not an emotional person
Excellent
Stephan Rudnicki is one of my favorite narrators, and he did his usual excellent narration here. Easy to listen to, easy to distinguish different characters, just the right amount of tension.