Crying over Spilt Light
A God Complex Sci-Fi Novella
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Crying over Spilt Light
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Narrated by:
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Denise Kahn
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By:
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George Saoulidis
About this listen
On the verge of abandoning his life-long project, an obsessive physicist hires the innovative service of an android muse to help him finish his work. But when things start to go missing from his life, he must learn that not all is worth sacrificing on the altar of science before he has nothing left to live for.
Do you want to know what's next for poor-but-brilliant Yanni? Do you want to meet the muse? Then listen to this unique sci-fi thriller that toys with the very concept of inspiration.
What is the god complex universe?
The gods are back in town. Skyscrapers pop out of nowhere all over Athens. Corporations rename themselves as Greek gods. It all started with the Greek crisis of 2009 and will forever change the world as we know it.
Some say that CEO's have gone mad. Others, that they know damn well what they are doing. That there is something solid amongst the myth. In the day of inter-connectivity and social media admiration, can the myths come back to life?
©2014 George Saoulidis (P)2016 Mythography StudiosListeners also enjoyed...
I believe that there are two problems with this book, the first is easy: awful narration, the second I’m having a hard time putting my finger on it but I know it’s there because after listening to it three times and finally getting the complete picture it was brilliant a truly masterpiece which I believe needs to be redone because people deserve to hear about this excellent story and understand it easily.
About recommending this audiobook I really can’t say, great story but needs retelling.
In exchange for an honest review I’ve received this audiobook.
Good but disappointing.
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So, too, is the narration by Denise Kahn. Her very pleasant, soothing voice s well paced and modulated and her voicings of the protagonists distinctive, sympathetic and true to life. At the same time, she manages to induce a feeling of one that is mechanical, one tonal, despite being anything but. Most intriguing.
The story is a simple one - a physicist is attempting to find the equation to tie up light to facilitate the building of a quantum computer and, at the same time, earn himself a Nobel prize. But after years of trying he still cannot find that Eureka moment. A friend recommends his hiring a Muse to eliminate distractions. And she does - toys, pictures and people.
The writing style is at first confusing, segments moving and interspersing themselves in time. It needs a careful listen (or two) but it is short, engaging and worth the effort. A parable.
Chasing the end of the rainbow.
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Great story
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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I wouldn't because of narration and I didn't enjoy story that much. Maybe audiobook just needed more in-depth explanations.If you’ve listened to books by George Saoulidis before, how does this one compare?
I haven'tWhat aspect of Denise Kahn’s performance might you have changed?
Intonation. Voice was lacking emotions.Could you see Crying over Spilt Light being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?
Don't think so.Short story
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The story mainly focused on Yanni, a theoretical physicist struggling to make a crucial breakthrough, while being haunted by an Einstein quote "A person who has not made his great contribution to science before the age of thirty will never do so" as his own thirtieth birthday is rapidly approaching. In an attempt to help him out, his friend suggests he gets a Muse, an android assistant designed to optimise his life to eliminate anything that could distract him from making progress with his work, but is everything as it first seems?
The narrator did a reasonable job with this book, but didn't really elevate a book that could have benefited from it.
Overall, this is a decent short listen, but the shorter format doesn't really do the larger world justice.
[Note - I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.]
Would have worked better as part of an anthology
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