The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
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21st Century America
Magic has faded from the minds of mankind, until an encounter between Melisande Stokes, linguistics expert at Harvard, and Tristan Lyons, shadowy agent of government, leads to the uncovering of a distant past.
After translating a series of ancient texts, Melisande and Tristan discover the connection between science, magic and time travel and so the Department of Diachronic Operations – D.O.D.O. – is hastily brought into existence. Its mission: to develop a device that will send their agents back to the past, where they can stop magic from disappearing and alter the course of history.
But when you interfere with the past, there’s no telling what you might find in your future…
Written with genius and complexity, this vividly realised novel will make you believe the impossible, and question the very foundations of the modern world.
©2017 Neal Stephenson; Nicole Galland (P)2017 HarperCollins PublishersCritic Reviews
‘A story that combines science, magic, history, and conspiracies into a genre-bending romp’ Inverse
‘Those familiar with Stephenson will recognize his humor and ideas, while Galland brings a fresh and irresistible voice to this ambitious novel’ Washington Post
‘The novel explores the boundary between magic and science with wit, intellectual intensity and panache’ Financial Times
‘Big, roomy and enjoyable … The characters are vibrant and the whole thing possesses heart and charm’ Guardian
Praise for Neal Stephenson:
‘Genius’ Time
‘He makes reading so much fun it feels like a deadly sin’ The New York Times
‘Fast-forward free-style mall mythology for the 21st century’
William Gibson
‘[Stephenson is] the hacker Hemingway’ Newsweek
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- Joe Bond
- 27-08-2017
Best Vocal Performances Yet!
A lot of thought and effort was placed into this publication and its voicing. An interesting story carefully, produced craftily to bring it to life unlike any other audio book I've heard thus far
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- Anonymous User
- 12-09-2018
Glorious!
Loved every second of this audio book. The dramatisation is spot on and captures the humour and spirit of the story.
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- Gaye Chadwick
- 01-06-2023
Loved it!
Awesome story and loved the narration. A great mix of science and witchy stuff! Hoping for many more.
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- Tillaan
- 11-09-2018
Most entertaining audio book
A great blend of genres and a delightful production by the readers. Highly recommended, enjoyed every minute.
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- PIBULL
- 08-09-2020
Listen to your editor
An embarrassment of ideas, quite amusing, but needs tightening up.
I cannot read recent Stephenson. But I seem to have more patience with the audiobook.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-09-2017
Name and time stamp
The performance are badly affected by the issue of a name and time stamp between each participant in a conversation
I ended up skipping chapters when this was done
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- Hannah
- 26-12-2017
Fun story well performed
I quite enjoyed this book. The concept behind the story was cool and imaginative and the characters enjoyable. I haven't read anything else by Nicole Galland (I will now!) but I love how Neal Stephenson's mind works. Some people might want things to move a bit faster but I enjoy the way they delve into details and flesh stuff out. There are a couple of dodgey accents in the performance but it didn't matter too much.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-05-2019
Great story
Even though I loved the story I struggled with the narration. The different narrators were also confusing.
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- delys magill
- 23-04-2019
Another Great Stephenson Novel
Great story. Love Stephenson's novels. Detail and narration work perfectly here. Highly recommend to others.
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- Ros and Lawrence
- 20-09-2019
Fun and thought provoking
I love Neal Stephenson books - I always feel as though I’m getting better educated while thoroughly enjoying myself. He has a remarkable ability to follow ideas of what science could easily be capable of and where that could lead. This book co-authored by Nicole Galland added even more enjoyment - the personalities of the characters were beautifully developed and I loved the extra focus on interpersonal relationships in particular. The ending left me sad to have finished and wanting to know how the story continued, although I’m not sure that it’s the sort of book that could have a sequel. I also loved the little details that showed where our “strand” fits into the story.
I read some parts as text and others as audio and found the transition smooth, and advantages/disadvantages with both media for this book: because of the log/diary nature of the work, there are “formatting” type details that slow down the flow in audio format (as text, you would skim these to concentrate on the content), but the voice acting really brought the characters’ personalities to life, particularly with the different genders, ages and accents of each character. It was also nice to know the pronunciation of names and words I’m not familiar with such as Gráinne and számológép.
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