Author: Steven R. Boyett
Narrator: Ramón de Ocampo
Unabridged: 13 hr
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Published: 08/25/2009
Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Contemporary
Steven R. Boyett sold his first novel at 21 and went on to publish novels, short stories, feature screenplays, and comic books. In 1999 he took some time off from writing, and during this period he learned to play the didgeridoo, a unique Australian wind instrument. This led him to learn about digital recording, which led to composing electronica, which led to DJing. He produces three of the world's most popular music podcasts: the groundbreaking Podrunner and Podrunner: Intervals (workout music mixes), and Groovelectric (dance music mixes of what he calls New Old Funk). Steve has played clubs in Hollywood, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Reno, as well as Burning Man. He has been a martial arts instructor, professional paper marbler, advertising copywriter, legal proofreader, writing teacher, website editor, chapbook publisher, and composer. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two frighteningly intelligent parrots.Ramón de Ocampo has performed in numerous Off Broadway and regional theaters, including the Public Theater, the New York Shakespeare Festival, and the Signature Theatre in New York City, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. He has received multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, the Princess Grace Foundation Award for Excellence in Acting, and an OBIE Award for his work in The Romance of Magno Rubio.
I really enjoyed this book. While it may not have been the best story in the universe with how it was set up and the characterizations, I think it was quite entertaining. Considering the author was 19 years old at the time, I think it was very good. My family passed the book around until it fell apart.
I absolutely loved this book as a teenager. Read it to pieces, then could never find another copy. Fortunately it has been reissued, after far too long! It holds up incredibly well -- there are a few minor Handwavium (tm) moments in the plot that I never noticed before, and I can't help laughing now......more
Postapocalypse with unicorn. Ok, I'll bite, especially since I've been hearing about this book from people like Cory Doctorow ever since it was reprinted earlier this year. Apparently little Cory's imagination got rocked by Ariel when he was an adolescent. And I could see that. Written by a nineteen-......more
A re-read of a book read years ago and loved then despite the sad ending (no spoiler, but given the premise of a unicorn as a main character and the traditional requirement for their companions to be virgins, it won't be a big suprise). And to begin with, I did love it anew. However this time around,......more
Don't read too much in the number of stars I gave this novel. The fact of the matter is, having finished this almost a week ago, I'm still not quite sure what to think of it. In fact, I'll go one step further. I could easily justify any number of stars for this book: (*mild spoilers abound, particul......more