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Crystal Singer

By: Anne McCaffrey
Narrated by: Adrienne Barbeau
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Killashandra Ree has spent ten grueling years in musical training, anticipating interstellar celebrity as a vocal soloist. She is young, beautiful—and still without prospects. After learning that a flaw in her voice will prevent her from singing lead, she hears of the mysterious Heptite Guild on the planet Ballybran, where the fabled Black Crystal is found. Mining this strange form of crystal is a dangerous occupation but to Killa, the risks are acceptable. Remarkably, her adaptation to crystal mining is unusually rapid and easy and Killashandra advances quickly. The problem is—few people who land on Ballybran ever leave.

©2002 Anne McCaffrey (P)2022 Phoenix Books Adventure Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Space Funny

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I love this book, but this is a disappointment. I don’t think the narrator is very good and the book is not the full version

Very disappointed as it’s not an unabridged version

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the recording sounded like it it was done in an empty round via a radio.

recording

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I would not have bought this if I had realised it was abridged. So many good bits of the book were missing, so much so that the characters were thin and unconvincing. Can't imagine why Anne McCaffrey allowed this to be published. Sound quality not good.

Sad it was abridged.

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the audio quality on this book was very substandard and made the listening experience tedious

very very poor audio

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I love this story despite it being abridged. The narrator speaks very quickly and this detracts from the flow. Or maybe its the abridgement that interrupts it. I'm happy enough but glad I didn't pay full price. I move on to the second in the trilogy hoping the story will overcome the issues. This one managed it, just....

One of my favourite series

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Great book but I’d definitely see it as part 1 and you should read the other 2 to really get the full joy of the series

Great book, a great intro into the world

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Copy muffled poor sound quality. Otherwise a great listen. I would of preferred a unabridged version instead of a abridged one.

Poor sound quality

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Love Anne McCartney and have read the book in the past. Just find the audio quality really muffly compared to other downloads.

muffled audio

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The audio was quite fast and had to slow it down, but apart from that a very enjoyable listen

Enjoyable

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I’m such a fan and love Anne McCaffrey’s books. As others have mentioned I would like to listen to an unabridged version. I read this series decades ago and am revisiting them so a real treat. I’ll have to reread my old bartered copies again. Performance takes a bit of getting used to but not bad.

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