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Cymoeba: Awaken
- Narrated by: Zachary Johnson
- Length: 14 hrs
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Summary
Jason, an Internet genius and the world's richest man, dies in a traffic accident, attracting the attention of the NSA. As the investigation gains depth, John Jones, a high school IT teacher, slowly gains everyone's attention with his mysterious background.
As Jones pursues his independent investigation, a top assassin stalks him like a shadow. During an intense escape from the assassin and a high-stakes tech war of hackers, a miracle that occurred three and a half billion years ago suddenly occurs again. Part of the Internet suddenly awakens and forms a unicellular life form called Cymoeba.
With Cymoeba devouring all types of computer devices, the whole Internet goes out of control and human society slides rapidly toward disintegration.
Can the truth be found in time? Can the mastermind be uncovered? Will civilization escape the breakdown of social order? As daunting mysteries intertwine with each other, Jones has to solve them one by one. Facing mysterious and powerful opponents, he fights back to save himself and an Internet-dependent world.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Linda Muhavi
- 11-08-23
Techie Warfare!
This was actually quite a fun adventure written as a race against time. Cymoeba:Awaken pitted an omnipresent artificial intelligence against human intelligence (techies, government officers, alphabet letter agencies etc.). The obvious knowledge of biology and all things cyber being joyfully evident. I soaked up the prescience about green energy (loved J-Building), futuristic weapons (a sniper rifle at the 50% mark was absolutely droolworthy) and sniggered at bio-identity’s fallibility because duh! Big themes were tackled (technology, big government, monolithic business, charismatic technopreneurs) and I appreciated the interwoven social consciousness.
Why 3 stars? Belaboured exposition made C:A feel like a lecture to get through. Without significant concentration, I could not keep up with the tedious tech talk, stilted story momentum and myriad characters with redundant PoVs. Added to this mix were names like A Queen, Z, Four Fingers, Adjutant, Prophet etc. that kept the characters cliched and remote. There was more love for science than characters – like loving the technology of The Matrix but not caring for Neo or Agent Smith - so plot driven readers would enjoy this more. Still, this was worth the credit as l had a good time.
🎧 The diversity of the characters was muted in the narrator’s portrayals. There was some distinction between the voices of the male, female, teenage and AI characters but the limited vocal range made it hard to distinguish whose head I was in or the story thread being picked up. However, Mr. Johnson was good with accents – German, Indian, Russian, intonation of SE Asian. I particularly enjoyed the Chinese because it was less about the accent but more its rhythm: a higher pitch, clipped cadence and stress on words rather than sentence structure. Zachary Johnson’s performance stayed just this side of monotonous because of this, his rich timbre, vocal effects and the energetic pacing was a great accompaniment to brisk walks!!
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