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    Buying Time
    Buying Time
    Buying Time
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    Buying Time

    Written by Joe Haldeman

    Narrated by Eric Vale

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    From Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Award winner Joe Haldeman, the best-selling author of The Forever War and Forever Peace, comes a thrilling sci-fi story that examines a world where time truly is money, and what happens when they both run out.

    More even than space travel, the Stileman Process has altered 21st-century life. The most complex of medical miracles, it ensures that every 10 years or so, the ailing aging body can be restored to youthful vigour and health. There's a catch, of course: the cost. Every 10 years or so, you have to come up with £1,000,000 minimum to repeat the procedure or die.

    For Dallas Barr, one of the oldest men on earth, it's that time again. While casting around desperately for his next essential £1,000,000, he meets Maria, a woman from - literally - a previous life, and makes two major discoveries.

    One: Not all Stileman "immortals" were born - or created - the same.

    An Author's Republic audio production.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNovel Audio
    Release dateMar 21, 2017
    ISBN9781518945489
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    Joe Haldeman

    Joe Haldeman began his writing career while he was still in the army. Drafted in 1967, he fought in the Central Highlands of Vietnam as a combat engineer with the Fourth Division. He was awarded several medals, including a Purple Heart. Haldeman sold his first story in 1969 and has since written over two dozen novels and five collections of short stories and poetry. He has won the Nebula and Hugo Awards for his novels, novellas, poems, and short stories, as well as the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Locus Award, the Rhysling Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the James Tiptree, Jr. Award. His works include The Forever War, Forever Peace, Camouflage, 1968, the Worlds saga, and the Marsbound series. Haldeman recently retired after many years as an associate professor in the Department of Writing and Humanistic Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He and his wife, Gay, live in Florida, where he also paints, plays the guitar, rides his bicycle, and studies the skies with his telescope. 

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    • 4/5
      I enjoyed it a lot. The narrator was very good and kept me engaged
    • 4/5
      Although the novel lost its excitement and exhilaration midway through, the narrator kept me entertained. He compensated for the somewhat drowsy and drawn out story. Nevertheless, it was a competent, intelligent narrative, credible enough to make me believe in it.
    • 4/5
      Solid title with enough intrigue and action to keep the average sci-fi fan satisfied. The ending comes abruptly and is a tad offputting but serves its function fine enough, I suppose, though it is my only real gripe with the story. All in all, not a bad audiobook! The narrator does an excellent job.
    • 4/5
      Overall, the story was interesting, and kept my attention all the way to the end. The very end, however, seemed rushed or a
      “Let bygones be bygones”, rather unfulfilling closure. Overall, I enjoyed the book, this, being my first Joe Haldeman book.
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed it,but not as much as forever war. The end seemed rushed and not well wrapped to be honest, but still a good story all in all
    • 3/5
      Good sci fi era of earth and the universe. Climax is a bit disappointing. Solid quick read. Kept me in gauged. Good world building