Comments on: Marwan http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/ News from the Staff of Podiobooks.com Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:09:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: murrayfurry http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-127656 murrayfurry Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:38:29 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-127656 This is CRAP. Fiction of a fiction. The Official Story of 9/11 is a fiction, and this adds on. PURE speculation, muddle the waters and incur people into thinking it DID happen like that. Atta worked for the CIA. This is CRAP. Fiction of a fiction. The Official Story of 9/11 is a fiction, and this adds on. PURE speculation, muddle the waters and incur people into thinking it DID happen like that. Atta worked for the CIA.

]]> By: Frozen Alex http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-114065 Frozen Alex Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:02:00 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-114065 I have been trying to get into this book, but for some reason unknown to me I am getting the chapters cut of. The feed will tell me how long the episode is but I will be lucky to get two minuets out of 20 before the filed cuts out. I have been trying to get into this book, but for some reason unknown to me I am getting the chapters cut of. The feed will tell me how long the episode is but I will be lucky to get two minuets out of 20 before the filed cuts out.

]]> By: Evo http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-76455 Evo Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:27:39 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-76455 Folks, In theory, I've fixed some of the issues. Aram re-recorded episodes and sent those to us some time ago, and we managed to flub them up big time. I'm going to download all of the chapters myself and check them, but I'm hoping we have them right. The only thing I notice right off the bat that I'm not happy with? The "serialization" seems to have been removed by Aram. So instead of the consistent branding of intros and outros like *all* other books on our site has, these start with "Chapter 1". Sorry, but we deal with what the author gives to us. If any of you see a problem with this book or any of the chapters, please contact me at evo at this domain dot com, please. Folks,

In theory, I’ve fixed some of the issues. Aram re-recorded episodes and sent those to us some time ago, and we managed to flub them up big time.

I’m going to download all of the chapters myself and check them, but I’m hoping we have them right. The only thing I notice right off the bat that I’m not happy with? The “serialization” seems to have been removed by Aram. So instead of the consistent branding of intros and outros like *all* other books on our site has, these start with “Chapter 1″. Sorry, but we deal with what the author gives to us.

If any of you see a problem with this book or any of the chapters, please contact me at evo at this domain dot com, please.

]]> By: The Red Chef http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-17285 The Red Chef Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:57:46 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-17285 I enjoyed this book, even if it's accuracy is in question it is refreshing to see the story told from a different perspective. I've listened to Aram Schefrin's other books and enjoyed them as well. I think he is a talented author and rest assured his stories are always told from the perspective of the side that history has deemed evil and wrong. However, It seems as though this story may have been rushed out. It seems to be plagued by technical issues. In some chapters the other characters voices are sometimes impossible to here, and the chapters didn't have trailing music so I often felt like the chapter prematurely ended and I was missing content. (All these issues of course can be worked out and I still highly recommend the authors works including this story.) I enjoyed this book, even if it’s accuracy is in question it is refreshing to see the story told from a different perspective. I’ve listened to Aram Schefrin’s other books and enjoyed them as well. I think he is a talented author and rest assured his stories are always told from the perspective of the side that history has deemed evil and wrong.

However, It seems as though this story may have been rushed out. It seems to be plagued by technical issues. In some chapters the other characters voices are sometimes impossible to here, and the chapters didn’t have trailing music so I often felt like the chapter prematurely ended and I was missing content. (All these issues of course can be worked out and I still highly recommend the authors works including this story.)

]]> By: phil http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-12023 phil Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:44:19 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-12023 hey every one I was just lisening to the preview and I thaut it was relly cool because it felt like you were relly there Ijust recently visited new york and saw the memorial of what was new york' s pride. than I looked to the right and saw a women and her three kids she was stering up and then burtsed in to tears she was telling her kids that there dad was on the top floor that day dooing some maintance....I thaut. oh and SCOTT I think that if you disslike this book keep your thauts to your self you would have never been able to do any thing like this EVER.... so think next time hey every one I was just lisening to the preview and I thaut it was relly cool because it felt like you were relly there Ijust recently visited new york and saw the memorial of what was new york’ s pride. than I looked to the right and saw a women and her three kids she was stering up and then burtsed in to tears she was telling her kids that there dad was on the top floor that day dooing some maintance….I thaut.

oh and SCOTT I think that if you disslike this book keep your thauts to your self you would have never been able to do any thing like this EVER…. so think next time

]]> By: Yoel Ben-Avraham http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-3176 Yoel Ben-Avraham Sun, 06 Aug 2006 05:53:00 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-3176 Listen, its fiction. You don't like it, don't. As someone who has lived, worked and communicated with Middle East Muslims for over thirty years I can say the "sound" of what was said range true. I don't want to debate the actual content, cause I don't think the writer really succeeded in "getting into their heads" and successfully communicating it. None-the-less I listened daily to each day's section and lookefd forward to what the next section would reveal. I look forward to other fiction written by Aram Schefrin Listen, its fiction. You don’t like it, don’t.

As someone who has lived, worked and communicated with Middle East Muslims for over thirty years I can say the “sound” of what was said range true. I don’t want to debate the actual content, cause I don’t think the writer really succeeded in “getting into their heads” and successfully communicating it. None-the-less I listened daily to each day’s section and lookefd forward to what the next section would reveal.

I look forward to other fiction written by Aram Schefrin

]]> By: Andy http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-3028 Andy Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:23:37 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-3028 I downloaded Marwan about 5 months ago. I must say that I absolutely love it. ME and my brother listen to it everynight when we sleep. The narrators voice is excellent. We will continue to listen to this until I can narrate it myself backwards in Chinese. Chapter 9 in Kandahar is cool. I can really imagine how it was for them. Well done and hope you can continue making good audiobooks. Cheers Mate I downloaded Marwan about 5 months ago. I must say that I absolutely love it. ME and my brother listen to it everynight when we sleep. The narrators voice is excellent. We will continue to listen to this until I can narrate it myself backwards in Chinese. Chapter 9 in Kandahar is cool. I can really imagine how it was for them. Well done and hope you can continue making good audiobooks.
Cheers Mate

]]> By: Scott http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-2821 Scott Tue, 25 Jul 2006 23:37:03 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-2821 In my previous comment, I left off by saying "The readers sucked too!!!". To clarify that, I was referring to the narrators/performers....and yes they left a most disturbing smell in my nasal cavity, lol. In my previous comment, I left off by saying “The readers sucked too!!!”. To clarify that, I was referring to the narrators/performers….and yes they left a most disturbing smell in my nasal cavity, lol.

]]> By: Scott http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-2782 Scott Tue, 25 Jul 2006 05:09:30 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-2782 I believe this was one of the biggest peices of trash I have ever read. First of all, what was the point? The fact that these people existed is the only interesting reason for saying anything at all about them. But beyond that, why bother writing a book that takes small events in these men's lives and fabricating dialogue that probably never happened just so the author can pretend to have some sort of context for writing a book. I found nearly all of this "novel" to be like a mind numbing brain freeze. It was boring and incomplete. I mean, if you're going to take real people, find out where they were for a year, decide to speculate on events and make up a bunch of dialogue as if you KNOW what was going through their heads, and then get them to the point in the story where the culmination of all they planned is about to come to a head and decide,"this is a good place to end the book", then Mr. Schefrin better go back to writing school and learn how to at least finish what he starts, even if it is a peice of crap. P.S.- The readers sucked too!!!!!!!!! I believe this was one of the biggest peices of trash I have ever read. First of all, what was the point? The fact that these people existed is the only interesting reason for saying anything at all about them. But beyond that, why bother writing a book that takes small events in these men’s lives and fabricating dialogue that probably never happened just so the author can pretend to have some sort of context for writing a book. I found nearly all of this “novel” to be like a mind numbing brain freeze. It was boring and incomplete. I mean, if you’re going to take real people, find out where they were for a year, decide to speculate on events and make up a bunch of dialogue as if you KNOW what was going through their heads, and then get them to the point in the story where the culmination of all they planned is about to come to a head and decide,”this is a good place to end the book”, then Mr. Schefrin better go back to writing school and learn how to at least finish what he starts, even if it is a peice of crap.

P.S.- The readers sucked too!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Sean http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-790 Sean Tue, 09 May 2006 00:28:08 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-790 This is a very enjoyable book. Thank you! This is a very enjoyable book. Thank you!

]]> By: ocm185 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-382 ocm185 Fri, 10 Mar 2006 22:48:14 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-382 This Podcast is a kind of closure to a terrible day in US History - forme. I live in one of the small towns in this book, they lived near us. I truly recommend this book. Well wrote and told. This Podcast is a kind of closure to a terrible day in US History - forme. I live in one of the small towns in this book, they lived near us. I truly recommend this book. Well wrote and told.

]]> By: MadJo http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-75 MadJo Mon, 09 Jan 2006 20:22:22 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/01/09/marwan/#comment-75 sounds intruiging... sounds intruiging…

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