Comments on: The Tenth Cow http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/ News from the Staff of Podiobooks.com Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:41:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: jeff adamson http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/comment-page-1/#comment-325979 jeff adamson Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:50:46 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/#comment-325979 I listened to the first 2 episodes and had to stop. The reader's accent was killing me. Please people...you might write a great story. But for God's sake, get someone with a decent voice to read it for you. I listened to the first 2 episodes and had to stop. The reader’s accent was killing me.
Please people…you might write a great story. But for God’s sake, get someone with a decent voice to read it for you.

]]> By: Juuro http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/comment-page-1/#comment-317912 Juuro Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:53:57 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/#comment-317912 What do you mean, hard to follow? In a world where Robert Jordans and G.R.R. Martins write multi-volume monsters with hundred subplots, this is trivially simple two-layer, single-narrative story. The only reason I can think of anyone having problems following is that in dialogs it is not always clear who is speaking. Other than that, I love the narrator. The writing contains huge amounts of background exposition; unavoidable, and it was made into reasonable infotainment. Well done. The parts in Israel brought me vividly back to my years there; great sense of location, except for Tverya being put on Dead Sea. Liked very much, except for the theme music. A bit scary, but so it needs to be. What do you mean, hard to follow? In a world where Robert Jordans and G.R.R. Martins write multi-volume monsters with hundred subplots, this is trivially simple two-layer, single-narrative story. The only reason I can think of anyone having problems following is that in dialogs it is not always clear who is speaking. Other than that, I love the narrator.
The writing contains huge amounts of background exposition; unavoidable, and it was made into reasonable infotainment. Well done. The parts in Israel brought me vividly back to my years there; great sense of location, except for Tverya being put on Dead Sea.
Liked very much, except for the theme music.
A bit scary, but so it needs to be.

]]> By: judith scherello http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/comment-page-1/#comment-310889 judith scherello Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:21:12 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/#comment-310889 I have to agree with Ramona Holliday: this book WAS REALLY hard to follow and I lost interest in it. I had to re-listen to it, and I gave up in the end... Anyway, other listeners seem to like it a lot. I have to agree with Ramona Holliday: this book WAS REALLY hard to follow and I lost interest in it. I had to re-listen to it, and I gave up in the end…
Anyway, other listeners seem to like it a lot.

]]> By: Byron Int http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/comment-page-1/#comment-26642 Byron Int Tue, 15 May 2007 16:27:43 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/#comment-26642 Episode number one at 22MB is empty -no sound (except for the ad about iFrogs). iTunes shows it is over two hours long, but upon playing, only the iFrogs ad plays and that's it. Have tried downloading it twice. Byron Int Episode number one at 22MB is empty -no sound (except for the ad about iFrogs). iTunes shows it is over two hours long, but upon playing, only the iFrogs ad plays and that’s it. Have tried downloading it twice.
Byron Int

]]> By: Ramona Holliday(author) http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/comment-page-1/#comment-2651 Ramona Holliday(author) Sun, 23 Jul 2006 01:58:34 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/#comment-2651 This book WAS hard to follow and I lost interest in it at times. I had to re-listen to it, so I could put together certain items. It was hard. The reader sounded like he had taken a couple of Vicoden or took voice lessons from Sylvester the Cat. The music of Michael Jackson's Thriller was kind of annoying. It needed a different introductory tune. It really wasn't my cup of tea, so my comments can be thrown out if you like. The story just didn't flow fast enough for me. I agree a lot with what Andre said. This book WAS hard to follow and I lost interest in it at times. I had to re-listen to it, so I could put together certain items. It was hard.

The reader sounded like he had taken a couple of Vicoden or took voice lessons from Sylvester the Cat. The music of Michael Jackson’s Thriller was kind of annoying. It needed a different introductory tune.

It really wasn’t my cup of tea, so my comments can be thrown out if you like. The story just didn’t flow fast enough for me.

I agree a lot with what Andre said.

]]> By: Billy C http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/comment-page-1/#comment-2033 Billy C Mon, 03 Jul 2006 02:12:12 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/#comment-2033 Really amazing story. Mr. Schefrin has an amazing knowledge of all things Israeli and Jewish. The details about the city and the history really drew me in. At times I did find the story a bit difficult to follow as there were so many characters and they were so intertwined. I just can't say enough about the details in the book though. I feel like I learned so much about Israel after finishing this book. Really amazing story. Mr. Schefrin has an amazing knowledge of all things Israeli and Jewish. The details about the city and the history really drew me in. At times I did find the story a bit difficult to follow as there were so many characters and they were so intertwined. I just can’t say enough about the details in the book though. I feel like I learned so much about Israel after finishing this book.

]]> By: Texas George http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/comment-page-1/#comment-1929 Texas George Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:19:45 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/#comment-1929 Great ending, and I won't spoil it for you here. Suffice it to say that I, too was worried about rapture occurring before Mr. Schefrin got out the last chapter, and not being around to enjoy it.... Thanks again for a GREAT book, and now I'll head back to Consider the Elephant! George, Fort Worth, Texas Great ending, and I won’t spoil it for you here. Suffice it to say that I, too was worried about rapture occurring before Mr. Schefrin got out the last chapter, and not being around to enjoy it…. Thanks again for a GREAT book, and now I’ll head back to Consider the Elephant!
George, Fort Worth, Texas

]]> By: Chris http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/comment-page-1/#comment-994 Chris Mon, 22 May 2006 15:58:37 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/#comment-994 I've contacted the author, and have removed the offending file. I’ve contacted the author, and have removed the offending file.

]]> By: Sean http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/comment-page-1/#comment-993 Sean Mon, 22 May 2006 15:26:01 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/#comment-993 There is an error in the podcast - the Ch. 26 download was the same audio file as Ch. 25 There is an error in the podcast – the Ch. 26 download was the same audio file as Ch. 25

]]> By: George http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/comment-page-1/#comment-699 George Thu, 27 Apr 2006 01:35:05 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/#comment-699 I recently added this to my aggregator, and am really enjoying the story so far. The world the author has created is one so completely alien to my experience I find myself reviewing the feed to make sure I don't miss any plot elements. Mr. Shefrin does a great job of explaining to the reader the theology involved, but you need to listen to at least a few chapters for this information. Trust me, it comes together and is explained bit by bit, but in a meter that becomes familiar the further you get into the story. I especially enjoyed the description of the polo player getting coated in manure, <i>"... like a chocolate-covered strawberry"</i>. Great visual, that one. And I couldn't stop laughing at the prayer scene with the Goys. <b>Hysterical</b>! I'm sure my co-workers were convinced that I'd taken leave of my senses. Again, another winner for Aram Shefrin. Please keep 'em coming! -George, Ft. Worth, Tx; www.thepublicdomainiac.com I recently added this to my aggregator, and am really enjoying the story so far. The world the author has created is one so completely alien to my experience I find myself reviewing the feed to make sure I don’t miss any plot elements. Mr. Shefrin does a great job of explaining to the reader the theology involved, but you need to listen to at least a few chapters for this information. Trust me, it comes together and is explained bit by bit, but in a meter that becomes familiar the further you get into the story. I especially enjoyed the description of the polo player getting coated in manure, “… like a chocolate-covered strawberry”. Great visual, that one. And I couldn’t stop laughing at the prayer scene with the Goys. Hysterical! I’m sure my co-workers were convinced that I’d taken leave of my senses. Again, another winner for Aram Shefrin. Please keep ‘em coming!
-George, Ft. Worth, Tx; http://www.thepublicdomainiac.com

]]> By: Henry http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/comment-page-1/#comment-650 Henry Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:47:11 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/#comment-650 Not sure how the RSS works, but if you download the chapters individually be aware that your OS may alphabetize them so that TENTH_COW_EIGHTEEN comes before TENTH_COW_ONE etc. Change the alpha to numeric on download to get around this -- TENTH_COW_01, TENTH_COW_18 etc. Otherwise you will have an extremely confusing story. Not sure how the RSS works, but if you download the chapters individually be aware that your OS may alphabetize them so that TENTH_COW_EIGHTEEN comes before TENTH_COW_ONE etc. Change the alpha to numeric on download to get around this — TENTH_COW_01, TENTH_COW_18 etc. Otherwise you will have an extremely confusing story.

]]> By: Andre http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/comment-page-1/#comment-582 Andre Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:22:57 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/03/27/the-tenth-cow/#comment-582 I find this story a little vague sometimes. I can;t find the word for it. It can be a little hard to follow and is not one of those stories you can sit back and relax in because one must really concentrate to keep up. The characters need to be more defined. I mean that I find it difficult to know who is speaking sometimes. I find this story a little vague sometimes. I can;t find the word for it. It can be a little hard to follow and is not one of those stories you can sit back and relax in because one must really concentrate to keep up.
The characters need to be more defined. I mean that I find it difficult to know who is speaking sometimes.

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