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Dangerous Women

By: Various, George R. R. Martin
Narrated by: Emily Rankin, Harriet Walter, Jake Weber Weber, Janis Ian, Jonathan Frakes, Lee Meriwether, Scott Brick, Stana Katic
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 21 original stories of Dangerous Women by top genre writers, brought together in a new anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois.

Intrepid warriors, far-ranging spacewomen, formidable superheroines, hard-living Bad Girls, embattled survivors, private investigators, seductive femmes fatale and haughty queens; as Gardner Dubois writes in his introduction, 'if you want to tie any of these women to the railway tracks, you'll have a real fight on your hands!'

This thrilling collection features both standalone tales and familiar worlds and characters, including Joe Abercrombie's Red Country backdrop; Jim Butcher's world of Harry Dresden; Lev Grossman's Magicians; Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series; and a story by Caroline Spector in the Wild Cards shared universe.

Return to Westoros in The Princess and the Queen, a new novella from George R. R. Martin about the Dance of Dragons, a bitter civil war that divided the kingdom nearly two centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones.

The full list of gripping stories, amazing authors and stellar narrators:
- Some Desperado by Joe Abercrombie; Read by Stana Katic
- My Heart Is Either Broken by Megan Abbott; Read by Jake Weber
- Nora's Song by Cecelia Holland; Read by Harriet Walter
- The Hands That Are Not There by Melinda Snodgrass; Read by Jonathan Frakes
- Bombshells by Jim Butcher; Read by Emily Rankin
- Raisa Stepanova by Carrie Vaughn; Read by Inna Korobkina
- Wrestling Jesus by Joe R. Lansdale; Read by Scott Brick
- Neighbors by Megan Lindholm; Read by Lee Meriwether
- I Know How to Pick 'Em by Lawrence Block; Read by Jake Weber
- Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell by Brandon Sanderson; Read by Claudia Black
- A Queen in Exile by Sharon Kay Penman; Read by Harriet Walter
- The Girl in the Mirror by Lev Grossman; Read by Sophie Turner
- Second Arabesque, Very Slowly by Nancy Kress; Read by Janis Ian
- City Lazarus by Diana Rowland; Read by Scott Brick
- Virgins by Diana Gabaldon; Read by Allan Scott-Douglas
- Pronouncing Doom by S.M. Stirling; Read by Stana Katic
- Name the Beast by Sam Sykes; Read by Claudia Black
- Caregivers by Pat Cadigan; Read by Janis Ian
- Lies My Mother Told Me by Caroline Spector; Read by Maggi-Meg Reed
- Hell Hath No Fury by Sherilynn Kenyon; Read by Jenna Lamia
- The Princess and the Queen by George R. R. Martin; Read by Iain Glen

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What did you like most about Dangerous Women?

Some of the stories are fabulous. “My Heart is Either Broken” by Megan Abbott is creepily atmospheric. “The Hands That Are Not There” by Melinda Snodgrass is imaginative and compelling.

Any additional comments?

Some of the stories just aren't that great. I suspect that the authors aren't masters of the short story - it's a skill in and of itself. Some of them are just, well, boring. This is a very, very long book (over 20 hours) and I confess I skipped through a couple because they weren't gripping me. It's still good value for money though, because it's so long.

Not surprisingly, it's a mixture.

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In 32 hours of listening there are bound to be some that are not as good as others. There really seems to have been no editing beyond the vaguest of links, “Dangerous Women”, and even this link is tenuous at best. While there are some very good shorts with quality narration these are mixed in with some truly awful ones with terrible narration. It is difficult to imagine what the “editor” could have in mind by mixing young adult stories narrated by juveniles into the pot. No doubt these are enjoyed by younger teenagers but alongside the quality stories they seem rather pathetic and patronising to even a juvenile listner. The problem is compounded in an audio book, lacking any sort of index beyond “Chapter 1”, that makes it difficult to avoid them. With a physical book they can be easily avoided by flicking past. With audio one has to suffer listening, if only for a while, until you can get to the controls to obliterate. A collection of the better stories, editing down to half the length, could earn the book a five-star rating. As it is, the irritation of the dross bring it down to a 3 star.

Quantity rather than quality

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The stories were well narrated and the storied well written but unfortunately some of them were not really for me. I would not tell anyone not to listen to this book, it's not really my cup of tea.

Many stories.

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What did you like most about Dangerous Women?

The dichotomy of story and style while maintaining, on the whole, the quality of writing. add to that the wonderful and unexpected energy and outright style displayed by the narrator's on show.

Who was your favorite character and why?

too many to chose but the Joe Abercrombie character of 'Shy' gives the book a raw compelling bang that has you plunging, head first into the pages that follow with eager anticipation.

Which character – as performed by the narrators – was your favourite?

too hard. kept changing from story to story. Made me want to read the authors novels in many cases and in one made me want to know more about the, real life, Historical character of one narrative

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

yes i laughed out load, during some stories while others left me excited and in one case, u expectantly discomforted.

Any additional comments?

im now off to purchase 'Rogues' and hope it comes close to this choice collection of imaginative tales

Enjoyable Dangerous and Wonderfully Diverse

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Some of the authors of this book has taken the theme of dangerous women seriously. Though others seem to have just chosen a short story where there is some sort of female characters. It makes little sense.

Some are great, most are mediocre, some I had to skip.

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