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Rise of the Machine

These Walls Can Talk, Book 3

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Atticus and Neil are the newly crowned "hottest male narration team" for Mmm-Mmm romance, and they're flying high on the praise.

Nothing can get them down.

Until Vera and Cameron usher a mysterious voice onto the scene and shake the foundation of the audiobook industry itself.

In a world where humanity is all we have, can our group of former friends band together to save the future of storytelling? Or are audiobooks destined to be nothing more than a bunch of beep beep boop?

©2022 Erin Mallon (P)2022 Erin Mallon Drama & Plays Literature & Fiction United States World Literature Comedy Funny Witty
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Just when you think Erin Mallon has thought of everything, and there is nothing else she can bring to the These Walls Can Talk series about the audiobook community, she lets you know how wrong you were to think such foolishness.

We’re back with the whole gang-Joe Arden (Atticus aka The Narwhal), Tanya Eby (Georgia), Shane East (Cameron), Emma Wilder (Jennifer aka Niffer), Teddy Hamilton (Neil), Andi Arndt (Vera), Maxine Mitchell (Andrea), and Erin Mallon (Narrator and Frankie) all return. And this time, they have Jason Clarke as Artie Smarts with them.

Artie is an AI. In this current climate of authors and companies wanting to use AI in audiobooks (much to listeners objections) it was a very clever and hilarious way to show the downside of it. As will all things Erin there are layers to this story and it also deals with boundaries when people make themselves available on social media. There are some lines that just seem funny at first listen but then stick with you and make you think differently. It’s one of the things I love about Erin’s writing.

Each of the voice actors brings something unique and brilliant to the character they voice. However, Jason Clarke steals the show as Artie. It is like you have never heard him before. Trust me, if you think you’ve heard all sides to Jason, he’s about to prove you wrong.

I will never get enough of this series. I hope there will be more in the future because I love these characters and the look behind the curtain of the audiobook industry. Add in the interactions of the voice actors and it is something special to experience.

Thank you to Erin Mallon, Joe Arden, Andi Arndt, Shane East, Tanya Eby, Teddy Hamilton, Maxine Mitchell, Jason Clarke, and Emma Wilder for creating such an amazing listening experience and entertaining us in such a wonderful way.

Simply Amazing

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Five hilarious stars
I cannot adequately express how much I loved this audio play. Erin Mallon is a comedic genius and this cast is brilliant.
Jason Clarke has joined this series and he was the perfect addition. I do not want to spoil anything but this is absolute proof that Jason Clarke is magic and can do anything.

Erin Mallon is Brilliant

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what a fantastic series, loved the story and really loved the narration, Erin you rock and so do all the cast! Thank you for a great laugh while working 🤣

Fantastic

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In this (tongue-and-cheek) third in the series, we see the rise of the machines/robot narrators, and what it would mean for the romance genre. In short, human stories requires so much nuance in performances from narrators, and we observe that this would be difficult to recreate using A.I.

Let me tell you, just like the rest of the series, I just couldn’t stop laughing throughout! This was a nice, quick listen. The production was of high quality and the sound effects were great!

The audio play includes a full cast of some of your fav romance narrators. This includes Erin Mallon, Joe Arden, Andi Arndt, Shane East, Tanya Eby, Teddy Hamilton, Maxine Mitchell, Emma Wilder, and Jason Clarke. And they all did a fantastic job! They really brought out the characters of the book with their voices.

This truly is a love letter to romance audiobook fans! Highly recommend it!

Woow, this was hilarious & fun!

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The author is never where you expect her. Surprise may be her middle name.

She pursues her exploration of the romance world and the audiobook community–authors, narrators and listeners–with a hot topic: the use of artificial intelligence to narrate audiobooks. In her own special way, of course.

Between conversations about parenthood, a narrator’s dream work, and intimacy, she offers her opinion on the value of human narrators to convey emotions. Or not? As you will see, the real problem in this story isn’t the fact that a robot–yes, you read it right–is trying to steal their livelihood, but just that… it’s a robot! She delves into science fiction for her new opus of These walls can talk, and she does it with her usual humor.

Her perfect cast of narrators comes back, with the addition of another amazing narrator for Artie the robot. They all know when to be funny, and when to express deeper emotions. If you don’t get goosebumps at times, and laugh most of the time, you’re listening wrong. The sound effects once again give you the impression that you’re in a theater with closed eyes, enjoying a play just with your ears.

Theater with closed eyes

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