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Schrödinger’s Cottage
- Narrated by: Nigel Planer
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Humor & Satire
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Summary
Tinker's Cottage nestles in a forgotten corner of deepest Somerset. It also happens to sit on a weak point in the space time continuum...which is somewhat unfortunate for Ian Faulkener, a graphic novelist from London, who was hoping for some peace and quiet in which to recuperate following a very messy breakdown.
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Schrödinger's Cottage is a playful romp through a variety of alternate worlds peopled by an array of wonderful comic characters that are the trademark of David Luddington's novels.
For fans of the sadly missed Douglas Adams, Schrodinger's Cottage is a heartwarming comedy with touches of inspired lunacy that pays homage to The Hitchhiker's Guide.
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- Stephen Thresh
- 15-05-19
Finished this all too soon!
Really enjoyed this story. The main character enters a cottage he has inherited only to find he has entered the meeting point for a series of parallel worlds. This leads to a lot of confusion before reaching a satisfactory ending which lends itself to a sequel - I hope. Not read anything by David Luddington before but will now explore his other books.
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- KT
- 18-06-19
Annoying political sniping spoils a good story
This is a good story with enjoyable silliness. But it is spoiled by a ridiculous caricature of the EU, slammed home at any available moment with no subtlety. It’s a shame, as it takes away from the fun. The narration is variable in quality, with some of the female voices badly portrayed, and the lead character seems to be perpetually angry.
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- purple ann
- 25-04-19
Schrödinger's cottage
the writer obviously reads Terry Pratchet , but not copied, got his own style.
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- Alistair
- 11-04-19
stereotype piled on stereotype
a comedy that went of the rails
it started alright but always lacked originality,
although I did like the cat/cats although nothing was made of them/it.
even the narration was disappointing,
Mr Planer should steer clear of accents, particularly attempting female ones.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-04-19
A book with a boring main character and a lot of pub food
I got this audio book because I really like Nigel Planer as a narrator. Sadly a good performer couldn’t rescue a book puzzlingly punctuated by repetitive descriptions of food, clunky plotting and one-dimensional characters.
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- Amazon Customer
- 31-03-19
Good to hear.
Interesting concept, very interesting and amusing and very well performed by Nigel with different voices.
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- Edward Jennings
- 30-03-19
Great listen, really enjoyed it
Offbeat and entertaining. Nigel 'Neil' Planer does a great job of narration and it's an interesting little detour from the banalities of everyday life
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- Jonathan Coore
- 09-12-20
Farce with a twist.
Refreshing much needed silliness. I will never regard the Pope in the same way again.
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- Nicky Pickford
- 03-06-20
David L:uddingtom's characters are wonderful
I have just listened to David Luddington's final book, only to find he released a new one last month - I'm delighted! Every story is so different but with the same underlying great humour producing some real laughs aloud and his characters are just so varied and lovable yet often eccentric. Buy them all - you won't be disappointed!
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- Jack Joyce
- 15-04-20
meandering and light hearted but lacking in substa
meandering and light hearted but lacking in substance
great narration. not a bad listen. ok.
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- Phil Osepher
- 24-08-19
Fun, Interesting, Laid back
Just an enjoyable listen. Has a fun premise. As complex as some of the components in the story he does a great job of keeping things straight.
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- Melisa
- 28-03-21
I'd listen to a sequel
Almost a 4 star but it fell apart a little at the end. It seemed the author got tired of his story and rushed through the last part by just explaining rather than storytelling. I still enjoyed it and would give a sequel a try if there was one. It's a very British book and there were several famous (over there, I guess) people that this American had never heard of. Wikipedia was helpful. I'd never heard of the author, either, and bought this book solely because it was narrated by Nigel Planer and he did not disappoint. 5 stars for the narration. The little Discworld reference in one part especially pleased me to hear in Planer's voice.
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- Natalie B Teel
- 23-01-21
Wonderful story
With every wonderful story comes from having an amazing narrator; such as this book! The story starts off making you think that it’s just another story about someone’s fetish about cats; but no, not at all. The with story being told by Nigel Planer you are promised too have an exciting, wanting to keep listening, and relaxing story to the very end! Happy listening!
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- Cori Steinberg
- 14-04-21
fun!
what a great little story. a fun ride. give it a go. don't wait around.
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- Bethany
- 02-09-19
clever, funny, lol funny!
A delightful new-to-me author and lovely narration. Fun journey into the author's mind and world.