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Sword Art Online 1: Aincrad

By: Reki Kawahara, Stephen Paul - translator
Narrated by: Bryce Papenbrook
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 Read the novel that ignited the phenomenon!In the year 2022, gamers rejoice as Sword Art Online - a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) like no other - debuts, allowing players to take full advantage of the ultimate in gaming technology: NerveGear, a system that allows users to completely immerse themselves in a wholly realistic gaming experience. But when the game goes live, the elation of the players quickly turns to horror as they discover that, for all its amazing features, SAO is missing one of the most basic functions of any MMORPG - a log-out button. Now trapped in the virtual world of Aincrad, their bodies held captive by NerveGear in the real world, users are issued a chilling ultimatum: conquer all one hundred floors of Aincrad to regain your freedom. But in the warped world of SAO, "game over" means certain death - both virtual and real... Adventure Fiction Literature & Fiction Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Game Technology Virtual World
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Probably an unpopular opinion, but having watched the full SAO anime series, it made listening to the book a more immersive experience.

For anyone looking to test the waters with their first experience of manga/anime, SAO is a really good starting point, it's where I started too.

Thoroughly enjoyed the Aincrad story, still one of the best ARCs in the SAO series.

Having Bryce narrate this was an absolute 'W'

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loved it could of used a female voice actor for the female roles but otherwise really good

good series

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The narrator was really good but having him voice the female characters was a mistake and massively took me out of the story.

I've heard they get the female voice actor from the anime for vol.2 onwards so that should be a huge improvement!

Good Story, OK performance.

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I thought this audio book was brilliant, Kirito's voice actor did a good job reading this. Unlike other reviewers I didn't think his rendition of Asuna or other female characters was awkward or hard to listen to, I felt he did well with Asuna. The only parts I didn't like of his narration was the yelling for characters besides Kirito during the action moments, but oh well they were brief.

It was great getting a more detailed view of the world of SAO, though I was suprised to learn the light novel omitted many characters and scenes from the anime, I guess they came in side stories or something.

An insightful look into the world of SAO

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What a amazing book, so Iv seen the anime series and also read the manga but never have I the original story and it just brings it all to life again, the voice acting was great, nothing I can really complain about, I remember you reading this even if a first time seeing it you don’t need to watch it just listen to this story then go watch the animated series!

Fantastic!

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