In the Garden of Iden: A Novel of the Company Audiobook

" Recommended read. This is a clever take on the Adam & Eve myth, and gets pretty metaphysical about it once you start picking out the story points in the myth. "

" Interesting take on time travel paradox. I'm intrigued enough to read the next few. "

" The first novel of The Company. You'd think it would be difficult to relate to a set of characters who are basically perfect immortals thanks to technology, but somehow Kage Baker manages it. A fun read--highly recommended for those who enjoy Connie Willis's time travel books. "

" This sad story of a young girl's first love, where she opens herself up heart and soul, lies in the unlikely intersection of science fiction and historical fiction. Mendoza starts off her first assignment working for the company, saving soon-to-be-extinct plant species, as she slowly discovers that she and her friends may be causing more harm than good. Along the way, the author has interesting things to say about age and the limited range of personalities. "

" Never really lives up to the promise of its first chapter, but a pretty fun diversion. Immortals, time travel, shadowy operatives, religious persecution... First in a loosely linked series. "

" Only read on the rec of my library friend. So NOT what I would pick, put a fantastic fantasy that had me thinking about it between books in this series. "

" This whole series is one of my favorites. Sincere and clever and funny; historically accurate; prominently features chocolate. What more can one ask? "

" Immortality? Love. A torrid love affair gone wrong. I did not like the ending- if there was one. ending. "

" This is the first book in Kage Baker's "The Company" series, about time traveling corporations and cyborgs. Love, art, mythology and history combined by a devious corporation. How can you go wrong. "

" Rescued from the Inquisition, Mendoza is remade into a cyborg, enslaved to The Company who will send her throughout time to pillage. But in her first real mission, she gets to know a most unusual man. I particularly love that she's a botanist. "

" read 2 and 3 before this one...having trouble because although I love the idea...I dislike the whole Mendoza thing...or maybe it's just Mendoza herself. I like to follow other cyborgs better. Joseph, anyone? "

" I thought this book was fairly average when I first read it, but I am glad I continued on, because THE COMPANY series is incredible and Kage Baker has become one of my favorite writers. "

" Wonderful sci-fi. I'm excited that there are several more in this series, and I'm just diving in. Such a shame I learned of these books on the news of Baker's death; she was a very compelling author. "

" The concept was exciting, but the execution left me wanting more. After the initial set-up, it felt like a silly romance from the middle ages. That might have been my fault with my expectations. I was expecting an action-y adventure with more science fiction elements. "

" [Copied across from Library Thing; 9 February 2013] "

" I read this years ago and I remember liking it a lot, but I never read the rest of the Company books. I need to re-read this and read them at some point. "

" A bit too true to the style of the original Dying Earth. An excellent homage, but it choses to emphasize the "lite fantasy" aspects of the stories, instead of the "techno civilization at the end of time" aspects. "

" (See Review of "He Is Legend" - stories in honor of Richard Matheson. These two books were read at the same time. "

" Didn't read all of these. "

" Good Anthology, but a bit hefty. If you like Vance's Dying Earth, you'll probably enjoy this book. "

" Some really great stories, a couple not-so-great stories. It got to be a little long, but there's no reason to read it straight through, seeing as it is an anthology! "

" There were some fantastic short stories in this collection. And there were some downright boring ones. Mostly this collection made me want to finish reading the original work by Vance, which I think is a good thing. "

" Fun, but after a while it started to pale. Too similar, not inventive enough. So okay, but not great "