Rating: 
Summary: A MUST READ
Review: "The Delphinus Chronicles has restored my faith in reading for enjoyment. It offers something for all readers. There's adventure, technology, mystery, science-fiction, and even a bit of romance. The perfect balance of each of these themes without losing sight of the plot reflects the authors true literary brilliance. This book was written with such creativity it's impossible to put down. The thing I liked best about this book was getting to the end, and thinking "Wow, I didn't expect that". The ability to keep the reader guessing is an art very few authors have mastered. READ THIS BOOK!!!"
Rating: 
Summary: Delphinus Chronicles, Audio CD
Review: > Ross and his staff at a tiny San Diego community college, are stunned
> to be the unexpected recipients of the world's most sophisticated
> computer, one with the capability to "learn".
>
> Installing the computer in a basement of the college, the team programs
> it carefully with their work on language learning. Since the basement
> wall abuts the dolphin tank of the Sea World-type park next door, they
> soon learn that the machine is "talking" to the dolphins through the
> tank wall. And what they're communcating is astonishing. Dolphins have
> for centuries been keeping in their collective consciousness, mapping
> information of the entire ocean floor of the planet.
>
> The discovery leads to adventure, mystery and intrigue as the
> researchers begin quietly searching for shipwrecks and treasures long
> lost on the ocean floors, and various baddies begin to learn of their
> efforts and attempt, variously, sabotage of the computer and theft of
> its findings.
>
> Delphinus Chronicles is a fun, complex, yet fast read. It will be an
> enjoyable yarn for anyone from teen age and up, who enjoys mystery,
> adventure, or science fiction.
>
> Production values: The reader, Helen Brindle Lisanti, at first seemed
> an odd choice given that most of the characters driving the plot are
> men. I'm afraid I cling to the notion that male characters are best
> represented by male readers. However, Lisanti is a wonderful reader and
> carried both narration and a long list of characters well.
>
> The production also has music placed strategically at various plot
> points and chapter endings. A good idea, and the music placements are
> well-chosen since the plot often carries us back historically to events
> such as shipwrecks when they were happening. However, on my little car
> CD player, the music overrrode the narration to such an extent that I
> couldn't hear Lisanti over it. I had trouble hearing Lisanti at most
> times, and had to turn up the volume to nearly full power in the car to
> catch some of her lower cadences. I'm not sure what the cause of this
> is, but it needs fixing for audio readers to hear the book without
> distraction.
>
> Again, a thoroughly fun and enjoyable book. I really liked the plot and
> action.
>
> Tina Vierra
>
> __________________________________
Rating:
Summary: Hold on tight!
Review: "R.G. Roane's career history probably influences the story line and qualities of The Delphinus Chronilces. A fast moving but multi-faceted plot takes the reader through a geographic, historical, technical journey - but to say more would detract from the unique experience the reader will enjoy. Written with a logical clarity which belies the expertise of the author, The Delphiniums Chronicles is, to say the least, a good read!"
Rating:
Summary: A MUST READ
Review: "The Delphinus Chronicles has restored my faith in reading for enjoyment. It offers something for all readers. There's adventure, technology, mystery, science-fiction, and even a bit of romance. The perfect balance of each of these themes without losing sight of the plot reflects the authors true literary brilliance. This book was written with such creativity it's impossible to put down. The thing I liked best about this book was getting to the end, and thinking "Wow, I didn't expect that". The ability to keep the reader guessing is an art very few authors have mastered. READ THIS BOOK!!!"
Rating:
Summary: A MUST READ
Review: "The Delphinus Chronicles has restored my faith in reading for enjoyment. It offers something for all readers. There's adventure, technology, mystery, science-fiction, and even a bit of romance. The perfect balance of each of these themes without losing sight of the plot reflects the authors true literary brilliance. This book was written with such creativity it's impossible to put down. The thing I liked best about this book was getting to the end, and thinking "Wow, I didn't expect that". The ability to keep the reader guessing is an art very few authors have mastered. READ THIS BOOK!!!"
Rating:
Summary: Exciting, well written story
Review: "The Delphinus Chronicles" is an intriguing read with a superb style of writing that successfully carries the story forward with ease while giving its readers the delightfully assiduous duty of finding out what's next. With Pandora's box now open what can we expect to happen next from the mind of R.G. Roane.
Rating:
Summary: Delphinus Chronicles, Audio CD
Review: > Ross and his staff at a tiny San Diego community college, are stunned
> to be the unexpected recipients of the world's most sophisticated
> computer, one with the capability to "learn".
>
> Installing the computer in a basement of the college, the team programs
> it carefully with their work on language learning. Since the basement
> wall abuts the dolphin tank of the Sea World-type park next door, they
> soon learn that the machine is "talking" to the dolphins through the
> tank wall. And what they're communcating is astonishing. Dolphins have
> for centuries been keeping in their collective consciousness, mapping
> information of the entire ocean floor of the planet.
>
> The discovery leads to adventure, mystery and intrigue as the
> researchers begin quietly searching for shipwrecks and treasures long
> lost on the ocean floors, and various baddies begin to learn of their
> efforts and attempt, variously, sabotage of the computer and theft of
> its findings.
>
> Delphinus Chronicles is a fun, complex, yet fast read. It will be an
> enjoyable yarn for anyone from teen age and up, who enjoys mystery,
> adventure, or science fiction.
>
> Production values: The reader, Helen Brindle Lisanti, at first seemed
> an odd choice given that most of the characters driving the plot are
> men. I'm afraid I cling to the notion that male characters are best
> represented by male readers. However, Lisanti is a wonderful reader and
> carried both narration and a long list of characters well.
>
> The production also has music placed strategically at various plot
> points and chapter endings. A good idea, and the music placements are
> well-chosen since the plot often carries us back historically to events
> such as shipwrecks when they were happening. However, on my little car
> CD player, the music overrrode the narration to such an extent that I
> couldn't hear Lisanti over it. I had trouble hearing Lisanti at most
> times, and had to turn up the volume to nearly full power in the car to
> catch some of her lower cadences. I'm not sure what the cause of this
> is, but it needs fixing for audio readers to hear the book without
> distraction.
>
> Again, a thoroughly fun and enjoyable book. I really liked the plot and
> action.
>
> Tina Vierra
>
> __________________________________
Rating:
Summary: Recommended!
Review: A story with a fascinating premise and a more-than-adequate construction (as far as light entertainment goes), "The Delphinus Chronicles" was an enjoyable and entertaining experience. For those of you considering the audiobook, the confluence of Helen Lisanti's narration, sound editing, and Kennedy Smith's music made the book come alive in a way that seems greater than the sum of its parts.
Rating:
Summary: Recommended!
Review: A story with a fascinating premise and a more-than-adequate construction (as far as light entertainment goes), "The Delphinus Chronicles" was an enjoyable and entertaining experience. For those of you considering the audiobook, the confluence of Helen Lisanti's narration, sound editing, and Kennedy Smith's music made the book come alive in a way that seems greater than the sum of its parts.
Rating:
Summary: fine SF focuses on how we communicate and interpret event
Review: All the great American universities put in a bid to "house" and conduct experiments using the most advanced supercomputer Simon. Though MIT or one of the West Coast IT giants are the favorites, GCS shockingly assigns Simon to little Cabillo University in San Diego. The victory stuns everyone especially Professor Ross Erricson, the author of the winning concept in which Simon would be programmed to teach itself languages.Simon moves into a basement room with a wall shared with dolphins residing at the nearby Ocean Park aquarium. Simon soon learns and translates "dolphinese" into English. However, though Ross, his students, and his mentor realize what they have learned, no one else believes them when they explain a dolphin's look at humanity and warn them of a secret race of people. THE DELPHINUS CHRONICLES is a superb science fiction thriller that never slows down from the moment Simon checkmates the world's greatest grandmaster to the climax. The story line is loaded with intrigue, action, but especially insightful powerful relationships between people, humans and Simon, dolphins and Simon, and the world wide web of sonically connected dolphins so that the key cast including the supercomputer seem real. Though some extra intrigue involving nasties adds drama and tension, it temporarily slows down an incredible triumphant look at how mankind communicates and interprets events. This reviewer's interpretation communicated through this review is that RG Roane deserves strong accolades and a vast appreciative audience for this winning novel. Harriet Klausner
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