Steamrunner

ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE

Revisado: 05-31-20

Another "fiction based on truth" UFO novel, this one is something special for SO many reasons.
There are quite a few such books, novels by Whitley Strieber, Tom DeLonge, Steven Greer, and others, all are far fetched at times, but this one is by FAR the best and most entertaining. What's MOST interesting is this: A guy 2, eh, maybe 3 degrees from General MacArthur, can not only write this well, but can act/narrate with the best! This book is simply incredible. And by that I mean, so entertaining. Great story and absolutely FANTASTIC narration. So, what's so funny about this is that it's hard to swallow that someone this close, is privy to such information, can tell the story so well, and can narrate with the best. So if you have a mind like mine, it will say "HHHHMMMM, disinfo?"
I cannot recommend this book enough. If you dig the UFO scene or just like GOOD science fiction, this book will not disappoint. If this is BS I still want some more.

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AWESOME Jumping on point.

Revisado: 03-17-20

I can't say enough, so I'll just say... This is my favorite series, even over Dark Tower. If you like it too, the same quality is here. Think Maximum Bob kind of badassery. If you're new to it, there's HOURS AND HOURS of the same waiting for you. It's short, and cheap... pay cash, and save your credit for the Arisen 1-3 set!

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Good Lovecraft is hard to come by, BUT...

Revisado: 11-05-19

...both volumes are the best collections I know of. Not super terrifying, but there are some good scary stories here, some even have that Lovecraftian twist at the end. After listening to everything I could find by H.P.L., I was left jonesing, These collections were a great fix. I forgot to mention on the review of volume 1, these could stand being remastered. Sound quality is good, but not great.

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Good Lovecraft is hard to come by, BUT...

Revisado: 11-05-19

...both volumes are the best collections I know of. In fact I've listened twice. Not super terrifying, but there are some good scary stories here, some even have that Lovecraftian twist at the end. After listening to everything I could find by H.P.L., I was left jonesing, These collections were a great fix.

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Maybe I'm too harsh but...

Revisado: 11-05-19

I don't know. I'm a huge fan of Lovecraftian horror, but this was just kind of flat. Not much horror or terror here. I've read a couple of R.E.H.'s books even, and they were GOOD, but, I don't know, I don't even remember listening to most of it. The narrator was great, no mispronouncings, great character differentiation, but it had a muffled quality overall (I hate that). This title would probably fare VERY well from a simple re-mastering of the original recording, as SO MANY on Audible need. Maybe that would have made the difference.

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Very entertaining.

Revisado: 06-01-18

Everything about this book is very good. The cast, the story, and especially the style, I found the style particularly enjoyable. 22 hours can be tough, but not here, listened with ease.

As other reviewers have stated, there are some concepts here that our society(as a whole) is facing, that you haven't thought of yet, and those aspects are the best part of the experience, even though the realizations can be painful.

The only shortfall of this story, IMHO, is the AI itself. Way too easy. Way too friendly. And way too neurotic. Even with the set up, the "why", if you will, of how its personality structure takes shape, it's still just too human. And while powerful, maybe not powerful enough, realistically speaking.

What can I say though, I enjoyed the heck out of it.

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“Just meh”? Or “Regular Show for grown-ups”?

Revisado: 06-01-18

I have mixed feelings about this one. It was… PRETTY good, but not hilarious. It dipped into a silliness that spoiled a lot of the other humor for me. Like, it left the realm of comedy, and entered into the cartoonish. Plus it was so short. This is a title I would return, but the reviews are so good I may give the next story a shot, or maybe The Wrong Unit… maybe I missed something.

Speaking of cartoons though, it’s a dead ringer for Regular Show. I mean really. No, REALLY. I had to go consult the oracle(Google) and see if Mr. Dircks was a writer for said cartoon. Apparently he’s just a big fan. 8)

Surprisingly, his narration was good. I’m always hesitant on fiction narrated by the author, but he was very good in fact. That's rare.

I guess we’ll see. There’s a ton on my wish list right now.

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