Dwight

Outstanding Performance, Outstanding Story

Revisado: 04-22-25

it has been a long time since I read or heard a decent story. This is one of those books. and Raison's performance is wonderful. She weaves a wonderful tapestry of believable people and her fluid jump off accents is delightful, and so very well done.

You will not be wasting your time in listening to this beautiful story.

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Ah, it's okay, I guess

Revisado: 02-13-25

spoiler alert

You can't take an alien broadcast. It's called parallax. Look it up online.

it's the first or second thing any radio astronomer checks. Watch contact with Jody Foster. Anything within the dollar system would be instantly locatable .

Oh well. Just another indication of the failure of the American Education System.

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Prepare to be Disappointed

Revisado: 11-19-24

Started out interesting, I found the protagonist interesting, and the beginnings of the premise sounded intriguing. Then the verisimilitude indicator started dropping. Stuff just happens, "because..." The author has no science to back up this science fiction. it's more like a bunch of wishful thinking that comes true.

One of the characters, Luna, has more plot armor than an M1 Abrams tank. Nothing can kill her. She just moves from one impossible situation to another.

I do like the portrayal of the kids, especially Luke and his father. Darcy is a wet noodle. The robots are as stiff as cardboard and about as interesting.

and then there's the ending, or lack there of. The story just stops. You are right in the middle of things and it just ends. Not a cliff hanger, not any kind of resolution. it just stops.

Avoid at all costs.

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Long, a bit slow, good ending

Revisado: 09-21-24

This was a very long listen for me. I like the main character, Lily Ad Alice. She's a cat, so she's a bit scattered in her thoughts. I have to say, Argus captured the true essence of felinus catus

While being such a long story, what held my attention was the performance of Eva Kaminsky. Her feeling, intensity, and depth made Lily a very real person for me.

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Fun, Classic, Hard Sci-Fi

Revisado: 08-20-24

Taylor has a talent for writing his stories from the view point of an Ordinary Joe. I appreciate his portrayal of people encountering extraordinary events in the "real world". I think he pulled it off on this one.

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36 hours, 6 completely separate story lines, and zero conclusion

Revisado: 07-27-24

You gotta be frigg'n kidding me.

6 or 7 completely different stories in one book. They minorly overlap. I've been wondering for the last 3 hours how this guy is going to weave it all together and bring it to a conclusion. WELL, the answer is, he doesn't.

Spoiler Alert -

In the last storyline, the three main characters fall off the edge of the world. that's the conclusion. I'm not kidding. they just sail over a vast waterfall into the "abyss".

So, is there a sequel? Sure, but what's the point? Anybody who is willing to string you along for 36 hours, certainly isn't going to work too a conclusion in the next book. Why would he when he can just write hundreds of more pages, with dozens of major characters, and many more storylines and make money.

As you might have noticed, I'm "dissatisfied" with this books author. Is the writing good? Yes. Is the story interesting? Yes. Did the author betray the readers trust? Oh H*** yes.

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Final, A Decent Sci-Fi Book on Audible

Revisado: 01-11-24

TL;DR: really good, near future, techno sci-fi, with actual human characters who actually try to work together to stay alive.

So, my biggest complaint about Audible's Sci-Fi suggestions is its total lack of variety. All I ever get shown is Helldivers Book XXXVII, He Who Fights Monsters XX+, Expeditionary Force 50+, Mountain Man book 47, James S. A. Corey, Andy Weir, A America, Yet Another Post Apocalyptic Dystopia (YAPAD), Guys In Mech Suits with BFGs Running Around Killing Aliens (GIMSBRAKA), Yet Another Vampire/Werewolf (YAV/W), Yet Another Space Cadet (YASC), Yet Another Zombie Apocalypse (YAZA), Yet Another Mary Sue (YAMS), blah, blah, blah, and the absolute worst... zombie narrators who just read words on a page. I've literally spent hours scrolling down the sci-fi "Discover" list, checking out each entry and just being endlessly disappointed. Oh, and of course everything is rated 4.5+ stars, when really 98.73% is just 'meh' quality.

I had to really dig to find Saturn Run, and wow it was worth it. It has everything I look for in a good sci-fi.
- Decent characters, realistically human in there thoughts, emotions, and actions towards others (not Mary Sue's or Gary Stu's)
- Decent, realistic plots.
- Real physics, free of "wantum" mechanics or Star Trek techno-babel.
- More than 8 hours of story, so I can actually enjoy my preciously paid for Audible credit.

Why is it so hard to find a decent book on Audible?
1. Yeah, it's good. I've already read it.
2. Can't properly filter out what you don't want to see.
a. Filter out authors: James S. A. Corey, Craig Alanson, Andy Weir, Martha Wells, Neil Gaiman, Iain M Banks, Cixin Liu. You know, all the supposed latest-best-selling-authors, etc.
b. Filter out sub-genres: Vampires, Zombies, Post Apocalyptic America, Mech BFG Warriors, Space Marines, YAXYZ-Category, blah, blah, blah.
3. Can't sort by anything worthwhile.
a. By largest to smallest total run time
b. By worst to best ratings in each book description
c. By original print publish date
d. In totally random order so I can see something I haven't been seeing for the last five frick'n years every frigging time I try to use my credits!!!!!

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Good Old Fashion Sci-Fi

Revisado: 10-05-23

I forgot how good the older sci-fi can be. Miller was a master of his time.

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Over 40 and Loved The Story

Revisado: 05-02-23

Ok. You've read a couple of the other reviews, and you think this might be, "too political." I'm way over forty (59 to be exact) and I get what Dennis Taylor is trying to communicate. It's not about socialism versus capitalism. It's about ideologs and their rigid adherence to their excluding and destructive ideologies at all costs. I salute you Mr Taylor for pointing out the weaknesses in our present day political environment. What I take away from this story is that all the bickering, whining, and victimization are only able to persist because of the soft, easy, economic time we live in and due to the blatant abuse of the freedoms and rights we enjoy. If the fit were to hit the shan, we wouldn't have the luxury of putting up with all today's stupidity.

People that can't break out of their tiny, exclusive world views would be a problem. The only way to deal with people that are so inflexible that they endanger the group is to push them out. And that's being nice. Taylor was lenient enough to provide decent alternatives for the individuals that clearly were intent on getting things their own way no matter the consequences to everyone else.

So, my only criticism is that it's not exclusively "Gerries" that are the problem. The younger members of the story had the advantage that they had not experienced the "hardening of the attitudes" that happens to so many of us older people. That's our struggle. The younger generation needs to understand that bright new ideas haven't been implemented for a reason. They don't work.

What amazed me was the portrayal of the G.O. Young, twenty-somethings today don't usually exhibit the level of maturity that was portrayed by "The Six". I don't care if you are 22 or 82, if you can exhibit the level of insight, understanding, and self control shown by "The Six". It's just good leadership, no matter the age.

I say, "Hurray for you Mr. Taylor. Brave move to write so creatively about such a touchy subject."

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Very Enjoyable

Revisado: 03-23-23

I enjoyed Bobiverse, and I must say that Taylor has done a nice job with this latest effort.

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