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Basil Margherita

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The formatting of this book is broken. It keeps jumping back to chapter one even if manually jumping to any chapter after it.

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1 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 08-02-24

The formatting of this book is broken. It keeps jumping back to chapter one even if manually jumping to any chapter after it.

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Normally a KSR fan, but this needs an editor badly

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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-10-24

I knew exactly what kind of book I was getting into when I purchased this. It wasn't going to be the usual KSR, ala "Red Mars." I came in with an open mind though.

The content is rich in detail, which I also don't mind in any novel. But there is such a thing as "too rich." As in seemingly endless passages with detail that becomes excruciating and unnecessary. I found my mind wandering off to more important things, like what to have for dinner or whether I want to do laundry today or tomorrow.

Trimmed down, I think it would be a fine listen. The group narration is excellent.

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Enjoying the Solar Clipper series so far

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4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 06-22-23

I'm about halfway through book two. I read tons of military space ScfFi with tons of pew-pew-pew and menacing alien critters. This has none of that. You might call it pedestrian, since it's basically the ins-and-outs of buying a freighter and fleshing out the crew, but the characters get a lot of development as well as the story universe they're placed in. It's a nice break from the usual blow shit up stories. A palette cleanser of sorts. Perfect for the mind-numbing two hours a day I spend commuting. I'm enjoying the ride.

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Great

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-10-23

The combo of JR and RC is always a pleasure to listen too. Never a lack of creativity and fun.

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Absolutely fantastic series.

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 03-21-23

Joel Shepard was new to me before I started this series. It’s amazingly well developed. Great world building. Engaging characters and arcs. Spot-on narration. I’ve been binging my way through it, happily.

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Really Interesting Listen

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-22-23

Olan Thorensen is a new author to me, and I'm glad I gave him a try. This book doesn't fall into the more common "science fiction" categories. Yeah, there are some aliens (and not in any detail) at the very beginning, but that part is just a segue into the real story; a man from 21st century Earth displaced to a new planet that is somewhere between 1500-1700 in technology.

It's been done before. Everyone from Mark Twain to David Weber has taken a shot at the premise. Olan does a very nice job with it, and I didn't find any of the 17+ hours feeling like "fluff" or in need of an editor to shorten in.

On to book 2 now :-)

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Good fun. A nice break from the usual.

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-22-22

Pretty thoroughly enjoying this. If you don't enjoy SciFi & Fantasy overlapping, probably not for you. I don't mind, and it's a fun break from the usual military space battle stuff. Nick's background shows through, avoiding the cringe-worthy military bits that pepper books written by people with zero exposure to an actual military.

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WTF?

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1 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-05-22

Everything from the writing to the narration is garbage. This junk is phoned in for a buck. I’ve (god help me) listened to and wasted money on two slices hoping it gets better. It doesn’t.

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So, at book 4 this starts to not suck

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4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 10-29-22

I'll be honest. Books 1-3 felt phoned-in. They're just generic space battle crap and I put up with it as a filler for my 2-hour daily commute to work and back. Background noise.

This one feels a lot different, like maybe somebody gives a shit about their reputation as an author.

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Good fun

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4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 09-10-22

Caveat: this needs to be listened to in the context that it’s from 1961. Some of it is charmingly dated, but overall holds up well. The most glaring thing for a listener 5 decades later is the casual misogyny tossed in.

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