Denizen

Juvenile story of dragons vs vampires

Revisado: 02-09-24

I thought I’d enjoy this, but I’m done enduring such an annoying amalgamation of conflicts centered around the idea of ancient grudges and an inexplicable star gate looming in low earth orbit. I was told this would be a space opera. So far, it’s just a flop.

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Glimpses into the future

Revisado: 07-23-23

This book succinctly captures well the type of story telling I fell in love with from Alastair Raynolds.

It also puts into context the branches of human evolutionary directions that are possible in a post human society or societies that the author had set out to describe.

I almost wish I had listened to this prior to Revelation Space. But then again, one of the great wonders of Science Fiction is the suspension of disbelief.

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Is this how it feels to be an intrepid explorer? A Space Opera of exploration rather than guns and cannons.

Revisado: 05-21-23

I was certainly not expecting the exposition of this book in the series if we were going by To Sleep Beneath the Stars. It was an interesting experience as I had with the latter.

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Sufficiently Entertaining and Arguably Good SciFi

Revisado: 01-06-22

It reads as a book from multiple converging perspectives and situations. In doing so entire worlds are built and played out. The narrative converges towards the main conflict, but at every turn you're left with more questions than answers. To some this will annoy, but it has kept me more than wanting for the story to continue.

It doesn't follow more popularized Space Opera formats, but the writing style is refreshing without the pretentious and obnoxious dump of jargon. Some elements border into Fantasy but very little is handwaved as mere magical application of technology.

Overall, an enjoyable book to listen to.

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Quaint and Entertaining Sci-Fi

Revisado: 11-09-21

This has been an interesting story of four boys taking to an adventure across the universe on a fantastic ship built from the discovery two super meta materials. However, it reads too much like a children’s book devoid of deeper world building and character development.

Certainly entertaining, it is a nice departure from the often heavy and emotionally charged reads of Space Opera books often featured in catalogs. I would recommend this for a lighthearted read or listen.

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Painfully stupid listen

Revisado: 10-24-21

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Story: Completely idiotic world building and character development. It tries to take a page from the Bobiverse but fails at balancing accessible explanations and putting in actual personalities to the characters.

Writing: A lot of SciFi jargon does not make a story.

Performance: The voice acting and verbal cues need to be better planned. It is so badly executed I might as well have used text-to-speech on a real book.

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Borrows some ideas from Ring World

Revisado: 11-02-20

This has been an absolute joy to listen to. Since it’s more popular culture science fiction much like the much referenced Skippy’s books, I’ll go ahead and compare the two: While both has been very entertaining, the wide gamut of experiences and possibilities presented in the Bobiverse has been a stark contrast to the narrow and repetitive monologues of Skippy in its series.

This book in particular takes on and borrows bits here and there from Ringworld but makes the concepts it’s own. I’ve had a blast listening to the mix of Space Opera and classic Adventure and Suspense scenarios all while endearing you to the characters and the stories they weave. Pile the top notch voice acting and this is a no-brainer keeper.

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