J. Dobber

First published January 1, 1998.... dial-up modems

Revisado: 05-11-23

I am so annoyed by Audible's inability to show the original published date, only showing the date the latest audio book was released. I was excited to read a thriller about relatively recent computer tech. There is a MASSIVE difference between 1998 and 2017, light years. We have gigabit to the home and laptops with 64Gigs of ram and a dozen 2Ghz+ cores, plus blazing fast cellular 5G (sorta) to mobile phones that are faster than the super computers in the book.

It's not just the outdated tech, which was fine when it was published, but the story is written at an 8th grade level, and riddled with racism toward people of Asian decent, sexism that might get a pass in 1970, the typical stereotypes of men should like and should be. Listening to this book as if it were written in in the mid 2010s magnified those issues even more. At first I thought the early chapters were part of a backstory. Then it was clear that it was an old book dreamed up when we still received AOL discs in the mail.

My review is partially due to frustration over the confusing published date and Audible terrible return policy. If today was 1998 and I just picked up this book, I would give it 3 stars overall. The performance is still pedestrian, and the story is bland.

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Totally recommend. Unique presentation.

Revisado: 09-06-20

I’m a sci-fi aficionado, consuming the genre's stories ranging from the 1800 to 2020+.

The style is unique. First person via main characters; including the ship as a being. Some parts of the story are obvious, but not cliché, while other parts are illuminating. Pay close attention to each character’s name in the first few chapters. I hope you enjoy as much as I did.

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Awesome narration, decent story

Revisado: 08-25-20

Narration is amazing. Story is weak. Did not love the characters or their development. As a stand-alone story this is weak. This is the only Expeditionary Force book that I do not recommend.

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Awesome!

Revisado: 08-06-20

I HIGHLY recommend to both sci-fi and science nerds, but also to non-nerds. I will listen again for sure.

She makes it extremely easy to digest the concepts (most of the time).

The title of my review says it all. I never give full five stars, but she deserves it. She is incredible as the creator of the lectures, a sci-fi fan, a scientist, and a narrator. I not only got schooled in science, but in sci-fi.

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Great characters and plot

Revisado: 05-14-20

Awesome voice acting. Engaging. Unique. Strong character development. Likeable, yet flaw characters. Wry and humorous. Deeply descriptive.

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Fun sci fi, great characters, expansive worlds

Revisado: 03-28-20

If you loved or even like Firefly, stop reading, but this and start listening. It’s bigger world building, more and deeper characters, and a lot sarcasm, jokes and fun.

The narrator has an amazing range and many times I was convinced that an ensemble was at work.

Also, for 80hrs+ of content, this is the deal of a century.

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Basically a war/battle novel; barely a scifi novel

Revisado: 02-29-20

Most of the book is graphic war and battles scenes, with a little sci-fi thrown in here and there.

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Good characters, but very little sci-GI

Revisado: 01-03-20

Could have been an action drama on earth. If you want action, dig in, if you want sci-fi look elsewhere.

Enjoyed the characters, banter, story, and the pace.

Fight scenes were ridiculous.... tiny people taking massive damage from giant people without having enough time to heal (weeks/months) before taking massive damage again.

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Too long making it predictable

Revisado: 12-29-19

Overall a creative concept with some strong, likable characters, but too long.
Could have been 1/2 the length. Many descriptions are repetitive, pedantic, lackluster seemingly there to fill space.
So many missed opportunities.
Many of the premises are far fetched.
If a short story, the mystery would be there. The filler reduces suspense.

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Sophomoric and redundant

Revisado: 04-23-19

Infinite by This author was amazing. Deep, full of intrigue while exploring possible futures, all while being both entertaining and thought provoking.

This book, space farce is a basic action “b” movie you watch on cable (anyone still have that?) after hours. I should have stopped early on, but pushed through, only to find more of the same jokes and no hidden loot at the end.

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