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Star Force: Origin Series Box Set (9-12)
- De: Aer-ki Jyr
- Narrado por: Stephen Day
- Duración: 10 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 108
Follow a core group of characters known as the Trailblazers as they use alien technology and knowledge discovered in Antarctic ruins to obtain limited immortality and lead Humanity out into the galaxy, encountering, befriending, and fighting hundreds of alien races, all the while desperately trying to prepare Earth for the unbeatable threat at the core of the Milky Way that is destined to return and reclaim their lost colony...and their former Human slaves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great start to the series!
- De John Q. Public en 02-08-18
- Star Force: Origin Series Box Set (9-12)
- De: Aer-ki Jyr
- Narrado por: Stephen Day
Science is non-existent Fiction is unbelievable
Revisado: 01-07-24
I actually kinda of liked this story initially. It had an interesting start, and it is quite long, so I thought I could just sink my teeth into it. It seems to be well reviewed here, so I was hopeful. But it was not to be. This will be my last of a story that had a very interesting start. This book is a Vlad Putin fever dream that is in love with its own new religion of Gym Training. Every bloody chapter has its version of the religion in the book. Did they pray (train) enough today. The Holy Spirit benefits (unlocking your gene superpowers) by praying (training) more. It is really a strange approach. But it has gotten so constant. If you pray (train) more, you can stop aging, you can heal the sick.
And he never really explains fundamental parts of his new Gym religion. The only requirement for you to try out for Star Force (or maybe its leadership (priest) class it is not clear which) is to run a 5-minute mile. Ok, but why? Why that one thing, a 5-minute mile. I mean the smartest men on the planet was Hawkings, and he was in a wheelchair. Thus, that guy can't visit the alien technology and help advance human knowledge because he cannot run a 5-minute mile? There are a lot of very smart people, who are not running 5-minute miles. And they cannot help humanity? And the fastest people on the planet are East Africans and Chinese. Thus, you would think that they would be seriously represented in Star Force. They don't appear to be. But if they were, this story wants you to believe that these people would have no issue with attacking their own home nations where their fathers, and grandfathers still reside. Join the megacorporation Star Force, economically nuke your family back into the Stoneage.
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This love affair with his own new Gym religion was annoying but I just ignored it, but then he decided to create fiction that is so far-fetched I just spent the entire book saying, "well that is extremely unlikely." It is like the author has no real military experience, and no understanding of the nature of people, families and nations. In order for the 130 nations on the planet to be dominated by one immortal benevolent dictator and his pack young children the UK declares war on the US, with the help of the Japanese, who nuke the US in a Perl Harbor attack? The Australians spend 58% of their GDP on ... spaceships. This is the same country that cannot spend 2% of its economy on defense, nor staff the war ships it has. Yet in less than 100 years, it is spending 58% of its GDP on the space navy and colonies?
This is why I think of this book as a Vlad Putin fever dream. War World 3 is the UK, Japan and get this South Africa attack the US, Germany and West Africa? The Chinese do not declare total war, when the megacorporation "Star Force" decides they cannot sail the seas anymore? After then pack of young super fit children are done. The US, UK, China, Germany (you would assume the entire EU), Japan, and a whole host of other nations can no longer help humanity get ready for "what comes next." And to add more far-fetched fever dream nonsense, after a nuclear war where America and the UK both loose entire states, 20% of the military and colonist join ... the megacorporation Starforce under the control of its immortal benevolent dictator and his pack of ultimate authority children.
And BTW, there is no such thing as stealth in near space with our current understanding of physics.
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Into the Calm
- Rise of the Republic, Book 6
- De: James Rosone
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 13 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 208
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 183
Viceroy Miles Hunt had accomplished the impossible. He gambled the Republic, the RNS Freedom and the entire joint allied fleet in one glorious battle. Secretly, the Zodarks plotted revenge, a restart to hostilities once their spies had found Earth. With peace achieved, new exploration began. Opportunities at new settlements enticed. All believed the threat of annihilation was past them and with that comforting thought, Liam and his Belters headed for their new world. They would build and expand their society—giving the people of Earth an alternative to the Republic.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Confusing
- De D.D. wendy en 11-14-22
- Into the Calm
- Rise of the Republic, Book 6
- De: James Rosone
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
Rise of the Republic | Deus ex Machina
Revisado: 02-18-23
This author from the beginning of this series has made choices to force the story be the story he wanted, instead of letting the story naturally evolve. This entry really takes that to another level. Guys scratching out a living, they find gold right on time. There are no heroes there are just guys with plot armor.
Now the good part is that James Rosone spends a lot of time writing about intelligence services, spies and multiple people doing ... mostly terrible things. But still he loves to say "the Army DELTAs" are super heroes. The Army Rangers are Marines, the Army ... you get it. A problem, send a sprinkle a little Army and it gets better. Space battles, we need millions of Army guys to be targets on plants for our enemies to bombard. James fetichizes the US Army and thus only forces things one way.
The Republic gets dumb (um ok, if you are from this planet you are out of here sorry not sorry), the enemy get smart, but things keep going right in general. I do like James Rosone killing off people. That is pretty kool. I also like new people coming across old battles. That was pleasantly jarring.
Performance is getting better.
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Into the Stars
- Rise of the Republic, Book 1
- De: James Rosone
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 11 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,608
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,468
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,467
Mars and the Moon have been colonized, piracy runs rampant in the asteroid belts, and a thriving society grows in the depths of space. Humanity prepares to embark upon its greatest journey - the colonization of Alpha Centauri. Then, everything changes. A deep space reconnaissance probe discovers a new Earth-like planet 12 light-years from Earth’s sun. The probe also finds something unusual, something unnerving. A new mission is created, a space fleet is formed, and humanity embarks on unravelling the greatest mystery of all - the origins of life itself.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Came for Jonathan Davis, stayed for the story
- De chapmaan en 04-07-21
- Into the Stars
- Rise of the Republic, Book 1
- De: James Rosone
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
Forcing the Story
Revisado: 02-10-23
James Rosone tells a somewhat interesting story. Jonathan Davis is fairly good at narration. Jonathan does not do female voices that well. The story is forced. The author James Rosone wants it to go into this direction so "this" thing happens. It is fairly jarring. That is unfortunate as he is pretty good at writing what I call "small scenes." You and me in a room. But then it moves off to "and all of this" happens just right. The deus ex machina of sci-fiction trap. Instead of humanity raising to the occasion "magic" happens.
One example of this is his use of "the DELTAs" and "the Army." The author James Rosone appears to be an Army veteran. Thus he spends the entire story of "nope, there are no Marines, there are not "mobile infantry" for "this or that reason" there are only "the DELTAs" who learn how to do what the US Marines have been doing for centuries, and "the Army." It is an example of how the author "forces" the story.
But I have purchased all four books. And it is pretty good.
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