nancy graves

Who spilled a trashy romance all over my superhero origin story?

Revisado: 05-20-24

Without giving too much away there are two narrators. one covers the superhero origin story and the other... well... is all about how a woman of the 70s gets all school girl gushy about men. I finally had to stop listening. it was getting real old real quick.

if you like this kind of stuff then more power to you. I don't. You've been warned.

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Nerdtopia!

Revisado: 05-09-24

Thus book is an excellent continuation. If you enjoyed the first one, be sure to read this one.

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To Nerdly Go Where No AI Has Gone Before.

Revisado: 05-08-24

If you're not a real deep down Sci Fi Nerd you're not going to like this book. if you're a Christian, don't bother, this will anger you beyond words. If you've never been to a big Sci Fi / Fantasy convention, aside from asking asking what's wrong with you, you're just not going to get it.

However, if you love Nerd Culture and aren't religious this is an amazing book. Like I said in the title of my review, it's Nerds in Space.

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Great story, not so great narration.

Revisado: 04-04-24

This needed a narrator who could read this in a far more whimsical way. He was just too serious about teddy bears and toy tanks fighting a war on a world where mercury was the equivalent of water. Otherwise the world was amazing and the writing was top notch.

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I usually can't stand Cyberpunk novels.

Revisado: 04-04-24

The typical cyberpunk novel is all about the oppressive world build by greedy corporations working toward only profit and governments being slaves to the corporate masters. It's just so depressing. it's too real. I prefer a bit more hope and happy in a book.

While this novel was filled with the depression inducing dystopia future the charachters were worth the listen. They were human in a world that dehumanizies everything. They made the book worth listening to.

This TANSTAFALA Press has had a couple of good hits. I may look into them more.

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It's kind of porny and occasionally a bit woke.

Revisado: 03-15-24

The stories are well written and thought out. They are interesting to listen to, but you can tell that some of the authors are pushing toward the woke side of things. Not offensively but to the detriment of the stories. Men are often negatively portrayed as weak and useless while women are most often strong and powerful.

I could ignore it until the invisible man story had a black man in the modern era being treated as if it were the era of Jim Crow. If a black man with a useful degree is being treated poorly and being called openly the diversity hire he can move to another employer, he hasn't been sold to that corporation. Lincoln did free the slaves after all.

In horror suspension of disbelief is very important. Setting up a situation that makes no sense in the real world distracts from the supernatural stuff I am supposed to believe.

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If you believe in a god, seek help.

Revisado: 02-29-24

Hitchens never fails to impress with his encyclopedic knowledge and firm convictions. If you believe in some wacky superstitiin give this a listen. I doubt you will hold that belief afterward.

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A good listen, if you've an open mind.

Revisado: 02-27-24

I don't fully agree with a few of the assertions, I do understand the logic behind them but as an American I have a greater distrust of government than a brit may have. While I agree that religious indoctrination is a form of child abuse I see no cure for it in government education since whichever side is in the majority simply uses it for their own indoctrination assured that their world view is the best one for all people. Leftist indoctrination is not superior to Rightist indoctrination. Both are religious in nature and both are filled with all sorts of bad ideas.

Otherwise I agree wholeheartedly with what he says. I suspect my mother would die of an aneurysm if she were to listen to this book and find that out.

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I laughed, I cried, I enjoyed the listen.

Revisado: 01-30-24

This is a thoroughly enjoyable series of short stories from authors whose other works I have to check out. I won't give anything away but when you hear "Santa Claus" keep a box of tissues at hand. if you don't cry at the end you're one of the monsters.

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Too Long

Revisado: 12-17-23

I followed through to the end and it was a slog and a half. it's just too much information without much excitement. The series started strong. it just finished slow.

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