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Great Short Sci Fi

Revisado: 03-05-24

Wickedly good sci fi with an unexpected twist. Perfectly narrated, delightfully written. A great ‘monster’ story.

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This was AWESOME!!

Revisado: 05-07-23

After a dubious start of the intro, it quickly got into a historic adventure full of dark magic and great characters. I generally stick to sci-fi because it’s so hard to find fantasy that isn’t a reboot of old tropes or a romance in disguise. This had original magic, original mechanisms, and delightfully magical re-interpretations of historical figures. Highly recommend.

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A fun and twisted ride

Revisado: 06-24-22

I would describe this as something of a dark comedy. Much like a fantasy revenge book, this takes the character down a path paved with foolish ambitions, obvious shortcuts and a little bit of naive stupidity. You end up liking this failed actor and his slide into an accidental life of crime. It’s full of darkly fun adventures just plausible enough to draw you into the story. Read by my FAVORITE ebook reader who doesn’t use bunch of nonsense voices or sound effects, but tells a story like an enthusiastic buddy telling you about his adventure with excitement in all the right places. Will keep this in my listen-again list.

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A Fun Time with Real Sci Fi!

Revisado: 09-28-20

This is a fun and sometimes action filled series that is an absolute delight for a sci-fi fan. A true geek (programmer/engineer) gets killed too soon and freezes himself into the future. He wakes up uploaded into a computer as a starship-probe brain. Most other uploads go crazy, but introvert, sci-fi geek, programmer, engineer Bob LOVES his new life.

Therein starts adventures with action, danger and space aliens!

The science is believable, consistent and well explained. The characters are 'real' and likeable. Bob is an uber-geek with high intelligence and a dry sense of humor so he's easy to like. The challenges are likely scenarios (given the Bob universe) and there is no 'hand wavy' magic-type science fiction. Bob has do deal with the realities of a light speed and resource scarce universe and build his Bob-iverse from the ground up.

If you want your sci-fi to be romance, or Clark-sian (indistinguishably from magic), or in a galaxy far far away, go somewhere else.

If you want your science fiction to actually contain science and explanations of how future tech might create space ships and colonization of other worlds, get this!

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Explore the universe in your own spaceship!

Revisado: 08-02-18

I have not only the first book but the whole trilogy and I have to say, Bob is great! This is fun sci-fi! The author manages to make some serious issues fun and exciting. After all, our protagonist dies in practically the first chapter! (Only to be 'born' again as an AI.) Imagine if your purpose were to explore the galaxy in your own spaceship! Or be able to copy yourself when you need a little help!

The narration on this also perfectly fits the story and gives you a believable "voice" for the main character. He manages to maintain a fun and humorous tone that makes this a great listen! This is one of the few series that I own that I started listening to again almost as soon as I finished it.

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Great story. Narration needs work.

Revisado: 07-23-18

Good story. Good characters. Really enjoyable listen.
The narrator was over sonorous, order dramatic and over-pronunciation. I just want him to simply read me the story, not act it out. Still an enjoyable listen.

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