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For Steam and Country
- The Adventures of Baron von Monocle, Book 1
- De: Jon Del Arroz
- Narrado por: Katie Wright
- Duración: 10 h y 1 m
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Her father's been pronounced dead. Destructive earthquakes ravage the countryside. An invading army looms over the horizon. And Zaira's day is just getting started. Abandoned at an early age, Zaira von Monocle found life as the daughter of a great adventurer to be filled with hard work and difficulty. She quickly learned to rely on only herself. But when a messenger brought news that her father was dead and that she was the heir to his airship, her world turned upside down.
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An entertaining steam punk adventure
- De John en 04-09-18
- For Steam and Country
- The Adventures of Baron von Monocle, Book 1
- De: Jon Del Arroz
- Narrado por: Katie Wright
Clean, fast, fun
Revisado: 11-17-24
Wonderfully clean and age appropriate. My only critique is that the narrator could use a bit better pacing and inflection. She gets a bit monotone at times.
this is definitely a book I'll be letting my daughters listen to! Smart, logical characters.
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Not Till We Are Lost
- Bobiverse, Book 5
- De: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 11 h y 41 m
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The Bobiverse is a different place in the aftermath of the Starfleet War, and the days of the Bobs gathering in one big happy moot are far behind. There’s anti-Bob sentiment on multiple planets, the Skippies playing with an AI time bomb, and multiple Bobs just wanting to get away from it all. But it all pales compared to what Icarus and Daedalus discover on their 26,000-year journey to the center of the galaxy.
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idk man... the last couple of books just haven't really done it for me.
- De Kody en 09-06-24
- Not Till We Are Lost
- Bobiverse, Book 5
- De: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
Fun but scattershot
Revisado: 09-16-24
Like always it was a fun ride but too many disparate plotlines. I liked how Heavens River had one major (the expedition) and one minor (Starfleet) plotline.
This was more of a setup for a next major arc but I was hoping for more "meat" to the story.
I'll still listen to the next one and this one many more times of course.
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Have Space Suit - Will Travel
- De: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrado por: Mark Turetsky
- Duración: 8 h y 53 m
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First prize in the Skyway Soap slogan contest was an all-expenses-paid trip to the moon. The consolation prize was an authenticspace suit, and when scientifically minded high school senior Kip Russell wonit, he knew for certain he would use it one day to make a sojourn of his own tothe stars. But "one day" comes sooner than he thinks when he tries the suit on in his backyard - and finds himself worlds away, a prisoner aboard a space pirate's ship.
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Wry humor obliterated by inept reading
- De Scott en 07-10-14
- Have Space Suit - Will Travel
- De: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrado por: Mark Turetsky
One of Heinlein's best
Revisado: 07-30-23
There were a few small parts where the narrator's pacing, tone, or accents could have been better but overall very good.
This is a fantastic book for young men to serve as a "this is why you apply yourself at school" lesson. Heinlein really demonstrates his attitudes towards academic preparation and toughness whereas Farmer In The Sky shows manly virtue, and Starship Troopers shows civic virtue.
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We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
- Bobiverse, Book 1
- De: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 9 h y 56 m
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There's a reason We Are Legion was named Audible's Best Science Fiction Book of 2016: Its irresistibly irreverent wit! Bob Johansson has just sold his software company for a small fortune and is looking forward to a life of leisure. The first item on his to-do list: Spending his newfound windfall. On an urge to splurge, he signs up to have his head cryogenically preserved in case of death. Then he gets himself killed crossing the street. Waking up 117 years later, Bob discovers his mind has been uploaded into a sentient space probe with the ability to replicate itself.
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Ignore the Publisher's Summary! This is Amazing!
- De PW en 04-12-17
- We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
- Bobiverse, Book 1
- De: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
I've litened to this book more than a dozen times
Revisado: 07-13-23
I've literally listened to this book and the whole series more than a dozen times. For a year it became my bedtime "lull me to sleep" choice and my common background noise while doing other tasks.
The series has inspired me to go back to school and get a second BS in Computational Mathematics and eventually a graduate degree in AI. I want to write the AI for space exploration drones thanks to this series.
I only have a few criticisms:
- DET obviously has a very liberal bias. His attitude towards religion is obviously negative and his understanding of the philosophical arguments for religion in general is very kiddie-pool-shallow. This mostly comes out mostly during the fourth book but its still entertaining. What really grinds my gears is that DET really leans into the trope that all religious people are Southern bigots. Its very childish and cliche. Also, the fact that DET chose a totalitarian theocracy as the big bad bookie-man of the future US shows that he has a wildly myopic viewpoint of US politics to think that that is even a plausible outcome.
- DET knows very little about career military types. He tends to paint Medeiros and others as 2D characters. If you're taking into account the ability to frame jack and time dilation Medeiros could have educated himself on all of humanity's vast knowledge of quantum physics, art, and crochet. So the Bobs shouldnt be surprised when he throws them a curveball.
Other than that I honestly love the books!
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Earthside
- Quantum Earth, Book 2
- De: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 8 h y 55 m
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The Yellowstone super-eruption has put an end to modern civilization. As cities and countries continue to fall, the colony of Rivendell in the alternate Earth known as Outland looks more and more like the only real hope for humanity. But life in Rivendell isn’t getting any simpler, either. Bill and Kevin continue to discover new worlds; the population continues to rise; winter is approaching; and everyone has their own opinion about how things should be run.
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Why all the politics?
- De Leisa en 01-29-23
- Earthside
- Quantum Earth, Book 2
- De: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
Likes others have said, the politics ruined it.
Revisado: 07-13-23
I have listened to all of the Bobiverse books more than a dozen times (literally). I love them. Outland was really great and was fantastic at portraying the effects of a supervolcano on a global scale. With that said, Earthside is a huge letdown.
Like others have said, the politics of Earthside is a huge letdown. Its childish and two-dimensional. The only realistic thing is that a colony comprised of college students would certainly come up with such stupid ideas like blaming all the world's evils on the "Gerries".
What bothers me is that that idea is portrayed as something that should be taken seriously. Also, like in modern political discussions, everyone in the book who talks about someone being a fascist, communist, commie, socialist, etc only demonstrates that they have no idea what those terms mean. Its like Taylor took a bunch of political ideas and portrayals off of Reddit and called it a day.
The book spends an incredibly inordinate amount of time on politics with everyone debating stupid grand ideas (on every side) instead of admitting that they are barely a town and need to govern it like such. They weren't building a nation.
I was hoping for more stories about mounting different expeditions, contacting survivors, setting up more colonies, etc. Not the garbage we got.
While I routinely relisten to the whole Bobiverse series I dont think I'll relisten to this.
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