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The anthro lesson

Revisado: 04-03-25

Great story. There is an anthropology lesson in it which was totally new to me. Thank you. Loved Mickey7, and loved this too (they are not related stories)

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Chilling, interesting, technical

Revisado: 12-05-24

Of greater interest to me because I have several cold-blooded pets.
Great story, great ideas here. Narration really spot on too.

I have a complaint, but it’s a bit of a spoiler; here it is:
I’m not sure how, in the end, the chief green person was not all slo-mo like the other green people. I feel like she shoulda been slo-mo cuz there was no temp diff in her room compared to outside her room, neh?

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Fun and funny and cute and short

Revisado: 11-23-24

Also, free for Audible subscribers, thanks!
When you see that the author is John Scalzi, you know it’s gonna be fun. You know you’re gonna be able to escape, even if it is just a cute short story. Very nice.

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Narration even-keeled & matter-of-fact

Revisado: 05-07-24

Story has enough details to keep me interested. Narrator treats all the details evenly, so it’s easy to forget him and to be immersed in the story, but not too emotionally captured by it. Just the right balance for me: i listen while driving. Come to think of it, the narrator reminds of a WW2 newsreel announcer. I only gave four stars for the story because I object to how one female character started strong but then devolved unrealistically into a classic housewifey role.

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full of discovery, wonder, newness

Revisado: 01-22-24

The layers of the Jovian atmosphere are presented as a complex environment with a complex ecology. The sense of awe and discovery pervades the story. I LOVED this book and as my kid would say, I VERY RECOMMEND it. There is a posthumous sequel written by others, and I tried that too, but I do not recommend the sequel (it was very boring, full of the speculative human politics of the future, rather than any discovery or wonder or even any awe at all).

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It is a fun story, but too similar to Star Wars

Revisado: 10-21-23

I had fun listening to it mostly because of the narrator’s performance. The story was good fun, but the second book in this double feature was far too similar to Star Wars. I like science fiction because weird ideas can come out, or strange combinations that I wouldn’t have imagined by myself; the second book in this series just uses the same weird ideas that Star Wars used so I was a little bit disappointed. I’m glad to have listen to the story, because it was fun, but I’m not going to be looking to continue the series.

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I like the techie details

Revisado: 10-10-23

I like the care towards details
I like the lack of “subspace” and “ansible” instant comm
I like the plot and characters, even though they are little a bit canned or off-the-shelf.
I don’t like how there seem to be only two women in a crew of over 100

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Depth of feeling makes up for the platitudes

Revisado: 10-07-23

Read this book not for the plot but for the emotional experience. The author makes his usual astute observations of inner life. Five stars.

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Great story, great technical details, excellent read aloud

Revisado: 03-17-23

The narrator on this did a great job with the different accents. I was so surprised by the quality of the accents. I really like the technical details, you know the high temperature, superconducting tape, and the orbital mechanics, and the Blockchain details, which I have never learned before, stuff like that. I listened at 1.5 speed you know, it is kind of surprising that the narrator was unable to pronounce Korean words and Russian words although he really did Korean accent, and Russian accent credibly in English . so impressed.

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Mind blown.

Revisado: 03-13-23

Got annoyed in the middle because I’m just not smart enough, but then towards the end got amazed. Really really amazed. Tchaikovsky has again evoked some intense and deep thoughts and questions , am I right?

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