Audio Book Review: The Little Big Death

Eon

Written by Greg Bear.

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.

On an Earth that has suffered the little death, a limited nuclear war between the US and Russia, there is an uneasy negotiated peace. Russia seems to feel sort of like the Germans did post WW 1 when the enormity of reparations and limitations imposed by the international community settled in. Well opportunity knocks here when the asteroid called the ‘potato’ arrives in Earth orbit and is found to be a starship. A starship with humans on it…or at least there were and they had Earth languages.

Led by the US, that may be for of the fiction these days, the international community minus the Russians populate the ‘potato’ and begin to unravel the mysteries of the seven chambers. The fact that it is bigger on the inside than the outside is driving a lot of them bonkers. The people in charge of the project are trying all they can to keep a lid on predictions that this Earth is about to suffer annihilation.

Excellent book with lots of subplots that I’m sure will re-surge in this series called The Way. The narration was pretty good too with Rudnicki’s vocal range. This one gets four out of five units of pleasant nerdiness. Enjoy!

http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Eon-Audiobook/B007MF0J3Y

Audio book Review: Third in a Series, No Sag Here!

Koban:  Rise of the Kobani, Book 3

by Stephen W. Bennett

narrated by Eric Michael Summerer

 

Excellent continuation of the series, this installment introduces us to another planet in the Koban system that the Kobani (Humans) dub Haven.  They discover two of the slave races left behind by the Krall called the Prada and the Torkey.  Advances to the Kobani genome and technology proceed at the steady and explainable pace, and the story is well told.

Escalation of raids on Krall supply worlds and augmenting SpecOps in Human space struggles are rampant in this book.  Also, the preliminary dealing with Rimmers and Hub Humans and dancing around the proscriptions of genetic tech begin to get traction here.  Where in series a normal sag in the story line occurs, this one surprises by not doing that.  I’m giving it four out of five stars.

 

http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Koban-Rise-of-the-Kobani-Audiobook/B00O9GE80Y