Alien: Colony War
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Alien: Colony War
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Narrated by:
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Shiromi Arserio
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By:
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David M. Barnett
About this listen
Political conflicts on Earth erupt into open hostilities between their colonies in space, with Xenomorphs as the ultimate weapon.
On Earth, political tensions boil over between the United Americas, Union of Progressive Peoples, and Three World Empire. Conflict spreads to the outer fringes, and the UK colony of New Albion breaks with the Three World Empire. This could lead to a Colony War.
Trapped in the middle are journalist Cher Hunt, scientist Chad McLaren, and the synthetic Davis. Cher, seeking to discover who caused the death of her sister, Shy Hunt, uncovers a far bigger story. McLaren’s mission, fought alongside his wife, Amanda Ripley, is to stop the militarization of the deadliest weapon of all—the Xenomorph.
Their trail leads to a drilling facility on LV-187. Someone or something has destroyed it, killing the personnel, and the British are blamed. Colonial forces arrive, combat erupts, then both groups are overwhelmed by an alien swarm. Their only hope may lie with the Royal Marines unit known as “God’s Hammer”.
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For once though the androids were a welcome addition, no synths are fiddling each other’s flutes here (covenant). Just a little too much going on and I found myself wanting it to end now and again.
A few classic references diluted in a story too big
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Decent but not great
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unfortunately spoilt by the voice dreadful performance of the British cokney accents.
as a northern, I found the southern English jokes to be OK. but if you are a Londoner, you'll hate it.
along with the dreadful SJW inserted moments. that really made me happy when characters pegged it.
overall, a good addition to the aliens library 👌
loved, but sjw moments spoilt it.
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why old english, queen's tone, and not cotney
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Another great listen
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Exciting listen, unexpected twists
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Brit hate in space
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While authors such as Abercrombie subtly indicate their distaste for populism in post-B-word era books in a more elaborately laid out context, with just enough real world quotes for the reader to be able to make the connection, David Barnett is not even trying to hide his distaste for the current political situation and lets it all out, using the story as a parallel for scathing political commentary. Good for you, David, that's very brave. And thanks for a good laugh - the Alien backdrop would be the last place where'd I'd look for "politicians with ruffled hair".
In addition, the story manages to avoid the usual Alien franchise pitfalls and introduces a few novel character concepts that I won't spoil here.
Thoroughly enjoyed this.
A pretty original Alien tale...
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The twist can be seen coming from a mile away.
Don't get me started on the terrible English accents.
*Spoiler ahead.......
I was glad when they all died 🤣
Apart from the above it was an enjoyable romp through the Alien universe.
I enjoyed the story & the narration was, most of the time, quite good 😊
English accent (Spoiler in review)
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The narrator was excellent, in fact, she probably made the whole thing worthwhile.
Excellent addition to the franchise
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