Not Bad

Ok, I brought the book for 2 reasons.
RC Bray the legend
and I really enjoyed the film.
The book is quiet different from the movie, (aren't they always) but i found i enjoyed it and finished it in 3 days.
The pace of the book is quiet good, and i don't think I got bored in any part.
Well written and I would expect they could get another few books out of this. If so I look forward to listening to them in the future.

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good story and performance

if your expecting a retelling of the movie this won't be for you. I enjoyed the different aspect of the story and enjoyed the different outcomes. ROUGHNECK 2-5

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Awesome

Great book, which I’ve been meaning to get hold of since having watched the 90s film countless times. I’d gone into it knowing the source material was different to the film, so that wasn’t a surprise, and it’s fun to pick out all of the little bits that actually made it into the movie in some way (characters etc.)

The narrator, R.C. Bray, is phenomenal and really gives off an act that sounds like someone who is a through-and-through career soldier / veteran, from overall delivery to the cadence at which he speaks. Honestly, really impressed and will look forward to hearing over audiobooks done by him in the future.

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Bray does it again!

I liked the film back in the 90s, and I like the book too, but this is my favourite. Been waiting a long time for this to release, and it was totally worth the wait.

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the book explains the film

fantastic news this classic being on audible. if you like military sci-fi you will love it

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A classic but...

I read this a couple of times as a kid before the movie. Liked the movie too. This book is a platform for Heinleins moral philosophy and I do enjoy it even if I don't always agree with it. It's a weird mix of left and right, it's original and derivative at the same time.
The real joy of the story is the power armour and spotting the tropes he started echo in Aliens (is this going to be another bug hunt!). Mobile Infantry are very much like Space Marines, love the bugs too even if the film version worked better (no laser rifles for bugs).
However, a lot of it is slightly dry military procedural with H fleshing out his fantasy army. The end really leaves you wanting more. He could have written a whole series of books but that's not really what H did, he wants to get his ideas over, the story is almost just a vessel.
But this is classic reading list for anyone wanting to understand the roots of modern sci-fi. And mental gymnastics for the moral philosopher.
Great narrator, the wrong one could have killed this story but he did it proud.

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Not bad

Heads up the book is very different from the movies and games we loved but it not bad and highly recommend especially since R C Bray vociese it.

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Puts the film to shame

Can’t tell you how long I’ve waited for this to come out with RC Bray. Needless to say it’s been worth it

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it's good enough to listen to the end. good narrator

not a lot of real story for me, padded out by military procedures and not much else. some people will like it but not me

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R.C.Bray

Loved the film, love R.C Bray but the book just doesn’t get going. Had we not been waiting so long for this release which seemed to be delayed so many times it may have been more satisfying, but honestly had it not been for Bray I’d have given up early on.

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