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Superdreadnought 1

A Military AI Space Opera

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Superdreadnought 1

By: C. H. Gideon, Tim Marquitz
Narrated by: Phil Thron
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The AI known as Reynolds is traversing the universe in search of the elusive Kurtherians, but when he realizes he needs a crew, he finds himself out of his element.

©2019 Dreamscape Media, LLC (P)2019 Dreamscape Media, LLC Military Science Fiction Space Opera Fiction Space Military

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I got quite a bit to say here so I will start with the negative. The story is quite meandering at first glance as the ship goes from thing to thing and there is only a gentle threat connecting them but honestly, I find that quite irrelevant. The only big issue is at the start, it is a bit of a build-up and I almost DNFed it but I am SOOOO glad I didn't!

That is because of the great parts. The characters are absolutely magnificent, they are funny, feel like real people. There is genuine chemistry that you see in friends and a tight crew that is on a mission but does not quite have, yet somewhat tries, to have the air of military around it. There is swearing in the story in a natural way, they don't feel too vulgar nor too formal for what they do and it is all balanced and befitting to each ones personality and history as far as they are revealed in this book.

There are plenty of hilarious moments, setting fitting sarcasm, witting and much else. A great read if you ask me and I'd recommend it time and time again despite its meandering story because that is not that relevant with such a great cast!

And the performance by Phil Thron, absolutely fantastic, greatly done. Could try to make the voices a bit more distinct but he does the job well enough and his execution of all is marvellous. I recommend this to any scifi lover.

Meandering But Great Entertainment

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I'll be the first to admit I struggled and wondered what I had done when I started listening to the book. However, it soon picks up and the early chapters are needed once the story explodes in spectacular fashion.

If you get this book please stick with it through the early chapters. It's worth it! Can't wait for the 2nd book to reach the top of my listening list.

A Slow burner which explodes!

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But reminds me most of all on the good old teen movies i used to watch back in the 80'.
Now I'm in my mid fifties and the book are clearly aimed to a much younger public.
Anyway I found the entertainment value basic, not at all intellectually challenging but not that bad or boring that I abandoned the story.
If you, as I, just want some light listening to fall asleep to, it's recommendable but if you're looking for something deeper, scientific and socially/politically interesting, don't take this path. The story merely scratches these points.
There's a lot of sarcasm and humor in the story, not the kind that makes you laugh out loud, just a lot of invert hahas.
Still I'm going to listen to the next book in the line. 👍🏻

Kinda good entertainment

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Really enjoyed this book. Ordered book 2 before I was half way through and thrilled to see there were even more. Reynolds et al were laugh a minute characters and Phil Thron is, as usual, utterly brilliant, he being the reason I opted to listen to this book in the first place. Well worth a listen.

Humorous Sci fi

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These series is an average listen and keeps you wanting more of the ongoing story of an AI and a battleship. It is very simplistic in its outlook however, celebrating death and destruction which does get unsettling as time goes on. The the cartoon characters that accompany the AI rejoyce a little too much in their killing too. the ship battles are ok however, but the middle 3 book do repeat a storyline.

Like AI stories its ok, but its highly simplistic

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Had read a few reviews saying it was hard to get in to at first, I didn’t find this the case. The story has a good pace interjected with sci fi movie quotes that sci fi geeks like myself will appreciate.
Only criticism is that I was not happy when it ended I was hoping it would go on indefinitely.

Loved this book

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This book looked interesting but at first listen I was thinking of returning it as the thought of listening to an AI with multiple personalities did not sit well with me. I gave it a second listen and to my surprise the human characters completely changed my thoughts on this book so much that I have pre ordered book 2. So do not be put off this is developing into a great story line and I greatly look forward to all the following books

A hidden gem

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It's great to have another funny and engaging story read to me by Phil Thron. Superdreadnought is the start of a series that I have a lot of hope for - original, comical and full of action. I love the political plots and character development. My only comment is that some of the crew relationships feel rushed and they are too quick to bond, but that didn't stop my enjoyment of the book overall. Can't wait for more.

Really entertaining space romp

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If you love sci/fi audiobooks like We Are Legion, We Are Bob and Space-team then you love this story everything you would want from a witty space adventure is here in this audiobook, Phil Thron does a great job of the narration, and I can't wait to read the other book in the series 5 out of 5 book

Superdreadnought 1

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I wanted to like this book; it seemed to be the type of book I have read for years and enjoyed.
It wasn't.

The characters are all unlikeable and humourless and I found myself disengaged from them and not really caring what happened to them.
The "wise-cracking" was about as engaging as that which came from the donkey in Shrek.

Not going to finish this one; what would be the point

Unlikeable characters

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