PDF The Worldship Humility Audible Audio Edition R R Haywood Colin Morgan Audible Studios Books

Product details Audible Audiobook Listening Length 13 hours and 58 minutes Program Type Audiobook Version Original recording Publisher Audible Studios Audible.com Release Date January 31, 2019 Language English, English ASIN B07M7L7SRZ

The Worldship Humility Audible Audio Edition R R Haywood Colin Morgan Audible Studios Books Reviews

• So, this is a weird review, because on one hand, i really enjoyed the audio book. On the other, the fact that this book was written exclusively for audio has me scratching my head. There are LOTS of moments in this audio book where the listener is forced to listen to MANY minutes of stuff like, "really", he said. "yes", she said, "oh", he said. "yep", she said. This can go on for so much time, its maddening! The amount of "he said", "she said" in an audio book written for Audio is crazy! The narrator can have perfectly good voices for the characters in conversation , yet, we all have to listen to "he said", "she said" over and over and over. WE DONT NEED that part. Please, for the love of god, do not read the "she said" "he said" part while reading the book for audio. I cannot overstate this. This was so maddening, i have to remove a start from the review. Also, i can't say that im in love with the narrator choice. The female tone that the male narrator had made every woman in book sound completely unattractive. I know this seems shallow, but the story makes a big deal of attractive and pretty women, so its hard to buy into it with the voice.
  That said, the book was fun. I was disappointed in some of the longer dragging parts where the writer obviously wanted to have some silly fun with useless dialog from non characters...but whatever.
  I will warn you.....this is the 1st of a series and without spoiling much, this audio book ends abruptly with very little payout, so since this book is actually a fun story, you will be left hanging pretty hard and not getting to enjoy some of the stuff that you hoped would transpire.
• Thank you RR Haywood!!
• Even before I heard the anti-semitic shpiel, I was wondering how this book has a 4.5 star rating. It is cartoonish and not that well written. By cartoonish, I mean there's a hacker who can hack anything he can imagine in 10 seconds including creating graphics...it's cartoony. And it's not like he's augmented with cyborg technology to do this, he uses a virtual KEYBOARD and is able to make any digital animation he wants in seconds. This book is filled with constant, 'okay, that's silly, but I'll overlook this, that and that too."
  
  Then out of the blue, the author says some of the ships that fled earth were at war with each other. Each ship is controlled by a nation, and the only nation it mentions is Israel...which happened to buy something form the Iranian ship and didn't pay for it (I'm pretty sure that's an anti-semitic trope) and then preemptively attacked Iran in response to them getting mad at them and that the Israelis couldn't get past their differences on earth and nobody knows who started it and no one cares, they just wish they could get over it. This mention of Israel was so far out of left field and had very little to do with the plot.
• Narration is fantastic.... I could listen to this guy all day, everyday. The story is interesting, and funny, and full of action and I just can’t say enough good things..... I was looking for the actual book, but I believe this is just for audio right now. I recommend this to anyone who is a sci fi, comedy or action fan! Just heads up, maybe don’t listen with a 5 year old in the car....
• The narrator is awesome, and the story is engaging and funny. The only negative is that this is only the first of a trilogy, and the other 2 are not yet out.
  
  Someone else mentioned anti-Semitism, but I don't see it--just book written from the a point of view of someone who is not Jewish and is puzzled by the tensions in the middle east.
  
  As far as the hacking being unbelievable--it's set in the future. Who knows what kind of shortcuts might be available by then? Someone good enough to code on the fly might have a wicked toolkit that he's created for himself.
• I'm in love with almost every character in this series. Clara especially is AMAZING. The book is funny, fast-paced, and keeps your attention at all times.
  
  My one complaint about it (and this is really a very minor complaint), is that the author has practically zero interest in actual science. Spaceflight and computer hacking both feature prominently in the series and both are utterly inaccurate. I would have liked a portrayal more similar to The Martian or Seveneves.
  
  That's just my personal preference though and the wonderful characters and story more than made up for it anyways. Can't wait for book 2!
• Everything about this book worked. Every voice in the narration was fledged out and authentic. The plot was both complicated and simple and while the ending is a cliffhanger i don't care. I will wait. The characters all felt like friends (yes, MY friends) and the world was fantastic. The most brilliant SF audiobook since Illuminae!
• I listened to the audio version of this book on Audible and really liked it. It was funny in the way of British SciFi. If you liked The Hitchhikers Guide and similar work, you will like this book too.