BadAsstronauts
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BadAsstronauts
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Narrated by:
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Ezra Buzzington
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By:
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Grady Hendrix
About this listen
First published in 2012 as Occupy Space, Grady’s debut science-fiction novella inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement, about a group of amateur astronauts who lead a rescue mission to space.
Walter Reddie is a washed-up former astronaut who takes it upon himself to build a rocket ship to rescue his cousin, who is stuck on the International Space Station after a mission gone wrong. If America won’t rescue its astronauts, Walter will do it himself.
Violating numerous laws, common sense, logic, and reason, Walter Reddie becomes a lightning rod for people who aren’t ready to lay down and die just yet. His "redneck NASA" becomes the promised land for losers, drifters, rocket junkies, pyromaniacs, misfits, dreamers, science nerds, and astro-hippies who still believe that the future of America is in space. But chances are they’ll blow themselves up, get arrested, or kill each other before they ever get into low Earth orbit.
©2022 Grady Hendrix (P)2022 Recorded BooksI nearly gave up on this due to the narration. Narrator was likely chosen due to having appropriate accent for Walt but it was quite a problem, in fact I could hear clipping in the audio. Considering I really like the author and this was available at no extra cost or credit, it is a problem I chose to get over. Hint: speed up narration to about 1:10. That stops it sounding so apathetic.
I did like and appreciate the mix of humour and compassion for these dysfunctional anti-heroes and got some joy out of them making something big happen with their lives.
Go Walt
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