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The Forever
- The Forever, Books 1-2
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
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Contains books one and two of Time Wars Last Forever. Jon Ryan is called back two billion years to save the Earth from an unprecedented threat. An alien clan is stealing time. It uses that time energy to power its quest to amass even more time. As the very real possibility of never having existed closes in on humanity, Jon must rally his ragtag forces to do the impossible, yet again. But how can you defeat an enemy who can cause you to never have lived?
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Love the series, some minor points
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Publisher's Summary
Contains books one and two of The Forever Series.
Jon Ryan is irreverent, cocky, funny, and walks with a swagger. He says what he means, he says what he wants to, and, in fact, he says what needs to be said.
The cocky fighter pilot turned astronaut is also Earth's only chance for survival. The planet Jupiter, thrown off orbit, will destroy Earth in less than a century. Jon volunteers for the most ambitious, desperate mission ever conceived: His consciousness must be transferred into an experimental android host, where he'll live an immortal - and lonely - life. Jon's only companion on his 50-year voyage is his ship's irritable AI.
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The US president wants him dead and is willing to sacrifice his own people to eliminate Jon. An alien species has vowed a holy war to eliminate all humans, either on Earth or wherever they might run. Only Jon can protect humans from their enemies.
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- Paul
- 26-11-2018
It’s so bad! But strangely good.
The story is like a mix between Space-Top Gun and Futurama. Like a B grade sci fi that you can’t stop watching.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-11-2018
Deadpool/Ryan Reynolds style space opera !
An OK listen but just could not shake the Deadpoool or Ryan Reynolds style attitude of the main character. Off putting in way. Not sure if having Ryan do the audio would have been better or pushed it over they edge.
Possibly a narrator with a completely dissimilar voice would have prevented the connection it made in my mind. OK story though.
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- Rick
- 25-01-2020
Fun low tech sci fi
I've read a few android/cyborg books now, and enjoy the genre. This was a little different - funny, irreverent, more like 50s pulp sci fi with modern day humour. The science is iffy and secondary to the story. The protagonist Captain John Ryan is likeable for the most part, but a bit dim. I'm not a fan when the reader can figure out what is going on and the hero cannot, I find it frustrating, and this happens in lots of situations. It IS part of his character though - most people around him are smarter than he is. The narrator does a great job of the voices and telling the story.
It was a lot of fun and I'm glad I listened to it. I didn't like it enough to continue the series beyond the first book though. As far as android/cyborg stories goes I preferred the Bobiverse series, the Murderbot Diaries, and the Imperial Radch series to this. Perhaps just a choice of style.
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- walter civitico
- 17-11-2019
Godawful childish story
Not a patch on the expeditionary force series of books.. I only bought this because those were ok hoping to get something equally good, barely finished listening to it, I must have been in a masochistic fugue
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- Pizzazz
- 12-08-2019
So so
Unfortunately, I have been ruined Craig Alanson read by RC Bray. This is so so. Had potential but never really gripped me. I persevered but the story line got thinner and more implausible. More character development would have been helpful.
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- Sven
- 16-07-2019
No thanks
Maybe it gets better, I gave up after about 3 hours. Ridiculous ideas, poorly expressed. Narration was fine. I recommend Bobiverse instead.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-04-2019
Amazing story and top notch narrator
My favorite books are the ones which don't spend an entire page describing what a room looks like and just focuses on the story at hand, this is one of those books. Every part of this story was exciting and fun. Can't wait to start the next in the series!
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- Scott Membry
- 18-03-2019
just bad
I returned this book cause I couldn't get past the poor science fiction, sexism, ridiculous characters and bad dialogue. For books that deal with these themes like adults, try the Bobiverse or Expeditionary Force.
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- Lucas
- 28-02-2024
Dumb Sci Fi
Sometimes mildly entertaining, but generally poorly written cheap rubbish.
I've been listening to it when I've been busy doing other things because it's something I don't have to worry about missing things in, but it has been frustratingly difficult to listen to at times.
I would have been very disappointed if I actually spent money on this.
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- Josh Duthie
- 28-02-2024
a great concept that doesn't quite deliver
it's entertaining and a great story. But the author has a hard time keeping his story straight. Ryan has 2 PHDs but often plays the clown. He has literally power in his fingertips which gets forgotten and is unused at convenient moments. Enemies thar start out incredibly distant quietly become local.
Not to give away the ending but it does end, and it's a bit weird. I expected a series like this to go a lot longer.
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