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Space Team: The Collected Adventures, Volume 1
- Funny Sci Fi Space Action Adventure
- Narrated by: Phil Thron
- Length: 24 hrs and 26 mins
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Space Team: The Collected Adventures, Volume 1
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Summary
A laugh-out-loud, action-packed space adventure series from the author critics are calling "the unholy offspring of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett".
When petty criminal Cal Carver is locked in a cell with a deranged, semi-naked cannibal, he suspects his life has hit its lowest point. He is mistaken.
Abducted by aliens and whisked across the galaxy, Cal is thrown into a team of misfits and criminals and sent on a top secret mission for the president of Space. And that's when everything starts to go very, very wrong....
This bundle collects the first three best-selling adventures of Cal Carver and the crew of the dread ship Shatner, by multi-award-winning author Barry J. Hutchison:
- Space Team
- Space Team: The Wrath of Vajazzle
- Space Team: The Search for Splurt
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-08-20
A surprising gem
I didn't expect to love this series when I originally took a chance on it. All I can say now is that I'm glad I did. It's one of the funniest book series I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. I'd highly recommend this to anyone interested in a non-serious yet still kinda heartfelt series.
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- david forbes
- 28-01-21
Sci fi comedy gold
Red dwarf,firefly,suicide squad,let's go to prison,evil dead ect if u enjoy listen to this book your in for a treat the main character is 50% wise ass 50% crazy and a whole lotta funny, chuck in a weregirl princess a bad ass mech and the worst/best pilot ever plus everyone's favourite slime shape-shifting life form and you start to get a idea of the kind of misadventures this space team are all about .........enjoy i did
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- Craig J. M. Thomson
- 20-10-21
Totally Brilliant.
I purchased this book as I was looking for a new author. This book was recommended as "If you like Terry Pratchett you'll love this."
Tbh I decided that I didn't like the main character within 2minutes of listening. However I decided to stick it out and see how things went. By chapter 2 or 3 I was completely captivated and couldn't wait for my next opportunity to listen. Within a few months I have devoured all of the follow up books in this series.
The humour is fabulous and the science'y bits are few, and don't require a degree to understand. In fact they are written as if a human idiot such as myself can follow with ease.
Well written and narrated brilliantly.
As an avid Pratchett fan I can honestly say I think Barry J Hutchison is on par, if not better.
Note to Barry - Write faster! 😁
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- Paul Sutherland
- 29-08-21
Must be funniest series I have read.. fantastic
Loved it, have blasted the first three books. Looking forward to the rest.. Can't believe I haven't heard of this series before now. do not miss this.
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- Chris
- 17-07-21
Awesome
Absolutely loved it. I listen while at work with my headphones on. So I have looked a complete idiot standing there laughing most of the day. Good story narrated really well. I have got some serious listening to do with the rest of the books.
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- Mr James Lenthall
- 22-10-20
Space paced space fun.
The Sidekick's initiative was my introduction to Barry J Hutchinson's work. Much like that and Phil's narration, nothing dissapoints.
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-01-22
Bored after half an hour and it doesn't get better
This book starts off with a severely obnoxious and childish protagonist, but then does a really fascinating trick (It's subtle, so you may miss it): It proceeds to never, ever, EVER, even slightly, waver AT ALL, from doubling down on this IDIOTIC, fucking JABBERING FOOL of a protagonist, as he falls and ricochets his way across the Universe, learning nothing along the way. In dedicating itself to its own internal nonsense it manages to remove any shred of importance on any of its events, because literally every scene is the guy going "Huh" and "Oh shiny", and the solution is always to let this random fool who cracks lame jokes and knows nothing bumble his way out of it again.
Douglas Adams this ain't.
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- Listener from London
- 17-09-23
Great
Good humour, genius performance, Hitchhikers guide but better. Great value for 3 books .
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- Kindle Customer
- 18-08-23
Brilliant!
Just the best audio book I have heard in years! It trumps them all.
Reader does an amazing job. Love the voice of Cal.
Completely absorbing, darkly funny, so imaginative. It’s blown my mind!!!
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- S. Bullock
- 11-07-23
Warning aswell
Decent story enjoyed and for the 3 books it was decent value. But book 4 and onwards in the series is a full credit for 7 hours! Shocking cash grab and terrible value for money. Don’t let them suck you in with this, avoid it until they start doing decent sized follow ons (15 hours+) or they’ll just be ripping you off for credits.
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- Vukodlak
- 13-08-20
Absurd. Irreverent. A damn good time!
Imagine, if you will, a 7-foot-tall "valley girl" werewolf. Growl, like, fur shur. That is a sample of the alien cookie dough that is Space Team. With a nod to Star Trek & Galaxy Quest, Barry Hutchison has assembled the weirdest, funniest action figures you couldn't wait to rip out of their blister packs. Phil Thron's performance is among the best I have ever head! Great Fun!
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- Daniel H.
- 09-09-21
Meh. Lots of meh.
Returned it before finishing. Just couldn’t roll with it. Narrator does a great job and the story had potential. The main character is too juvenile to be believable and there were several repeating obvious SJW cringe talking points worked in. Normally, they try and pass this kind of stuff off as “young adult” fiction. The truth is, it’s just bad writing with unoriginal solutions to half@$$3d problems. It’s fine for background noise, just not engaging otherwise.
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- Mr
- 20-07-21
Laugh out loud
A great genre-aware send-up of space opera fiction. A fine cast of characters with plenty of failings each and action sprinkled throughout. No overpowered characters here, all leaning on each other despite distrust and snarky banter. Wrapped up with feel good endings, this is a solid choice for fun.
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- Christine
- 05-09-21
I wanted to like it…
Too predictable and certainly not Douglas Adams. I wanted to like them, but character development and world building were flat and very anthropomorphic. Won’t ask for credit back, but couldn’t recommend.
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- DizzyB
- 13-07-21
Is it a slapstick comedy or a horror?
The story will jump back and forth from juvenile slapstick humor to depictions of torture and horror. Either could have made for a good book, but together, it is something that is targeted at kids, that you would never let your kids read.
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- Munster
- 12-06-21
Guardians of the Galaxy meets Futurama
Glad I got the collected adventures, it was a nonstop cliffhangers from the second to the third book. I am looking forward to the next few books as well. The MC is nonstop quaky and enduring, for a guy that lost his his entire planet and species. This is like a cross between Guardians of the Galaxy and Futurama. So far it is a great series with loads of laughs and witty satire.
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- 🔥 Phx17 🔥
- 20-08-21
Galaxy Quest meets Austin Powers
I have to be in the mood for silly spoofs of Star Trek, goofy pop culture references, and juvenile physical comedy. But, when in the mood, this omnibus hits all of my absurd funny bones. Narrator Thron’s exaggerated, pulpy portrayals are phenomenal, from valley girl sounding werewolf Miz to Mech the smart or strong cyborg. There’s translated cussing of the “what the flonk” variety and zero actual nooky, but there is a lot of teenage-level boob-jokes or ball-gags, so I’d rate this as for teens and up. By book 3, the PG tone changes a bit, where heads explode and torture is described instead of merely fading to black. But, it’s all still of the John Carpenter Goes to Mars variety.
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- Dee
- 18-02-21
everyone said Its funny
Eeryone said it was funny so I would thought I would give it a try. It is funny to be sure.
But it's all so gruesome and has elements of horror in it. I dislike that so much. I mean why does science fiction have to have Horror in it? Couldn't we have had a story without that? I'm sorry I used my credit.
The narrator is GREAT
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- Home School Mama
- 09-05-21
Grinning ear to ear
These books are so hilariously entertaining. I enjoyed every bit of it. The characters are wonderful, and the situations they find themselves in had me cracking up. Phil Thron is also now one of my favorite narrators.
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- Teige
- 07-05-21
Fun fast listen
Any book that makes me laugh out loud gets a special 5 star. humor is a bit juvenile at times, so you gotta have a certain sense of humor, but if you're good with a little slap stick and body humor, this is amazing!
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