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Starfire
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Thriller & Suspense
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- Jeffrey Slater
- 22-04-17
A very silly story
This is laughably implausible, the history and the science are at best iffy. Silly-fiction rather than science-fiction.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-01-17
Not his best work
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Slow and lumbering. I finished because I'd started it but definitely didn't keep my interest like his other books.
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- Colin1964
- 21-12-18
Starfire
Is there another audio book in this series I am unable to find one if there is
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- Sharon Barron
- 20-11-17
Entertaining and well performed
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- England fan 1
- 11-07-15
Looking forward to the next book
This was an enjoyable book.
It's worth a listen and I will get the follow up book.
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- Ted
- 29-05-17
Larson (And You) Needs To Read 'Saturn Run'
'Starfire' and John Sandford's 'Saturn Run' are about the same thing. Each is propelled by a a cleverly different idea about Saturn and aliens. The difference is that Sanford is apparently not just a good craftsman, but a great one. Great? If you didn't believe it before, listen to, as I just did, the two books back-to-back. Unwittingly, Sandford gives Larson and us a writing lesson.
Take for example Larson's chameleon characters who develop entirely new skill sets whenever the plot needs them. It's as if a stripper abruptly becomes a graduate engineer, a drunken sailor morphs inexplicably into a naval architect and on and on... Hmmm... if I could only awake tomorrow as a world-class pianist... Sigh.
It is not the improbability of Larson's science that ruins this book, but the ghastly leaps of character development (or lack of). Yep, I listened to Edoardo Ballerina try to make sense of the characters, but his impressive talent couldn't turn straw into anything glimmering.
Pass on this one and buy 'Saturn Run'.
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- Antonio Stevens
- 27-04-15
Spy flick meets First contact. :)
What did you love best about Starfire?
This type of story was different as it felt like a realistic play of events if something like this were to happen. Scrambling of governments, rushing ahead of the others, risking all in the process. It wasn't as flashy as some of the other scifi stories I've listened too but it felt real and sort of left a dark feeling on me. Not in a bad way, just made me wonder if something like this would play out in real life if this ever happened.
What other book might you compare Starfire to and why?
I'd like to sort of compare this to the movie contact. But not completely. Its a story about choices and decisions. So for me, it really stands out on its own.
Which scene was your favorite?
There is a part towards the middle in which scientists face a decision that will affect humanity greatly. When I got to this part, I stopped and wondered what I would do. Even going out and asking others opinions. It was odd, I couldn't even think of a time in which I saw, read, or heard of anything like this before. It really made me think.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Decisions have lasting outcomes.
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I'm a huge fan of this writer. Big fan. This story was different and was unique all in its own way. Each character was well created and explained. No one is safe to survive this story as I was shocked a few times. Many times I felt conflicted on what happened. Out of all scifi stores I've come across, this one really left a lasting feeling of how decisions could change everything about humanity. I can't say much without ruining it for anyone reading this but I will say, if you like scifi with a bit of a realistic spin to it, and maybe a bit of cloak and dagger this might be a good one for you. Don't expect space battles or anything like that but it stands alone as a good scifi story. This one is really good. I recommend it.
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- Mike From Mesa
- 24-05-15
First contact gone horribly wrong
This book seems like a change for Mr Larson in that it is not military sci fi so there are no armies, battles or starships bristling with weapons (although it is hard to not think that that will change in the sequels). Instead we have both the US and Russian governments trying to get alien technology that was left on Earth about 100 years ago working. Both countries are after technology advances that they believe can be reverse engineered (or gotten in some other mysterious way) from the technology, but the sending of a signal from one of these “artifacts” back to its point of origin generates a race to get to the target spot and find what is there.
This book seems to be a bit unusual in the way the story is presented. While first contact books are fairly common in science fiction, few that I have read have results as horrifyingly bad as in this book. In addition, the characters themselves are a very mixed bunch in terms of the types they represent. While we do have a number of normal, likable people we also have more than just a few characters who are not only unlikable, but actually scary in the sense that it is difficult not to worry about people like these having responsible positions in any large organization or, in this case, government.
This is clearly the first book in a new series as little is resolved by the end of the book, but Mr Larson has given us a fairly well developed sense of who the characters are, what their strengths and weaknesses are and we begin to see the resolving personal relations between them. While I found the writing quite good (as is to be expected from Mr Larson) and the characters well formed and interesting I am not sure I will buy the sequel to this book. The story, while interesting, is not compelling and although it is easy to see what the next book will bring, it was difficult for me to believe that any reasonably intelligent group of people could, or would, make the decisions made by the characters in this book. On the whole, not one of my favorite Larson books. Good, in my opinion, but not great. Perhaps the sequel will be better.
The book is very well narrated by Mr Ballerini.
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- Matthew
- 02-11-15
Satisfying in so many ways!
Where does Starfire rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
A tough question, given the volume of audiobooks this reviewer has enjoyed over the years. That said, it warrants a thoughtful response. I would rate it in the top 25 %, and towards the top of that category.
It is complicated enough, and with enough twists and authentic characters that it grabs and retains the listener throughout.
What did you like best about this story?
The interactions between the Russian and American crews are fascinating, and the ongoing lack of trust, and resulting tensions, was highly entertaining.
Have you listened to any of Edoardo Ballerini’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I was trying to recall if I had or not, and it appears this was my first exposure, at least in recent times. He definitely owned the characters, was consistent with his accents and tone, and overall was extraordinary. He has moved into my list of top performers just with this one offering.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Nothing extreme, but certainly chuckled a few times, and was shocked by some of the "events" as they unfolded. Kudos to the author to keep the story arc fresh and always interesting.
Any additional comments?
This is an excellent offering, well produced and fresh. It is also a fine stand alone book, which is not something the listener finds in Sci Fi these days. ( However, the window is open for a sequel , if so desired.)
Highly recommended for many reasons!
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- Steve High
- 01-05-15
New Direction For Larson
If you could sum up Starfire in three words, what would they be?
Not typical Larson.
What other book might you compare Starfire to and why?
I would compare Daniel Suarez's Influx to Starfire up to a point (without giving away too much). But there are elements from other recent sci-fi novels that peek through here as well.
What does Edoardo Ballerini bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
I am used to Mark Boyett reading BV Larson books. For the Star Force and Undying Mercenaries series, Boyett made sense. Those series have a lot of action to parse through quickly. Ballerini tends to slow things down a bit, which I think is appropriate for this book. His range is very good, as he portrays female characters very well, and handles a good Russian accent. I've only listened to one book done by Ballerini and I think he's definitely up there with my favorite narrators.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
They're already here
Any additional comments?
Overall, a great book and definitely nothing I expected from Larson. I love Star Force and Undying Mercenaries, so to be honest I was expecting something along those line here. But I was pleasantly surprised to have read something altogether different.
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- Spencer C LeDoux
- 08-11-17
Nonesensical plot holes
This book stretched my incredulity to the point of breaking. Super secret US spy bases that EVERYONE knows about but us. Every one is out to get the heros. They are lost in the woods? I'll write an ambush! Character sneaking out of town in an unmarked car without any way of being tracked? I'll have a car chase! Sigh. This book failed miserably to establish any real plot or drama. It was just a series of artificial tense situations.
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- Trudy Owens
- 06-12-15
Stupid, petty humans won't work together.
This has a more thoughtful ending than a happy one. It doesn't end with heroes winning and bad guys done for. Lots of good people die and some questionable ones remain. No matter the century, politician and politics remain the same. Will humans ever act as Earthans rather than tiny nationals?
The story starts out as a spy/mystery/chase story, then evolves into sci-fi. The Russians and Americans are at it again and no one will be spared in this race to hopefully find aliens and, even more important, their tech. It is all quite believable, except perhaps this hair-brained dash off to Europa in a ship they can't fly. And leaving First Contact to a sociopath.
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-05-15
Slow start, but good.
I read anything by BV Larson, i dig his style. This was a decent book. Id say the first 2 thirds of the story werent like anything by BV that ive read before, and i liked it. Then in the end classic BV came out. If you like the Star Force series, and a little espionage, read this.
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- Jim "The Impatient"
- 09-04-17
Het
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE PART OF SOMETHING BIG
I made it over six hours and the first three hours seemed a little promising. It just got to the point where I did not care. The mystery that wasn't a mystery was being dragged out too long and to compensate for a dragged out plot, Larson would shoot somebody about every five minutes,usually in the head. There was a lot of politics and conspiracy theories, with the reader not knowing who was who. Even the characters did not know who was who. It was too complicated for my pea brain. It also seemed to be encouraging the thought that all of the United States' inventions came from an alien artifact. This did not help to endure me to the story line. Larson is not Dan Brown.
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- Wakkers
- 17-10-17
very dry and slow
I do nothing but listen to books at work all day long. so I will read anything I can get my hands on in a pinch. But I had to force myself to read this slow book. The aurther idea was sound but should have cut it down to 1/4 length.
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