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4.17 AVERAGE
4.17 AVERAGE
Really fun, short science-fiction book. Wil Wheaton read the audiobook. That was enough to get me to listen.
Great reading by Wil Wheaton of a fun and funny book.
Funny with a lesson
In true Scalzi fashion, the story is excellent, the writing is funny, and at the end of the book you want more. Fuzzy Nation was such a good read. The story moved at a great pace and the characters were introduced with enough backstory to understand them but not so much that you got lost. Plus, the dialog is hilarious. Yeah. I’m a Scalzi fan boy so this is exactly what I expected from him.
In true Scalzi fashion, the story is excellent, the writing is funny, and at the end of the book you want more. Fuzzy Nation was such a good read. The story moved at a great pace and the characters were introduced with enough backstory to understand them but not so much that you got lost. Plus, the dialog is hilarious. Yeah. I’m a Scalzi fan boy so this is exactly what I expected from him.
The story behind this book is almost as interesting as the one in it. It essentially started as a piece of personal fan fiction based on a beloved sci-fi novel which the author liked so much that he went and got permission from the various rights-holders to publish it. And for fanfic, it's really good.
In general, I'm a fan of Scalzi's work. I enjoyed his Old Man's War series, I read his blog religiously, I read the film column he had for a couple years, I read the random short stories he sometimes pops up with on Tor.com, etc. I think he's a good writer with a knack for finding a good story. His stuff is always good fun for light-reading days.
And Fuzzy Nation is no exception. It's probably as good as the original (which I read when Scalzi announced the publication of his own Fuzzy book and linked to the original on Project Gutenberg), though I don't like Scalzi's twist at the end which felt way too deus-ex-machina to me.
But that one nitpick aside, Fuzzy Nation is very entertaining and easy to read. I would highly suggest it as a nice pick-me-up during the upcoming dog days of summer. You could probably read the whole thing in an afternoon on the beach and you'd feel pretty good about it.
In general, I'm a fan of Scalzi's work. I enjoyed his Old Man's War series, I read his blog religiously, I read the film column he had for a couple years, I read the random short stories he sometimes pops up with on Tor.com, etc. I think he's a good writer with a knack for finding a good story. His stuff is always good fun for light-reading days.
And Fuzzy Nation is no exception. It's probably as good as the original (which I read when Scalzi announced the publication of his own Fuzzy book and linked to the original on Project Gutenberg), though I don't like Scalzi's twist at the end which felt way too deus-ex-machina to me.
But that one nitpick aside, Fuzzy Nation is very entertaining and easy to read. I would highly suggest it as a nice pick-me-up during the upcoming dog days of summer. You could probably read the whole thing in an afternoon on the beach and you'd feel pretty good about it.
It's the old story of adorable sentinent beings vs the bug bad corporations with one smarmy lawyer thrown into the mix. It's a classic tale but one told deftly, with a touch of humor and a shitload of legal jargon.
This is the second Scalzi book I've read, and he seems to be the heir to Douglas Adams. Smart, funny sci-fi, grounded in real people trying to deal with new situations that show the absurdity of life in the here-and-now (though perhaps the protagonist who is self-interested but still able to play for the greater good is more like something from Hiassen)
It's funny, it's cute, it's got some good little jinks to keep the plot going, and just really enjoying to read. Not a novel of huge depth, though I don't think it's meant to be. Feels very natural though.
Side note: I think that one of the characters is pretty obviously based on my former boss. Certain other readers in my household disagree.
It's funny, it's cute, it's got some good little jinks to keep the plot going, and just really enjoying to read. Not a novel of huge depth, though I don't think it's meant to be. Feels very natural though.
Side note: I think that one of the characters is pretty obviously based on my former boss. Certain other readers in my household disagree.
Another one slow to start. The legal side of it was very interesting and the fuzzy plight became emotional at the end. Nice quick read.
Good, funny and well-read by Will Wheaton. I never thought I'd enjoy a book, where half of the story takes place in a court room, so much.
It's a courtroom-drama in a scientific-fantasy world. If you don't mind a bunch of lawyer speak this is a fun and interesting book. It is fairly short. But, I am used to listening to Game of Thrones books.