Red Dwarf Bundled

By: Robert Stetson

Narrated by: Matt Doyle

This is the story of a Space Cadet named Clay Stone who completed his academy training and is assigned to Space Center as the first Starship Captain to embark on a stellar mission to a red dwarf star called Alpha Proxima 4.2 light years away.

The trip is a disaster and the trials and tribulations are many, but the mission is almost doomed near the end.

The story is packed full of humor, romance, action and adventure. You're going to love this one.

But, please, don't tell anyone the ending.

©2012, 2013, 2014 Robert Stetson (P)2014 Robert Stetson

Not my cup of tea

I found this story to have a very basic, repetitive plot, one dimensional characters, and a dull ending. I hoped it would improve by the end. sadly disappeared.

Sets all time writing/reading lows for sf

First off, the quality of writing comes across about like something a developmentally disabled AI would produce. I'm serious! The storyline lurches around like a three-legged horse on acid. Contractions are mostly beyond Stetson's skill-set. The love/sex interludes play from the pov of a kid who was traumatized after wandering into his parent's bedroom at an inappropriate time. As for the narration, it's laughably awful. Remember when you were in grade-school and had to listen to kids read reports? 🤓The reader also continually mispronounces words. There is a horrible fascination listening to this train wreck though... but you'll probably want to experience the audiobooks while drifting in and out of consciousness with a pitcher of martinis.

Unbearable

I didn’t get past the 3rd chapter. The story seemed fine but the narration was horrible. Dull monotone and zero voice change during character dialog.

Couldn’t finish the bundle.

The performance was terrible. The person just seemed like he was reading something that he wasn’t interested in. He didn’t try to do voices or really show any emotion whatsoever. The story itself had possibilities, but there was too much repetition and big things would happen and the writer would just gloss over them as if they were not big things at all. I’ve listened to literally hundreds of Audible books and this might just be the worst one ever.

Don't waste your time.

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

If the author had been more focussed on writing a riveting suspenseful story rather than an extended series of repetitive declarative statements. No humor in this, no passion just vapid, oft repeated sentences.

Has Red Dwarf Bundled turned you off from other books in this genre?

No, just makes me want to read better. The underlying story could have been great but the actual point to point execution is lacking.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrator can only read what he's given. It's clear he tried to assume the "by golly, by gosh" affectations of the authors writing style but ultimately, it falls flat because the writing style is so blunt and lacks any depth.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Disappointment. I honestly bought this without reading the description. I thought, from the title, it was related to Red Dwarf (the British Sci-fi Television show) by the BBC. It is not, and I am done with it.