Episode 4: Interview with a Vampire

By: Brett Neichin, John Scott Dryden

Narrated by: Geoffrey Arend, Annie Parisse, Jon Gabrus, Karibel Rodriguez, Theo Ogundipe, full cast

Furious at being excluded from an intimate dinner at the de Jong’s private residence, Damon goes to a local bar and encounters an intense woman named Greer (Gianna Kiehl), who seems to be following him.

©2022 Brett Neichin (P)2022 Audible Originals, LLC

Great writing

Great writing, I keep laughing out loud. When was the last time you laughed out loud. The writing and delivery is enjoyable. Thank you creators!

Wow! Amazing!!

Hooked!!!! Great story to that keeps giving! 5/5
Gets the imagination going! Worth the time investment!

Insultingly dumb

I like science fiction. I like who-dunnits. This is reasonably well acted. So I tried to stick with it. But there are just so many really basic and obvious factual errors that I just could not stand it anymore and had to give it up. Even if this were classified as ‘young adult’ fiction (not likely given the sexual content), I’d still advise against it because the basic science mistakes would provoke an eyeroll in even a middle schooler.

One example:

The constant reference to Rh-negative being some incredibly rare and mysterious blood type. Are you kidding me? It’s something like 15% of the population in the USA (location of story), so not exactly rare. And a so-called science writer for the NYT not knowing about it? Really?

If you’re going to try to write science fiction, do your homework.