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Captain Bartholomew Quasar: Starfaring Adventures
- Narrated by: E. M. Carberry
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
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Meet Captain Quasar, a cross between James T. Kirk and Dudley Do-Right - except in Quasar's case, things seldom ever go right....
Join Captain Bartholomew Quasar and the crew of the Effervescent Magnitude in this hilarious collection of short stories as they confront bands of nefarious space pirates, cantankerous bandits, exotic aliens, devious powers of persuasion, mysterious ghosts from the past, deep space identity crises, a runaway hyper-speed train, an insidious computer virus, and a villain with the fastest thumbs in the quadrant.
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When an ally reveals that his younger sister was seized and is being held prisoner on Earth, Taelon descends upon the blue planet, intent on freeing her and exacting vengeance. However, all does not go as planned. Before he can find her, Taelon is captured and becomes the subject of torturous experiments. For what feels like an eternity, all he knows is pain and fury...until a mind tentatively touches his own and a woman's voice forever changes his world.
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Meh, started out good.
- By Howdy Partner on 05-01-20
By: Dianne Duvall
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Assault Troopers
- Extinction Wars, Book 1
- By: Vaughn Heppner
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
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The Earth died when aliens rained thermonuclear warheads on her cities and sprayed the surface with a bio-terminator. A deadly poison drifted to every corner of the planet, threatening the last survivors with annihilation. For a soldier like Creed, there is only one way to keep breathing untainted air. He must bury his hatred of the extraterrestrials and join the Jelk Corporation as an assault trooper, leaving the planet for outer space. In return for his and other people's services, the corporation will house the last humans for as long as the assault troopers keep winning.
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Angry, Poor action, No reality, A lot of Yelling
- By Edward on 10-26-13
By: Vaughn Heppner
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Rebel Fleet
- By: B. V. Larson
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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They hunt us. They bomb our worlds for target practice. A star cluster in the constellation of Orion rotates once every 1,000 years. Those who rule there have an ancient tradition: When each cycle ends, they train their fleets by spilling the blood of lesser beings. The enemy fleets are coming again. In response, the Rebel Worlds gather their starships to face the terrifying threat, and this time humanity is asked to stand with them. The last time they considered Earth, Vikings in longboats were raiding English coastlines. Today, we're less primitive. Today, we're a target.
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Swarm series all over again
- By Kenneth on 03-18-17
By: B. V. Larson
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Star Trek Prometheus - Fire with Fire
- By: Bernd Perpies, Christian Humberg
- Narrated by: Alec Newman
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
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A mysterious terrorist organisation has carried out several attacks against the Federation and Klingon Empire. Tensions are running high in a region already crippled by conflict. The perpetrators are tracked to the Lembatta Cluster, a mysterious region of space whose inhabitants, the Renao, regard the Alpha Quadrant s powers as little more than conquering tyrants. The Federation are desperate to prevent more bloodshed, and have sent their most powerful warship, the USS Prometheus, into the Cluster to investigate the threat before all-consuming war breaks out.
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Please pronounce things correctly
- By C. A. Aranzazu on 12-22-18
By: Bernd Perpies, and others
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Dark Space
- Dark Space, Book 1
- By: Jasper T. Scott
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
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Ten years ago the Sythians invaded the galaxy with one goal: to wipe out the human race. Now the survivors are hiding in the last human sector of the galaxy: Dark Space--once a place of exile for criminals, now the last refuge of mankind.
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Blech
- By Joki on 03-22-15
By: Jasper T. Scott
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Dark Run
- Keiko, Book 1
- By: Mike Brooks
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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The Keiko is a ship of smugglers, soldiers of fortune and adventurers, travelling Earth's colony planets, searching for the next job. And nobody talks about their past. But when a face from Captain Ichabod Drift's former life sends them on a run to Old Earth, all the rules change. Trust will be broken, and blood will be spilled.
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Fun sf in a familiar setting *cough Firefly cough*
- By John on 06-12-16
By: Mike Brooks
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The Atlantis Ship
- By: A. C. Hadfield
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
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Carson Mach, a former war hero turned freelancer, seeks the biggest payday of his life when he's tasked to hunt down a ghost ship that has echoed through the centuries. The legendary Atlantis ship has become a reality, appearing at the Commonwealth frontier and obliterating an orbital station.
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Very Good Story, Looking Forward to the Next Book
- By Striker on 09-13-15
By: A. C. Hadfield
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Star Soldier
- Doom Star, Book 1
- By: Vaughn Heppner
- Narrated by: Ely Miles
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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It’s survival of the fittest in a brutal war of extinction! Created in the gene labs as super soldiers, the Highborn decide to replace the obsolete Homo sapiens. They pirate the Doom Stars and capture the Sun Works Ring around Mercury. Now they rain asteroids, orbital fighters and nine-foot tall drop troops onto Earth in a relentless tide of conquest. Marten Kluge is on the receiving end. Hounded by Thought Police, he lives like an ant in a kilometer-deep city.
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Good book and the series only gets better!
- By ApplesOverOranges on 08-23-13
By: Vaughn Heppner
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Bill Baldwin's The Helmsman
- By: Bill Baldwin
- Narrated by: Steve Cumming, full cast
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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One of the few survivors of a League sneak attack on his poor and miserable homeworld of Carescria, Wilf Brim sets out to settle the score. Were it not for the attrition from the war that followed, Wilf would never have escaped his lower-class status and been accepted into the Academy. Now, freshly graduated, young Sublieutenant Wilf Ansor Brim, Imperial Fleet, begins his first assignment, Helmsman of the I.F.S. Truculent.
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The Helmsman
- By David on 05-28-04
By: Bill Baldwin
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Mercury's Bane
- Book One of the Earth Dawning Series
- By: Nick Webb
- Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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They're all gone. We remember them like yesterday: pieces of our stolen heritage. Things like NASA. Football. Parades and pies. Good things, comfortable things. We remember a time when we were alone in the universe, safe and oblivious. But it's all gone now. We called them the Telestines, and in the face of their ruthless invasion we were powerless. By 2040, all the world's governments and militaries had fallen, and the remnants of humanity exiled to the solar system. We looked down on our blue planet, so close to our birthplace, so close to our home.
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A shockingly bad book.
- By Ginger on 04-12-17
By: Nick Webb
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Ashfall Prophecy
- By: Pittacus Lore
- Narrated by: Andrew Eiden
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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Syd Chambers grew up on Earth with his human mother and barely remembers his alien father from Denza, who left on a mission when Syd was very young. After leaving Earth, Syd learned the truth of his father’s disappearance on the planet Ashfall—his father had died protecting a devastating secret about the history between humans and Denzans.
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the pace
- By troy douglas on 07-12-24
By: Pittacus Lore
What listeners say about Captain Bartholomew Quasar: Starfaring Adventures
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- Walt
- 03-25-21
Cap. Bart. Quasar - One of a kind
Unlike the 1st Audiobook, this is a collection of short stories. His character has to be heard for you to get a full understanding of who he is exactly, but you'll love him. E.M. Carberry does a excellent job of Narration, and I especially like his rendition of Hank.
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- Donald
- 01-20-21
Shorts
The main part of these shorts were fun. However, so many of them were to short. I thought the writer has a great wit and put it generously into Captain Quasars' character.
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- Cathrine Bonham
- 02-07-21
Captain Quasar mini episodes.
Star faring Adventures is an anthology of story stories featuring Captain Quasar and the crew of his ship, the Effervescent Magnitude.
The stories do not have any continuity, they are merely fun jaunts, purely episodic. I believe they come after the first book in the Quasar trilogy, as one story mentions the timeline hopping that occured in that book.
All told though these are fun, quick reads. great for the scifi lover on the go.
Narrator E.M. Carberry reads with gusto and gives each character a voice fit for the over acting of a sixties TV star.
These stories a perfect for anyone looking to find new joy in a short commute, Or looking to entertain themselves while brushing teeth.
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- Paperback Goddess
- 10-01-21
Full of laughs
Captain Bartholomew Quasar: Starfaring Adventures is a riot. When I started listening to this I did not know what to expect. Is it supposed to be comedy? I hope so. Because I found it hilarious. It's a little bit Star Trek and a little bit Star Wars, with some cheesy western thrown in for good measure. The characters are all entertaining and likeable. The collection of short stories in take place in a sector of space millions of miles from Earth and involve exploring, negotiating with sometimes hostile alien races, a touch of flirting, and a lot of goofy antics. Some stories may fall a bit flat, but most of them will make you laugh. If you are a fan of Firefly, Galaxy Quest, or The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, then this book is right up your alley. The audiobook is narrated by E. M. Carberry, and his storytelling makes the book as much as the writing does. He has a unique voice that draws you in and makes you want to listen. I enjoyed this book quite a lot.
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- Betababe
- 05-05-18
They'll make a statue to me one day!
Bouncing from episode to story to quick thought, like the Rocky and Friends cartoon shows of my youth, these nuggets of Quasar-tastic hubris give nod to such heroes of yesteryear as Mighty Mouse, Underdog, and Superman. Some chapters are little more than sound bites, others provide a full story that enhances the universe being built. All poke fun at the "here I come to save the day" action figure hero, Captain Quasar, while "taking the Mickey out of" most of the space dramas ever produced from before Buck Rogers to beyond the stars.
These tales are designed to be sampled and savored, not read through as a novel; perfect for a five or ten minute break (some are a bit longer). Each is written as if you are unfamiliar with the series, repeating with glee the descriptions of various characters. Narrator E.M. Carberry romps through them with all the joie-de-vivre and self-important smugness of our hero, gleaming like Captain Quasar's teeth as he strikes his favorite Starfarer pose, then voicing Hank in a convincing growl and giving Bill, the Janitor cum Chief Engineer, a laid back California hipster vibe. The broader your fields of reference, the more Easter eggs you are going to find lurking in the deft prose.
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- John
- 01-19-18
A fun collection of Star Trek like spoof stories
If you are a fan of shows like Galaxy Quest and the Orville, you should get a kick out of Captain Bartholomew Quasar. This is a fun collection of short stories that are a Star Trek style spoof. Each story is fun individually, making this a great choice for the listener who only has time to listen a little while. The narrator fits the stories perfectly.
I received this audiobook as a gift. This is my honest and voluntary review.
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- Charla White
- 04-30-18
Campy, Fun And Highly Entertaining!
Captain Bartholomew Quasar, Starfaring Adventures by Milo James Fowler is a collection of short stories focusing on the life and times of Captain Bartholomew Quasar and his crew. The stories center around the Captain and his antics as he encounters space pirates, aliens, ghosts, and so much more! The stories are very short and fun – this is a spoof of Star Trek (the series from the 60's) and the movie Galaxy Quest. Fun, light yet intriguing. A perfect listen after a hard day!
E.M. Carberry performed the audiobook keeping the tone light, energetic and fun! Much like the story, the narrator was appropriately campy as well. How he was able to deliver some of the lines without cracking up, I’m not sure but he was a true professional!
There were no issues with the quality or production of this audiobook.
A wonderful book if you need some fun, campy entertainment. Guaranteed to move you to laughter!
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- Daniel Cascaddan
- 03-04-18
Not Much There
I feel badly to give this one a poor review. Everybody has to start somewhere, but this story just is not very interesting. I wanted something light, and it is that. But not-serious is really not the same thing as funny. There just is not much to it. These stories are like poorly written episodes of the Futurama. It has the same feel, but without the entertainment value. I am sorry. I just can't recommend this title.
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