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Mickey7

A Novel

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Mickey7

By: Edward Ashton
Narrated by: John Pirhalla, Katharine Chin
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Now experience where the hit movie from Academy Award-winning director Bong Joon Ho, starring Robert Pattinson, started in Mickey7 (the inspiration for the film Mickey 17).

Dying isn’t any fun…but at least it’s a living.

Mickey Barnes is an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. Whenever there’s a mission that’s too dangerous—even suicidal—the crew turns to Mickey. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his memories intact. After six deaths, Mickey7 understands the terms of his deal…and why it was the only colonial position unfilled when he took it.

On a routine scouting mission, Mickey7 goes missing and is presumed dead. By the time he returns to the colony base, surprisingly helped back by native life, his fate has been sealed. There’s a new clone, Mickey8, reporting for Expendable duties, and there can only be one Expendable. If Mickey7 reports his survival to Command, one of them is going into the recycler. If he doesn’t and they’re caught, they both are.

Meanwhile, life on Niflheim is getting worse. The atmosphere is unsuitable for humans, food is in short supply, and terraforming is going poorly. The native species are growing curious about their new neighbors, and that curiosity has Commander Marshall very afraid. Ultimately, the survival of both lifeforms will come down to Mickey7.

That is, if he can just keep from dying for good.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

©2022 Edward Ashton (P)2022 Macmillan Audio
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"The audio narration for Marshall was fantastic–very ‘Full Metal Jacket drill Sgt.’"—FanFi Addict

"Narrated by John Pirhalla and Katharine Chin, the story was brilliantly performed and the personalities of the characters came through in the voicework."—The Bibliosanctum

"Mickey7 is a unique blend of thought-provoking sci-fi concepts, farcical relationship drama and exotic body horror. Edward Ashton keeps it all grounded via a protagonist who experiences the wonders of interstellar travel and alien contact while literally having the worst job in the universe. The result is alternately amusing, intriguing and horrifying, with each chapter seeming to engage a different part of your brain."—Jason Pargin, New York Times bestselling author

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Loved it

Such a good listen. I can’t wait for the next book to see what happens next.

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It's a fine novel but...

"Look," I said. She was staring at me for what seemed like ages. "The novel is fine, but this author guy, he really needs to mix up his writing, right?" She opens her mouth, then closes it again. "Anyway, it's not the narrator's fault, although the way he voices women is a little weird. The performance is great."

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Incredible concept that left me wanting

I started reading this because of the upcoming film that was originally set to release in 2024. I continued on because the concept really grabbed me, and I was immediately intrigued by the characters. But I found myself getting to the end of the book and wishing I got to spend more time exploring the world that Ashton built. It's an incredible book in some ways, and the character development and world building is excellent, but the majority of the book feels a little limited and narrow for what I was hoping. Honestly, I kind of wish there was another book coming! This felt very much like the first book in a trilogy.

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Meh

The premise of the story is so good and so interesting but the actual book lacks… literally everything. Incredibly boring and I didn’t really enjoy the narrator. At no point was I hooked on the story and the ending was so blech. It just all kind of blended together and was boring and then it was over.

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wishes it were the Martian

similar tone, language, disaster in space...this book is kind of like Martian fanfic. still fun, but nothing all that exciting.

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Wonderful story

This is a fantastic story. Great characters and wonderful narration. Great original idea with original plot.

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Can’t wait for the movie

Indeed the book was easy to follow and entertaining I highly recommend the book and follow the sequel antimatter blues

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Great premise, mediocre book

The premise is awesome, and the story started well, establishing an interesting existential concept and a conflict right off the bat. But then the middle 80% of the story are essentially nothing, and it’s hard to really “like” Mickey, or any of the characters. The ending is a little unsatisfying and leaves a lot to be desired. Really looking forward to seeing what Bong Joon Ho does with the concept in his upcoming Mickey 17 film.

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Good, basic story 

Overall a good story, well read, and interesting characters.
Nothing, outstanding or groundbreaking, but a fun quick listen.

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Fun read

A decent story overall. Some of the chapters where he focuses on various elements of the history of this world kind of drag a bit. Other than that though I had fun with it. Looking forward to the movie now.

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