I’m impressed that people can listen at 1.25 and build all detailed scenes in their mind at that speed. I guess that’s based on practice. I need the ‘normal’ more natural setting to mentally paint each scene and to identify with the emotions of the characters.
Sci-Fi Audiobook Radio is also good and PE Rowe does all the writing and narrating. his ship in one of his main story lines is also a character similar to these stories.
@@MrIzzyDizzy +1 for PE. Nik Hein is another one though because english is his third language AI narrators are used. I hope his patreon gets big enough to afford some humans.
I have written a couple sci fi books exploring our enduring human nature through the cosmos and time. My question to you is what are some of the essential elements that make a good sci fi novel?
This isn't a complaint. It's a compliment: I like that this story doesn't try to be too realistic. Kinda like old pulp sci Fi which I love. It seems to focus less on realism and more on interesting adventure. It is a sci-fi story that knows it's a sci-fi story.
From beginning to end a GRIPPING story, and fantastic characters! I’m looking forward to the rest of the series! The narrator did an excellent job! Kept me hooked the entire way through! I can’t believe this author / book isn’t on the top of every ranked list for this genre. Thank you for sharing!
Hello! I'm usually kind of sloppy with the comments and should do it more often but I just want to tell you I'm super grateful that you're sharing this series with all of us! Much appreciated!
I really enjoyed this book and have now bought the trilogy as one audiobook from my usual online book shop . It was a very reasonable price which is great because the level of plot detail definitely encourages more than one listen. Many thanks for bringing an author new to me, to my library.
LOVE this book and the author -- really one of the best I've read/heard in quite awhile! Excellent story and fantastic pacing; memorable, likeable and realistic characters. Heavy sci fi, but not overly technical -- even the AI, ships, weapons and other tech are easy to 'grok'. I'm really enjoying all of Kilby's work (Mars Colony series also is quite good!) and am looking forward to more. Thank you, sir, for sharing all of this here!!!
Miranda could have positioned Scott between herself and the thruster and detached the tether holding Scott to her and thrust his greater mass away, the resulting reaction would allow her to get to the thruster and then recover Scott and catch the lander.
I feared too much was borrowed from Star Trek universe at the beginning, but the author made it his own. Well-written, with no need to rely on vulgarity, sex and gore, it stands on its own merits in its compelling story and characters. I cannot compliment the narrator more. This is one of the best-read stories ever, with great performances in all of the characters.
Funny i didnt hear of any system issues that required a bypass or any switching to auxiliary power😂.Although had us trekkies been in that real life situation we would of fabricated a similar case while enclosing the real one inside a container to block all scans and then welded it somewhere by the engines to futher distort any scans.Then faked a report claiming someone has raided the ship an stolen the device with fake injuries too boot.That way no one would come after us and we'd get paid.
This story is very good, as interesting (or more) as the mars books I listened to by this author - and I like the writing style. For those complaining about the narrator … I increase the playback speed, and since I listen in my car I reduce the bass as well - this makes it much better!
Thank you for the free audiobook, it looks like you have two more books in the Mars County series that I haven't listened to yet and that's where I'm going right now. Despite English being my only language I more Miss read it than actually read it, So reading for enjoyment is beyond my intelligence. So I really appreciate the audio books. Thumbs up.
Loving this book, cant wait to listen to the next one. This book reminded me of another i heard recently called "sentience wars" if i remember correctly.
I listening to this book right now while sitting in pub in Dublin City Center enjoying my IPO Beer while waiting for my friends......came way too early so will be merry by the time they get here in 1 hour...lol. The Irish way of life. Great book...im one hour into it...I like the AI interactions a lot.
@@GeraldMKilbyAuthor Best place to write Scifi imo.....easy to see characters just by looking around. Its like a Starwars bar with Hans Solo down here. Well, you are welcome to join me any day. I'm just an Psy educated drinker with a vivid imagination, armed with a laptop and a pint.
Excellent book. I’ve been wondering about quantum communications recently and this book has spurred me on to find out more. Thanks so much for making it available on the tube and kudos to the narrator as well.
One line speaks of the difficulties of living in close proximity, then the story relates that the vessel is so large, the crew doesn't see each other for months. Always hire a good editor.
I just started with this book and looking forward to it. I wanted to let you know that Europa is a moon, not a planet. :) I only noticed this once in the first few chapters of the book. The rest of it is fine. As for the book itself, it was a real cliffhanger most of the way through. :)
@@williamburroughs9686 well, it's in the size of what is called dwarf planet. And it's orbiting another planet. So couldn't it both be a moon and a dwarf planet? Kinda like binary system with lots of moons? Or am I misplacing it for another of Jupiter's moons
I'm really enjoying this, you always produce such good characterisation. Your previous narrator of the Colony One Mars series was exceptional - this narration is ok, but not as polished. Still really appreciate the writing!
Aw man. I was just starting to think "this is great. No need to add some romance to every story" but alas... *ALSO* im glad to hear the phrase "scared the bejeezus out of ...." Survives well into the coming centuries lol. (love the book. Just teasing)
It seems that in trying for a technically correct reading, this bore has achieved a very good likeness to a first generation computer synthesized speech pattern. Really remarkable.
I'm fine with the commercials, they are logically at the end of chapters & so do not interfere with the story. If you don't like them, buy the book to fund the author.
I don't want to sound like I'm selling, but I've got their prime membership and it's about the only thing I've bought on line that is worth it. Not only do u not have any ads, but any five people I want get the same thing. Worth the money.
@@tonydabaloney I'm glad that you have found value for money from prime membership. My point was that funding this author, with these commercials forms no real hardship to the listener.
(Pardon all my feedback) if the Q. I. minds can interact without time delay then don't they already have faster than light communication? (Also I'm happy to hear that the phrase "scared the bejeezus out of me" survives well into the next few centuries lol!)
@alexandruraresdatcu it's not a plot hole or badly written. The QI don't have the ability to FTL comms. The last chapter explains that they are bound by the speed of light, the device was the only thing that allowed the superluminal communication. Did you guys even listen
@@JCurry1123 I did put a post explaining a few of the plot holes, you could have answered that one instead... here is a copy of that post: The plot is full of holes explained by the writers lack of knowledge. There are minor issues like the police equipment lacking any security when even todays phones have facial recognition or fingerprints, having 2 people in a shuttle and the Dyrell ship not scanning them, inexplicably getting away from neo city in a shuttle with 2 days advantage even whey they were actively looking for them, the QI conversation that are hours apart not taking into account that interactions with humans would have been possible in between and just strange behavior of the other parties to the main characters but that worst is the chase.. Changing your engine output from 50% to 100% does not help you in any way when you are limited by the fuel capacity, only changing mass will help you, since it was a ship and a space station fused together they should have split them up to lose the weight of the space station. If the doughnut station is half of the total mass then they would get a speed advantage of sqrt(2) (square root of 2 ) since kinetic energy is ½mass times square(speed) if the humans can handle that higher acceleration. Even with that modification they can not prevent any of the pursuing spaceships from destroying them since the Hermes needs to decelerate for days before reaching the Europa moon. Any of the ships following them could launch a shuttle set to ram them when they were decelerating since the shuttle doesn't need to decelerate but only make minor corrections to hit the Hermes at full speed. There is no need for explosives in the shuttle, the speed difference energy would destroy them.
I thoroughly enjoyed the Mars Colony books and am grateful to have more stories to listen to. Thank you. Regarding the word “embark” I can quote the movie The Princess Bride. “I do not think that word means what you think it means.” Of course I could be wrong and the word meaning passengers entering or leaving a vessel now means the leaving or arrival of a vessel. As a Baby Boomer word use can get to me. Wouldn’t a pilot raise a ship instead of rise it? No offense meant.
The narrator is really good. This seems like a different spin on The Expanse. Not a bad thing and even if it were, the narrator more than makes up for that.
Historical note: While phrases such as "lead them on a merry dance" used to be common only to a small region, the broadcasts from Sir Walter Meade's bunker in 2042 memetically embedded these expressions into the broader spacefaring culture.
@@daviddavids2884 To create 1g _(9.81m/s2)_ it should be around 5rpm. Dosn't sound like much but given the size, insanely fast - not to mention the force you'll need to actually do it. I would have bought it if the author went for a more realistic number, like maybe 0.2g or 0.3g
Entanglement (2018). Wow! How many tropes and other people's characters did Gerald copy?!! Where to start? So, the ship's engineers is Gerodi La Forge! The ship is the Hermes from The Martian and the set-up, Mars, Earth and "the belt" is straight out of Caliban's War (The Expanse). But wait, there's more. An asteroid hollowed out and made into a spaceship that's eclectic and takes a strange route through space but is slowly built upon over the centuries, it's a clone of Phage Rock from Iain Bank's Culture. The story is then your basic find something & run away, ship crew come together scenario. Wait!!!! I nearly forgot one! Remember the Iron Man scene from The Martian, yup, also included. I did enjoy it though :-)
when humans start talking about "the greater good" you walk or run the other way immediately. when artificial intelligence makes this argument, you unplug it and seet it on fire.
OMG!! Is anyone else thinking to themselves...you found a phone...you can use in space? Yeah..I guess that's amazing. It's more than that but I still am crying.
I’m impressed that people can listen at 1.25 and build all detailed scenes in their mind at that speed. I guess that’s based on practice. I need the ‘normal’ more natural setting to mentally paint each scene and to identify with the emotions of the characters.
Thanks for posting I find new authors through audio dramas, audio books and friends/family. A huge hug for not being annoying with ads in odd spots.
Sci-Fi Audiobook Radio is also good and PE Rowe does all the writing and narrating. his ship in one of his main story lines is also a character similar to these stories.
@@MrIzzyDizzy +1 for PE. Nik Hein is another one though because english is his third language AI narrators are used. I hope his patreon gets big enough to afford some humans.
A very impressive story, well told, and at times moving. I congratulate the author and narrator who brought this tale to life. thank you for sharing.
I have written a couple sci fi books exploring our enduring human nature through the cosmos and time. My question to you is what are some of the essential elements that make a good sci fi novel?
This isn't a complaint. It's a compliment: I like that this story doesn't try to be too realistic. Kinda like old pulp sci Fi which I love. It seems to focus less on realism and more on interesting adventure. It is a sci-fi story that knows it's a sci-fi story.
From beginning to end a GRIPPING story, and fantastic characters! I’m looking forward to the rest of the series! The narrator did an excellent job! Kept me hooked the entire way through! I can’t believe this author / book isn’t on the top of every ranked list for this genre. Thank you for sharing!
Hello! I'm usually kind of sloppy with the comments and should do it more often but I just want to tell you I'm super grateful that you're sharing this series with all of us! Much appreciated!
About 30 minutes in and shocked this isn't a more popular series. Interesting story
I simply love stumbling upon these gems 😊
You’re not the only one.
Word!! Great science
Might have something to do with the narrators delivery.
It took me a number of days to finish the story, I listened to it going to sleep every night but I really enjoyed it
How is this not more popular??! Thank you for letting us have your access to your audiobooks. I love your work. Will be donating soon. 😊
Increase to 1.25..thank me later.
You were right! Thank you
Breuh
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Ye
Thank you!!! Lol
Yeah... No
It is later.... Thank you :)
I really enjoyed this book and have now bought the trilogy as one audiobook from my usual online book shop . It was a very reasonable price which is great because the level of plot detail definitely encourages more than one listen. Many thanks for bringing an author new to me, to my library.
LOVE this book and the author -- really one of the best I've read/heard in quite awhile! Excellent story and fantastic pacing; memorable, likeable and realistic characters. Heavy sci fi, but not overly technical -- even the AI, ships, weapons and other tech are easy to 'grok'. I'm really enjoying all of Kilby's work (Mars Colony series also is quite good!) and am looking forward to more. Thank you, sir, for sharing all of this here!!!
Thanks, really appreciate it!
-Someone says grok
-Me 🤩😍🥰
No! You are wrong, readers are readers and actors are actors.
Enthralling book. The Mars series are hard to top, but this isn’t far off. Many thanks Gerald 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👌
Can you link to the Mars series please?
Try Eric Warren's books...
Omg this book is amazing! Can’t believe this was free. Thank you so much for this amazing work of art!
I’m telling the Tolkien Estate what you’ve done.
Miranda could have positioned Scott between herself and the thruster and detached the tether holding Scott to her and thrust his greater mass away, the resulting reaction would allow her to get to the thruster and then recover Scott and catch the lander.
She also could have used the rudimentary thruster to go back and get her thruster pack
I feared too much was borrowed from Star Trek universe at the beginning, but the author made it his own. Well-written, with no need to rely on vulgarity, sex and gore, it stands on its own merits in its compelling story and characters.
I cannot compliment the narrator more. This is one of the best-read stories ever, with great performances in all of the characters.
Funny i didnt hear of any system issues that required a bypass or any switching to auxiliary power😂.Although had us trekkies been in that real life situation we would of fabricated a similar case while enclosing the real one inside a container to block all scans and then welded it somewhere by the engines to futher distort any scans.Then faked a report claiming someone has raided the ship an stolen the device with fake injuries too boot.That way no one would come after us and we'd get paid.
Thank you for the wonderful story. Very generous of you providing it free. 😊
Fantastic story kept me gripped to the very end. And the narrator did a really brilliant job.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This story is very good, as interesting (or more) as the mars books I listened to by this author - and I like the writing style.
For those complaining about the narrator … I increase the playback speed, and since I listen in my car I reduce the bass as well - this makes it much better!
I totally agree!
Hmm... he doesn't sound too slow to me. And doesn't seem like too much bass. Sounds fine from my speaker.
Thank you for the free audiobook, it looks like you have two more books in the Mars County series that I haven't listened to yet and that's where I'm going right now. Despite English being my only language I more Miss read it than actually read it, So reading for enjoyment is beyond my intelligence. So I really appreciate the audio books. Thumbs up.
Loving this book, cant wait to listen to the next one.
This book reminded me of another i heard recently called "sentience wars" if i remember correctly.
Thanks so much for this book.. can't wait to hear more of the series.
I LOVE this voice actor! Had me engaged the whole time. I also feel the pace is perfect as is…to appreciate the acting of each character! JS
Thanks for sharing this with us! Very enjoyable 😃
WOW! A perfect companion for my kindle version :) Thank you!
I just finished it and I absolutely love it! Not to be selfish but are we gonna get more of these books?
Yes, at least another three.👍
The narration is so much better than ASN audio book.
I listening to this book right now while sitting in pub in Dublin City Center enjoying my IPO Beer while waiting for my friends......came way too early so will be merry by the time they get here in 1 hour...lol. The Irish way of life. Great book...im one hour into it...I like the AI interactions a lot.
Some of that book was also written while I was in a pub in Dublin downing a Guinness. 😉
@@GeraldMKilbyAuthor Best place to write Scifi imo.....easy to see characters just by looking around. Its like a Starwars bar with Hans Solo down here. Well, you are welcome to join me any day. I'm just an Psy educated drinker with a vivid imagination, armed with a laptop and a pint.
In western Canada, reading your response from Dublin, while listening to the book.
"We must work quickly to save humanity from itself"
Chilling words of a QI
FORESHADOW ANYONE
Excellent book. I’ve been wondering about quantum communications recently and this book has spurred me on to find out more. Thanks so much for making it available on the tube and kudos to the narrator as well.
srsly kudos for narrator? did you even listed to Dune or any other audiobook where narrator s not an undead goul zombie?!
Enjoying the book so far - had to set playback speed at 1.2 for better listening experience
Yes, I'd agree with you there. Normal speed is just a bit too slow. Might see about adjusting that for the next uploads.
Normal speed is ok for people with English as second language
I listen to it at 2x speed. Way better.
Why didn't they keep the ghost ship? Why didn't they also pack some simulator looking storage containers and modify them to pass as the desired one?
You are right 1.25 is perfect!!!!
Very good story. Balanced and realistic characters
This is my second listen, I really enjoy this story and the voice of the narrator
One line speaks of the difficulties of living in close proximity, then the story relates that the vessel is so large, the crew doesn't see each other for months. Always hire a good editor.
Tried several times for your Buy Me Coffee but gave up on the loop/buffering. Still owe you one.
What a delightful book, so many events going on I was getting tense at times❣️
Gerald Bravo Sir! Thank you for capturing my heart and soul and taking me on the journey ❤❤❤❤
Oh wow. This is the author's site!
The QI is FASCINATING! And interesting that the quantum consciousness is forefront of many new technologies right now.. can’t wait to keep listening!
Bought the book series a couple of years ago. Great to have it as an audiobook. Fantastic story.
I just started with this book and looking forward to it. I wanted to let you know that Europa is a moon, not a planet. :)
I only noticed this once in the first few chapters of the book. The rest of it is fine.
As for the book itself, it was a real cliffhanger most of the way through. :)
Maybe the IAU redefined 'planet' again.
@@paulbennett7021 Then changed it back a few chapters latter? I don't think so. :)
Actually I think it's both a moon and a dwarf planet
@@grappo77 How could it be both?
@@williamburroughs9686 well, it's in the size of what is called dwarf planet. And it's orbiting another planet. So couldn't it both be a moon and a dwarf planet?
Kinda like binary system with lots of moons? Or am I misplacing it for another of Jupiter's moons
Spectacular story and narration. Thank you so much for uploading.
Fantastic yarn sir! Thxs for sharing
I'm really enjoying this, you always produce such good characterisation. Your previous narrator of the Colony One Mars series was exceptional - this narration is ok, but not as polished. Still really appreciate the writing!
I like the reader to read according to grammar and punctuation, and not a dramatic interpretation and hammed up acting.
Loved the series so much I want more. Listen to all of it!!!
Excellent, thank you - and beautifully read.
Aw man. I was just starting to think "this is great. No need to add some romance to every story" but alas... *ALSO* im glad to hear the phrase "scared the bejeezus out of ...." Survives well into the coming centuries lol. (love the book. Just teasing)
It seems that in trying for a technically correct reading, this bore has achieved a very good likeness to a first generation computer synthesized speech pattern. Really remarkable.
3hrs and 39 minutes in one of the best I've experienced 🎉❤
Glad you're enjoying it.
@GeraldMKilbyAuthor you bet outstanding I was raised by Issac Asimov's books you are up there to a certain extent I'm enjoying
Love this audiobook
A welcome example of modern hard SciFi
Very well told, loved the story.
Excellent!!
Very good, thank you !
Wow! Next...
I'm fine with the commercials, they are logically at the end of chapters & so do not interfere with the story. If you don't like them, buy the book to fund the author.
Buy the book anyway. A good thing to do.
Agreed
I don't want to sound like I'm selling, but I've got their prime membership and it's about the only thing I've bought on line that is worth it. Not only do u not have any ads, but any five people I want get the same thing. Worth the money.
@@pspicer777 That's absolutely true, thank you.
@@tonydabaloney I'm glad that you have found value for money from prime membership. My point was that funding this author, with these commercials forms no real hardship to the listener.
This type of Sci fi was written by E E Doc Smith in the 30's I believe. I like this iteration, which is good.
Thoroughly enjoyed this story!
1 very good read. I like this one alot. Very interesting...
Seems slightly slower than ‘normal’ speech for the enunciation of the words ? Either or works- normal for sleeping to or in the background
Cyrus is Jordi
Love it, this is amazing!
Nice story, good characters and a fun play on AI
Just a few minutes in, I'm thinking " I don't trust this Solomon". Will my suspicion prove to be valid? Let's see.
Loving it so far…
Excellent thank you ❤
(Pardon all my feedback) if the Q. I. minds can interact without time delay then don't they already have faster than light communication? (Also I'm happy to hear that the phrase "scared the bejeezus out of me" survives well into the next few centuries lol!)
It is poorly written and full of plot holes...
@alexandruraresdatcu it's not a plot hole or badly written. The QI don't have the ability to FTL comms. The last chapter explains that they are bound by the speed of light, the device was the only thing that allowed the superluminal communication. Did you guys even listen
@@JCurry1123 I did put a post explaining a few of the plot holes, you could have answered that one instead... here is a copy of that post:
The plot is full of holes explained by the writers lack of knowledge. There are minor issues like the police equipment lacking any security when even todays phones have facial recognition or fingerprints, having 2 people in a shuttle and the Dyrell ship not scanning them, inexplicably getting away from neo city in a shuttle with 2 days advantage even whey they were actively looking for them, the QI conversation that are hours apart not taking into account that interactions with humans would have been possible in between and just strange behavior of the other parties to the main characters but that worst is the chase.. Changing your engine output from 50% to 100% does not help you in any way when you are limited by the fuel capacity, only changing mass will help you, since it was a ship and a space station fused together they should have split them up to lose the weight of the space station. If the doughnut station is half of the total mass then they would get a speed advantage of sqrt(2) (square root of 2 ) since kinetic energy is ½mass times square(speed) if the humans can handle that higher acceleration. Even with that modification they can not prevent any of the pursuing spaceships from destroying them since the Hermes needs to decelerate for days before reaching the Europa moon. Any of the ships following them could launch a shuttle set to ram them when they were decelerating since the shuttle doesn't need to decelerate but only make minor corrections to hit the Hermes at full speed. There is no need for explosives in the shuttle, the speed difference energy would destroy them.
I thoroughly enjoyed the Mars Colony books and am grateful to have more stories to listen to. Thank you.
Regarding the word “embark” I can quote the movie The Princess Bride. “I do not think that word means what you think it means.”
Of course I could be wrong and the word meaning passengers entering or leaving a vessel now means the leaving or arrival of a vessel.
As a Baby Boomer word use can get to me. Wouldn’t a pilot raise a ship instead of rise it?
No offense meant.
Already listening thanks in advance
Very entertaining story and thank you for the reading it was excellent. I'm looking forward to the next fun volume. 🎇🎉
Thanks!
A good first novel in the Belt series. Looking forward to Belt 2.Thank you 😊☕on me. Tally-ho!
Thanks
Many thanks
You are welcome
The narrator is really good. This seems like a different spin on The Expanse. Not a bad thing and even if it were, the narrator more than makes up for that.
I enjoyed the story good job.
Brilliant!
Historical note: While phrases such as "lead them on a merry dance" used to be common only to a small region, the broadcasts from Sir Walter Meade's bunker in 2042 memetically embedded these expressions into the broader spacefaring culture.
Can we get Nicol Zanzarella back? This narration is absolutely soul draining.
I finished the mars colony series and came to this one... My brain is making me feel like this story is in the future from the colony series.
This is an awesome story👍
Turn it up to 1.25. Much better.
I love this audiobook
Great book❤
Get UA-cam prime. I'm mad at UA-cam, but still the prime is worth the price. Pay for it and five people of your choice will also thank you!
4:53:31, the FTL device works to communicate faster than the speed of light.
This sent me right to sleepy-by land.
I do like the story so far but Jesus... 1:51:53
Do you know how ridiculously fast that little asteriod had to spin to create 1g?
1:50:32 your objection is not logical. how much spin is required to simulate 1g in a cylinder, where the radius of rotation is .25 kilometers.
@@daviddavids2884 To create 1g _(9.81m/s2)_ it should be around 5rpm. Dosn't sound like much but given the size, insanely fast - not to mention the force you'll need to actually do it.
I would have bought it if the author went for a more realistic number, like maybe 0.2g or 0.3g
Sci-Fi Audiobook Radio is also good and PE Rowe does all the writing and narrating.
Loved this book and very well read .
Good book
This was a good story I can't wait for book 2
Coming soon!
Thanks
If the box says meow the cats alive.
Especially if the cat wants out, it'll shake.
A fun read 👐✌
"Neo City" sounds a lot like nar shada from star wars, just on a far smaller scale ;)
Entanglement (2018). Wow! How many tropes and other people's characters did Gerald copy?!! Where to start? So, the ship's engineers is Gerodi La Forge! The ship is the Hermes from The Martian and the set-up, Mars, Earth and "the belt" is straight out of Caliban's War (The Expanse). But wait, there's more. An asteroid hollowed out and made into a spaceship that's eclectic and takes a strange route through space but is slowly built upon over the centuries, it's a clone of Phage Rock from Iain Bank's Culture. The story is then your basic find something & run away, ship crew come together scenario. Wait!!!! I nearly forgot one! Remember the Iron Man scene from The Martian, yup, also included. I did enjoy it though :-)
Mark CEN CA touched my feelings 3 times
when humans start talking about "the greater good" you walk or run the other way immediately. when artificial intelligence makes this argument, you unplug it and seet it on fire.
OMG!! Is anyone else thinking to themselves...you found a phone...you can use in space? Yeah..I guess that's amazing. It's more than that but I still am crying.
No. No one else is thinking that.