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Greenstar Complete Season 1: The Space Opera (A Josie Stein Comedy) by [Dave Higgins, Simon Cantan]

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Humanity’s best hope is a wicker spaceship.

Josie Stein woke up a thousand years in the future and was immediately elected captain of the U.F.S. Greenstar, a recycled spaceship on a mission to stop the self-destructive aliens of the galaxy from wiping themselves out.

Now the Kalmari, a homicidal race of aliens, have set their sights on Earth. How can the ramshackle Greenstar possibly stand in their way?

A fun and fast-paced episodic season of stories that will have you laughing out loud. Find out just how weird the future can get.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00N53IVIM
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dave Higgins (October 1, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 1, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 842 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 469 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1502409712

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Simon Cantan
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An avid reader from an early age, Simon Cantan loved to get lost in the worlds that Piers Anthony, Douglas Adams, and others created. When he read Harry Harrison's "The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted" at the age of thirteen, he knew he wanted to write, and has been pestering people about it ever since.
Two decades later, Simon has published several books, including the "Bytarend", "Black Silicon", and "Kyra Sarin" series. He continues to write science-fiction and fantasy, usually with a humorous slant to it.
More details about Simon and his books can be found at https://SimonCantan.com.
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Dave Higgins
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Dave Higgins writes and publishes speculative fiction, often with a dark edge. Despite forays into the mundane worlds of law and IT, he was unable to completely escape the liminal zone between mystery and horror.
His short stories have appeared in several magazines and anthologies, including All These Shiny Worlds, Millhaven’s Tales of Suspense, and DimensionBucket. He published his first solo novel, Seven Stones: The Complete Series, a gritty fantasy homage to pulp serials, in 2018. He has also co-authored two humorous trilogies with Simon Cantan.
In January 2019, he established Abstruse Press, an imprint releasing speculative fiction anthologies.
Born in the least mystically significant part of Wiltshire, England, and raised by a librarian, he started reading shortly after birth and has not stopped since. He currently lives in Bristol with his wife, Nicola, his cats, Jasper and Una, a giant sack of coffee beans, a plush altar to the Dark Lord Cthulhu, and many shelves of books.
It’s rumoured he writes and publishes out of a fear that he will otherwise run out of things to read.
Discover more here: http://davehigginspublishing.co.uk
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DUS

Quite a good amusement

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 31, 2015

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Stylistically sometimes they lost me on a few occasions after the first 3 episodes. Particularly in one instance where a crew member was captured and was about to have something very unpleasant happen then it cut to a long while afterwards very suddenly. That being said, the writing is tight, the characters are interesting and the complete work is extremely funny. This is well worth the cost of purchase. If you want something amusing to pass the time while at the beach or in the park, this is your book, especially if you have a good sense of humor. The Artificial Intelligence in this book is delightfully horrible and you find yourself occasionally rooting for him even though he wants humanity to die badly. If I were you I would at the very least download the substantial preview of this season also available and give it a try.

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I Harkin

marks for effort

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 20, 2014

Disclosure: I received a review copy of this book.
Comedy be hard. Even the best writers can be a hit and miss. I would not be a regular reader of either sci-fi or humour books, so this review is probably more relevant to other people who would not be fans of the genre. A lot of the Star Trek and Buck Rogers stuff probably passed me by. It reminded me of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" books and also of the first Hal Space Jock, which would be the total of the humorous sci-fi books I have read. I could add the Discworld novels, but as they are more fantasy and a different brand of humour, and somewhat more sophisticated, I don't think there is any comparison there.
I give this four out of five, marks for effort and I read to the end and I enjoyed it mostly and would be interested in trying another book by the authors, or books by either of the authors.
Episode one – slow start to the first chapter, it was fairly dead-pan and I was wondering where the humour was going to come from. It picked up in the second chapter, and continued to get better, I did actually laugh several times before the end of the episode. I particularly liked Topik the AI, who is a darker version of Marvin in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Overall I found the humour is similar.
One of the episodes wandered off into the weeds, the whole episode was about a simulation of along the lines of the holo-deck in Star Trek the Next Generation (I loathed the holo-deck in STNG, so you can tell I wasn't thrilled by this). It had very little humour or relevance although it did show the authors capable of writing straight action, and maybe foreshadowed skills used by the characters in a climactic battle later on. The culmination at the end was quite straight and exciting as well, with just an ironic joke at the very end. Again, I'm sure I missed a lot of the jokes, there were some references to famous authors and sci-fi characters that I picked up but you probably have to be steeped in the culture to get the most out of those jokes.

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Jamie Maltman

Star Trek-esque setting with the tone of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 10, 2014

If you are in the mood for some humorous sci-fi, then this is the book for you. It's Star Trek in setting but with the tone and silliness of Hitchhiker's, and the episodic format really works here, with complete story arcs for each one and no cheap cliffhangers.

Topik the AI steals the show many times, but also ties things together episode to episode with his journal entries, so if you pick it back up after a break you're immediately right back in the thick of the fun--another reason I liked the episodic format.

I received a copy from the authors in return for an honest review. I'm now a fan, and look forward to season two. Great job, Higgins and Cantan.

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mike rosing

Funny and enjoyable

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 14, 2015

This is a great read if you like Disc World and Hitchhiker's Guide. The scenes are crazy and humorous - and there are references to every sci fi movie I've ever seen. Star Trek is clearly the model it most makes fun of and I really like that part of it. The characters are the complete opposite though, but they do change as you go from episode to episode so you never know quite how they will react to some new problem in the next show. It really is fun to read and I am looking forward to reading more seasons.

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Fiannawolf

A mix of Galaxy Quest, Star Trek and Futurama.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 24, 2015

*Dr. Farnsworth voice* Good comedy everyone! Already bought season 2.

It was worth signing up for the mailing list. All the extra goodies are quite fun.

It has very quirky humor and homicidal but chained AIs. Fun combination.

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Michael La Ronn

Great First Season

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 24, 2015

Star Trek meets Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I loved the humor in this story, but I also thought the character development was great. I also enjoyed the episode format and thought it really added to the story. Topik was my favorite character! Excited to see where the story goes.

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Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 3, 2015

Wacky AI computer was the best character. Strange take on the future. Fun to read book

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donald g simpson

It makes you wonder if we really do look like this in someone's review of our history while it ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 29, 2014

I received an advance reader copy of this book from Storycartel.com.
This was a very enjoyable read. It was full of comedic sarcasm as it takes aim at every thing in sight: wars over who is prettiest that is stopped only to find something else to fight over, AI who is psycho thinking he is smarter than humans while not being able to control its own bots, the homecoming which only brings threats of opening people to truth, etc. It makes you wonder if we really do look like this in someone's review of our history while it makes you laugh at its truth.

Now that they are being chased away by the people they saved - I can't wait to see if there is a sequel.
A must read.

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fran

Great stuff as long as long as you have a ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 16, 2014

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Great stuff as long as long as you have a sense of humour and sometimes a sense of the ridiculous. As the episodes progress the story gathers pace. A very novel layout and many new storylines hinted at for season 2. Were waiting !

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Margaret

I enjoyed this so much I have bought another copy to ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 27, 2014

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A quirky Sci-fi story. I enjoyed this so much I have bought another copy to give as a gift at Christmas.

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