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khrox's review
3.0
Discount Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Just fine in every way, but I would read something by Edwards again if someone told me his writing had matured.
jenpaul13's review
4.0
The universe is a vast place and there's always something going on. Some of us just might not be aware of it. In Patrick Edwards' Space Tripping one Earth man gets to experience the wonders of the universe that is hidden from the rest of humanity.
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Chuck's life has been pretty standard with the only thing out of the ordinary being disobedient and not following in his father's footsteps of being a doctor. Chuck's life changes drastically when Jopp, an intergalactic pilot, drunkenly crashes on Earth and tries to steal Chuck's truck. After being taken back to the company that Jopp works for, Chuck's fate is intertwined with Jopp's, including helping him to work off the debt owed to Prime Partners Intergalactic Consortium for crashing a ship. With their new delivery, Jopp and Chuck find themselves in possession of a mysterious black case that marauders are keen to obtain, drawing the duo into the center of a nefarious plot.
Quickly paced, this is a thoroughly entertaining narrative with the familiar story structure of many seminal sci-fi and space western shows and movies of the recent past. The writing is peppered with clever remarks and acknowledges the sci-fi canon it's relying upon--when it mentioned a brown coat and Mal, I did a little happy dance because I was thinking of Firefly quite often throughout the story. While the story doesn't really delve in to new territory, it was a light, fun read.
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Chuck's life has been pretty standard with the only thing out of the ordinary being disobedient and not following in his father's footsteps of being a doctor. Chuck's life changes drastically when Jopp, an intergalactic pilot, drunkenly crashes on Earth and tries to steal Chuck's truck. After being taken back to the company that Jopp works for, Chuck's fate is intertwined with Jopp's, including helping him to work off the debt owed to Prime Partners Intergalactic Consortium for crashing a ship. With their new delivery, Jopp and Chuck find themselves in possession of a mysterious black case that marauders are keen to obtain, drawing the duo into the center of a nefarious plot.
Quickly paced, this is a thoroughly entertaining narrative with the familiar story structure of many seminal sci-fi and space western shows and movies of the recent past. The writing is peppered with clever remarks and acknowledges the sci-fi canon it's relying upon--when it mentioned a brown coat and Mal, I did a little happy dance because I was thinking of Firefly quite often throughout the story. While the story doesn't really delve in to new territory, it was a light, fun read.
bigotterbooks's review
4.0
Space Tripping by Patrick Edwards 4 stars
Hilarious! When an alien crash lands on Earth and hides in Chucks semi truck an adventure begins. Lots of booze, cussing!, and an intergalactic delivery since Chuck drives a truck. The author 'tells' the story rather than it unfolding but I didn't mind. It moved right along and had enough twists and turns that I enjoyed the story very much. Needed some editing and tightening of the plot but all in all a nice quick read. Received a copy for review-opinion is my own.
Hilarious! When an alien crash lands on Earth and hides in Chucks semi truck an adventure begins. Lots of booze, cussing!, and an intergalactic delivery since Chuck drives a truck. The author 'tells' the story rather than it unfolding but I didn't mind. It moved right along and had enough twists and turns that I enjoyed the story very much. Needed some editing and tightening of the plot but all in all a nice quick read. Received a copy for review-opinion is my own.
wethefoxen's review
1.0
Gave it 50 pages to grab me but it just didn't. Poor writing and boring banter. Reviews compare it to Futurama and Hitchhiker's Guide and if only it had been that clever.
bookinvasion's review
4.0
This was a pretty fun haphazard space-romp. Chuck is the Luckily-unlucky 'Earth Man' accidentally thrown into the bizarre world of 'the rest of the universe'. As he ends up taking a courier job from the universe's most prolific mega-corps, his travels lead him to those most bizarre situations only an average-joe human can think their way out or.
There were plenty of chuckles and eye-roll jokes abound, but that was to be expected. (i mean, look at the title). So yes, if you're looking for that silly space romp with some action, aliens, anomalies, and evil greedy corporate heads, espionage and wit, there have at it!
There were plenty of chuckles and eye-roll jokes abound, but that was to be expected. (i mean, look at the title). So yes, if you're looking for that silly space romp with some action, aliens, anomalies, and evil greedy corporate heads, espionage and wit, there have at it!
fallenoffacliff's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0