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Wil Wheaton, a Star Trek: The Next Generation alum, is a canny choice for narrator of this intersection of science fiction and Elmore Leonard-esque Hollywood farce. In addition to being a rather prominent footnote in sci-fi history, Wheaton’s also got a great voice — sonorous, with an inflection similar to a late-night radio DJ who’s bemusedly sharing an anecdote on air between tracks. His voice also carries a hint of that lilt peculiar to many native Angelenos, which comes in handy when he exaggerates it to Valley Girl-proportions to portray starlet Michelle Beck, former cheerleader and current box office draw.
Hollywood agent Tom Stein is the book’s hero, and when the story begins, Michelle is his most important client. That is, until Tom meets Joshua, an extraterrestrial whose alien race hires Tom and his boss, superagent Carl Lupo, to represent them. The Yherajk have decided their best hope for a peaceful first contact between their race and all of humanity is to out themselves via the movies, and they know if they want to make it in Hollywood, they need good representation.
Wheaton’s voicing of Joshua, who has traveled to Earth as the Yherajk’s representative, is another highlight. Joshua, like his kinsmen, looks like a gelatinous blob, gives off a noxious odor, and slithers around amorphously. He’s also incredibly educated when it comes to human pop culture, having logged countless hours watching sitcoms. Wheaton delivers Joshua’s line, “We look like snot. And we smell like dead fish,” in a nasally deadpan that suits a one-liner-delivering alien to a T.
Even when Scalzi veers into semi-philosophical territory — as when he explores why an alien race would choose a Hollywood debut over staging their premiere in Washington — Wheaton keeps the narration moving with his just-right character voices. Look out for the both silly and spot-on sounding Quebecois accent he uses to portray Roland Lanois, an art-house film director with a critical role in the novel, and for his Buddha-like turn as Gwedif, a Yherajk storyteller. —Maggie Frank
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The space-faring Yherajk have come to Earth to meet us and to begin humanity's first interstellar friendship. There's just one problem: They're hideously ugly and they smell like rotting fish. So getting humanity's trust is a challenge. The Yherajk need someone who can help them close the deal. Enter Thomas Stein, who knows something about closing deals. He's one of Hollywood's hottest young agents. But although Stein may have just concluded the biggest deal of his career, it's quite another thing to negotiate for an entire alien race. To earn his percentage this time, he's going to need all the smarts, skills, and wits he can muster.
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Absolutely Glorious!
I love how Scalzi mixes the absurdity of the whole aliens on earth situation with the grounded reactions and behavior of the characters.
Wheaton perfectly captures the wittiness of Joshua and brings all of the characters qualities to life.
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Hmm, the second book with a lot of fart jokes? Na, it's great! I've made it a rule: every other book is by Scalzi. Intrigen but also humorous.
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Aliens im showbiz
Liebenswürdige Aliens die ins showbiz einsteigen. Eine interessante Idee witzig umgesetzt ohne albern zu sein.
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Fantastic!
Würden Sie dieses Hörbuch einem Freund empfehlen? Wenn ja, was würden Sie ihm dazu sagen?
Yes. It's ridiculous, at the beginning, but give Scalzi a little bit of faith, and he makes it work.
Was mochten Sie an der Handlung am liebsten?
As always with Scalzi, all the pieces fit together perfectly.
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Wesley Crusher -- I mean Wil Wheaton -- always does a fantastic job. He's a pro!
Wenn Sie dieses Hörbuch verfilmen könnten wie würde der Slogan dazu lauten?
What kind of question is that?
Was wäre für andere Hörer sonst noch hilfreich zu wissen, um das Hörbuch richtig einschätzen zu können?
It's no parody, and it's also not the overt silliness of The Hitchhiker's Guide, but it is not serious science fiction. It's fun science fiction.
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- Computerspieler
- 09.04.2017
great new take on the genre
Agent to the stars is a funny and brilliant take on the first contact story. Will Wheaton once again shows he's a first class reader.