Larry Goes to Space (Audible Audio Edition) Alan Black Doug Tisdale Jr author Alan Black Books
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Larry enjoyed raising cattle on his Kansas farm, until the aliens arrived. He couldn't help himself; he was going for a ride with aliens from outer space! The aliens wouldn't tell him where he was going, how long he would be gone, or if he was ever coming back, but a space trip sounded like more fun than beer and burgers at Benny's Been There and Done That Bar and Grill. He had to go. Larry's ride into deep space wasn't just a Sunday jaunt. This space-faring species was in danger of being wiped off the galactic map. They offered Larry a ride because his assistance was vital to their survival, but they were xenophobic to the point of barely tolerating Larry in the same room. He was willing to help, but what could he do? Could he live long enough to save himself? What skills did Larry have to save an alien species threatened with annihilation? Every time he asked them for information, they stonewalled him.
Larry Goes to Space (Audible Audio Edition) Alan Black Doug Tisdale Jr author Alan Black Books
If this had been the first book I ever read by Alan Black I would never have read another. If you're thinking of reading this as your first Alan Black book please don't as his other stuff is so much better. Most of his books are great feel good serendipitous tales. Always a little folksy, but solid entertaining reads. This book seemed a slow boil and had some really glaring problems (I doubt it was refined by a pro editor). When I finished the book the following things were really sticking in my craw:1) Betty - Why didn't Larry wind up with her? (Or her plus several others of her race for that matter.)
2) Nancy - Why did she end up where she was, acting like she was, at the end of the book? That made no sense that Larry was OK with it.
3) PG-13 vs. X-rated/Harem - There's an odd line Black walks in this book (to keep things "clean" I guess). There's all kind of pretty racy innuendo, it almost approaches a harem tale, people are showering naked and grabbing organs, a big deal is made about an alien having 4 breasts. But every time this stuff gets started it then gets cut off abruptly. Hinting about the color of Nancy's pubic hair ("aviator blonde") but chickening out on an actual explicit scene? Either see it through or don't start. I don't are which, but the abandoned half measure is discordant to the flow of the story and like a parent saying "go to your room" when a sex scene comes on TV.
4) Long expository humanizations of every inanimate object. Why? We're never told why, it's not part of the story, it's just random brainfarts included like Alan had a barn full of them and needed to give them all away in one book. Maybe he was paid extra for each one he included? Example: Instead of saying "he walked across the floor" it was "He walked across the floor, but the floor didn't mind as it gained a perverse pleasure being stepped on... especially Larry being his favorite. The dog on the other hand made the floor itch." Really? Was any of that necessary? Makes the book read terribly as several are sometimes packed into a single page. Refrigerators, stoves, chest freezers... everything Larry interacts with and many he doesn't. It's like some Disney tale gone wrong but for absolutely no reason.
5) Suddenly going completely against instinct that was defined ad nauseam for hundreds of pages - The Temussians (or however it was spelled) have instinctual aversion to predators and non-family, to the point of having to be medicated to even show themselves to Larry. But the last few pages it's just one big happy party with everyone sitting together and playing with each other's babies. What? What!!! Spending the whole book making a big deal out of it as the pillar plotline and then throwing it away at the end without so much as a passing explanation? It just was very jarring and broke continuity with the first 90% of the book.
There were other things like the ridiculous plan and reaction to deal with the ship at the end... but you don't read Alan Black books for realism. You read them for entertainment. I would have rather seen Larry secretly growing and selling cows in space as a trader to the beetles or something at the end rather than the plain and ridiculous end presented. Nonetheless that didn't raise my bile like the 5 points above.
All I can say is the next virtually has to be better than this one. I don't think I'd even read a sequel in this universe.
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Larry Goes to Space (Audible Audio Edition) Alan Black Doug Tisdale Jr author Alan Black Books Reviews
Great read, simple, full of humor, satire along Will Rodgers style. I enjoyed it a lot. Having been an over the road driver for 40+ years and seen most of our fine country, and people up close, writer had captured the simple rural out look to not make too much of things we can't control.
Once started this book is hard to put down, I have to give a warning here about reading in bed ,late in the night, YOU CAN WAKE YOUR SLEEPING WIFE WITH LAUGHTER at unexpected times.
A pretty good book but the "aw shucks, my tractor thinks or the fridge likes or whatever " just was too much. It cluttered up the story and caused me to skim until some actual plot development came along. The idea was cute but the author went overboard with it. When he was actually just telling the story, it was quite good. I liked the aliens he came up with and the main character Larry was a likeable guy. A bit less filler and a bit more story would be better. I'd recommend this book for a little light reading
Pretty good story. Lots of side stories and rabbit trails. Author has a different sense of humor that is infused through out the whole story line. Held my interest well enough to keep reading to find out how it all it all comes out in the end. The end was abrupt and a surprise.
I enjoyed this book but there were a few things I didn't care for. It's written a bit like a young adult story, not much edge. I live in Dodge City so the fact that it's set in Kansas was fun for me, but I know plenty of Kansas farmers and I don't think any of them would get on an alien space ship. My least favorite part, not to give away too much, was the way he resolved the relationship between the farmer and his ex wife.
I normally enjoy a more sophisticated type of Science Fiction, so "Larry Goes To Space" sat on the bottom of my TBR list for some time. I was pleasantly surprised and found this to be quite an amusing little romp with cute fuzzy aliens. I may even start talking to many of the inanimate things in my life just on the off chance they are paying attention....lol
Definitely science fiction of the visiting alien type. Larry even defeats one set of aliens singlehandedly in a credible manner. The other set are just too cute for words. It's full of one liners that could be added to anyone's repertoire of things to say at the bar. They aren't all lowbrow either. I definitely enjoyed this one.
I've read scifi for decades and I always enjoy a classic First Contact novel. Larry Goes To Space fits that bill of particulars. It focuses on Kansas farm boy Larry who watches a group of spaceships land in his field of cows, then sees a timid fox-like alien pursue First Contact. These are herbivore aliens who need a predatory omnivore to help them defend their people and home world. The story is that simple. What is not simple is the stream-of-conscious internal first person narrative of Larry's continuing reactions to everything alien. There is a LOT of humor dispersed through the novel, along with a basic storyline. If you are looking for a standard story with lots of dialogue and multiple POVs interspersed with lots of action, this novel is not for you. But if you want a light-hearted romp as told, very clearly, from a farmer's perspective, well, this is the tome you should grab. I liked it. Some may not. Hence the four stars. Recommended.
If this had been the first book I ever read by Alan Black I would never have read another. If you're thinking of reading this as your first Alan Black book please don't as his other stuff is so much better. Most of his books are great feel good serendipitous tales. Always a little folksy, but solid entertaining reads. This book seemed a slow boil and had some really glaring problems (I doubt it was refined by a pro editor). When I finished the book the following things were really sticking in my craw
1) Betty - Why didn't Larry wind up with her? (Or her plus several others of her race for that matter.)
2) Nancy - Why did she end up where she was, acting like she was, at the end of the book? That made no sense that Larry was OK with it.
3) PG-13 vs. X-rated/Harem - There's an odd line Black walks in this book (to keep things "clean" I guess). There's all kind of pretty racy innuendo, it almost approaches a harem tale, people are showering naked and grabbing organs, a big deal is made about an alien having 4 breasts. But every time this stuff gets started it then gets cut off abruptly. Hinting about the color of Nancy's pubic hair ("aviator blonde") but chickening out on an actual explicit scene? Either see it through or don't start. I don't are which, but the abandoned half measure is discordant to the flow of the story and like a parent saying "go to your room" when a sex scene comes on TV.
4) Long expository humanizations of every inanimate object. Why? We're never told why, it's not part of the story, it's just random brainfarts included like Alan had a barn full of them and needed to give them all away in one book. Maybe he was paid extra for each one he included? Example Instead of saying "he walked across the floor" it was "He walked across the floor, but the floor didn't mind as it gained a perverse pleasure being stepped on... especially Larry being his favorite. The dog on the other hand made the floor itch." Really? Was any of that necessary? Makes the book read terribly as several are sometimes packed into a single page. Refrigerators, stoves, chest freezers... everything Larry interacts with and many he doesn't. It's like some Disney tale gone wrong but for absolutely no reason.
5) Suddenly going completely against instinct that was defined ad nauseam for hundreds of pages - The Temussians (or however it was spelled) have instinctual aversion to predators and non-family, to the point of having to be medicated to even show themselves to Larry. But the last few pages it's just one big happy party with everyone sitting together and playing with each other's babies. What? What!!! Spending the whole book making a big deal out of it as the pillar plotline and then throwing it away at the end without so much as a passing explanation? It just was very jarring and broke continuity with the first 90% of the book.
There were other things like the ridiculous plan and reaction to deal with the ship at the end... but you don't read Alan Black books for realism. You read them for entertainment. I would have rather seen Larry secretly growing and selling cows in space as a trader to the beetles or something at the end rather than the plain and ridiculous end presented. Nonetheless that didn't raise my bile like the 5 points above.
All I can say is the next virtually has to be better than this one. I don't think I'd even read a sequel in this universe.
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