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Steel World

De : B. V. Larson
Lu par : Mark Boyett
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    In the 20th century Earth sent probes, transmissions, and welcoming messages to the stars. Unfortunately, someone noticed. The Galactics arrived with their battle fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined their vast Empire. Swearing allegiance to our distant alien overlords wasn't the only requirement for survival. We also had to have something of value to trade, something that neighboring planets would pay their hard-earned credits to buy. As most of the local worlds were too civilized to have a proper army, the only valuable service Earth could provide came in the form of soldiers…someone had to do their dirty work for them, their fighting and dying.

    I, James McGill, was born in 2099 on the fringe of the galaxy. When Hegemony Financial denied my loan applications, I was kicked out of the university and I turned to the stars. My first campaign involved the invasion of a mineral-rich planet called Cancri-9, better known as Steel World. The attack didn't go well, and now Earth has entered a grim struggle for survival. Humanity's mercenary legions go to war in Steel World, best-selling author B. V. Larson's latest science fiction novel.

    ©2013 B. V. Larson (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

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    • C. Brown
    • 16/04/2019

    A 14 year old boy’s idea of a “Real Man”

    First, a disclaimer: I finished all 10 books. Probably because Mark Boyett is a fantastic narrator. Make that, Storyteller. I do not think I would have stuck it out as text.
    Pros:
    Well-written, flows well, story builds on itself, and, like Horatio Hornblower, the protagonist rises in rank and significance over the course of he books.
    Many call-backs to earlier stories, well-developed characters (within the functional requirements of the narrative) are distinct from each other. You could probably identify each bit of dialogue without attributions.
    Some nice plot twists.
    The central speculative hook is revivication of the legionnaires, and it is fairly well developed, though never deeply.
    Lots of ripsnortin’, rootin’ tootin’ action!!!
    Cons:
    Unlike Hornblower, he never matures in the slightest.
    The problem with charming rogues is that they are rogues. McGill is a childish, self-absorbed misogynist (I am a centrist straight male) with a bull-in-a-china-shop approach to EVERYTHING, and phenomenal luck (Authorial intent, deus ex machinae) which is supposed to pass for good ol’ boy genius.
    He is a Randian superhero: Only he knows what to do. How? Well, he just … y’know … knows. He never listens to anyone; they’d only slow him down. He literally hits on every female he meets, often missing important points in the process. Most of them are his own species. He makes Captain Kirk look grown up. He dozes through briefings with the fate of all humanity at stake, does whatever his amygdala fancies, and it always turns out for the best.
    Graves would have been a much better protagonist.
    All of the aliens are shallow, funny-looking humans, in terms of personality, intellect, and psychology.
    This series panders to the child in each of us who wishes there were no rules, and we could write on the wall using our own feces. Why do I have to wash my hands before dinner anyway? Why can’t I just take what I want? If he weren’t such a terrible example, this would be a children’s series.
    This is Peter Pan with sex, violence, and alcohol, and never any consequences.
    If you’re looking for science fiction that leaves you thoughtful, this isn’t it. If you’re doing heavy labor all day, and want some background entertainment, well, Mark Boyett makes this a great comic book.
    Would I read more by this author? I would test him on another series.

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    • Don Gilbert
    • 05/12/2013

    Classic Space Opera

    Cast from the mold of Star Ship Troopers and B.V. Larson’s other great space adventure, his Space Force series, Steel World; Undying Mercenaries is a high speed, high adventure, military Sci-Fi, page turner.
    Having already submitted to the vast empire of the Galactics, Earth is in a struggle for survival and humanities legions of mercenaries must battle on planet Cancri-9, better known as Steel World to endure; but death is not the usual final obstacle as these mercenaries have the ability to regenerate.
    It’s an interesting concept, the book has several plot twists and the characters are well developed and believable.
    This is a story begging to be a series; and the narrator, Mark Boyett, gives a great performance.

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    • Ryan
    • 16/10/2015

    Its like Starship Troopers but with Dinosaurs

    Dino Aliens ✔
    Cool guy Protagonist ✔
    Cool World ✔
    Likable Characters ✔
    Unlikable Characters ✔
    Protagonist likes looking at woman's posterior when being yelled at ✔
    It güde.

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    • Michael
    • 16/12/2013

    You want great military scifi? Lock and load!

    Better late than never.

    Well, I have to preface this review with that statement, because, frankly, I've had a LOT of listening in front of me this Christmas season. Not a complaint as much as the cold hard fact of the matter.

    So, let's get started.

    I've already reviewed Larson's "Star Force" series, and I gave it high marks. I bought the entire series, and am working my way through THAT, and then planned to attack this, Larson's latest entry into military scifi.

    To the point, this is an ambitious start to a potentially roller-coaster ride you'll to which you'll want to listen. It's gritty. It's VERY bad-arse. It doesn't waste time on over-complicated character development, and focuses on action, strategy, and storyline. Larson's new series is all about cutting to the chase - You want military scifi? Well lock and load, you're getting an earful.

    I particularly like the pace Larson uses. It's different from "A Hymn Before Battle: Legacy of the Aldenata," another awesome military scifi, by john Ringo, which I've just reviewed. The Aldenate series covers a much broader landscape in the telling, as where here, Larson is more focused on close combat, squad interaction and a smaller cast of characters. Both series work, and frankly, reading either one makes you appreciate the other, because of their "on the mark" writing, despite their core differences.

    The narrator here, Mark Boyett, has done the work well.

    Yes, there are already TONS of spoilers, secrets and giveaways in a good number of Audible reviews. That being said, do you REALLY need to repeat those here? No, of course not.

    So, this is a great start for Larson's new series, and finally, I get to give it a two thumbs up.

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    • BookWorm
    • 08/12/2013

    Solid 5 Star Military SciFi Audiobook

    What did you love best about Steel World?

    I only wish all audiobooks were this good. This one was excellent from start to finish, everything from the story, character development and narration were flawless. I love it when a story hooks me from the first page and holds on until the end.

    Another thing I liked about this book was that the characters were believable, as in they acted like real people and each had unique flaws. An annoying thing about some action stories is the way that that characters are often 2 dimensional and the hero is some kind of superman, not so in this one. Also I liked the way there was the political infighting and backstabbing in the Legion unit. In my experience, any time you get a bunch of people together you're going to have that kind of thing and yet its often an element that's left out of fiction (the B grade fiction anyway). I spent 20 years in the US Army, and the unit portrayed in this story seemed like a real military unit, the terms and technology were different but the people acted in a way consistent with my experience of how real soldiers talk and act.

    I would rate this book right up there with some of my other favorite military fictional reads, to list a few: A Hymn Before Battle (Posleen War Series by John Ringo), Red Storm Rising and Without Remorse by Tom Clancy, Invasion America Series by Vaughn Heppner, Armor by John Steakley, Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein and Redliners by David Drake.

    I'm looking forward to reading the next book in the Undying Mercenaries series.

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    • Smurfberry
    • 28/09/2019

    Not plausible. Even for science fiction.

    Dead marines can be brought back to life from some computer record after death, even after decapitation. And this recreation will have memories right up to death (and not when the computer record is made). Really? If they can create marines from some computer record, why not make a bunch of clones to fight instead? So ridiculous I couldn’t read on.

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    • Nathan Cannon
    • 13/01/2015

    fun story, but made zero military sense.

    No military operates this way. Deployment without briefings, No clear objectives, forbidden acts that could endanger the entire human race and the recruits don't even know about them? stupid. Before anyone was ever issued a weapon he would be drilled on what can and cannot be done with it.

    The author clearly has no military experience and didn't do any research on it.

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    • John
    • 09/02/2015

    Great book!

    Would you listen to Steel World again? Why?

    Great start to a series. Like a cross between Starship Troopers and Universal Soldier.

    What did you like best about this story?

    Exciting and full of action.

    What about Mark Boyett’s performance did you like?

    Mark Boyett does a wonderful job with the voices and narration.

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    • Trav
    • 25/10/2015

    It's about as SOFT as Sci-Fi gets

    Steel World Overall = C
    Story (D+): I was HOPING for another great SciFi novel. What I got instead was a protracted first-person tale of a series of battles against dinosaurs (T-rexs & raptors). I guess it is technically SciFi in the same way that Land of the Lost or something is SciFi, but you could completely remove the spaceships, put it back on Earth, rewind time to the Cretaceous period, and you’d end up with basically the same story by sprinkling in some humans. The only part even remotely worth pondering for a few minutes was the concept of brain “backups” allowing for revival after becoming dino hors d'oeuvres (but the author beats that concept to death, since everybody was getting picked out of T-rex teeth ad infinitum).
    Narration (B): pretty solid. Decent variation for voices. Some of the characters were voiced in a bit of a stereotype of military personnel.
    I actually had to convince myself to go ahead and finish up with the book. I will NOT be checking out the other ‘Worlds’ in this series.

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    • Renato M. Lellis
    • 03/01/2019

    Typical Military Sci-Fi with some fresh ideas

    This a typical military sci-fi, with a focus in the infantry or "legionaries" as they are called in the book (for some reason Roman Military Hierarchy is somehow adopted by the mercenaries).

    Sometime in the near future Earth joins a Galatic Empire and to take part in the interplanetary commerce, is forced to provide a commodity to trade. Since human technology is primitive when compared with the spacefaring races, the only earth service that found some market is mercenaries.

    James McGill joins the legions due to financial difficulties and is promptly sent to the Steel World where Legion Veris has a contract to fulfill.

    The setting is typical military sci-fi, with focus on ground battles from the perspective of a low-level infantry recruit. No spaceship fights here.

    A good point on the book is the consistent and exciting worldbuilding. Since the legions are service providers and not a conquering force, there is some effort dedicated to the politics of a Galactic Empire with multiple alien races with multiples ways of thinking and conflicting interests.

    Another good idea is that the Legions use a revival apparatus that produce a new clone everytime a soldier dies in combat. This technology creates interesting questions and plot dynamics.

    A weak point, in my opinion, is that the main character looks a little too effective from time to time. Even as a recruit, James often take decisions that are questioned by the more experienced soldiers, but reveals to be correct at the end. He is also a rebel who "thinks outside the box", even when the books describe him as a lazy teenager with no life aspirations. In the end, he turns out to be a hero at the heart.

    Other characters are even less developed than the MC. But this is not the focus of a military sci-fi book, I think.

    At the end is a fun book for fans of the genre, with some new ideas to add to the scene.

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    • Ginny
    • 10/05/2020

    huge disappointment

    I really wanted this to be good and parts of it were. The action, while not groundbreaking, was nice and the world-building had some really cool elements (the undying soldiers part was an interesting concept). But other parts were very weak. Big plotholes (especially with the respawning system), very wishy-washy characterizations and a huge Gary Stu as a protagonist (2m tall, most useful soldier in his legion even though he is a wet recruit, always the one to save the day blablabla). My biggest problem though was the horrible writing for the women. I know that as a woman Im probably not the target audience here but damn. The women (all of them beautiful and sexy) either belong to the ever growing harem of ppl wanting to bone our protagonist or are horrible, spiteful b*tches wanting the permanent death of the protagonist. For barely any reason at all. There is no in between. Also that scene after the hero does something marvelous (trying not to spoiler) and the rest of the squad clear out the barracks and make the hero's current crush have reward sex with him? Gross. I dont recommend this.

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    • Patrice Allegue
    • 23/02/2022

    Plot mit Potential, aber schlechte Charaktere

    Ich fand die Idee interessant und habe da aufjedenfall Potential für eine tolle Welt gesehen.
    Leider ist es für einen Military SciFi zu unausgereift und es fehlt jeglicher Bezug zu den Entscheidungen der Nebencharaktere.
    Ich hatte das Gefühl über Teenager zu lesen mit starken Hormongesteuerten Entscheidungen und Emotionen.
    Klar sind es Söldner, aber trotzdem sollte hier irgendeine sinnvolle Miltärorganisation/-struktur etabliert werden. Es scheint die ganze Zeit ob Vorgesetzte reine Emotiongesteuerte Entscheidungen treffen, keine Strategie bei den Einsätzen angewandt wird außer Meatgrinder a la Napolean Kriege, derjenige welcher am Ende noch Leute stehen hat gewinnt.

    Ganz schwacher Charakteraufbau und random Situationen ohne Hintergrundinformationen.


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    Beim Hauptcharakter konnte ich noch die Entscheidungen und Emotionen nachvollziehen. Starkes Ego und irgendein verzerrtes Selbstbild der eigenen Eigenschaften. Es soll ja interessant bleiben und jemand der überall anstößt und einen eigenen Kopf hat ist da genau richtig.
    Auch ist es noch verständlich das wenn man die Technologie hat Menschen zu klonen (Bewusstseinstransfer ist dabei unklar oder nur vage beschrieben(Datentranfer genannt)), dass man da ein wenig entspannter mit "Toten" umgeht.
    Aber Rekruten zu töten um ihnen etwas beizubringen, ist schon hart an der Grenze des verständlichen.
    Nichts wird den Rekruten erklärt, keine "und das solltet ihr nun gelernt haben" oder "wir werden folgende Strategie anwenden, weil..". Insgesamt wirkt es als wäre die durchgehende Strategie für alle Einsätze "rennt rein, und wenn ihr sterbt kommt ihr einfach wieder".
    Vom Training bekommt man kaum etwas mit, außer das es passiert und das halt dabei Rekruten sterben oder stark verletzt werden.
    Wie wäre es mit "Lasst uns den Gegner austricksen" oder "wir versuchen eine andere Strategie" oder "nutzen wir die Schwachstellen der Gegner". Nein ein Rekrut muss kommen und Dinge highlighten die den Offizieren unklar sind.

    Alle Vorgesetzten und ich meine alle sind komplett inkompetent.
    Das hat mich von Anfang stark gestört. Da scheint es kaum logische Entscheidungen zu geben und selbst Gruppenführer verstehen anscheind kaum die Entscheidungen die getroffen werden.

    Der Höhepunkt der Inkompetenz ist dann am Ende, als man wiedermal versucht den Hauptcharakter loszuwerden.
    1. Wie kann ein Zenturio versuchen einen Rekrut endgültig zu töten und keinen interessiert es?
    Es wird abgetant mit "im Kampf können die Emotionen mit einem durchgehen". Was? Wie?
    Und sie kann einfach sagen das sie keine Anklage erhebt und alle sind einverstanden. Wie kann so etwas in irgendeinen Militär durchgehen?
    Wenn sie wieder mit etwas nicht einverstanden ist dann einfach nochmal versuchen? Wie kann sojemand irgendeine Position von Macht haben, bzw wie können andere Offiziere stillschweigend wegschauen wenn es dann doch rauskommt? Kein Offizier wird für seine Handlungen zur Rechenschaft gezogen?
    Wenn es denn einfach "Offiziere schützen sich gegenseitig" ist, dann ist die Struktur von der Legion nicht gut erklärt.

    2. Woher kommt dieser Hass? Unglauben? die Eifersucht? Oder was auch immer die fühlen.
    Primus und Zenturio hassen den Hauptcharakter und man erkennt die Gründe nicht.
    Der Primus schickt die Truppen in den Kampf mit nicht vorhandener Strategie und versucht danach alle zu bestrafen, da es nicht so lief wie "nicht" geplant. Absolut unklar.
    Dann gibt es einen Zwischenfall welcher absolut verständlich ist von seiten des Rekruten, welcher NULL Informationen hatte und alle Verhalten sich so als ob er es hätte wissen müssen, obwohl es null Kommunikation nach unten gibt.
    Da startet dann die Hexenjagt des Primus.
    Der Zenurio ist gekränkt oder erzürnt weil der Rekrut einen Teil der Wiederbelebungseinheit wiederbringt. Direkt schlägt im Hass entgegen und es geht soweit das es zum Mordversucht kommt. Kann ich nicht nachvollziehen, da dieser Charakter einfach auftaucht und einfach so ist.
    Es ergibt keinen Sinn.
    Anscheinend sind alle auf irgendeinen nicht weiter spezifizierten Machttrip.
    Am Ende dann der Tribun, welcher anscheinend Dinge einfach so hinnimmt, nachdem er über mögliche extreme Umstände informiert wurde.

    Ich verstehe das man ein korruptes und egozentrisches System nutzen kann in dieser Story. Aber dieses System wird nicht hinterfragt oder beschrieben/aufgebaut. Einzelcharaktere, welche keinen Hintegrund haben, entscheiden Dinge ohne Verständnis des Lesers.


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    • Christoph
    • 23/03/2018

    to much explanation

    Würden Sie gern ein anderes Hörbuch von B. V. Larson und/oder Mark Boyett ausprobieren?

    maybe

    Was wäre für andere Hörer sonst noch hilfreich zu wissen, um das Hörbuch richtig einschätzen zu können?

    the most interesting scenes are killed by to much explanation, about why who where and what