New and complete! GalaxyBillies by Michell Plested
Please welcome Michell Plested to the site. He’s offering the complete version of a book with a title that speaks for itself: GalaxyBillies.
When a semi-sentient starship’s crew dies, it must find a new one in a hurry. Earth is the closest planet with sentient life and the ship, which is rapidly losing its intelligence, picks five humans as the new crew.GalaxyBillies
Unfortunately, the five humans come from the Appalachian Mountains and while they are sentient, there’s no guarantee that they’re intelligent. What affect will these humans have on an unsuspecting galaxy?
January 26th, 2011 at 12:30 am
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April 6th, 2011 at 11:52 am
This book had me laughing again and again. The cast of characters was really fun, and the adventure they go on was more than all laughs. There’s a great mix of action and adventure mixed in with all the jocularity. I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars all around because the production quality, along with the reading and story were great. I enjoyed each and every episode. A great listen.
May 15th, 2011 at 5:19 pm
WTF!?
This is horrible, racist (Yes, the being racist towards the scots-irish is still racist and yes the terms redneck and hillbilly are racist terms for the Scots-Irish akin to the terms ‘nigger’ or ‘spic’ etc. See “Born Fighting: History of the Scots-Irish for further info), and downright mean spirited.
Let me rephrase the description of this book with only a few words changed to give you an idea:
Book title: Negroes of the Galaxy.
“….. Unfortunately, the five humans come from the Africa and while they are sentient, there’s no guarantee that they’re intelligent. What affect will these humans have on an unsuspecting galaxy?”
I’m truly disgusted…
June 11th, 2011 at 8:20 pm
@EJ,
You’ll never read this, but your egocentric and reactionary outburst was the most obnoxious comment I’ve ever read on podiobooks. You’ve clearly neither listened to the podcast, nor even understood the very same literature you tout like some sort of moral shield.
I will agree with your point on the nature of the term hillbilly… circa the early 20th century. The modern (i.e. post-1950′s) usage of the term is analagous to hick or white trash, as is used in this podcast, and in no way attempts to target a racial group.
You’re making a comedy piece out to be some sort of parallel of the protocols of the elder of zion. Do you also make it a practice to harass live comedians like the members of the blue collar comedy tour, black, or asian stand-ups for playing on their backgrounds, or do you limit your bile to authors?
June 19th, 2011 at 5:20 pm
This was a fun story, similar in style to Douglas Adams. It was enjoyable to see how so many different Sci-fi worlds were merged into a single universe. The only detractor was the occasional “digital blurb” that I think was a result of making the voices sound different.
July 7th, 2011 at 8:37 pm
I’m going to listen to this just because of the narrow minded, idiot ravings of “EJ”. Wow, his little universe where everyone is the same color and religious background must be wonderful. I’m looking forward to listening to this tomorrow while driving to and from work. Thank you.
July 19th, 2011 at 11:21 am
Galaxy Billies by Mike Plested is a wonderful romp through the, well um galaxy with the most unlikely galaxy explorers. The story is told in the style of an old radio drama, and because of that each episode feels new and fresh. The story has a great flow as the group of backwoods folk stumble into and out of trouble each week. What kind of trouble could six folks from the back woods of the Application mountains get into? Well lets just say that before it is all over the two largest intergalatic fleets of war ships and brown postal vans come head to head, in order to get it resolved. Along the way every possible sci/fi trope is is used abused and otherwise burned and pillaged in the name of a great story or cheap laugh.
Mike Plested is nothing if not a professional, and the story telling and audio quality of this production proves that. While I am not a huge fan of modulating one voice for many characters I think Mike pulls this off well. The story telling style is very reminiscent of the original Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and this story definitely benefits f
September 30th, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Just wanted to say I enjoyed this book and would love to listen to more stories of their travels….
October 18th, 2011 at 11:06 am
Hi Kelly,
Glad you enjoyed it. I am hoping to get a few more written and podcast. Stay tuned.