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Starter Villain by John Scalzi (Audiobook)

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Audible has Starter Villain by John Scalzi (Audiobook) on sale for $1.99.

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About this Audible Audiobook:
  • Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
  • Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
  • Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think... particularly when you discover who's running the place.
  • Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan.
  • Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie.
  • But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits. Jake had enemies, and now they're coming after Charlie. His uncle might have been a stand-up, old-fashioned kind of villain, but these are the real thing: rich, soulless predators backed by multinational corporations and venture capital.
  • It's up to Charlie to win the war his uncle started against a league of supervillains. But with unionized dolphins, hyperintelligent talking spy cats, and a terrifying henchperson at his side, going bad is starting to look pretty good.
  • In a dog-eat-dog world... be a cat.

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • This book is rated 4.6 out of 5 stars based on over 9,100 customer reviews.
  • This sale ends today at 11:59 PM PT (9/4).
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Audible has Starter Villain by John Scalzi (Audiobook) on sale for $1.99.

Thanks to community member pippypoppy for sharing this deal.

About this Audible Audiobook:
  • Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
  • Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
  • Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think... particularly when you discover who's running the place.
  • Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan.
  • Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie.
  • But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits. Jake had enemies, and now they're coming after Charlie. His uncle might have been a stand-up, old-fashioned kind of villain, but these are the real thing: rich, soulless predators backed by multinational corporations and venture capital.
  • It's up to Charlie to win the war his uncle started against a league of supervillains. But with unionized dolphins, hyperintelligent talking spy cats, and a terrifying henchperson at his side, going bad is starting to look pretty good.
  • In a dog-eat-dog world... be a cat.

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • This book is rated 4.6 out of 5 stars based on over 9,100 customer reviews.
  • This sale ends today at 11:59 PM PT (9/4).
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Absolutely terrific book. Scalzi never disappoints, but this one is especially excellent (ffo: soon I will be invincible) (my 13 y/O son tore through this one in 2 days as well!)
Just bought! Saw the low price and great reviews. Also Wil Weathon is an excellent narrator.

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Sep 4, 2024
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Sep 4, 2024
aktif8
Sep 4, 2024
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Absolutely terrific book. Scalzi never disappoints, but this one is especially excellent (ffo: soon I will be invincible) (my 13 y/O son tore through this one in 2 days as well!)
Sep 4, 2024
12 Posts
Joined Nov 2012
Sep 4, 2024
Jmercy2k
Sep 4, 2024
12 Posts
Just bought! Saw the low price and great reviews. Also Wil Weathon is an excellent narrator.
Sep 4, 2024
1,158 Posts
Joined Feb 2007
Sep 4, 2024
muffin30082
Sep 4, 2024
1,158 Posts
As others have mentioned, great story, wil Weaton did a great job on the narration. Highly reccomend. For $2 it's a no brainer.
Sep 4, 2024
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Sep 4, 2024
zeetes
Sep 4, 2024
120 Posts
great book
Sep 4, 2024
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Sep 4, 2024
WDEagle
Sep 4, 2024
2,566 Posts
Thanks OP. Ordered. Repped.
Sep 4, 2024
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Sep 4, 2024
Wasser
Sep 4, 2024
3,545 Posts
Quote from aktif8 :
Absolutely terrific book. Scalzi never disappoints, but this one is especially excellent (ffo: soon I will be invincible) (my 13 y/O son tore through this one in 2 days as well!)
The successors to the original Old Man's War installment were going from mediocre to terrible quickly. Maybe he contracted them out, not sure.
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Sep 4, 2024
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Antonius
Sep 4, 2024
283 Posts
Quote from Wasser :
The successors to the original Old Man's War installment were going from mediocre to terrible quickly. Maybe he contracted them out, not sure.
Yeah, some of his earlier stuff was good but over the years it's gotten a little too ideologically preachy and less entertaining. Naturally, like so much other media now, if you fall into the ideological category he's in and love an echo chamber, everything he writes is glorious and awesome and you pump your fist in the air reading it, and if you don't fall into that category, you find a lot of it tiring and obnoxious... particularly because the actual bottom line in my opinion is that the QUALITY of the writing, ideological bent notwithstanding, really just isn't that good anymore.
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Sep 4, 2024
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KommanderSkull
Sep 4, 2024
91 Posts
The cat is looking deep into your soul. He is not pleased.
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Sep 5, 2024
59 Posts
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Sep 5, 2024
zealeus
Sep 5, 2024
59 Posts
I don't see a way to purchase this book on the main page - while the sale price of $1.99 is listed, only the Subscribe option is available. Other books, I see the purchase option. This seems to be the sale book where the "Buy" button isn't there. Sign out, see the button. Try to "buy", signs in, but no button.

But if I go to my (empty) cart, Audible's "You might also like" section has the book at $1.99 with the "add to cart" link and works. Weird.
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Sep 5, 2024
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diveborg
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Sep 5, 2024
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Well, I guess I'm firmly ensconced in his echo chamber because I've enjoyed every book he's ever written. I've read this book. My only complaint is that I finished it way too quickly.
Sep 5, 2024
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Joined Dec 2004
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bleuiko
Sep 5, 2024
2,038 Posts
I love his stuff. Read almost everything including this one. I'd say it's not the best writing but perfect for mindless commute. I like that it's lighthearted and not too hard to go through.
Sep 6, 2024
253 Posts
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Sep 6, 2024
lsabbann41
Sep 6, 2024
253 Posts
Dead?
Showing as $20.96 for me (and I have an active membership)

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