Good Morning... Processes Must Be Improved

By: Ray Jay Perreault

Narrated by: Christopher M. Allport

Length: 59 mins

Publisher's summary

What happens when a man and a computer is put on Saturn's Titan for a year to mine methane? The relationship doesn't always work out the way everyone plans. The relationship should be based on trust, but what if one member of the team isn't doing what the other expects?

©2015 Raymond J. Perreault (P)2016 Raymond J. Perreault

Another Great Short Story

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I am becoming a Ray Jay Perreault fan! Hoping he begins writing longer stories for me to enjoy. Christopher Allport did a wonderful job of capturing the right tone for the book. I haven't heard many people do computer voices like he can.

This story is along the lines of 2001: A Space Odyssey and the author does a really nice job of drawing you into the story and then leading you through the year these two spend together! I like the way the backstory of both the computer and Robert unfold as the story progresses and the way Tessi manipulates Robert through the entirety of their year. The increasingly invasive way Tessi treats Robert is artful. It left me wishing the story was longer!

I received this audiobook from the author for an honest review.

Good Story

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I liked this book and thought it was entertaining most of the time. However the robotic voice was rather annoying and took some getting used to. This book is about the action between a miner and a AI who's soul job is to ensure productivity. Without giving away the story they clash often over the way that they should finish the tasks they are assigned to do. I got this book in exchange for a review.

Good Morning TITAN!

Poor Robert is in the dog house with work and is sent off to distant Titan to spend a year of gas collection and maintenance with only an AI computer for company.

Ray Jay Perreault takes a familiar premise and turns it on its head, stirs and shakes and then shreds it into something new. Nicely done.

Christopher M. Allport shows us his wonderful range of characterizations and voices and even a few sound effects.

This audiobook was provided in exchange for an unbiased review.

Short but good

I chose to listen to this book after receiving a free audio copy from the author. All opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased.

This audiobook is only about an hour long, but a lot happens in that hour. It’s a good story about how bureaucracy often works. Unfortunately, it can be beyond frustrating.

Robert was stationed at Titan where the company he worked for mines methane. He had to stay there a year, and it was interesting to see how he worked so hard when he first got there, but with no real support, his production was almost gone by the time the year was up.

The AI is a big part of this story. It reminded me a lot of Hal, the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey, except this AI said “Robert” all the time (so annoying!) instead of “Dave.” There is a surprise at the end, but no spoilers here.

If you’re looking for a quick read or listen, this would be a good book to get a taste of Ray Jay Perrault’s work. I’m looking forward to listening to more!

Frustration at the max

This storyline is captivating and you actually beguine to feel the way the main charter is feeling. It grabs you and you understand what he is going through and how frustrating his situation is. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this recording.

Psychological sci fi

2nd book by this author I've listened to. Knowing what his style was like I was prepared for it and thoroughly enjoyed it. Don't expect action adventure and detailed descriptions of far off worlds. Expect to use your mind. Listen to the dialogue of the two characters and the transcriptions of the corporate messages and use your imagination to envision the scene. Wonderfully done. I received this audiobook from the author narrator or publisher for free via audiobookblast in exchange for an unbiased review

This is what Sci-Fi should be!!!

Ray Jay Perreault captured the dystopian essence of working in a system that is so broken that it can only live to exalt itself. Christopher M. Allport's performance was inter-stellar, as he delineated between Robert and the TECI, the computer interface. Looking forward to more from this team.

Enjoyable Short Story

This was a good short sci to story with a nice twist... I won't rehash the plot but the setting and plot were polished and thought out. The ending was satisfying and didn't feel rushed. And there was some sly humor too. The narration of the character voices was good but I'm not a fan of the noises used to introduce a transmission.

Overall, this is a good short story And the narration was good also. Worth a read/listen!

Superb Sci-fi audiobook masterpiece!

What a completely brilliant book this is!

I got this as a free review copy - don't be put off by this; I'm not scared to say if something is horrible (plus I'm really good at hide and seek hide if a disgruntled author or narrator comes to track me down).

The description of the book sums up the contents perfectly so instead I'll focus on the quality and fitness of the audio.

I was pleased to fine the narration is made much more like a minimal audio play such as you might hear on the radio rather than a straight 'reading' of the book's text and is so much the better for it. Dialog that is reaching the mining base from the remote (and eviiiiil) corporate headquarters is recorded with a kind of pseudo static short-wave radio distortion effect to give the sense of it crossing millions of miles and through swathes of radiation to reach the central characters marooned on a remote automated mineral mining operation. Wonderfully done and adds well to the plot line for reasons I will not go into to avoid spoiling the story for you.

I listen to a substantial amount of audiobooks while driving and the great understated drama and increasing tension in the storyline was so well done that I actually sat in my garage (engine off!!) after returning from a short trip so that I could carry on hearing more of what would happen next. That's definitely a sign of a good audiobook for me.

Christopher M. Allport's narration was truly brilliant and combined with the special effects, which are not overdone in any way, was absolutely right for the book.

I love this book - can you tell? :)

I definitely want to hear more from both Ray Jay Perrault and Christopher M Allport.

Working for a big corporation is space

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I have received a copy of this book in audio format from the author in exchange for an honest review.

This is the story about the year Robert spends at a methane mine on Saturn's Titan. His only company is TC, a computer which assists him in his job and manages communications with other mining sites and the company headquarters. This was not a desirable assignment for Robert to start with, but things start to go even worse when Robert is receiving shipments with missing parts and hearing that other stations are getting his. During the reviews, Robert's bosses are unhappy about his performance, asking him to be efficient in using the available resources.

Those of us who have worked in big corporations know how frustrating the company procedures can be. Usually communication is not straightforward and most of the time those mentioned procedures are the only thing that keep us from doing our job. Robert's story is the story of many people but translated to space. I think this makes it very close to us and we can identify ourselves with Robert and how frustrated he becomes.

Christopher M. Allport does a good job at narrating this story, but I would have appreciated a little bit more variation between Robert's and the computer's voices.

Ray Jay Perreault is able to tell great short stories, and this is one of those. I would like it to become a longer book, as some of his other stories.