A Matter for Men

The War Against the Chtorr, Book 1

By: David Gerrold

Narrated by: John Pruden

With the human population ravaged by a series of devastating plagues, the alien Chtorr arrive to begin the final phase of their invasion. Even as many on Earth deny their existence, the giant wormlike carnivores prepare the world for the ultimate violation - the enslavement of humanity for food!

©1983, 1989 David Gerrold (P)2014 Audible Inc.

Entertaining Story

Where does A Matter for Men rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Middle

What was one of the most memorable moments of A Matter for Men?

Do not have one.

What does John Pruden bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Unknown

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No

Any additional comments?

I found this story very listenable and engaging. A good enjoyable listen.

Great philosophy lessons by his professor.

Decent science fiction story. Good narration. Leaves questions to be answered in sequels. Plan to get next book.

not for me

not for me. not horrible just not me. started slow, middle slow, end OK if you can make it.

Great books- but know it was never finished.

I absolutely loved this book and its 3 sequels. Good, gritty post apocalyptic alien invasion storyline. Interesting and tormented main character. Not much to not like. In the later books the author goes to some dark places and touches on subjects you may wish he would have avoided - but everything feels true to the character and the world the author has created.

You need to know one thing before buying : book 4 ends with an extreme cliffhanger... and fans have been waiting since the early 1990's for a resolution. Mr. Gerrold still says he's working on it - but the fairly imminent release of book 5 has been promised repeatedly, and for about 20 years. The series is supposed to end with a total of 7 books - but again after book 4 there has been nothing.

I still highly recommend the series - but only start it if you can accept the story as unfinished and sadly very likely to remain so.

A pulpy romp with unnecessary lectures

Humans fighting giant worms in a post-apocalyptic setting is a premise that leads you to expect certain things from a book: action, monsters and macho humor. It's all here, but surprisingly there are also some fairly progressive values and unusual character choices, which put this tome way ahead of its times (1983).

The writing is mostly solid, but the author has a soft spot for endless libertarian screeds, which take up such a wide swathe of the book that they can no longer be considered world building. They hold up the plot and are left to hang like some strange, randian appendix from the rest of the story.

Outside of those this is an interesting, pulpy adventure with a solid reader.