Space Academy Washouts

Space Academy, Book 3

By: C.T. Phipps, Michael Suttkus

Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer

"These are the voyages of the starship...something-something."

Captain Vance Turbo has been struggling for the past few years, his reputation in tatters and most of his allies having turned against him. Offered a chance to go after a sinister crime syndicate at a peace treaty in Notha Space, he jumps at it. However, no sooner does he do so that he discovers that a malevolent AI and even more powerful forces are at work...ones that threaten everyone and everything in the galaxy. Will Vance somehow stumble his way into saving the universe again or will his luck finally run out?

Space Academy is an all-new series from the hilarious duo of C.T. Phipps (Supervillainy Saga, Agent G) and Michael Suttkus (I Was a Teenage Weredeer, Lucifer's Star) that lampoons the space opera as well as military science fiction genres.

©2022 C.T. Phipps and Michael Suttkus (P)2022 Podium Audio

Not bad, not the best

While I enjoyed this book and it did make me laugh out loud several times, I must admit that it did not keep my attention throughout. It had the same basic formula as the previous books and the repetition let my mind wander. When I got to chapter 16 I realized that I was missing a lot of the storyline so I rewound to the beginning and listened again. That helped, though by the end of the book my focus was intermittent again. I really enjoyed the cast of characters though I have gotten tired of the repetitive discussions about who is sleeping with Vance. The pop culture references are still fun and Danny randomly appearing still makes me grin. I laughed out loud at the hamster dance and the characters always managing to survive the assassins was an interesting element of the plot. Sometimes the politics and human behavior was painfully close to the awful things that we are seeing in the news every day. That part isn’t fun escapism.

Adventure until the last Page

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I don't think I have mentioned this on any of the other books but I do appreciate that the author chooses a nonsense made up word ans then uses it for swearing. if nothing else to prove that a book doesn't need lots of swearing in it to be good. I love all the references ro old TV shows ans movies. I'm guessing I'm about the same age as the authors and that's why it's so awesome. but they are hilarious references a kid from any era can pickup on and enjoy! thanks so much for the adventure! I look forward to the next book!

Waiting for the next installment.

A “book hangover” is the slangy shortcut for the feeling when a reader finishes a book—usually fiction—and they can't stop thinking about the fictional world that has run out of pages. The story is over, but the reader misses the characters or the atmosphere of the novel.

have patience with the first few chapters

This book was a little hard to get into, but once it got going, it was quite a ride.

Just another round of sarcasm and sci-fi silliness

This book was quite a ride. The sarcasm and sci-fi cultural references never give up, but the silliness never really gets in the way of moving the story along. And the story does move, having a fun but pretty fast past to it. Phipps's stories have a tendency to feel like the plot will take a while to resolve, and yet there is always an acceleration of the story throughout, which usually slams you into the climax very efficiently.

Kafer nails the performance (as always, at least with this series - I haven't really listened to many other books he's narrated). He fully embodies the zaniness and silliness of the story and it is really wonderful. I listened to this on 1.5 speed and found it really enjoyable - some might find that speed too fast, but I was very impressed at the clarity of his speech while doing all the different voices. Excellent work!

I enjoyed the characters and the story. Curious to see if Phipps writes more in this universe. I, for one, would love to see what new sort of chaos our Space Academy Washouts get up to next!