The B-Team

The Human Division, Episode 1

By: John Scalzi

Narrated by: William Dufris

Colonial Union Ambassador Ode Abumwe and her team are used to life on the lower end of the diplomatic ladder. But when a high-profile diplomat goes missing, Abumwe and her team are last-minute replacements on a mission critical to the Colonial Union’s future. As the team works to pull off their task, CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson discovers there’s more to the story of the missing diplomats than anyone expected... a secret that could spell war for humanity.

The B-Team is a tale from John Scalzi's The Human Division, a series of self-contained but interrelated short stories set in the Old Man's War universe.

Listen to the complete edition of The Human Division, the fifth full-length book by John Scalzi in the Old Man's War universe.©2012 John Scalzi (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Frustrated

Frustrated that I paid for story that was already in this full book series. Waste

Short, a bit on the nose, overly simple, but

This book belongs to that class of Sjalzi books that are mostly banter. Adults cutting each other down, endlessly. I find it very tedious. But all in all Scalzi's a good writer, a good entertainer, and so I stick with it.

Enjoyable but flawed.

"...she said. He said...and she said...." Talented author, poor wordsmith. Another issue is the length. The credit to duration ratio is pathetic. I'm not going to read any further in this series for this reason alone.

Greater Understanding of the B-Team. Great Team!

Narrator very good; gotten familiar with him now. I didn't struggle to re-hear this part; enjoyed it.

Not great Scalzi

I typically enjoy Scalzi. I understand this is episodic, but I’m glad it was short. Not really interested in knowing what’s next.

light scifi story

good quick story, world building lacking but it's short and well written mostly might read more of another book in same series

Good book but choppy writing

Book was good overall by narration suffered from the large amount of Wilson said, Schmidt said, Wilson said, Schmidt said dialogue tags

I believe the short sory is hard to do.

If you could sum up The B-Team in three words, what would they be?

I enjoyed the story. I am appreciative John Scalzi's skill to tell a story, screen play, or to help make theater in my mind with written words. I am looking for and reading the stuff he done. I think author is adept writing for television, theater, or movie script story production. Characters are developed but there is a common culture, and era of time of current popular culture. I think tis is something that older readers will discern.

The narration is excellent and performs great. The narration performance is as much the story as the written material. Not everybody gets excellent evaluation from me. However, it does seem so at times. I believe the level of pnarration performance talent out here is high in the common market of narration performers.

I await the science fiction next production from Mr. Scalzi. I will read collections of even shorter stories he has recently appears.

What did you like best about this story?

Not a short story.

Have you listened to any of William Dufris’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

None I recall..
I am seeking to experience more.

Too much “...he said...she said...”

I liked the story more than I expected, but the phrases “he said...”, “she said...”, and “they said...”, was so often repeated that it would have been a distraction had I not remembered that I only paid $.69...perspective changed...it’s a good story!😊

the human division in smaller bits

I already purchased and enjoyed the Human Division by Scalzi. this is not any new or different material, my fault for not checking first. good book though.