Terminator 1+

The Future Is Not Set

De: Mark Sondrini

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Terminator 1+: The Future Is Not Set, bridges the timespan between Terminator and Terminator 2: The Rise of the Machines. It answers the questions left hanging and introduces us to characters that ultimately populate the Terminator Universe.

Most appropriate A.I. narration

I was excited about this one so I got to it on launch day and was, at first, disappointed that it was an AI reading. I still gave it a shot though and actually wasn't disappointed, though there are some hiccups here and there. It helps that the voice sounds like Sarah Connor and the story itself really is well done and fills in the gap between films 1 & 2 rather perfectly imo; the interludes were also fascinating and the time jumps in the story really worked well but you do have to be paying attention so as to not get lost.
Overall I definitely recommend it to any fan wanting more, the future parts were especially satisfying.

I Had A Mild Panic Attack

This particular book, read by a standard AI voice actually enhanced this story. It is like casting Skynet as the narrator, and the omniscient narrator is observing everything with the benefit of hindsight. I imagine a T-100 reading the story in a comfy chair and a side table fashioned out of human femurs and skulls, telling the tale to the last captives of the human race before turning the gas on to send humanity to extinction just after finishing the last novelization of the last movie in the series.

2 & 1/2 hours from the end I had to stop listening because I felt my heart beating out of my chest, hand tremors, and an overwhealing sense of impending doom. 10/10.

cool story, fills in some gaps artfully

I liked how it brought together T1 T2 and the Sarah Connor t. v. show all together with new plot lines. Really enjoyed it. And A. I. reading it sounded like the right choice!

terminator +1 Review by Leftywrirtes-Alot

Terminator+1 by Mark sondrini
Overall story was well written with it taking place in A variety of settings. Which works out well for both new comers to the Terminator Series & Longtime fans. Fans of the film will apreciate the Main plots focus on Sarah Connors journey taking place from the end of the 1st film into right before the 2nd. The novel does A nice job of fleshing out John & Sarah A bit more. Revisiting the films is A treat after reading the book. You feel more conected to the characters. The sub plot explores the future POV of the war with skynete using the 1st 3 films & A base for building up to the original mission to protect sarah. The Dr. Silverman arc was okay. Nothing to critical for me there was too much focus on him but it doesn't hurt the story. If your A fan of the films or just science fiction in general I recommend this tittle.

The best details of first character perception

It was very exciting to know the story before terminator 2 and after 1 very nice as well to know characters from their perspective

Enjoyed the story but the AI narrator was terrible.

Enjoyed the story but the AI narrator was terrible. AI narrator is no where near ready or effective. It reads everything , including story transition notations, and doesn’t adjust inflection to emphasize story elements or characters. It’s distracting and adversely affects the experience. I will avoid AI narrators in the future. But it was a Terminator story so that might be enough to suffer through…like I did. Sad to say I was glad when it was finished.

various parts from several movies and the TV show were mixed in.

I like the way that the various movies and the TV show were integrated into the story. However, alot of the stories with Sara Conner and the FBI agents divorce were unnecessary.

The technical descriptions and the inner thoughts of sky net.

I liked how they kept going to the past and the future and they described the goals and the plan that Skynet had and why skynet was taking action

So much better than other franchise lit

I was shocked how well this free book was written. It’s 10x better than the insufferable fan-service pablum one finds with the Aliens franchise, for instance.

Very nice find.

good, but only follows the first three movies and TSCC. Nothing else

Really good gap filler, but doesnt follow anything outside of the first three movies and TSCC. Completely ignores any comics or the other novels written during these gaps that have established info thats basically cannon. Also retcons things like John's birth, so if you're a fan of the extended T universe (Basically anything that isn't movies), you're going to have a few "that's not correct/thats not how that happened" moments.

Regardless, I'm always down for more "cannon" T lore and it doesn't say anything so egregious that I cant overlook timeline retcon bumps.