Deathmaster

Adventures in the 39th Uncharted Dimension

De: Kent Hill

Narrado por: J. Scott Bennett

Enter a world that is the ultimate valentine to those cheap and cheesy sci-fi/fantasy flicks from the 80s - a world with hot chicks, blind cyclopean wizards with bad attitudes, swamp zombies, purple cannibalistic aliens, talking gambling mutants that will cook you breakfast, hover-bikes, a gigantic ghost warrior, a ninja, a recently divorced and suicidal sorcerer, dragons, a cyborg demon and borrowed movie dialogue.

All this you say and no musical number? That's what sequels are for.

©2017 Kent Hill (P)2018 Night Sky Book Services

'I Have the Power!'

As a stated clearly in the introduction, this book pays homage to the over-the-top and empowered macho action style stories of the 1980s. If you're familiar with the popular cinematic and literary sensations of the time period, then there is little more that this review will tell you that you do not already know. If however this narrative style is unfamiliar to you then you need to prepare yourself for story where the hero though they may start from humble beginnings becomes ever increasingly powerful and the companion of their gender opposite is primarily a lustful and tempting icon of sexuality. The story will often and easily switch from normalcy, to space opera, to magic wielding fanciful creatures and undeveloped wilderness, and back again.

The narrator's ability to go from hardened icon of machismo to the painful internal monologue-ings of "why me?" are a benchmark of his vocal stylings. Along with an extensive vocal cast, the narrator's voice will easily pull you into the story and keep you grounded as the narrative itself waffles back and forth between the blended genres in classic 80s style.

The book itself feels like a one-off, and yet the author leaves many things unresolved which could in fact bolster what would seem to be random musings into a cohesive series. Despite its topsy-turvy and over-the-top roller coaster ride of action and clichés, there is a distinct story progression to be found within the pages if one plays very very close attention. Thus if you are a connoisseur of any of the aforementioned elements, this story will lead you on one wild adventure which may harken back to the days of your childhood.

Chock Full O' 80's Cheese

As you can read from everything this is an homage to every cheesy 80’s B science fiction movie made for TV. This truly is a wet dream for all prepubescent boys searching the late night shows after their parents go to bed hoping to find some scantily clad warrior woman fighting alongside some bare-chested barbarian. This story uniquely takes aspects of all different movies and strings them together in a nostalgic epic story. The level of awesomeness this story is able to achieve while reminding you of so many childhood movies and people is truly impressive.

I really enjoyed the humor in this book. You get the typical humor from cheesy B scifi, but also get some great dialogue. From the start I knew I was going to love this story when I heard, “Mr Big Dick and pap with an M16”. The whole fight in the beginning with Mr Big Dick and Pap was amazing and I had to rewind it just to listen again. The rest of the crude humor and utter nonsense are perfect for anyone looking to relive some juvenile antics as told by a immature boy. While being the Deathmaster, the main quest for Bobby is to get laid, so there is a lot of sexual conquest.

J. Scott Bennett is a great narrator and does this book justice. His character voices are spot on and he really brings the story to life. If you love scifi then you will love hearing Bennett serenade you with this epic tale of conquest.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

Not for everyone

This was an odd listen. The narration was excellent. I like silly nonsense comedies and crude behavior and language doesn't usually bother me but, this one was a bit over the top. I stopped listening after knights were summoned using dog turds and then zombies raised from the knight's urine. I am sure there are those that will find this book utterly hilarious.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

I liked it!

I ended up listening to this story because it was performed/narrated by one of my favorite narrators, the great, Scott Bennett.

I'm not even sure where to start. This story was completely different from anything I've ever read or listened to. It's a weird, random filled, funny, what-the-hell-am-I-listening-to, laugh-out-loud, kind of story. It was good! Since I'm a fan of toilet humor, this was such a fun listen to while I was out driving.

Having listened to several audiobooks by Mr. Bennett, there's always been a commonality between those stories (at least based on the ones I've listened to). This story though? Yeah...WOW...it's like he was able to show much more of his narrating skills. He did great with the accents/voices of the variety of characters, and I like his easy-going narrating. I so would have loved to have watched his face during some of the questionable parts he had to read. Oh! And his rapping skills! LOL I got to hear a new side to Mr. Bennett.


Questions/Comments:

How did the main guy's father become the Death Master?

When the purple guys pull/suck the main guy up to their ship, what exactly was the point of that? I mean, they didn't really talk to him, just let him know that they were being attacked, which led to him leaving on one of their smaller ships.

And if he'd been hanging out with Nicodemus for two months, what had they been doing?

When Chubbs (was it?) was showing the main guy the snail that made women want to have sex with the male holding it, why didn't Chandra comment about the snail's song? Or did that have something to do with her not talking much? Although there were times when she'd speak and it was about something random or unimportant.

LOVED IT!!

As a child of the 80's, I loved this story, filled with 80's references from a zillion things/movies from the 80's you'll surely remember. It brings me right back there! To a time when I was much younger and much more fun and a lot less achy :) What a ride!! You'll scream WTF a lot but it's a crazy and fun ride and I loved it!! It's long a long book but it's packed with great stuff and crazy characters. I LOVE J. Scott Bennett's narration on many books, and this was a great example of his work. You can tell he enjoys what he does. Who wouldn't! :) Really loved it :) Great story and outstanding narration! :)
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.