• A Voice in the Wilderness

  • The Human Division, Episode 4
  • By: John Scalzi
  • Narrated by: William Dufris
  • Length: 49 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (1,039 ratings)

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A Voice in the Wilderness

By: John Scalzi
Narrated by: William Dufris
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Publisher's summary

Albert Birnbaum was once one of the biggest political talk show hosts around, but these days he’s watching his career enter a death spiral. A stranger offers a solution to his woes, promising to put him back on top. It’s everything Birnbaum wants, but is there a catch? And does Birnbaum actually care if there is?

"A Voice in the Wilderness" 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.
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There is a bigger plan

So when this series started, i have assumed its going to talk mainly about the first characters in the first book..... but now you can see thats it is a bit deep , and that a bigger thing going to come..... I'm just looking forward to see what will result from this episode in the futre episodes...

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49 min. of me scratching my head!

Episode 1-3 was quite good. But this wasn't real bad, but it seemed not to belong to the series in some ways. Mainly about a radio talk show host being used by...I'm not gonna spoil it.

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Good but not his best

The Human Division is another chapter in the saga of Old Man's War, which is a hit and miss series. This one is somewhere in the middle. Good humor, middling characters, overall engaging writing, and convoluted plot.

I'm giving it a rock-bottom overall score due to the fact that this is not the version you should get. Pick up the final full book, not these expensive piece meal episodes.

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I have been enjoying Scalzi's Old Man's War stories, but this one seemed dull and mostly pointless. There is some story development but it's submerged in a pond of dullness. I tried re-starting it, but my mind still glazed over and tuned out. Fortunately it's short. I think "story" is Scalzi's great strength as an author, so this was a surprise and disappointment. Voice performance is great, but doesn't save the day. I know that fans of the series will listen to this anyway...

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