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The Alex Kilgour Joke Book
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Sten's Sidekick Unleashed! Truly awful humor from the famed science fiction series created by Allan Cole and Chris Bunch. Plus: The Lost Jokes and two missing jokes.
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Insights Into How Jokes Get into A Novel Series
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The very best thing about this compendium is Colin Hussey's rendition of "Alex Kilgour." Alex is the character in the Sten Series novels who loves to tell jokes (with horrible puns).during the intervals of military maneuvers where one must wait -- and wait.
In the novels, Kilgour's Scottish accent is rendered with altered spelling which makes perfect sense after you blink a couple times. Colin Hussey reads these jokes in an easy, natural and completely intelligible Scottish Accent and narrates in plain American English, making the whole thing very pleasant listening.
What I liked about this Joke Book is that it is really (REALLY) funny. But having read the Sten Series novels recently, I appreciated the insights into all the options involved in choosing to integrate jokes into an action-series. There are jokes in here that did make it into print -- and some that had to be cut -- and some that were considered, but not used.
The book as a whole is extraordinarily instructive for a writer.
What did you like best about this story?
This volume is not so much "a story" as excerpts and out-takes from the Sten Series novels. Each joke is framed in a way that it isn't necessary to have read the novels, so this volume works as a stand-alone.
Which scene was your favorite?
The joke about "The Spotted Snakes." I think the Spotted Snakes joke is so popular because there's a lot of teasing about it in the novels.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
If you think the Sidekick isn't a Hero, just wait until you meet Alex Kilgour.
Any additional comments?
Alex Kilgour is a fictional character -- but based on a real person, who is discussed in the narrative part of this book.
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Friends without Benefits
- Knitting in the City, Book 2
- By: Penny Reid
- Narrated by: Devra Woodward
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,718
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,375
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,357
There are three things you need to know about Elizabeth Finney: 1) She suffers from severe sarcastic syndrome, especially when she's unnerved, 2) No one unnerves her like Nico Manganiello, and 3) She knows how to knit.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Ugh. I just...
- By Bex on 07-03-18
By: Penny Reid
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Please Like Me (But Keep Away)
- Nothing Like I Imagined
- By: Mindy Kaling
- Narrated by: Mindy Kaling
- Length: 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,115
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,840
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,825
Yes, Mindy Kaling is the genial Hollywood celebrity who posted twelve selfies from a single Oscar party, but that smile took work. In this hilariously honest essay, Mindy reflects on the social anxiety that she traces back to the slices of white cheese her parents served at her ninth birthday party. Little has changed in thirty years--least of all the fear of being judged forever. It’s probably best to just back away.
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1 out of 5 stars
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20 Minute Story
- By Nicole Wolfe on 06-16-21
By: Mindy Kaling
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More Bedtime Stories for Cynics
- By: Kirsten Kearse, Gretchen Enders, Aparna Nancherla, and others
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman, Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 19,064
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 17,082
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 17,075
Make sure the kids aren’t around! Just because you’re a grown-up doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the art of the children’s bedtime story. Nick Offerman presents this collection of 12 short stories written in the style of a classic kids' tale, but with a decidedly dark and adult approach. What really happened after Snow White died, from the perspective of the one medically trained dwarf? A naive wizard professor reports back from the trenches of an underprivileged school of magic. And much more!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Probably not for everyone
- By Katie on 05-03-19
By: Kirsten Kearse, and others
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American Psycho
- By: Bret Easton Ellis
- Narrated by: Pablo Schreiber
- Length: 16 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,862
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,333
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,340
Patrick Bateman moves among the young and trendy in 1980s Manhattan. Young, handsome, and well educated, Bateman earns his fortune on Wall Street by day while spending his nights in ways we cannot begin to fathom. Expressing his true self through torture and murder, Bateman prefigures an apocalyptic horror that no society could bear to confront.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fanntastic book but maybe not for everyone....
- By So Fain on 03-27-11
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Dating-ish
- Knitting in the City, Book 6
- By: Penny Reid
- Narrated by: Joy Nash
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,577
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,341
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,332
New standalone from the USA Today best-selling Knitting in the City romantic comedy series.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Stand alone but should read others first
- By buyonoccassion on 06-27-17
By: Penny Reid