The Reluctant Adventures of Fletcher Connolly on the Interstellar Railroad

By: Felix R. Savage

Narrated by: Nick Podehl

Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins

Publisher's summary

An Irishman in space. Hoards of alien technological treasures to be discovered. What could go wrong?

Don't answer that....

Fletcher Connolly hasn't got a lot to lose. Since he and half the galaxy signed on to the rat race of the technological relics trade, Fletch has come to terms with the idea that he will join the ranks of unlucky explorers that perish light years from home without a dime to his name.

But bankruptcy is a great motivator. With friends and family counting on him to strike it rich, Fletch embarks on an unwilling quest for alien treasure. His decrepit exploration ship, the Skint Idjit, and her successor, the Intergalactic Bogtrotter, plunge disastrously through the wildest regions of the Interstellar Railroad...from an uninhabited planet appropriately named Suckass...to a deliberately misnamed mafia-run planet known as Arcadia...to a rogue planet inhabited by aliens resembling cuddly teddy bears...to a moon covered with giant cacti...and, ultimately, to the supermassive black hole in the center of the galaxy, where Fletch's terrible judgment comes back to bite him in the rear for the last time.

Epic catastrophes and belly laughs pile up breathlessly in this delightful comic sci-fi adventure, a worthy successor to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

This complete edition of The Reluctant Adventures of Fletcher Connolly on the Interstellar Railroad contains all four episodes of Fletch's unlucky career:

• Skint Idjit
• Intergalactic Bogtrotter
• Banjaxed Ceili
• Supermassive Blackguard

Felix R. Savage is the NYT, WSJ, and USAT best-selling author of the Earth's Last Gambit Quartet and many other books. This is by far the funniest one.

©2016 Felix R. Savage (P)2017 Podium Publishing

So much fun!

I'm calling this narrator "Nick O'Podehl" from now on. He's always fantastic but this performance of a really witty and fun book is brilliant. So much to love - CBs on the LP, Fletch's American accent brought out to save his skin, wicked corporate overlords, fancy dress parties, tree cats. Really glad I spent this credit.

All the A-Tech you could ask for

So this is a series of novellas that aren't really part of a story arc, other than following the same main character.

They are well written, and as far as stories go they are okay (the last was the most interesting to me), just don't expect to walk away caring or rooting for anyone, or looking for any sort of resolution.

It's a bunch of thievery, double-cross, and troublemaking, and its great for that, but lacks depth.

Podehl is PHENOM as always.

Would listen to something else by Savage

Fast paced fun!

This 3 book series is just that, plain fun. The Irish accent of the narrator adds to the fun of listening.

Fun read

This is an enjoyable farce. Kept me laughing.
A lot of twits but helped the time go by.

Underrated. SEQUAL PLEASE!

Wow! I love Flech! Sarcastic bitter brother just trying to make the big score in the a-tech goldrush!
The 4 books flowed seamlessly into each other yet totally new adventures.
The narrator was amazing. You really get a feal for the characters and the emotion for each situation.
Please tell you will bring back Flech and Uncle Finnien.

An amazing performance and a great story!

Nick Podehl was exceptional, and the story was even better than I expected. I especially enjoyed the ending.

Romp around the universe

The Irish lilt moves you through good sci-fi, with assists from other authors. A few characters borrowed from others, but just made it fun when I figured out from who. Heinlein did much the same in a story I am happy to have forgotten.

amazing story

beautiful set of stories that build one right into the other. could not stop listening until the end, and what's a great not disappointing end, there's always a fear with these grand adventures that they end unsatisfyingly but this one really stayed true to its characters and heart

So Fun

The narrator was fantastic and I was disappointed and impressed to look at other books he narrates to find out he doesn't always have an Irish accent. The story was episodic, comedic, and an easy listen for a day off running errands and doing chores. I would love more in this universe but it is a satisfying stand alone and great palate cleanser between longer more serious books.

Light entertainment

The performance sold me. The voice characterizations were about the best I've heard anywhere. The story won't wear out your brain, but you'll never forget it. The language was a bit rough, but not gratuitously. What do you expect from a wannabe con artist?