Audio Book Review: Space Casey: Season 2

Space Casey - Season 2

By:  Christiana Ellis

Narrated By:  Christiana Ellis with host of others

Publish Date:  2014

Format:  Podiobook

Genre:  Science Fiction

Series:  2nd season in Space Casey series; 1st Season ~ Space Casey

First Impression:  Quick romp through the past, and future, with Casey at the helm. Oh trouble just waits...

Synopsis:
In this follow-up to the award-winning comedy-science-fiction-audio-drama: "Space Casey", Casey the intergalactic con-artist continues her thrilling tale of adventure, fraud, and time travel!

First Sentence:
All crew to battle stations.

Listen For Free:
Podiobooks  /  iTunes  /  Official Site

*I listened to this story for my own enjoyment.

My Thoughts and Summary:
Casey has been called to the stand as a witness to the crime planned by The Old Ones (on what they did in Season 1). She's made a deal, a pardon of all her crimes for the testimony. However, what Casey has to share today is more than her case against The Old Ones, and more about her ventures of how she's saved the Universe, once again, with the time machine... So the tale begins, with Casey doing what she can't resist and does best, stealing the time machine.

This is Casey's story since the end of the first season. She's spent time with Feeblo but she can't resist the urge she feels when it comes to the time machine. Her need for adventure and curiosity for the unknown spark. Time travel is something she just can not pass up. She has to take it for a spin, and maybe along the way set up her past to make her rich now. But in the case of doing that... oh my. The con-artist in her tries to shine, but things twist and turn on her faster than she can keep up. All I have to say is, thank goodness for the time machine...

Maybe?

Wow, things get complicated and confusing when messing with the time line. There is a constant circle that exists and once you are jumping around enough, you can 'predict' that something will happen. Of course you have to make it happen at some point, in some fashion. But with a time machine! Yes, it's all possible. Confused yet? lol.

It's a fun story with Casey and her adventures. It does start to get convoluted but works itself out as well. I enjoyed Casey's personality, the free spirit she is. This book felt more her looking for trouble than blindly stumbling into it like I felt in the first book. But just when I thought things might be bland... episode 5 happens. Things have taken a deeper turn and future Casey is involved. I became beyond curious here.

Casey even makes a (unwanted) visit to the past, a distant past, that becomes all too neat to listen too. We see a piece of the past that is *actually* connected to time travel! Well, in Casey's world it is. ;)

It all works out in the end. All your explanations are given. And seems maybe Casey might have learned a thing or two... Nah. That can't be! lol.

These episodes are a tad longer than those of the first season, but still short. These are closer to 20 minutes as the first book were about 15 minutes. And there is only 10 episodes again as well.

Audio Book Review: Space Casey

Space Casey

By:  Christiana Ellis

Narrated By:  Christiana Ellis with host of others

Publish Date:  2008

Format:  Podiobook

Genre:  Science Fiction

Series:  1st book in Space Casey series

First Impression:  Fun, deadpan humor space visit.

Synopsis:
Some heroines will steal your heart. This one will steal your wallet. In the future, mankind has expanded to fill the solar system, but when a snarky con-woman steals the wrong spaceship, she finds herself stranded in a distant galaxy. She is humanity's first emissary to a galactic civilization, and all she wants to do is go home. Preferably, without being arrested.

First Sentence:
Outer space. That infinity of stars.

Listen For Free:
Podiobooks  /  iTunes  /  Official Site

*I listened to this story for my own enjoyment.

My Thoughts and Summary:
Casey will be the first representative of the human race into the deep space of the vast universe! (even if unknowing.) A con artist looking to get off her station, and steals a ship with no idea of what she's getting or getting into.

I listened to this story and enjoyed the different voice actors and sound affects. Very enjoyable and well put together. The episodes are shorter, about 15 minutes or so, that makes it easy to listen to them. And it's only 10 episodes long as well, so you get through it all quickly.

The first episode caught my attention as we jump right in with Casey and her job and personality. The ship adds to the character of the world. And by the end of the short episode Casey is already in a tight spot.

This is set in space on a ship (mostly), and it's a soft space story. This is not about technology and technical things. It's of Casey and her ways of dealing with the out-of-mind crazy events of space. And her personal ways are fun for us. A fun space opera to enjoy.

The characters... Casey is a loner. A con artist who starts to connect with the ship and it's pet. She grows a bit through the hurdles of the unknown that come her way. Al, the spaceship, is quite an emotional ship. He made me chuckle in his left field ways of thinking. The voice of the ship, Al, was perfect. I loved his infliction in his words.

The Universe grows as Casey experiences many crazy things it can throw at her. And all she wants is to get home... But to what extent will she go to get there? She will ponder those things, and learn about a few species as well.

This was just the light, fun read I was needing right now.

It was a fun listen for the events that happen to Casey and her deadpan humor that goes with it. I enjoyed her realistic view on the world and how it relates to what happens. Then in the end we get the connections. Very well done.

I'll be checking for the next season of Space Casey to continue on with her.