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Title: A Little Short for an Alien
Author: Frances Pauli
Narrator: Eric Vincent
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-29-13
Publisher: Frances Pauli
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Publisher's Summary:
Six intergalactic short stories from author, Frances Pauli. From The Fobidden Zone to the Alien-Human Relations Department, these alien-infested romps explore encounters with a diversity of imagined species, scenarios, and space disasters.
Join Dylan Lowwater, lackluster employee at Space Station H22-J231; Jo Lorey, wayward musician desperate to communicate with a threatened race; and Lieutenant Commander Roe, just plain desperate, as they struggle against out-of-this-world obstacles. In a universe overflowing with tentacles and glow gin, sometimes adventure is easier to find than a date.
Members Reviews:
Aliens, paperwork, & music
Would you listen to A Little Short for an Alien again? Why?
Yes. It was fun and it is a good length for a but of a commute across state lines.
What did you like best about this story?
The final story, Alien Embrace, was excellent! So poignant and the author left the ending up to the reader's interpretation.
What does Eric Vincent bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?
He makes some interesting alien noises, and also mimics a distressed human very well.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
The final story had me thinking for quite some time.
Any additional comments?
This collection of short stories consists of 5 pretty short pieces and 1 longer story. If I misspell any character or place names in this review, please forgive me as I was listening and not reading. Over all, it is a great collection and humorous, and sometimes serious, science fiction.
Braided
Lietenant Commander Roe has braids. Its part of his thing, his personal identity. Unfortunately, you cant climb the ladder in the space navy with long hair. You can, however, get your braids caught in the automated doors (which leads to having amused friends). This was a very amusing, short story that brought together braids, job insecurity, space jelly fish, and hopeful romance. And it did it well.
Escape From Damas Prime
Rook & Tool are brothers. Tool and his wife recently were approved to breed. Rook chats privately with his brother about the Progressive Thinkers, who Tool thinks are all radicals. There is a secret mission to leave their place, explore the rest of the galaxy/universe, and find out if their race is still hated. Deet (a Progressive Thinker) is slated to go on this mission, but Rook will be sucked into help more than he initially signed on to do.
This story left me with lots of questions: Are these guys more machine than animal? Are they virtual beings trapped in a computer program? What will happen to their mission? It was well written but I hope there will be (or is) more to the story.
Sector 7
A bored paperpusher, Dylan, is stuck at work on the boring night shift. Nothing ever happens. He will be lucky to have just one worker pop on by for their regular drug screening. And then a huge ursine alien walks in, grunts a lot, and falls to the floor, her belly moving. Things just got a whole lot more interesting.
This was a very short story, and a classic tale, but it was still fun to watch Dylan go from whining about his boring job to trying to convince Medic to send some personnel to his office right away. It got more than 1 chuckle out of me.
A Brief Interruption
Captain Jules as an ongoing argument with her spaceships AI as she struggles to win victorious over the attacking space squids.
