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Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Golden Age of the Solar Clipper #5, Solar Clipper universe #5 |
Characters: | Ishmael Horatio Wang |
Literary Awards: | Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction (2010), Podiobooks Founder’s Choice Award (2009) |
Nathan Lowell
Audiobook | Pages: 234 pages Rating: 4.39 | 3615 Users | 136 Reviews
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Title | : | Captain's Share (Golden Age of the Solar Clipper #5) |
Author | : | Nathan Lowell |
Book Format | : | Audiobook |
Book Edition | : | First Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 234 pages |
Published | : | (first published August 1st 2013) |
Categories | : | Science Fiction. Space. Space Opera. Fiction |
Description Toward Books Captain's Share (Golden Age of the Solar Clipper #5)
A shuffling of cabins puts Ishmael Horatio Wang in command of the worst ship in the fleet. He learns that being Captain doesn't make you infallible and that life in the Captain's Cabin is filled with new kinds of challenge as he tries to keep the ship moving, the crew out of trouble, and turn a profit to earn his Captain's Share. In a ship where the officers outnumber the crew, how can he manage to keep everybody happy? Welcome to the SC Agamemnon.Rating Appertaining To Books Captain's Share (Golden Age of the Solar Clipper #5)
Ratings: 4.39 From 3615 Users | 136 ReviewsCriticize Appertaining To Books Captain's Share (Golden Age of the Solar Clipper #5)
Great stuff - would highly recommend.a light pleasant read with some big issuesMy major issue with Mr Lowell's writing is that all the shipmates from Wang's different ships have the exact same sense of humor, so the interchanges repeat from one book to the next. I had high hopes at the start of this book that Agamemnon's crew would be different people, but no, they talk just the same as the Lois's and Wang too often is the same person as he was earlier in the series too. The subplot around his wife Jen shows he's matured in some
Well, with this one we are back into stride. Ishmael is again chosen for an impossible-seeming task, the odds are stacked against him, but e just know that he will find a solution. It was a nice touch to show Ishmael's character flaws via his marital relationship. Its appearance was a little startling as his wife-to-be only had a walk-on part in the previous book.All that aside, to fans (of which I am definitely one)this audiobook is tiring me out. I have to finish it to make sure I can get a
Our intrepid Ishmael Wang is back as 1st mate, picking up the story about 7 years after the previous book. Now approximately 38 years old, Ish comes into his own as he prepares to take on command of the ship with the worst reputation in the company. His first captaincy saddles him with a dysfunctional crew, challenging him to use all his naturally charismatic social skills and his years of training and experience as an officer.Our older and wiser Ishmael is, by now, exactly what we would expect
Great stuff - would highly recommend.
In the 5th book of this series, Ishmael is appointed captain of the worst ship in the fleet. (view spoiler)[ In a matter of a couple of weeks Ish has everything turned around. It seemed to me very much in the style of the first book in the series. I still like the writing style.I found the timing strange. Ish signed up when he was 18, he spent 2 years in his first tour. he spent 4 years at the academy, he cleared up problems on his first ship and then it says at the beginning of this book that
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