Space Team: A Lot of Weird Space Shizz: Collected Short Stories (Dramatized Adaptation)

Space Team Universe

By: Barry J. Hutchison

Narrated by: Bradley Foster Smith, Carolyn Kashner, Danny Gavigan, Eric Messner, Joe Mallon, Ken Jackson, Marni Penning, Michael John Casey, Yasmin Tuazon, Darius Johnson, Phil Thron

A collection of short stories gathered from the far reaches of the Space Team Universe. The spectacular tales of space adventure you'll find in this full cast audiobook are:

""Dead Men Don't Get Paid""

Undead detective, Dan Deadman, has a problem. He has a number of them, in fact. He's missing an arm. He needs money to repair his broken window. Someone has opened a portal to the hell-like Malwhere in a nightclub, filling the place with slavering flesh-eating monsters. Fortunately, Dan's diminutive house guest, Artur, has a plan to help him fix at least one of these problems, but like everything else in Dan's afterlife, nothing quite works out the way it should. A brand new Dan Deadman Space Detective adventure, set in the aftermath of Dial D for Deadman.

""Space Team: The Holiday Special""

Die Hard meets The Nativity in Space! It's Space Christmas Eve, and all through the space station not a creature was stirring except a load of evil space pirates who are trying to kidnap a very special newborn baby so it can be eaten by their pirate king. They hadn't counted on Cal Carver and the Space Team, though, who happen to be on the station for some much needed R & R. Originally published in December 2016 as a standalone short story.

""The Last Bounty""

Once the baddest bounty hunter in the galaxy, all Konto Garr wants these days is a quiet family life with the woman he loves, and the respect of Deenia, the step-daughter who hates his guts. But when Deenia is taken hostage, Konto must employ all his skills to mount a death-defying rescue mission. With a terrorist-filled station between him and the hostages, and an infuriatingly upbeat boy from Deenia's class for company, Konto's talents will be stretched to their limit as he goes after the most important bounty of his life—his daughter. Originally published as part of the comedy sci-fi anthology, ""Pew Pew—Sex, Guns, Spaceships.... Oh My!""

""Nun Shall Pass""

Former Nun, Ronda Sallas, is on a mission to save her son, Narp, from himself. And also from some evil Xandrie gangsters who have tricked him into helping them steal a weapon of mass destruction. Mostly from them, actually. Fortunately, Ronda's time at the convent has left her more than capable to deal with a few dozen gangsters, but when an Anti-Nun strips her of her precognition powers, things suddenly become more difficult. First published in The Expanding Universe—Volume 2 anthology.

""Splurt Home Alone""

An all-new short solo adventure starring everyone's favorite adorable green blob, Splurt.

Performed by:

The Holiday Special.

Phil Thron as Narrator, Danny Gavigan as Cal, Carolyn Kashner as Loren, Darius Johnson as Mech, and Yasmin Tuazon as Mizette. With additional performances by Joe Mallon, Marni Penning, Bradley Foster Smith, Eric Messner, Ken Jackson, Michael John Casey, Nathanial Perry, Richard Rohan, Rob McFadyen, Steve Wannall and Scott McCormick.

Dead Men Don’t Get Paid.

Phil Thron as Narrator, Alysia Beltran as Ollie, Stewart Crank as Artur, Ian Putnam as the Announcer and Mort Shelby as Deadman. With additional performances by Rose Elizabeth Supan, Eric Messner, Ken Jackson, Tyler Hyrchuk and Scott McCormick.

The Last Bounty.

Phil Thron as Narrator, Wyn Delano as Konto, Tyler Hyrchuk as Larry and Richard Rohan as Captain. With additional performances by Danny Gavigan, Carolyn Kashner, Darius Johnson, Yasmin Tuazon, Bradley Foster Smith, Colleen Delany, Ken Jackson, Michael John Casey, Nanette Savard, Nathanial Perry, Nora Acrati, Rob McFadyen, Mort Shelby, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Steve Wannall, Tia Shearer and Scott McCormick.

Nun Shall Pass.

Phil Thron as Narrator, Tia Shearer as Ronda and Nanette Savard as Voss. With additional performances by Bradley Foster Smith, Ken Jackson, Michael John Casey, Nathanial Perry, Nora Achrati, Richard Rohan, Rob McFadyen and Scott McCormick.

Splurt Home Alone.

Phil Thron as Narrator, Danny Gavigan as Cal, Carolyn Kashner as Loren, Darius Johnson as Mech, Yasmin Tuazon as Mizette, Christopher Walker as Kevin. With additional performances by Michael John Casey, Rob McFadyen and Scott McCormick.

©2018 Barry J. Hutchison (P)2022 Graphic Audio LLC

Nobody does it better….

Than Phil and Barry…
The story is excellent, but as an avid fan it was a more enjoyable listening experience when it was read by Phil Thron.
Barry is an excellent story writer, the story remained delightful…. But Phil’s narration is so much more…
Definitely a fun listening experience if you are not bothered by so many distracting and interruptive sound effects and noisy interjections. The thing is THIS story does not need more fan fare… it’s akin to throwing handfuls of pineapple on a Classic Margarita pizza… there is just no reason to do so, Pineapple on a bacon, and bbq pizza is excellent but this just wasn’t the right pizza.

An audio feast

I love the sparky dialog of the Shatner's crew. Particularly, Mizette's valley girl. Good siybd effects, too. Lots of bone crunching.

Get the regular audio (not dramatized)

I have listened and re-listened to all of the Space Team books. So, I thought I would give the dramatized version a chance because I really like this series. However, Phil Thron's original narration is so much better than this flat performance. Phil Thron makes the whole story come to life and really brings out the hilarity of the characters and situations. I feel like this dramatized book loses the series' personality. IMHO it just doesn't hold a candle to the original audio books.