Tim, I have just finished Ida and have to struggle to not compare it with The Arwen which I liked much better. Loving sc-fi anything I looked forward to the space station adventure. The concept of the story and the battles that are in it are great. However some of the charactors and the reasons they do what they do all seemed a little shallow as though watching teenagers in school.
I really liked a few charactors like Gail, Robin, George & his mom and Craig. They seemed to work at making the space station a success while the rest seemed to have some crazy personality defects that would damage the mission as well as the lives and living environment on the station.
I had to get to the end as I really needed to know who would survive. This is what I enjoyed the most from the story. You did an excellent job of being totally unpredictable on if they would or would not survive. After a main charactor was bumped off and the person who did it was reveled I must say the survival of others was up for grabs. I loved that aspect as it made the story more intriguing.
I was really upset with alot of the language and I usually will stop listening as soon as I hear it. I still think there should be warning labels for language on these books. Believe it or not some people have never nor never will talk like that.
Lastly I am not sure if it was my IPod or what but the sound quality was muffled like there was something over the mic. I do like your narration style in this as well as the Arwen stories. I will listen to more hoping you continue. You have a good talent. Thankx
Tim, I have just finished Ida and have to struggle to not compare it with The Arwen which I liked much better. Loving sc-fi anything I looked forward to the space station adventure. The concept of the story and the battles that are in it are great. However some of the charactors and the reasons they do what they do all seemed a little shallow as though watching teenagers in school.
I really liked a few charactors like Gail, Robin, George & his mom and Craig. They seemed to work at making the space station a success while the rest seemed to have some crazy personality defects that would damage the mission as well as the lives and living environment on the station.
I had to get to the end as I really needed to know who would survive. This is what I enjoyed the most from the story. You did an excellent job of being totally unpredictable on if they would or would not survive. After a main charactor was bumped off and the person who did it was reveled I must say the survival of others was up for grabs. I loved that aspect as it made the story more intriguing.
I was really upset with alot of the language and I usually will stop listening as soon as I hear it. I still think there should be warning labels for language on these books. Believe it or not some people have never nor never will talk like that.
Lastly I am not sure if it was my IPod or what but the sound quality was muffled like there was something over the mic. I do like your narration style in this as well as the Arwen stories. I will listen to more hoping you continue. You have a good talent. Thankx
Chasingu, glad you’re first Podiobook was one you enjoyed. There are a lot of good ones out there, ones that are much better than Ida, so hopefully you’ll find and listen to them all. Although, I would recommend the Arwen series, only because those are mine as well! *GRIN*
";}s:7:"summary";s:276:"Chasingu, glad you're first Podiobook was one you enjoyed. There are a lot of good ones out there, ones that are much better than Ida, so hopefully you'll find and listen to them all. Although, I would recommend the Arwen series, only because those are mine as well! *GRIN*";s:12:"atom_content";s:296:"Chasingu, glad you’re first Podiobook was one you enjoyed. There are a lot of good ones out there, ones that are much better than Ida, so hopefully you’ll find and listen to them all. Although, I would recommend the Arwen series, only because those are mine as well! *GRIN*
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1279291551;}i:2;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:12:"By: Chasingu";s:4:"link";s:76:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/comment-page-1/#comment-320326";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:8:"Chasingu";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:01:12 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:61:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/#comment-320326";s:11:"description";s:490:"A couple hours after I posted that post, I worked on finishing the rest of the story. The story was great. I found the part when Josh Betrayed John was well written and the fight scene was even better. The way that the Crew aboard Ida Station fought off and won the battle for freedom was just brilliant. I was hoping that there would be a twist for Jennifer's Death like it was someone else aboard the station and she came back, but people can dream can't they. Excellent book. Great Job.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:516:"A couple hours after I posted that post, I worked on finishing the rest of the story. The story was great. I found the part when Josh Betrayed John was well written and the fight scene was even better. The way that the Crew aboard Ida Station fought off and won the battle for freedom was just brilliant. I was hoping that there would be a twist for Jennifer’s Death like it was someone else aboard the station and she came back, but people can dream can’t they.
Excellent book. Great Job.
";}s:7:"summary";s:490:"A couple hours after I posted that post, I worked on finishing the rest of the story. The story was great. I found the part when Josh Betrayed John was well written and the fight scene was even better. The way that the Crew aboard Ida Station fought off and won the battle for freedom was just brilliant. I was hoping that there would be a twist for Jennifer's Death like it was someone else aboard the station and she came back, but people can dream can't they. Excellent book. Great Job.";s:12:"atom_content";s:516:"A couple hours after I posted that post, I worked on finishing the rest of the story. The story was great. I found the part when Josh Betrayed John was well written and the fight scene was even better. The way that the Crew aboard Ida Station fought off and won the battle for freedom was just brilliant. I was hoping that there would be a twist for Jennifer’s Death like it was someone else aboard the station and she came back, but people can dream can’t they.
Excellent book. Great Job.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1279213272;}i:3;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:7:"By: Tim";s:4:"link";s:76:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/comment-page-1/#comment-320286";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:3:"Tim";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:01:28 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:61:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/#comment-320286";s:11:"description";s:150:"Thanks Chasingu, hope you enjoy the rest of the story, come on back and let me know what you think or just send me an e-mail (tpcomputerman@yahoo.com)";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:158:"Thanks Chasingu, hope you enjoy the rest of the story, come on back and let me know what you think or just send me an e-mail (tpcomputerman@yahoo.com)
";}s:7:"summary";s:150:"Thanks Chasingu, hope you enjoy the rest of the story, come on back and let me know what you think or just send me an e-mail (tpcomputerman@yahoo.com)";s:12:"atom_content";s:158:"Thanks Chasingu, hope you enjoy the rest of the story, come on back and let me know what you think or just send me an e-mail (tpcomputerman@yahoo.com)
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1278979288;}i:4;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:12:"By: Chasingu";s:4:"link";s:76:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/comment-page-1/#comment-320251";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:8:"Chasingu";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:47:11 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:61:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/#comment-320251";s:11:"description";s:285:"Just want to say, I am not done yet. On Chapter 19. I listened to this for the past 2 days, and It is great so far. It is the very first audiobook I have ever listened to. I like the adventure and the tention in the book. And everyone believing that John was dead, Genius. Great Job.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:305:"Just want to say, I am not done yet. On Chapter 19.
I listened to this for the past 2 days, and It is great so far. It is the very first audiobook I have ever listened to. I like the adventure and the tention in the book. And everyone believing that John was dead, Genius.
Great Job.
";}s:7:"summary";s:285:"Just want to say, I am not done yet. On Chapter 19. I listened to this for the past 2 days, and It is great so far. It is the very first audiobook I have ever listened to. I like the adventure and the tention in the book. And everyone believing that John was dead, Genius. Great Job.";s:12:"atom_content";s:305:"Just want to say, I am not done yet. On Chapter 19.
I listened to this for the past 2 days, and It is great so far. It is the very first audiobook I have ever listened to. I like the adventure and the tention in the book. And everyone believing that John was dead, Genius.
Great Job.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1278701231;}i:5;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:7:"By: Tim";s:4:"link";s:76:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/comment-page-1/#comment-320188";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:3:"Tim";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:31:48 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:61:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/#comment-320188";s:11:"description";s:928:"No need to be sorry Erin, thank you writing such a comprehensive review of the story, even if you didn't like I do appreciate you listening to it in it's entirety, I know when I listen to a podcast I don't like I stop listening so you're a lot stronger than I am. All your points are well taken and I even agree to a few. Jennifer is the most polarizing character in the story, some people like and understand her, some hate her for the reasons you gave. Gail and Robin seem to be the most liked characters and John, well, like Jennifer he's either hated or loved. Go figure. :) If you're looking for a strong female character might I recommend you listen to my Arwen stories? Captain Cook is probably one of the strongest female characters I've ever written and I'd loved to know what you think of her. She does have a love interest later in the story but I made sure the were more equal partners than Jennifer and John.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:1108:"No need to be sorry Erin, thank you writing such a comprehensive review of the story, even if you didn’t like I do appreciate you listening to it in it’s entirety, I know when I listen to a podcast I don’t like I stop listening so you’re a lot stronger than I am.
All your points are well taken and I even agree to a few. Jennifer is the most polarizing character in the story, some people like and understand her, some hate her for the reasons you gave. Gail and Robin seem to be the most liked characters and John, well, like Jennifer he’s either hated or loved. Go figure.
If you’re looking for a strong female character might I recommend you listen to my Arwen stories? Captain Cook is probably one of the strongest female characters I’ve ever written and I’d loved to know what you think of her. She does have a love interest later in the story but I made sure the were more equal partners than Jennifer and John.
";}s:7:"summary";s:928:"No need to be sorry Erin, thank you writing such a comprehensive review of the story, even if you didn't like I do appreciate you listening to it in it's entirety, I know when I listen to a podcast I don't like I stop listening so you're a lot stronger than I am. All your points are well taken and I even agree to a few. Jennifer is the most polarizing character in the story, some people like and understand her, some hate her for the reasons you gave. Gail and Robin seem to be the most liked characters and John, well, like Jennifer he's either hated or loved. Go figure. :) If you're looking for a strong female character might I recommend you listen to my Arwen stories? Captain Cook is probably one of the strongest female characters I've ever written and I'd loved to know what you think of her. She does have a love interest later in the story but I made sure the were more equal partners than Jennifer and John.";s:12:"atom_content";s:1108:"No need to be sorry Erin, thank you writing such a comprehensive review of the story, even if you didn’t like I do appreciate you listening to it in it’s entirety, I know when I listen to a podcast I don’t like I stop listening so you’re a lot stronger than I am.
All your points are well taken and I even agree to a few. Jennifer is the most polarizing character in the story, some people like and understand her, some hate her for the reasons you gave. Gail and Robin seem to be the most liked characters and John, well, like Jennifer he’s either hated or loved. Go figure.
If you’re looking for a strong female character might I recommend you listen to my Arwen stories? Captain Cook is probably one of the strongest female characters I’ve ever written and I’d loved to know what you think of her. She does have a love interest later in the story but I made sure the were more equal partners than Jennifer and John.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1278077508;}i:6;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:8:"By: Erin";s:4:"link";s:76:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/comment-page-1/#comment-320180";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Erin";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:36:16 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:61:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/#comment-320180";s:11:"description";s:2094:"I wanted to like Ida? I really did. The plot had potential. I even *tried* to like it. Listened to the whole thing. But most of the characters were very one-dimensional, even to the point that when something horrible happened to one of the main characters (no spoilers on which one), I had no emotional reaction at all. I didn't believe anyone's motivations throughout the whole story -- especially the bad ones. A regular guy doesn't suddenly turn evil and power-mad just because he didn't get his way. You've got to give me some way to identify with the bad guy and/or his motives, or I don't believe in him. Villains are only *completely* evil in comic books. The portrayal of the female lead (Jennifer), especially in the beginning, made me throw up in my mouth a little. She is unsure of herself professionally, but all aflutter sexually, in the presence of the big strong man John, who aspires to be the alpha male. I know she's young, but really? Shouldn't she be more interested to be working in SPACE than she is worried about how her breath smells because she's next to a hot guy? I found myself rolling my eyes a lot. It wouldn't have been so bad if she grew up a little throughout the story, even after becoming a mother, but she didn't. She was immature and clingy to the end. I just really despise weak female lead characters who go all feeble in the knees (and the head) because there's a good-looking man in the room. I did like the characters of Gail and the reporter Robin, but I wish that ALL the main characters were fleshed out more, and seemed more human and less stereotypical. There were also some? not plot holes, exactly, but LOGIC holes, big enough to fly a shuttle through. I'm sorry Mr. Callahan, to write a negative review. Ida wasn't unreedemable, but I suspect you want honest critiques and not just "It was great!" Your writing has potential and I do hope that you continue with it! Just? please give your female lead some brains and a likable personality next time? And please tone down the Evil Deeds with more believable motivations.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:2221:"I wanted to like Ida? I really did. The plot had potential. I even *tried* to like it. Listened to the whole thing. But most of the characters were very one-dimensional, even to the point that when something horrible happened to one of the main characters (no spoilers on which one), I had no emotional reaction at all. I didn’t believe anyone’s motivations throughout the whole story — especially the bad ones. A regular guy doesn’t suddenly turn evil and power-mad just because he didn’t get his way. You’ve got to give me some way to identify with the bad guy and/or his motives, or I don’t believe in him. Villains are only *completely* evil in comic books.
The portrayal of the female lead (Jennifer), especially in the beginning, made me throw up in my mouth a little. She is unsure of herself professionally, but all aflutter sexually, in the presence of the big strong man John, who aspires to be the alpha male. I know she’s young, but really? Shouldn’t she be more interested to be working in SPACE than she is worried about how her breath smells because she’s next to a hot guy? I found myself rolling my eyes a lot. It wouldn’t have been so bad if she grew up a little throughout the story, even after becoming a mother, but she didn’t. She was immature and clingy to the end.
I just really despise weak female lead characters who go all feeble in the knees (and the head) because there’s a good-looking man in the room. I did like the characters of Gail and the reporter Robin, but I wish that ALL the main characters were fleshed out more, and seemed more human and less stereotypical. There were also some? not plot holes, exactly, but LOGIC holes, big enough to fly a shuttle through.
I’m sorry Mr. Callahan, to write a negative review. Ida wasn’t unreedemable, but I suspect you want honest critiques and not just “It was great!” Your writing has potential and I do hope that you continue with it! Just? please give your female lead some brains and a likable personality next time? And please tone down the Evil Deeds with more believable motivations.
";}s:7:"summary";s:2094:"I wanted to like Ida? I really did. The plot had potential. I even *tried* to like it. Listened to the whole thing. But most of the characters were very one-dimensional, even to the point that when something horrible happened to one of the main characters (no spoilers on which one), I had no emotional reaction at all. I didn't believe anyone's motivations throughout the whole story -- especially the bad ones. A regular guy doesn't suddenly turn evil and power-mad just because he didn't get his way. You've got to give me some way to identify with the bad guy and/or his motives, or I don't believe in him. Villains are only *completely* evil in comic books. The portrayal of the female lead (Jennifer), especially in the beginning, made me throw up in my mouth a little. She is unsure of herself professionally, but all aflutter sexually, in the presence of the big strong man John, who aspires to be the alpha male. I know she's young, but really? Shouldn't she be more interested to be working in SPACE than she is worried about how her breath smells because she's next to a hot guy? I found myself rolling my eyes a lot. It wouldn't have been so bad if she grew up a little throughout the story, even after becoming a mother, but she didn't. She was immature and clingy to the end. I just really despise weak female lead characters who go all feeble in the knees (and the head) because there's a good-looking man in the room. I did like the characters of Gail and the reporter Robin, but I wish that ALL the main characters were fleshed out more, and seemed more human and less stereotypical. There were also some? not plot holes, exactly, but LOGIC holes, big enough to fly a shuttle through. I'm sorry Mr. Callahan, to write a negative review. Ida wasn't unreedemable, but I suspect you want honest critiques and not just "It was great!" Your writing has potential and I do hope that you continue with it! Just? please give your female lead some brains and a likable personality next time? And please tone down the Evil Deeds with more believable motivations.";s:12:"atom_content";s:2221:"I wanted to like Ida? I really did. The plot had potential. I even *tried* to like it. Listened to the whole thing. But most of the characters were very one-dimensional, even to the point that when something horrible happened to one of the main characters (no spoilers on which one), I had no emotional reaction at all. I didn’t believe anyone’s motivations throughout the whole story — especially the bad ones. A regular guy doesn’t suddenly turn evil and power-mad just because he didn’t get his way. You’ve got to give me some way to identify with the bad guy and/or his motives, or I don’t believe in him. Villains are only *completely* evil in comic books.
The portrayal of the female lead (Jennifer), especially in the beginning, made me throw up in my mouth a little. She is unsure of herself professionally, but all aflutter sexually, in the presence of the big strong man John, who aspires to be the alpha male. I know she’s young, but really? Shouldn’t she be more interested to be working in SPACE than she is worried about how her breath smells because she’s next to a hot guy? I found myself rolling my eyes a lot. It wouldn’t have been so bad if she grew up a little throughout the story, even after becoming a mother, but she didn’t. She was immature and clingy to the end.
I just really despise weak female lead characters who go all feeble in the knees (and the head) because there’s a good-looking man in the room. I did like the characters of Gail and the reporter Robin, but I wish that ALL the main characters were fleshed out more, and seemed more human and less stereotypical. There were also some? not plot holes, exactly, but LOGIC holes, big enough to fly a shuttle through.
I’m sorry Mr. Callahan, to write a negative review. Ida wasn’t unreedemable, but I suspect you want honest critiques and not just “It was great!” Your writing has potential and I do hope that you continue with it! Just? please give your female lead some brains and a likable personality next time? And please tone down the Evil Deeds with more believable motivations.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1278020176;}i:7;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:10:"By: Phoebe";s:4:"link";s:76:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/comment-page-1/#comment-320036";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:6:"Phoebe";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:39:15 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:61:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/#comment-320036";s:11:"description";s:431:"Tim, I'm coming late to the party, but I stumbled across this on iTunes and gave it a try. I'm so glad I did! I stayed up late for 2 nights in a row to listen to the entire thing. I have to admit I was freaked out by "Balance." I know it really came first, and it's a good story, but I just can't believe Stephen would do it. Maybe I just don't want to. Sigh. Just had to say thanks and I'm downloading Arwen as we speak....";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:503:"Tim, I’m coming late to the party, but I stumbled across this on iTunes and gave it a try. I’m so glad I did! I stayed up late for 2 nights in a row to listen to the entire thing.
I have to admit I was freaked out by “Balance.” I know it really came first, and it’s a good story, but I just can’t believe Stephen would do it. Maybe I just don’t want to. Sigh.
Just had to say thanks and I’m downloading Arwen as we speak….
";}s:7:"summary";s:431:"Tim, I'm coming late to the party, but I stumbled across this on iTunes and gave it a try. I'm so glad I did! I stayed up late for 2 nights in a row to listen to the entire thing. I have to admit I was freaked out by "Balance." I know it really came first, and it's a good story, but I just can't believe Stephen would do it. Maybe I just don't want to. Sigh. Just had to say thanks and I'm downloading Arwen as we speak....";s:12:"atom_content";s:503:"Tim, I’m coming late to the party, but I stumbled across this on iTunes and gave it a try. I’m so glad I did! I stayed up late for 2 nights in a row to listen to the entire thing.
I have to admit I was freaked out by “Balance.” I know it really came first, and it’s a good story, but I just can’t believe Stephen would do it. Maybe I just don’t want to. Sigh.
Just had to say thanks and I’m downloading Arwen as we speak….
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1277159955;}i:8;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:7:"By: Tim";s:4:"link";s:76:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/comment-page-1/#comment-317810";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:3:"Tim";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:08:29 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:61:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/#comment-317810";s:11:"description";s:63:"Jeff, I'll name a character Oyda in honor of my accent. *GRIN*";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:77:"Jeff, I’ll name a character Oyda in honor of my accent. *GRIN*
";}s:7:"summary";s:63:"Jeff, I'll name a character Oyda in honor of my accent. *GRIN*";s:12:"atom_content";s:77:"Jeff, I’ll name a character Oyda in honor of my accent. *GRIN*
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1259089709;}i:9;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:8:"By: jeff";s:4:"link";s:76:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/comment-page-1/#comment-317779";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"jeff";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:14:48 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:61:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/#comment-317779";s:11:"description";s:215:"Really like the audiobook so far. I kept wondering why the author was calling Ida Station "Oyda". Are you from Baltimore? New York? Anyway, keep up the good story work. Perhaps you can name your next book "Oyda".;)";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:247:"Really like the audiobook so far. I kept wondering why the author was calling Ida Station “Oyda”. Are you from Baltimore? New York? Anyway, keep up the good story work. Perhaps you can name your next book “Oyda”.;)
";}s:7:"summary";s:215:"Really like the audiobook so far. I kept wondering why the author was calling Ida Station "Oyda". Are you from Baltimore? New York? Anyway, keep up the good story work. Perhaps you can name your next book "Oyda".;)";s:12:"atom_content";s:247:"Really like the audiobook so far. I kept wondering why the author was calling Ida Station “Oyda”. Are you from Baltimore? New York? Anyway, keep up the good story work. Perhaps you can name your next book “Oyda”.;)
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1258769688;}i:10;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:8:"By: Dirk";s:4:"link";s:76:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/comment-page-1/#comment-263247";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Dirk";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:18:40 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:61:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/#comment-263247";s:11:"description";s:284:"My first and only [thus far] podbook. heard it all in 2 days. gotta agree with most of the negative feedback, but also reiterate the positves. Your accent had softened heaps by end chapters, pauses used well, None in the begining tho. Overall, A good Yarn. Thank you 4 sharing it Tim.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:292:"My first and only [thus far] podbook. heard it all in 2 days. gotta agree with most of the negative feedback, but also reiterate the positves. Your accent had softened heaps by end chapters, pauses used well, None in the begining tho. Overall, A good Yarn. Thank you 4 sharing it Tim.
";}s:7:"summary";s:284:"My first and only [thus far] podbook. heard it all in 2 days. gotta agree with most of the negative feedback, but also reiterate the positves. Your accent had softened heaps by end chapters, pauses used well, None in the begining tho. Overall, A good Yarn. Thank you 4 sharing it Tim.";s:12:"atom_content";s:292:"My first and only [thus far] podbook. heard it all in 2 days. gotta agree with most of the negative feedback, but also reiterate the positves. Your accent had softened heaps by end chapters, pauses used well, None in the begining tho. Overall, A good Yarn. Thank you 4 sharing it Tim.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1230815920;}i:11;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:8:"By: Jeff";s:4:"link";s:76:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/comment-page-1/#comment-211820";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Jeff";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:49:41 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:61:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/#comment-211820";s:11:"description";s:156:"Great story!!! I'll definitely read your other books, but I'm not likely to listen to them. The accent has a tendency to make me want to slap someone. ;)";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:287:"Great story!!! I’ll definitely read your other books, but I’m not likely to listen to them. The accent has a tendency to make me want to slap someone. 
Great story!!! I’ll definitely read your other books, but I’m not likely to listen to them. The accent has a tendency to make me want to slap someone.
On chapter 14 and enjoying ever minute, Got to say it’s one of the best so far.
malcolm
On chapter 14 and enjoying ever minute, Got to say it’s one of the best so far.
malcolm
I liked this story, let me just say that before I throw in my 50pence worth of criticism.
However, some parts of the story were so carelessly hinged on moments of stupidity by the characters, it almost seemed they were suffering from some kind of schizophrenic cretinism. Is Andrew a psychopath or a level headed leader with adolescent crush. The whole John is/isn’t alive thing seemed like a cheap shot at getting the story to adhere to a plot already outlined by the author. John sending the email to the person he had just had fisticuffs with in the zero gee tennis court was real a cop out. It would have been much better if say… Andrew had intercepted the email during a routine scan or something. Also some of the characters seemed over complicated and cumbersome, others well thought out and plausible, while others seemed shallow and unbelievable. Thankfully the inconsistencies in behaviour seemed to diminish as the book progressed, which was indeed a godsend.
All that said, and providing you are prepared to be a little forgiving in the first couple of chapters this doesn’t really detract from the enjoyment of this story. Tim Callahan really does have a talent for telling stories and there is no denying it. He puts this one together quite well and it is actually relatively easy to overlook the few flaws because the story is really quite compelling. I listened to ‘The Arwen’ before this one without realising it was Tim Callahan and now I really appreciate how much this author has improved and how well his style is developing. I would definitely like to see a lot more from Tim Calahan in the future.
";}s:7:"summary";s:1633:"I liked this story, let me just say that before I throw in my 50pence worth of criticism. However, some parts of the story were so carelessly hinged on moments of stupidity by the characters, it almost seemed they were suffering from some kind of schizophrenic cretinism. Is Andrew a psychopath or a level headed leader with adolescent crush. The whole John is/isn't alive thing seemed like a cheap shot at getting the story to adhere to a plot already outlined by the author. John sending the email to the person he had just had fisticuffs with in the zero gee tennis court was real a cop out. It would have been much better if say... Andrew had intercepted the email during a routine scan or something. Also some of the characters seemed over complicated and cumbersome, others well thought out and plausible, while others seemed shallow and unbelievable. Thankfully the inconsistencies in behaviour seemed to diminish as the book progressed, which was indeed a godsend. All that said, and providing you are prepared to be a little forgiving in the first couple of chapters this doesn't really detract from the enjoyment of this story. Tim Callahan really does have a talent for telling stories and there is no denying it. He puts this one together quite well and it is actually relatively easy to overlook the few flaws because the story is really quite compelling. I listened to 'The Arwen' before this one without realising it was Tim Callahan and now I really appreciate how much this author has improved and how well his style is developing. I would definitely like to see a lot more from Tim Calahan in the future.";s:12:"atom_content";s:1681:"I liked this story, let me just say that before I throw in my 50pence worth of criticism.
However, some parts of the story were so carelessly hinged on moments of stupidity by the characters, it almost seemed they were suffering from some kind of schizophrenic cretinism. Is Andrew a psychopath or a level headed leader with adolescent crush. The whole John is/isn’t alive thing seemed like a cheap shot at getting the story to adhere to a plot already outlined by the author. John sending the email to the person he had just had fisticuffs with in the zero gee tennis court was real a cop out. It would have been much better if say… Andrew had intercepted the email during a routine scan or something. Also some of the characters seemed over complicated and cumbersome, others well thought out and plausible, while others seemed shallow and unbelievable. Thankfully the inconsistencies in behaviour seemed to diminish as the book progressed, which was indeed a godsend.
All that said, and providing you are prepared to be a little forgiving in the first couple of chapters this doesn’t really detract from the enjoyment of this story. Tim Callahan really does have a talent for telling stories and there is no denying it. He puts this one together quite well and it is actually relatively easy to overlook the few flaws because the story is really quite compelling. I listened to ‘The Arwen’ before this one without realising it was Tim Callahan and now I really appreciate how much this author has improved and how well his style is developing. I would definitely like to see a lot more from Tim Calahan in the future.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1206979771;}i:14;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:9:"By: james";s:4:"link";s:76:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/comment-page-1/#comment-130870";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:5:"james";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:54:48 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:61:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/#comment-130870";s:11:"description";s:69:"just finished listening to Ida again. i can't wait for the next one.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:83:"just finished listening to Ida again. i can’t wait for the next one.
";}s:7:"summary";s:69:"just finished listening to Ida again. i can't wait for the next one.";s:12:"atom_content";s:83:"just finished listening to Ida again. i can’t wait for the next one.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1201272888;}i:15;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:17:"By: Sarah Alawami";s:4:"link";s:75:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/comment-page-1/#comment-28142";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Sarah Alawami";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 25 May 2007 20:44:42 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:60:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/#comment-28142";s:11:"description";s:120:"That was a good good book! I can't wait for the next one to come out. I also liked the interloods breaking each section.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:134:"That was a good good book! I can’t wait for the next one to come out. I also liked the interloods breaking each section.
";}s:7:"summary";s:120:"That was a good good book! I can't wait for the next one to come out. I also liked the interloods breaking each section.";s:12:"atom_content";s:134:"That was a good good book! I can’t wait for the next one to come out. I also liked the interloods breaking each section.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1180125882;}i:16;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:7:"By: Tim";s:4:"link";s:75:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/comment-page-1/#comment-18347";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:3:"Tim";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:55:14 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:60:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/#comment-18347";s:11:"description";s:577:"Thanks Procrastinatrix (Whoh! Glad I don't have to say that name, typing it out was hard enough!) I did as much research as I could on child development but yes, I agree, I could have done more. Not having any children myself I did a lot of reading and I kept getting different answers from different sources, including some mothers! *GRIN* I promise my next Podiobook will have no children in it at all!! I'm glad you're diggin' and lovin' the story and thanks for the comment! A new story from me is in the works and I hope to have it out soon. Enjoy the ending!!";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:627:"Thanks Procrastinatrix (Whoh! Glad I don’t have to say that name, typing it out was hard enough!)
I did as much research as I could on child development but yes, I agree, I could have done more. Not having any children myself I did a lot of reading and I kept getting different answers from different sources, including some mothers! *GRIN* I promise my next Podiobook will have no children in it at all!!
I’m glad you’re diggin’ and lovin’ the story and thanks for the comment! A new story from me is in the works and I hope to have it out soon. Enjoy the ending!!
";}s:7:"summary";s:577:"Thanks Procrastinatrix (Whoh! Glad I don't have to say that name, typing it out was hard enough!) I did as much research as I could on child development but yes, I agree, I could have done more. Not having any children myself I did a lot of reading and I kept getting different answers from different sources, including some mothers! *GRIN* I promise my next Podiobook will have no children in it at all!! I'm glad you're diggin' and lovin' the story and thanks for the comment! A new story from me is in the works and I hope to have it out soon. Enjoy the ending!!";s:12:"atom_content";s:627:"Thanks Procrastinatrix (Whoh! Glad I don’t have to say that name, typing it out was hard enough!)
I did as much research as I could on child development but yes, I agree, I could have done more. Not having any children myself I did a lot of reading and I kept getting different answers from different sources, including some mothers! *GRIN* I promise my next Podiobook will have no children in it at all!!
I’m glad you’re diggin’ and lovin’ the story and thanks for the comment! A new story from me is in the works and I hope to have it out soon. Enjoy the ending!!
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1171601714;}i:17;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:23:"By: the Procrastinatrix";s:4:"link";s:75:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/comment-page-1/#comment-18311";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:19:"the Procrastinatrix";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:15:19 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:60:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/#comment-18311";s:11:"description";s:802:"I'm totally diggin' Ida. I'm on chapter 27 and cruising toward the end. The accent doesn't bother me at all, but I did have to recheck the name of the book. When Tim says it is sounds like Oida. :) One nitpick. You might want to read up on child development a bit. *smiling* Unless Ida babies are super advanced, at 6 months old the most babies can do is sit upright without rolling over. And their finger coordination is not very developed. And they don't play interactively with other children til around the age of 2. So Steven wouldn't be able to run across the room and grab the girl's hair, nor would he be motivated to. Like I said, a nitpick. But I bet any mom's listening just laughed about the super baby abilities. :) All that said, I'm lovin' Ida. Can't wait to see what else you put out!";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:1112:"I’m totally diggin’ Ida. I’m on chapter 27 and cruising toward the end. The accent doesn’t bother me at all, but I did have to recheck the name of the book. When Tim says it is sounds like Oida.
One nitpick. You might want to read up on child development a bit. *smiling* Unless Ida babies are super advanced, at 6 months old the most babies can do is sit upright without rolling over. And their finger coordination is not very developed. And they don’t play interactively with other children til around the age of 2. So Steven wouldn’t be able to run across the room and grab the girl’s hair, nor would he be motivated to. Like I said, a nitpick. But I bet any mom’s listening just laughed about the super baby abilities.
All that said, I’m lovin’ Ida. Can’t wait to see what else you put out!
";}s:7:"summary";s:802:"I'm totally diggin' Ida. I'm on chapter 27 and cruising toward the end. The accent doesn't bother me at all, but I did have to recheck the name of the book. When Tim says it is sounds like Oida. :) One nitpick. You might want to read up on child development a bit. *smiling* Unless Ida babies are super advanced, at 6 months old the most babies can do is sit upright without rolling over. And their finger coordination is not very developed. And they don't play interactively with other children til around the age of 2. So Steven wouldn't be able to run across the room and grab the girl's hair, nor would he be motivated to. Like I said, a nitpick. But I bet any mom's listening just laughed about the super baby abilities. :) All that said, I'm lovin' Ida. Can't wait to see what else you put out!";s:12:"atom_content";s:1112:"I’m totally diggin’ Ida. I’m on chapter 27 and cruising toward the end. The accent doesn’t bother me at all, but I did have to recheck the name of the book. When Tim says it is sounds like Oida.
One nitpick. You might want to read up on child development a bit. *smiling* Unless Ida babies are super advanced, at 6 months old the most babies can do is sit upright without rolling over. And their finger coordination is not very developed. And they don’t play interactively with other children til around the age of 2. So Steven wouldn’t be able to run across the room and grab the girl’s hair, nor would he be motivated to. Like I said, a nitpick. But I bet any mom’s listening just laughed about the super baby abilities.
All that said, I’m lovin’ Ida. Can’t wait to see what else you put out!
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1171563319;}i:18;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:7:"By: Tim";s:4:"link";s:75:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/comment-page-1/#comment-12879";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:3:"Tim";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:02:39 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:60:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/#comment-12879";s:11:"description";s:513:"Thank you Suzanne, I'm glad you stuck with it past the rough start. Before the story really kicked into high gear I felt I needed to establish who these people where and what thier relationships were going to be, I know it might not be the best way to start a story, but for Ida I felt it was neccessary, even though I knew some people wouldn't like the slow approach, so thank you. I comment about my accent made me laugh, not much I can do about it but I did try to control it more in later chapters. *GRIN*";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:539:"Thank you Suzanne, I’m glad you stuck with it past the rough start. Before the story really kicked into high gear I felt I needed to establish who these people where and what thier relationships were going to be, I know it might not be the best way to start a story, but for Ida I felt it was neccessary, even though I knew some people wouldn’t like the slow approach, so thank you.
I comment about my accent made me laugh, not much I can do about it but I did try to control it more in later chapters. *GRIN*
";}s:7:"summary";s:513:"Thank you Suzanne, I'm glad you stuck with it past the rough start. Before the story really kicked into high gear I felt I needed to establish who these people where and what thier relationships were going to be, I know it might not be the best way to start a story, but for Ida I felt it was neccessary, even though I knew some people wouldn't like the slow approach, so thank you. I comment about my accent made me laugh, not much I can do about it but I did try to control it more in later chapters. *GRIN*";s:12:"atom_content";s:539:"Thank you Suzanne, I’m glad you stuck with it past the rough start. Before the story really kicked into high gear I felt I needed to establish who these people where and what thier relationships were going to be, I know it might not be the best way to start a story, but for Ida I felt it was neccessary, even though I knew some people wouldn’t like the slow approach, so thank you.
I comment about my accent made me laugh, not much I can do about it but I did try to control it more in later chapters. *GRIN*
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1167184959;}i:19;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:11:"By: suzanne";s:4:"link";s:75:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/comment-page-1/#comment-12847";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"suzanne";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 26 Dec 2006 21:34:33 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:60:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/#comment-12847";s:11:"description";s:823:"I'm on Chapter 16 and really enjoying it now. I must admit I had a very hard time getting into it in the beginning because 1) I disliked John and Jennifer, 2) your accent grated on my nerves (no offense meant), and 3) I didn't like the focus on a silly affair that seemed to be purely about sex. However, you did a great job of developing the characters, and of course now I can admire John and tolerate Jennifer-- maybe once motherhood was introduced I had a little more sympathy for her. And Andrew the psychopath, well, his actions speak for his likeability or lack thereof. I even like Craig now that he's become a better leader. I appreciate that you've shortened or eliminated the intros and outros, too. Obviously I don't know where the story goes from here but I wanted to give you encouragement and thanks.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:866:"I’m on Chapter 16 and really enjoying it now. I must admit I had a very hard time getting into it in the beginning because 1) I disliked John and Jennifer, 2) your accent grated on my nerves (no offense meant), and 3) I didn’t like the focus on a silly affair that seemed to be purely about sex. However, you did a great job of developing the characters, and of course now I can admire John and tolerate Jennifer– maybe once motherhood was introduced I had a little more sympathy for her. And Andrew the psychopath, well, his actions speak for his likeability or lack thereof. I even like Craig now that he’s become a better leader. I appreciate that you’ve shortened or eliminated the intros and outros, too. Obviously I don’t know where the story goes from here but I wanted to give you encouragement and thanks.
";}s:7:"summary";s:823:"I'm on Chapter 16 and really enjoying it now. I must admit I had a very hard time getting into it in the beginning because 1) I disliked John and Jennifer, 2) your accent grated on my nerves (no offense meant), and 3) I didn't like the focus on a silly affair that seemed to be purely about sex. However, you did a great job of developing the characters, and of course now I can admire John and tolerate Jennifer-- maybe once motherhood was introduced I had a little more sympathy for her. And Andrew the psychopath, well, his actions speak for his likeability or lack thereof. I even like Craig now that he's become a better leader. I appreciate that you've shortened or eliminated the intros and outros, too. Obviously I don't know where the story goes from here but I wanted to give you encouragement and thanks.";s:12:"atom_content";s:866:"I’m on Chapter 16 and really enjoying it now. I must admit I had a very hard time getting into it in the beginning because 1) I disliked John and Jennifer, 2) your accent grated on my nerves (no offense meant), and 3) I didn’t like the focus on a silly affair that seemed to be purely about sex. However, you did a great job of developing the characters, and of course now I can admire John and tolerate Jennifer– maybe once motherhood was introduced I had a little more sympathy for her. And Andrew the psychopath, well, his actions speak for his likeability or lack thereof. I even like Craig now that he’s become a better leader. I appreciate that you’ve shortened or eliminated the intros and outros, too. Obviously I don’t know where the story goes from here but I wanted to give you encouragement and thanks.
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