• Hard Luck Hank: Early Years

  • By: Steven Campbell
  • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
  • Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
  • 3.6 out of 5 stars (8 ratings)

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Hard Luck Hank: Early Years

By: Steven Campbell
Narrated by: Virtual Voice
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Collection of short stories featuring Hard Luck Hank and his early days on Belvaille. Print Length: 63 pages Includes: -Why Hank came to Belvaille -Hank's first job -Where Hank got his plasma pistol -Hank's first murder -Introduction of glocken -Where the Gentleman's Club and Athletic Club came from -Hank's first love -How and why Belvaille changed and became what it is today NOTE: while the stories are stand-alone, it contains many references to characters and events in Hard Luck Hank novels.

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The awful narrator.

Virtual voice is awful. It pulls you out of the story and makes it hard to follow. The mispronunciation of names is painful.

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AI narration lacks soul

These are background stories of Hank. I liked it overall, but I was impressed and disappointed with the narration. The articulation was good. It's better even than a lot of narrators. However, it ultimately failed to pass the humor to the reader. This example would work for class subjects. It was free for subscribers, so I am not unhappy.

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Classic Hank

This ~short story title of Hank by Steven Campbell is a prequel to the first Hard Luck Hank book, Screw The Galaxy. First time readers/listeners may want to start there first, but this and Delovoa Early Years can be enjoyed fully after the first full book in the series. These aren't narrated by the artful Liam Owen (yet?) that we've grown to love with the main Hank books, but the AI narration isn't a problem for me. Full marks!

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Dred Aled Allert!

I can believe in a world where robots are the bad guys there is this abomination of an audio book. Major characters names were flubbed, the overall voice was lost... I only bothered to finish because I wanted to know the childhood stories. Come on Steven... I stuck with Hank through the last three (weak) books but I'm not going to put up with Cliston reading to me. .. hire Liem back.

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