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The Serrano Legacy #1, part 1 of 2
Hunting Party (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Serrano Legacy, Book 1, Part 1
Heris Serrano - formerly a commander in the Regular Space Service - must take whatever job she can get after her resignation under a cloud. What she can get is the captaincy of a rich old lady's space yacht...a rich old horsewoman, who has little liking for the military, and whose spoiled nephew Ronnie (and his equally spoiled friends) have been foisted on her after his folly embarrassed the family. Lady Cecelia's only apparent interest is horses - she intends to go fox hunting on the private pleasure planet of a friend of hers, Lord Thornbuckle. But events conspire to make it far more than a fox hunt.
Performed by Nanette Savard, Colleen Delany, David Coyne, Terence Aselford, Richard Rohan, Michael John Casey, Christopher Graybill, Sunny Lasskey, MB Van Dorn, Tess Rohan, Thomas Penny, Dylan Lynch, James Lewis, James Konicek, Mort Shelby.
Performed by Nanette Savard, Colleen Delany, David Coyne, Terence Aselford, Richard Rohan, Michael John Casey, Christopher Graybill, Sunny Lasskey, MB Van Dorn, Tess Rohan, Thomas Penny, Dylan Lynch, James Lewis, James Konicek, Mort Shelby.
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First published March 1, 2008
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About the author
Elizabeth Moon
138 books2,632 followersElizabeth Moon was born March 7, 1945, and grew up in McAllen, Texas, graduating from McAllen High School in 1963. She has a B.A. in History from Rice University (1968) and another in Biology from the University of Texas at Austin (1975) with graduate work in Biology at the University of Texas, San Antonio.
She served in the USMC from 1968 to 1971, first at MCB Quantico and then at HQMC. She married Richard Moon, a Rice classmate and Army officer, in 1969; they moved to the small central Texas town where they still live in 1979. They have one son, born in 1983.
She started writing stories and poems as a small child; attempted first book (an illustrated biography of the family dog) at age six. Started writing science fiction in high school, but considered writing merely a sideline. First got serious about writing (as in, submitting things and actually getting money...) in the 1980s. Made first fiction sale at age forty--"Bargains" to Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword & Sorceress III and "ABCs in Zero G" to Analog. Her first novel, Sheepfarmer's Daughter, sold in 1987 and came out in 1988; it won the Compton Crook Award in 1989. Remnant Population was a Hugo nominee in 1997, and The Speed of Dark was a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and won the Nebula in 2004.
She served in the USMC from 1968 to 1971, first at MCB Quantico and then at HQMC. She married Richard Moon, a Rice classmate and Army officer, in 1969; they moved to the small central Texas town where they still live in 1979. They have one son, born in 1983.
She started writing stories and poems as a small child; attempted first book (an illustrated biography of the family dog) at age six. Started writing science fiction in high school, but considered writing merely a sideline. First got serious about writing (as in, submitting things and actually getting money...) in the 1980s. Made first fiction sale at age forty--"Bargains" to Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword & Sorceress III and "ABCs in Zero G" to Analog. Her first novel, Sheepfarmer's Daughter, sold in 1987 and came out in 1988; it won the Compton Crook Award in 1989. Remnant Population was a Hugo nominee in 1997, and The Speed of Dark was a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and won the Nebula in 2004.
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January 7, 2018
3.5 stars.
I do enjoy these Graphic Audio interpretations. However, in Part 1 of Hunting Party, most of the time was spent in world-building. I'm hoping that Part 2 would be more exciting.
Basically, it's like Regency England transposed into space. We have an eccentric horse-mad dowager who travels the universe in her yacht and her nephew rusticating due to some indiscretion with an opera singer. We have fox-hunting on a vacation planet owned by one of the nephew's society friends.
Enter our heroine Heris Serrano, a veteran of the Regular Space Service, who resigned her commission when she refused to obey a suicidal order from her commander. She became the new captain of the yacht and discovered nefarious activities by the previous captain and the crew.
At the end of this part, they have arrived on the vacation planet after some trials and tribulations on the way there. Let's see what happens next.
I do enjoy these Graphic Audio interpretations. However, in Part 1 of Hunting Party, most of the time was spent in world-building. I'm hoping that Part 2 would be more exciting.
Basically, it's like Regency England transposed into space. We have an eccentric horse-mad dowager who travels the universe in her yacht and her nephew rusticating due to some indiscretion with an opera singer. We have fox-hunting on a vacation planet owned by one of the nephew's society friends.
Enter our heroine Heris Serrano, a veteran of the Regular Space Service, who resigned her commission when she refused to obey a suicidal order from her commander. She became the new captain of the yacht and discovered nefarious activities by the previous captain and the crew.
At the end of this part, they have arrived on the vacation planet after some trials and tribulations on the way there. Let's see what happens next.
January 25, 2010
Liked the first half much better than the 2nd half. This is no Honor Harrington. The book ends up on some backward planet. I might like other books in the series, if they stay in space. I liked the 1st hour of the first Vatta's War on the latest Graphicaudio podcast.
September 7, 2022
I read the book "Hunting Party" recently and this dramatization compares favorably with the book.
November 22, 2020
Mofibo
My first dramatised audiobook. It was ok - except when music came on, and overruled the speach - I mean is’ent the point og an audiobook to listen to a story?
My first dramatised audiobook. It was ok - except when music came on, and overruled the speach - I mean is’ent the point og an audiobook to listen to a story?
July 23, 2013
Given the recent completion of the GraphicAudio adaptation of Alex Archer's Rogue Angel 2: Solomon's Jar, I decided to listen to their adaptation of the first book in Elizabeth Moon's Serrano Legacy, Hunting Party. I had heard the virtues of her writing extolled by several friends in the past, but this is my first experience with her storytelling. I don't know how close it runs to the text novel, but it was a rather fun ride.
GIST
After resigning her commission as captain of a ship in the Regular Space Service, Harris Serrano gains employment of a civilian luxury yacht Sweet Delight through the prestigious employment agency she signed up with. With the extra added "thrill" of dealing with some guests her employer was suckered into taking on-board, Harris quickly learns that the previous captain left her with a collection of numerous problems and that the employment agency can't be bothered sending her employer quality for money crew.
In the second half of the book, having bonded with Cecelia over simulated horse-riding lessons and teaching the older woman about the ship, Harris is invited to a fox hunt. A week or so into the season on the hunting planet, she is thrown headlong into trouble from her past when Cecelia's nephew and some of his companions crash-land on one of the numerous islands on-planet after getting bored and taking off for something "more fun". Harris must be wary of who to trust in a situation where the hunters are stalking human prey.
THOUGHTS
The cultural world-building components offered some great insight into what the various characters we meet have to contend with in their own little circles. The internal and external dialogue is unique to each speaker with great voice acting to do it justice. We are offered clear motivations via the dialogue and actions (or inaction) of each player. The six "party" characters also have movements to shine, some more than others.
Though it is a slightly longer book from what I usually read, the pace of the action, awesome dialogue, descriptive, and characterization make this book a rather entertaining read without ignoring the scientific stuff. The descriptive of the technology and environment allowed the reader to see what dangers the characters have to deal with in space and on the hunting planet. I got the distinct feeling while I was listening to the book that it was a living and breathing universe containing real people with real motivations and feelings.
CONCLUSION
The story offers plenty of humor which is performed perfectly by the voice actors at GraphicAudio. It is a longer work that their Rogue Angel adaptation I finished a few days back, but there is always something going on. It doesn't feel rushed or leave out anything either, making this a rather curious work indeed. In the case of Rogue Angel, the person writing as Alex Archer had to contend with the mild limitations of the action/adventure genre. In Hunting Party, Elizabeth Moon has the freedom to move around unrestricted, dealing with a lot of different issues whilst avoiding being preachy about this or that. Any questions about the quality of Elizabeth Moon's writing have been brushed aside with my secure following of her work for years to come. Pure win!
GIST
After resigning her commission as captain of a ship in the Regular Space Service, Harris Serrano gains employment of a civilian luxury yacht Sweet Delight through the prestigious employment agency she signed up with. With the extra added "thrill" of dealing with some guests her employer was suckered into taking on-board, Harris quickly learns that the previous captain left her with a collection of numerous problems and that the employment agency can't be bothered sending her employer quality for money crew.
In the second half of the book, having bonded with Cecelia over simulated horse-riding lessons and teaching the older woman about the ship, Harris is invited to a fox hunt. A week or so into the season on the hunting planet, she is thrown headlong into trouble from her past when Cecelia's nephew and some of his companions crash-land on one of the numerous islands on-planet after getting bored and taking off for something "more fun". Harris must be wary of who to trust in a situation where the hunters are stalking human prey.
THOUGHTS
The cultural world-building components offered some great insight into what the various characters we meet have to contend with in their own little circles. The internal and external dialogue is unique to each speaker with great voice acting to do it justice. We are offered clear motivations via the dialogue and actions (or inaction) of each player. The six "party" characters also have movements to shine, some more than others.
Though it is a slightly longer book from what I usually read, the pace of the action, awesome dialogue, descriptive, and characterization make this book a rather entertaining read without ignoring the scientific stuff. The descriptive of the technology and environment allowed the reader to see what dangers the characters have to deal with in space and on the hunting planet. I got the distinct feeling while I was listening to the book that it was a living and breathing universe containing real people with real motivations and feelings.
CONCLUSION
The story offers plenty of humor which is performed perfectly by the voice actors at GraphicAudio. It is a longer work that their Rogue Angel adaptation I finished a few days back, but there is always something going on. It doesn't feel rushed or leave out anything either, making this a rather curious work indeed. In the case of Rogue Angel, the person writing as Alex Archer had to contend with the mild limitations of the action/adventure genre. In Hunting Party, Elizabeth Moon has the freedom to move around unrestricted, dealing with a lot of different issues whilst avoiding being preachy about this or that. Any questions about the quality of Elizabeth Moon's writing have been brushed aside with my secure following of her work for years to come. Pure win!
August 24, 2012
I listened to the Graphic Audio of this book. The Graphic Audio is read by a full cast and includes sound effects. I thought this was done really well and truly enjoyed the full cast reading. Personally, I think if I was reading the actual book I would have gotten bored before the book got really good.
The first half of the book is world-building and not very exciting. The second half is a lot more action-packed and really makes the characters come alive.
The first half of the book is world-building and not very exciting. The second half is a lot more action-packed and really makes the characters come alive.
June 9, 2009
A little bit pulpy, a little bit obviously the start of something, pacing slightly off, but overall quite enjoyable.
May 29, 2014
I really enjoy this multi-cast audio version from Graphic Audio. So well done, good prosody from all the narrators.
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