The Galaxy According To Gideon

Road Trips In Space #1

by Craig Robertson

Gideon is that close to striking it rich—again. The flaw that always seems to trip him up is that he is a con man, a swindler, and a thief. The entire galaxy seems to have it in for the poor crook. Of course, his task of staying alive isn't made any easier since he has to bring along his ex-girlfriend, who has become a zombie. Then again, maybe dragging along Rigel, the universe's dullest man from the galaxy's most dangerous planets is even worse? You choose. Will Gideon ever catch a break?

To make a bad situation worse, since he's offended or robbed most everyone, he is perpetually running from one certain death right into the middle of a new one. All he wants is to be rich, without doing a day's work in his life. Is that too much to ask?

When he accidentally flies his spaceship into Heaven, do you think anything good comes of it? No. He kidnaps an angel, he has to run for his soul. Just because he leaves a pirate's daughter at the altar, does he have to have his head cut off? You see. Not fair.

The only thing that's certain for our three travelers is that it will only go from bad to worse, easier to harder, less painful to really, really painful. If it gets any worse, someone might have to get a job. I know. Bogus! The fun and silliness, in the end, make the journey well worth the effort ... at least, that is, for you the reader, if not for the characters.

Genres: Science Fiction

193 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 18, 2019

About the author

During his 20-year career with a Scottish Sunday newspaper, Craig Robertson has interviewed three recent Prime Ministers; attended major stories including 9/11, Dunblane, the Omagh bombing and the disappearance of Madeleine McCann; been pilloried on breakfast television, beaten Oprah Winfrey to a major scoop, been among the first to interview Susan Boyle, spent time on Death Row in the USA and dispensed polio drops in the backstreets of India.

Reviews

[Pamela · Rating 1 out of 5]

The author tries so very, very hard to be witty and clever, but doesn’t succeed. The only thing he does succeed at is being annoyingly bad.

[Kamal Syed · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is probably the worst book I’ve ever read. I enjoyed the authors time wars series (one finished most of them) and I can hear the same tone reflected in the writing, and while that story had some bare bones framework for some of its ridiculous setups, this book does not. The is barely any plot, the characters are one dimensional, and the dialog is really just atrocious.

I only finished it hoping that somehow it would get better, there would be some point to this madness, but there wasn’t.

Please do not read this book and waste your life

[Rob Morton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh, It’s Okay

Once I started reading, I realized that Gideon Prime, at some point in his life, came into contact with Jon Ryan and became a rabid follower and believer... absent Jon’s penchant for saving the universe.

Just the book you need to tickle your funny bone during the sheltering!

[Sarah Arnette · Rating 3 out of 5]

it's like a Douglas Addams, but not as witty.

[Will Lambert · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not his best

Kinda jokey and not up to the quality of his other works. I find it hard to recommend more of this series.

[Wayne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm all over in my review of this book. On the negative side, it felt like some of the acts were pretty disjointed and didn't flow well. There were times I thought "This could be in another book, or just skipped."

But on the positive side, it was a joy to read. It was incredibly silly, but in the best possible way. There were chapters where it felt like I was reading Douglas Adams for the first time again. There was just so much essence of Ford Prefect here that I woke my wife up giggling like a fool at least once.

The plot isn't exactly earth shattering - well, melting maybe. But the protagonist (possibly antogonist - he was a bit of a pratt at times, so pin him on both) was pretty likeable when he wasn't just being himself. The supporting cast were great, and who can say no to a redeemed zombie?

[Anders Haywood · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun, silly and irreverent new Sci-fi comedy!

This was a highly amusing sci-fi comedy, very reminiscent of Douglas Adams's famous series.
The protagonist Gideon is not a good guy. He's vain, selfish and fairly unhinged. Yet as we follow him and his travelling companions ( I won't say friends. Maybe victims?) as they stumble across the galaxy (And beyond...), I found myself really enjoying the insane ride.
This was definitely a fun book and I can't wait for more.
I'm so glad I took a chance on this. It really paid off!