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Bob and the Blob
- Narrated by: Ashleigh Binder
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
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Summary
Bob's day is off to a bad start. He is abducted by alien blobs and is put into a zoo, while the rest of humanity is being taken to be slaughtered and turned into burgers.
He has had better Thursdays.
Bob's handler Fred befriends Bob, and the two of them try to change the legal status of humans from food to intelligent life so that the slaughter ship can be stopped and everyone returned to Earth. It is not easy as there are a lot of not-very-intelligent life forms on that ship.
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- Daniel Lawson
- 26-08-23
"Awesomeness"
This book is amazing and from how this book was, This series is gonna be awesome. Great work by the Author and Narrator.
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- Luca chef
- 23-11-22
Don’t. Just don’t.
Without doubt the worst narration I have ever (tried) to listen to. Don’t bother honestly don’t.
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- Kevin Cannon
- 26-03-22
Blob-tastic!
Bob never dreamed he’d ever be abducted by aliens, nor did he think he’d find out that Earth is a farming planet for the said alien race of blobs.
Snatched from the comfort of his home Bob befriends one of his captors and the pair of them set off on a quest to convince the universe that Humans are the dominant species on Earth and not the Jellyfish as everyone assumes
Like all of Simon Carr’s novels, this one is full of funny dialog and clever observations which combined with the quirky characters is a darn good read / listen.
If you haven’t read any of Simon’s stuff then this is not a bad place to start as it kicks off the Apocalypse Blockers series which takes an ‘Avenger’s Assemble’ style by introducing the main characters in their own stand-alone novels before combining them into their own super team.
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- Janalyn
- 26-08-21
This book is so funny!
When Bob is picked up out of his living room and find himself on an alien planet with a blog that is the zookeeper, the zoo that he is now an attraction for. He’s not happy in win Fred the blob explains to him what he is doing there he wants to know what his Rights are and finds out he has none. This puts him in the blob who is now named Fred by Bob on an adventure to get Bob his rights. He learns that humans are transported from the Food planet, which is earth Bob is having none of it!.of it. This was such a funny book and truth is Simon course bio and history it had me laughing out loud. The NARA raider did such a great job she was awesome and did the voice is great
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- Nick
- 06-05-21
What a ride!!!!
I was given a copy of this for an honest review. This is absurd, stupid and completely mental and I loved every bit of it. It’s as absurd as arguing with a pot of crab paste about where you’ve parked the car. You really feel for Bob and Fred and really root for them to win. I’d love a follow up book about their elevator business, Bob and Blob’s glass elevator lol
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- Nina Diab
- 22-09-23
Loved It!
I loved this book! My first experience with Simon Carr was Da' Resistance and I loved it and definitely wanted to delve more into his work. This story was unique and such a fun adventure. Bob discovers he's been abducted by an alien blob and put in a zoo while the rest of humanity is sent off to be turned into meat for food. Bob tries to explain to the nameless blob- whom he calls Fred- that they aren't food but the dominant species of their planet, not the jellyfish as they believe. The two go on a quest to prove Bob's claims and change their status before the rest of humanity is killed and processed. A hilarious story with quirky, fun characters and quite the adventure. I never knew where it would go. I loved how Fred was so impressed with Bob's 'revolutionary' idea for the blobs to create elevators and escalators, or how other blobs thought Bob was lunch, or else why would he have a wrapping (clothes)?
I listened to this audiobook narrated by Ashleigh Binder. At first I thought the narrator should have been male because Bob was male, but I think she was perfect for the role and really brought these characters to life.
Overall: 4.5 stars
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Story: 5 stars
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- Jason Jay Harrington
- 07-07-23
A great intro to apocalypse blockers!
How do you save all humanity, when they keep asking your friend “are you going to eat that?” For a blue collar worker like Bob, overcoming the intergalactic stereotype that humans are only good in between two slices of bread, won’t be easy, but the laughs come often for it. I like how this story also combines deep concepts like human historical growth and potential, to concepts only found in marriage. Simon Carr never disappoints.
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- Radar
- 25-05-23
An ok first book to an excellent series
After listening to the whole thing,I gave the narrator an extra star. Once the ending was revealed, the style makes much more sense. Story wise, I wasn’t as impressed with this one as I am later entries in the series. This one is a real thin plot line, with a bunch of gags hung it. It’s still very entertaining, and if you intend to go through the whole series, you have to start here. Later books are more fleshed out, and they do refer back to this book. I do recommend the series, and look forward to how it comes to a head later on.
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- Jennifer C.
- 01-06-22
Another hysterical Simon Carr book!
Simon Carr is at it again with yet another hysterical story. In this one, Bob is abducted by some aliens who are giant blobs. The problem? The blobs all seem to think that Bob, as a giant ape, is food. Not only that, but the planet Earth is home to only one intelligent species - jellyfish. Not one to let this pass, Bob begins a campaign to change the status of humans from food to intelligent species with the help of one Blob who is sensitive to the issue, Fred.
With each book by Simon Carr that I read/listen to, I think that there can't be anything else as outrageous as that book, and every single time, the new book proves that wrong. I have just decided that all of Simon Carr's books will be hysterical and that I need to either listen to or read all of them. This book is just another example of that.
I did have the opportunity to listen to the audioboook, which was narrated by Ashleigh Binder. As the first audiobook of hers I have listened to, I thought she did a really good job.
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- Nemesis
- 01-06-22
A hilarious story from Simon Carr!
Another hilarious story from Simon Carr set in the Apocolypse Blocker world. Some fun twists on alien abductions and a planetary experiment gone wrong...or right...depending on which side you are rooting for...or on. As always, a hilarious story and I'd expect nothing less from Simon Carr. Audio Verson: Ashleigh Binder does a great job narrating a hilarious Simon Carr story.
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- Laura
- 03-05-22
Hilarious Alien Invasion Story
I found this book very amusing. It is my most favorite of all of Simon Carr's stories that I've heard so far. I realize that the humor was zany, crazy, and sometimes dark, but there were times I laughed out loud. The two protagonists, Bob and the blob will live long in my memory. I have gotten to the point where I leave space in my day as I know once I start a Simon Carr's story that I won't want to do anything else until the audiobook is over and that was true for this story. Ashleigh Binder's narration was great and enhanced the story. I was given a free copy of the audiobook, and I have voluntarily posted this review.
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- BigT
- 12-02-22
Very fun story
This was a very fun story and a great listen and the storyline was very interesting and a great science fiction
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