Acceptable if not for the god awful performance

"Jefferson said", "he said", "he asked" Gahhhh!

I know Scalzi is known for this but it never bothers me in any other book/audio book. It's only about 40 minutes, instead of several hours like most others, but I really struggled to get through it! It was almost as if Mr Ochlan was emphasising "he said" more than the actual dialogue! Painful.

I normally like his performances, but this was truly awful (sorry dude). Get Wil Wheaton to re-record and I'm sure it'll be awesome ;)

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Short and fun, not worth money.

Got is for 1 credit, will return it.
It was refreshing, nice story, think the title is more attention grabbing in this period.
Should be part of short stories anthology.

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A good man but an hypochondriac.

Short, snappy in the usual stripped back Scalzi style, The President's Brain is Missing is a fun read but not one of his best. The humour is there; so too, is the repetitive 'he said', 'they said ', 'someone else said', which is fine written on a page but can be intrusive read aloud.

P.J.Ochlan performs well as the narrator and the concept is a good one: the idea of the President finding it odd that he was unable to duck his head under water when having his morning swim, and feeling 'lightheaded' in the shower is delicious.
John Scalzi never really disappoints, and this was fun

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Decent

Short story, it's quite fun but nothing special. Probably not worth a whole audible credit.

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awful narration "he said"

Narrator sounds like a robot every time he says "he said" /"she said"/"X said". this happens at the end of almost every sentence making this impossible to listen to.

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JOHN said, ALEX said

arghhh,!I like John Scalzi and his story telling, but this was utterly infuriating! The only way they've denoted that words are coming from a person is with so-and-so said, and for some reason, really emphasising their name. I had to listen to this very short story in two parts, I was so annoyed by it, and I nearly lost my mind by the end (no pun intended).
I think John Scalzi's work developed further after this was written, and I certainly prefer his more recent writing, which has considerably better dialogue in.

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Excellent fun!

A short sly funny story... absolutely plausible 😜 the narration is spot on. Have a listen 👍

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