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Vaz

Auteur(s): Laurence E. Dahners
Narrateur(s): Stephen R. Thorne
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Vaz is the story of Vaz Gettnor, a socially impaired yet scientifically brilliant man. Despite his inability to relate to others, Lisanne married him in admiration of what she perceived as shy intelligence. However, she's been disappointed by the way he's settled for working as no more than a glorified lab tech with a low salary.

Adding to their problems, Vaz and Lisanne have two teenagers who are typically surly and embarrassed by their parents, but whom they want to send to college - if only they can find the money. When Vaz is fired from his job as a researcher but then discovers a means to achieve cold fusion, a technology that could solve the energy crisis and their financial difficulties, virtually no one believes him, least of all his family. In fact the only people who do believe are the ones who are trying to steal the technology from him....

©2013 Laurence E. Dahners (P)2016 Tantor
Hard science-fiction Science-fiction Fiction

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Hard SF but a lot of fun

Vaz Gettner is a brilliant but socially clueless scientific researcher who is married with two surly teens. When he loses his job after not kissing his new boss’ keister, he stumbles upon a major scientific breakthrough that could literally save the world while ruining his life.

First off, Audible has a gem in Stephen R. Thorne: imagine Ron Howard narrating “Arrested Development” and you’re almost there as to why he’s so entertaining. Now when we first meet Vaz, he’s the shy geek in high school, and while clearly on some sort of spectrum, his need to be babied at work is definitely something you can see a promotion-obsessed new boss not jiving with: new bosses need to wave their proverbial genitals in the air to flex their supposed superiority…especially in a job where the subordinates are clearly more intelligent, talented, etc.

Vaz is also annoying as Hell, and his wife often bears the brunt of his awkwardness. But don’t dismiss him as a weak little geek: he handles his stress with strenuous exercise, so he’s a pretty jacked brainiac.

The science in this one is hard (it explains cold fusion in great detail), and Thorne gets us through it…but it’s very heavy on science. There was also an issue with the writer being obsessed with the word “mewlish” that inundates Chapter Four, which was maddening. In the grand scheme of things, this builds to a violent climax and a fun little ending. Worth a listen.

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