{"id":20907,"date":"2022-10-30T10:42:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T14:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=20907"},"modified":"2024-01-22T19:07:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T00:07:35","slug":"false-value-audio-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/20907","title":{"rendered":"False Value, Audio Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

False Value<\/em>, Audio Edition<\/a> (2020) Ben Aaronovitch<\/a> narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Rivers of London)<\/p>\n

\"False<\/a>This is the 8th Peter Grant book.<\/p>\n

After the events of Lies SLeeping<\/em>, Peter was suspended while the incident (death in custody) was investigated. This book opens with Peter interviewing for a security position with the Serious Cybernetics Corporation (and yes, the entire company is full of Hitchhikers Guide references; as I haven’t read Hitchihikers in years, I’m sure I missed some, but the ones I caught were a delight).<\/p>\n

It then jumps back in forth in time between Peter starting at the Serious Cybernetics Corporation and the events that led up to Peter becoming becoming private security.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t want a personal friend in Jesus.\u201d <\/p>\n

I showed her my warrant card. \u201cBut have you let the Metropolitan Police into your heart?\u201d I asked.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Also, it goes the down the rabbit hole of early computing.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut you know who Charles Babbage is?\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

I said I did\u2014 a nineteenth-century pioneer of mechanical calculation. \u201cHis big plan was to build an analytical engine,\u201d said Stephen. \u201cA programmable calculator.\u201d <\/p>\n

And he\u2019d worked with Ada Lovelace, the Enchantress of Numbers, to build it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How can I not enjoy a story that centers on Ada Lovelace?<\/p>\n

As usual, the story is full of snark.<\/p>\n

From the kitchen behind us I could hear various chopped comestibles being tossed around in a wok. Which at least meant we weren\u2019t going to be having McDonald\u2019s\u2014 you hear stories.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I looked up. The ceiling was a bog-standard suspended tile affair useful for covering up ducts, cables and xenomorph infiltrations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I enjoyed the story the first time through (because it almost impossible for me not to enjoy Ben Aaronovitch’s writing combined with Kobna Holdbrook-Smith’snarration) but I believe I appreciated it more this time, as I caught details and listened for the inside jokes.<\/p>\n

Johnson had made a point of calling the human resources department \u201cHR\u201d rather than its official internal company name, the Magrathean Ape-Descended Life Form Utilization Service, just as he called the department I had just joined \u201cSecurity\u201d rather than the Vogon Enforcement Arm.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Publisher: DAW<\/p>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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