Constituent Service: A Third District Story by John Scalzi, narrated by Amber Benson, is a delightfully funny novella available for free on Audible Plus. Welcome to the daily happens at the Third District municipal building. From illegal pets to complaints about the Lupidian Celebration Parade, you won’t want to miss this.
by John Scalzi
Narrator: Amber Benson
Length: 2 hours and 30 minutes
Source: Audible Plus
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The aliens are here ... and they want municipal services!
Ashley Perrin is fresh out of college and starting a job as a community liaison for the Third District–the city’s only sector with more alien residents than humans. Ashley’s barely found where the paper clips are kept when she’s beset with constituent complaints–from too much noise at the Annual Lupidian Celebration Parade to a trip-and-fall chicken to a very particular type of alien hornet that threatens the very city itself.
And if that’s not terrifying enough, Ashley is next up at the office karaoke night.
It's Parks and Recreation meets the Federation of Planets in this fast and funny audio exclusive by Hugo Award winner and Audible best seller John Scalzi.
It’s Ashley Perrin’s first day at the council offices in a district that has more aliens than humans. If you love the Parks and Recreation television sitcom, you’ll slip right into this tale. Scalzi has fun sharing Ashley’s days as she handles complaints, goes in the field with animal control and deals with the inhabitants of her community and office.
I laughed and throughly enjoyed this story from the chicken to the sewers mishaps and killer hornets. Ashley handles things with stride determined to outlast the last human who held her position. The world is wacky and delightful. Even if it’s far-fetched, Scalzi made it all feel real. Seeing how Ashley tackles one issue after the other, sometimes with disastrous consequences, left me wanting more stories from the Third District.
If you’ve never tried Scalzi’s brand of fantasy, I highly encourage you to listen to Consituent Service. Amber Benson does a wonderful job with all the characters as she brought the story to life.
About John Scalzi
John Scalzi, having declared his absolute boredom with biographies, disappeared in a puff of glitter and lilac scent. Author of the Human Division series and Old Man's War series. Creative Consultant for the Stargate: Universe television series. Writer for the video game Midnight Star, by Industrial Toys. Former president (7/10 – 6/13) of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Executive Producer and Consultant for the upcoming television series based on my book Redshirts, as well as for the upcoming television series based on my Old Man’s War book series
About Amber Benson
Amber Benson is what we call "a maker of things." A prolific writer, she is the author of the Calliope Reaper-Jones urban fantasy series—for which she read the audiobooks—and the middle-grade book Among the Ghosts. She has narrated over a half dozen titles, including the John Scalzi bestseller Lock In. Behind the camera, she codirected the Slamdance feature film Drones and cowrote and directed the BBC animated series The Ghosts of Albion. In her previous incarnation as an actor, she spent three years as "Tara Maclay" on the cult television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Amber does not own a television.
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Anne - Books of My Heart
I’m glad this was fun. I need to use Audible Plus more.
Jen Twimom
This sounds like a lot of fun. It’s standalone, right? I’m going to check it out. Thanks.
Kimberly
Yes. Although I hope we get more.