Ruby: The Adventures of a Galactic Gumshoe [Audio CD]

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1993

On the planet Summa Nulla (crossroads of the galaxy, highpoint of nothing), someone is manipulating the media. Ruby, tough, smart sexy detective that she is, is hired to track down the malefactors. The swinging Android Sisters perform satirical songs as Ruby encounters some pretty weird planetary inhabitants on her quest for truth and the intergalactic way.

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About the Author

Meatball Fulton has written and produced over 100 hours of original audio drama for public radio and personal enjoyment.

Product Details

• Audio CD: 3 pages
• Publisher: Zbs Foundation (October 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1881137929
• ISBN-13: 978-1881137924
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #238,781 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #29 in Books > Books on CD > Literature & Fiction > Drama
  • #87 in Books > Books on CD > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ruby!, July 20, 2000

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Ed N "Ed" (Kensington, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ruby: The Adventures of a Galactic Gumshoe (Audio CD)

Ha ha ha! I remember this radio series by ZBS! I was in college in the early 1990s, and our college radio station used to play this radio sci-fi comedy. It was hilarious! I was lucky enough to tape a few of the episodes off the air. Oh boy! I didn't know I could get this series on CD!

For those not in the know, this radio series centered on the adventures of Ruby, a galactic gumshoe. She's a trigger-happy, wise-cracking space detective who was on a quest to search for something (The Ultimate Game, I think?). She meets all sorts of scumbags and colorful characters along the way like Rodant Kapur, And/Or, Enana, Professor Theru, the And/Or Sisters, the Mole People, etc (excuse any mispellings). The series was rapid-paced and ultra-funny with great sound effects. Imagine Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell from "His Girl Friday" set in outer space, and you can imagine the great humour.

Unfortunately, I only got to listen to half of the story, so I don't know how it started or how it ended, but now I get to find out! Highly recommended!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Science Fiction's Audio Hall of Fame: Best SciFi of 1982, June 27, 2000

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This review is from: Ruby: The Adventures of a Galactic Gumshoe (Audio CD)

Originally produced in three minute daily episodes for drive-time radio, Ruby is the ZBS foundations most popular story they've ever created. This audio adventure is very smart, with some good thinking interlaced with a witty story.

It's full of clever characters such as And/Or, the technician with an illegal love for a very special android, Angel Lips, the special android whose programmer gave her free will with mixed results, TJ Teru, the archeologist with a taste for plastic, and Ruby, the tough talking galactic gumshoe with the psychic power to stop time. Ruby is hired to find out who is controlling the media on Suma Nulla, and becomes mixed up with the mole people and The Tookah, a creature with four tentacles, three eyes, a blue mustache and red fez.

Fast-paced, funny, and highly recommended

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Audio Books are Rarely this Good, January 22, 2003

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Ben Up the Tree "benupthetree" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

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This audio book is beyond anything I have had ever heard, or have heard since. Not only is it fantastically written, wonderfully acted, and beautifully visualized, it also has a certain wit about technology and the future that is refreshing. The android sisters 'OnOffOn' and 'OffOnOff', the mole people, the fantastic Ruby, with her sly wit and kick-... attitude, this is an audio book for the whole family.

I personally guarantee, if you don't like it, somebody else will give you $5 for the CDs on e-bay. Please treat yourself and give it a listen.