The Valor of Cappen Varra - Poul Anderson

[@colemarie9262]

I don't get the sudden complaints? I'm glad that I happen to like this narrator, since he's on almost every sci fi story of this era on youtube.

[@RodM.Peters]

This is a wonderfully written story. As for the narrator, I like the timbre of the voice though not so much the intonation, but that didn't bother me too much since I truly enjoyed this.

[@kedabro1957]

Oh you blessed saint. Thatk you for posting this.

[@TomTomTomTom538]

This channel is the best on youtube in my opinion. Keep up the good work new thinkable!

[@michaelledford4751]

I'm wondering how many are old enough to know what " hard tack " is without google , still its cool to see young people take interest in the writings of my generation .

[@gerry5134]

Its dried beef isn't it ?

[@nock3893]

Hugo Malice it’s dried bread, essentially a giant cracker as hard as a rock

[@richmcgee434]

Hard tack isn't all that easy to come by in the lower 48 states of the US these days (although you could certainly make it at home) but it's still common in Alaska, Canada (I've seen it sold in stores up there) and parts of Europe, probably elsewhere across the world. Not the staple ration it was for centuries both on land and at sea, but not as forgotten as you might think. Certainly any military history buff will recognize the term.

[@artmoss6889]

@@richmcgee434 Almost all of the hard tack made in America is sold in either Alaska or Hawai'i. I've never come across in other states.

[@richmcgee434]

@@artmoss6889 I've bought it in Pennsylvania, but that was at a historical fair, not a store. Only seen it in stores in Canada, and that was a long time ago (which was also the last time I've been up there).

[@BaldingClamydia]

I'm sad that everyone seems to have a problem with this narrator. xD It could be better, but I think it's just how he speaks. He does increase his reading speed to indicate increased emotion. It seems lke his Shatner-pauses are on commas and periods. He's just trying to be clear! For an amazing narrator though, go to "The Well Told Tale." Robert is one of my favorite narrators.

[@richmcgee434]

FWIW, Cappen Varra makes quite a few appearances in the much later Thieves' World shared-setting stories, which started coming out in 1978 and were at their peak in the 1980s. Different authors wrote him over the years, but Poul Anderson originated the character here as well as the "three truths" schtick.

[@Laurencemardon]

Wonderful writing

[@chrisweidner4768]

Laurence Mardon But for me this narrator is impossible to listen to.

[@brothermine2292]

The story is okay. The youtube title ought to include the genre, which for this story is fantasy. (I was hoping for a sci fi story.) I think the problem with the narrator is that every two or three words he emphasizes the word by raising the volume and pitch, with no apparent reason for doing so, as if he doesn't understand the meanings of the words he's speaking.

[@kathrynengel278]

I think the narrator is a robot... pretty good for a robot but it's distracting

[@brothermine2292]

@@kathrynengel278 : Perhaps, but there are moments where it seems more human than Google's text-to-speech. My hunch is it's a person striving to articulate well (never mumble), who hasn't read the story before so he's seeing each sentence for the first time while speaking it, which doesn't give him time to figure out which parts of each sentence should be emphasized.

[@BegsToDiffer]

This guy's voice is hard to listen to, he sounds like an eight year old reading aloud, each word pronounced in the same tone, no warmth, no tension, no drama, like an old speak-n-spell.

[@BegsToDiffer]

He needs some lessons from Edward E French.