The Good, the Bad and the Androids | A Sci Fi Story | audio | written and narrated by Nik Hein

The Val is back!
This is the second sci-fi short story in the series about a galactic private detective set in my universe of the Human-Ullerian conflict. This time, Val arrives on a desert planet on assignment from a powerful corporation to find something... And, as always, he sees the job through.
This one is written more in a classic western style, though with some light touch of noir crime drama. Again, narrated by me, so for those who will be troubled to fight through my accent, I added the custom subtitles.
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[@nikhein]

The Val is back! This is the second sci-fi short story in the series about a galactic private detective set in my universe of the Human-Ullerian conflict. This time, Val arrives on a desert planet on assignment from a powerful corporation to find something... And, as always, he sees the job through. This one is written more in a classic western style, though with some light touch of noir crime drama. Again, narrated by me, so for those who will be troubled to fight through my accent, I added the custom subtitles. If you would like to support the author (me) directly, you can do it here: www.buymeacoffee.com/buddha2ndo

[@markfergerson2145]

Welcome back, Val.. and you too Nik. The noir style does not have to be limited to classic inner city Private Eye stories. You’re demonstrating that here. This American fan of the Western genre thinks you did pretty good with this one. I can see Clint Eastwood playing Val in the film but his accent and command of Russian syntax (well, to be real, the writers command of Russian syntax) didn’t do him any favors in Firefox. I have never thought to ask if the noir style has any popularity in Slavic countries. From the outside it would seem a good match for the (probably propaganda based) Slavic fatalism. On the other hand fatalism is the conviction that things will go to hell, while noir assumes that things have already gone to hell and can never get better. I’m thinking of the extreme embodied by the character Rohrshach in the Watchmen. Val isn’t quite that far gone. He proved that by pulling a happy ending for the girls out of disaster.

[@nikhein]

@@markfergerson2145 As always, thank you for the comment! First, I liked your mention of the good ol' Clint, though I stole the juicy phrases for Val from Lee van Cliff's character, Angel Eyes. For me, it was a sort of game within the game-to make this guy not as bad as he was in the movie. Speaking of the popularity of noir in the Slavic countries. It's hard to tell. (by the way, Estonia is not a Slavic country, but after 50 years within the USSR it's pretty complicated now). In a way, you could call it popular, but that's mostly post-soviet popularity because before, it was barely ever translated, with very few exceptions. It's an interesting question, by the way. Worth exploring more. As for the Val, there's one thing I want to mention. He is not just a tired P.I. working on some cases to support his income. He is also a veteran and former prisoner of war with (probably) heavy PTSD problems. And the world he is living in is not that bright either, something like Europe right after WW2 - still bearing a lot of scars from the catastrophe. The same goes for my Backwater Station series, by the way, and all this Human-Ullerian conflict metaverse.

[@lawrenceburchett7411]

Very nice Niko

[@firozdharani8647]

Your voice is beautiful Difficult for non english reader Like me But better than ai Speed is good Thankyou Small village 100km from nairobi kenya Sorry, i heard you for next 10 minutes and had difficulty following your voice ai voice is better for me Not your fault, english is not my first language I am learning, narator makes all the difference in a story

[@dennisthornton4434]

Sounds good, different than AI reading. Glad you finally decided to put up your stories. I agree on your opinion of AI writing stories.

[@nikhein]

Ergh.... ALL stories on my channel are written by me ) The only thing that changed is narration (and not for all stories yet).

[@orctimusprime9029]

Hey hey Will give this a listen!

[@paulbooth3953]

I love your narrations Nik! If anything, hearing you narrate your own story, gives me more insight into the character. When you describe the environment I actually visualize and feel the drama. Good work!

[@nikhein]

Thank you!!!

[@frigidmonk]

Hi Nik, your English is fine. No problem for this native speaker to follow even the few misspeaks were not so glaring as to ruin the experience. Keep narrating your own work. You will only continue to get better. Fun story!😎👍

[@user-jl8mp6lg4i]

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