Fuzzy Nation

Executive Summary: This was a really fun quick listen. I blew threw it in 2 days and I might have done it in 1 if I wasn't listening to it.Audio book: I really enjoy Wil Wheaton as a narrator. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's his snark. Normally I'd ding someone who doesn't do accents and voices for all the characters as so-so, but for me Mr. Wheaton just seems like a great fit for a Scalzi book. I totally get why he may not be everyone's cup of tea however.Full ReviewThis one wasn't really on my radar, but came up for a daily deal on audible and is pretty short at less than 8 hours long, so I did it over the course of a weekend.The basis of the story itself isn't new. In fact the book itself is a modernization of [b:Little Fuzzy 1440148 Little Fuzzy (Fuzzy Sapiens #1) H. Beam Piper https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1348972417s/1440148.jpg 1876891]. I haven't read that book and can't say if even that book is necessarily original. Man comes to planet/country/etc and ends up encountering natives he doesn't understand to find that he own people are filled with a bunch of asshats.I could be describing the plot to Dances with Wolves, or more recently (and closer) Avatar. It's not exactly the same. There is no native love interest for instance, but close enough.Still I really enjoyed Mr. Scalzi's snarky take on the story. I was laughing at several points and really enjoyed the ending. The protagonist Jack Holloway isn't always very likable. He's surrounded by some better people than he deserves and is often unappreciative of them.However, he proves to be infinitely less of an asshat than some of the other humans on planet, even if it takes him a little while to get there. I think there is a surprising amount of depth to Mr. Holloway given the length of the story. Overall this was just a fun little diversion, that may be helped or hindered by Mr. Wheaton's reading of it depending on your opinion of him as a narrator.