Middle Falls gets better and better

These books just improve with every one. I love them all and have spent many hours listening constantly. Thank you Shawn Inmon!

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Another great set of lives

3 very different stories but all wonderfully fulfilling and compelling. The first omnibus (books 1-3) were more gritty and these ones (4-6) were more wholesome and feel good in my opinion but that's not a bad thing. I was happy to escape into these stories and enjoy them.
I saw reviews about book 5 not being as good as the others but I didn't feel that way. I found all stories equally enthralling.
Hearing the actual author speak about each story at the end is a really nice touch and not something I've come across before.

Looking forward to the next 3! God knows what I do when I've finished them all. I can't bear to think about it!

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Fantastic series so far...but perhaps

Perhaps like all thing's an aquired taste.
listen in release date/chronological order or jump in wherever..Inmon is doing something right many books into the series..Middle Falls is not typical sci fi, certainly not hollywood sci but it does feature a leap back to many era's and a nostalgia fest..more so if you're American or have American relatives. Shawn tells a fireside type tale or twenty, slices of life mixed with elements of mystery, folklore morality tales, soap, drama and a little dose of action, sad in places but order is always brought to this multi verse which overlaps and interlaces. It has a little more mystery than sci fi per say but it just enough to filed under such. Shawn Inmon gives a person touch and insight into the lives of people he's met on his journey and his own life, there's a warmth and poppets of humour throughout. You might think of Quantum Leap meets Stephen Kings 11.36.23 when considering this read, this series, though not quite, of course that depends which part of the series you wake up in. There's a spiritual element but anyone who has called this series thinly veiled Christian fiction clearly has not listen properly or far enough in. You could argue a christian element or perhaps Hindu or Buddhist, it is more however Universal and non specific. Inmons writing has progressed well overtime and the performances range for average to excellent. If middlefalls is not for you try his Alex Hawk time travel pulp action adventures of Vernian and Burroshian themes.

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Absorbing and interesting

Entertaining books suiting my reflective nature. And they are a good chunk of listening! thank you.

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perfect for car journey

having listened to and thoroughly enjoyed Alex Hawk time travels I moved on to middle falls. yes they are all based on the same idea, but that's why I like listening. you get to know each character and learn something along the way. great way to reflect on your own life. also can't help thinking of Monsters Inc, especially during the 3-6 omnibus, but in a fun way. looking forward to the next 3

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Excellent

I loved this book. Such an original approach to time travel and the development of such wonderful characters. You simply have to keep reading to find out what happens to them. Thank you.

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you will not regret it

this got me through boring times by telling me a story I often tell myself...Great listen, very well read.

thank you

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Loved it

Love the stories. Really enjoyed these 3. Joe Hart was the best for me. Because of Jenny really ❤️❤️❤️🐶

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Bigoted and full of religious bias

This book includes a non-religious character clearly authored by a religious person with no understanding what so ever of modern atheist thought or scientific scepticism. The phrase "there are no atheists in foxholes" is used to justify a section where the non-religious character prays. This is a massively insulting insinuation aimed at non-religious veterains and active military personnel, suggesting a level of cowardice. My first reaction to this was to double check the year the book was written. Absolutely disgusting, insulting and bigoted.

Another section implies it isn't possible to convince a sceptic after the same non-religious character uses a weird magicians' approach in an attempt to convince a psychologist he is a time traveller. The character seals a prediction in an envelope, which isn't opened until much later, after the predicted event takes place. The psychologist rightly argues that it is more likely the envelope was switched than time travel has occurred. From this, the author concludes skeptics cannot be convinced! It would be the easiest thing in the world to convince a sceptic you're a time traveller if you really were one. Don't use methods that are easily explained away as conjurers tricks. Instead, make multiple precise predictions of unpredictable events in advance that turn out to be right. Simple. The insinuation that skeptics are simply expressing a bias is insulting and wrong.

Overall, this isn't much of a sci fi series, it's more like a thinly veiled christian fantasy.

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