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Ruby: The Adventures of a Galactic Gumshoe
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.
Manufacturer: Zbs Foundation
Price: $29.95
 Ruby: The Adventures of a Galactic Gumshoe
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| User Reviews |  | Smoooooooooooooooooth!
rating: 5
If you like science fiction & have a sense of humor ... or you're into twisted radio theatre (like Firesign) ... or just like trippy stories full of unexpected twists, clever sound effects, funny funny characters ... and 'specially if you like bad BAD achingly BAD puns ... try a shot of Ruby. It goes down smoooooooooooooooooth!
Warning: If you listen late at night, you will have *weird* dreams if you fall asleep.
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Ruby kicks B*TT!
rating: 5
It's that simple. I have all the Ruby's from 1-7 and Tired of the Green Menace. I love them all!
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Long Lost Ruby
rating: 5
Just a quick reminiscence... It's been 25 years and Ruby still haunts my memories with all the nostalgia of the waning days of radio theatre. It was my university radio station that played full episodes and not the 3 minute cop-outs that so many other stations played which first reintroduced me to the dying art of radio theatre. Tulane University station WTUL regaled us with eclectic music, gave us The Smiths and the Psychedelic Furs in all their "across the pond" glory, and replayed Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide original radio show in full installments. Where have the minds of youth gone today? The anti-cultural era of the late 20th Century, with it's sound bites and gratifyingly predictable dénouements served up in sit-coms and processed TV, gave way to computer games and the internet and has killed the last vestiges of imagination and patience of mind required to be swept away to other places by well crafted radio theatre or God forbid a good book.
My pro-cultural, anti post pop culture diatribe aside, I wish only that people in their browsing here will rediscover Ruby, Moon over Morocco and all the other fine ZBS productions which I believed were long lost. You see, the haze of illicit substances though long past, haven't affected my memory. Angel Lips, the Frankie and OffonOff and OnoffOn and the hubba-hubba tree and all the rest are still alive for me.
I give Ruby to a new and one hopes enchantable generation. Learn to explore the infinity of the mind by taking the time to listen and be swept up. Learn again how to truly read not just to process information, but to exercise the mind and derive pleasure from it.
I GIVE YOU ALL RUBY!!! But not before I buy my copy. My pirated cassettes from my buddies in the control booth at TUL are gappy and stretched out from over playing.
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Audio Books are Rarely this Good
rating: 5
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.
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Ruby!
rating: 5
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!
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