Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Voice of Reason by Stan C. Smith The Voice of Reason. As Earth's destruction approaches, bridgers Infinity Fowler and Desmond Weaver wrestle with the fact that eight billion people are about to die. While on the road to see Desmond's mother one last time, they witness chaos like nothing they've ever seen. Infinity and Desmond must fight their way back to SafeTrek to fulfill their primary duty - saving the human species. Their next mission: bridge 718 civic leaders to an alternate world. They'll then have thirty-six hours to help the refugees find their place in this new world, after which the bridgers will return to SafeTrek - assuming the building hasn't collapsed. But when the bridgers and refugees arrive, they don't find the civilized world they had expected. Instead, they find a ravaged planet where humans are forced to live in caves and fight for scraps. They discover creatures that shouldn't exist and weapons that do worse than kill. How can a colony so ill-prepared for these conditions possibly survive? In their desperate attempts to prepare the refugees, Infinity and Desmond face challenges that threaten to change them forever. Don't miss this third book in the thrilling science fiction Bridgers series! Genre: Science Fiction. Stan Grierson (1939-2016) Stan Grierson, who became a director of ShareSoc when it was founded, and subsequently became Chairman of the board died in December 2016. He worked tirelessly in the interests of the Society. He started his career as an officer in the Royal Air Force flying V-bombers before spending time with a major IT company, mainly in marketing. Later, he formed his own successful company as a catering wholesaler. Stan had been an active private investor in the stock market for many years. He had been working to help private shareholders in various positions for a long time and represented ShareSoc in the European bodies of which we are members. More latterly he had been Chairman of ShareSoc until he found it necessary to reduce his commitments. Stan was always the voice of reason in any debate on shareholders’ interests and he will be sorely missed. American Dad! The main character of American Dad! : a CIA agent and staunch. With a very masculine attitude, Stan is Francine's husband and Hayley and Steve's father. He is voiced by Seth Macfarlane. Francine Smith. Stan's wife and mother of Steve and Hayley. Francine is an enabler, usually going along with the actions of the family, though she occasionally serves as the voice of reason. Despite her ditzy personality, she demonstrates a keen wild streak and a flirty nature. She is voiced by Wendy Schaal. Hayley Smith. Stan and Francine's daughter. She is eighteen and attends a college. She is portrayed as ultra-liberal, which often brings her into conflict with her father. She is voiced by Rachel MacFarlane. Steve Smith. Stan and Francine's fourteen-year-old son. He is a geek, which Stan does not like. He has also come into conflict with Stan, who wants Steve to follow in his footsteps. He is voiced by Scott Grimes. Roger Smith. Roger is an alien who lives in the Smith family's attic. Stan feels he "owes Roger his life" after being saved by the alien at Area 51 four years prior to the show beginning and took him in his house. Roger lives in the attic of Stan's house. Roger is a hedonistic alcoholic who takes on make believe personas and makes the Smith family's life extremely difficult with his vices, but since exposing Roger as an alien would endanger Stan and the rest of the family, those personas are Roger's only way of communicating with the outside world. He also has a strong addiction to junk food and can also hold long-standing grudges. Only the Smith family, Klaus, and Jeff know that Roger is an alien. He is voiced by Seth MacFarlane. Klaus Heisler. Klaus was once an East German Olympic ski-jumper until his mind was transferred into the body of a goldfish during the 1986 Winter Olympics by the CIA to prevent him from winning the gold medal, leaving him permanently trapped in the goldfish's body. Despite this, Klaus still hasn't come to terms with what happened and is very bitter. He stays in a fishbowl in the Smiths' home and has something of an obsessive crush on Francine. He is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker. Jeff Fischer. Jeff Fischer is introduced as Hayley's loser, stoner, hippie boyfriend. He is an unemployed high school drop out, and is frequently naive or stupid, irritating other characters. His mother abandoned him early on, giving birth to him in his van, within which he lives until Season 6. His relationship with his father Henry is poor, as his father also views him as a failure. Throughout the series, Hayley repeatedly dumps him for being needy, clingy and overly agreeable, leaving Jeff crushed until their inevitable reconciliations, though Jeff also dumps Hayley once in the episode "Pulling Double Booty". However, he marries Hayley in the show's 100one-hundredth episode after swindling Stan out of $50,000. He then moves into the house with Hayley in the episode "There Will Be Bad Blood". In "For Whom the Sleigh Bell Tolls", Stan ends up accepting Jeff when Jeff demonstrates his loyalty toward Hayley by saving Stan's life despite disliking him. Jeff is based on Seth MacFarlane's friend of the same name, who also voices him. American Dad! vs. Family Guy. American Dad! and Family Guy share a lot of similarities, from their creator Seth MacFarlane, to being Fox Network productions, and having a general story line based on suburban families with children and an opinionated pet. Family Guy , created in 1999, has edgy humor with mainstream appeal, while American Dad! (2005) has caustic, more adult humor with more frequent political references. Peter Griffin, the father and protagonist in Family Guy , is portrayed as a wishy-washy character in a dysfunctional family, while CIA agent Stan Smith, the father and protagonist in American Dad! , is seemingly authoritarian, extremely conservative, and chauvinistic. Both shows are very popular with over 6 million viewers and are still going strong after many years of being on air. Comparison chart. current rating is 4.29/5. current rating is 3.83/5. Similarities. The two shows revolve around suburban family life in fictional East Coast settings— American Dad! in Virginia and Family Guy in Rhode Island— and include teenage children and an anthropomorphic pet. The paternal figures, Stan on American Dad! and Peter on Family Guy , are the main characters in both shows, and their absurd personalities drive many of the stories. Both of these characters' wives often function as more logical and practical counterparts. The style of animation and physical appearance of the characters in American Dad! resemble the animation of Family Guy —perhaps because Seth MacFarlane played the lead role in designing the appearance of both—and both shows are produced by the Fox Network. Both shows also contain many examples of surreal humor and farce. Central Plots. American Dad! centers around the Smith family, headed by Stan Smith, an eccentric and extreme right wing CIA agent. Stan’s character was initially extremely conservative and intolerant, but his political leaning is less evident in the later seasons of the show. His wife, Francine, is the nagging voice of reason but is also prone to random outbursts of vulgarity and intolerance. The other main characters include their immature son, activist daughter, daughter’s boyfriend, a cynical alien who's been stranded on Earth since 1947, and a talking goldfish. The show first aired on Fox in early 2005 and moved to TBS in 2014. Some funny moments from the show are in the video below; interviews with people involved in the creation of the show, and their take on the political humor in American Dad can be found here on YouTube: Family Guy focuses on the antics of bumbling blue-collar worker and family man, Peter Griffin. Peter is portrayed as a weak, flaky character. His wife, Lois, comes from a wealthy socialite family, and their three children include a smart, earnest daughter, an unintelligent son who resembles Peter, and a diabolical talking baby of questionable sexual orientation. They also have a dog, Brian, who speaks and has a human personality but still functions like a pet in many ways. The show is set in Quahog, a fictional Rhode Island town loosely based on Providence. Family Guy first aired on January 31, 1999 on Fox. Some of Family Guy's funniest moments are compiled in the video below: Humor. American Dad! is more rooted in long-term character development than quick pop culture references. The humor is intelligent, and although often based on the quirks of the characters, it may require more time for viewers to become familiar enough with the series to appreciate it. The show has an element of political satire, and Stan (the main paternal character) has a satirical, exaggerated conservative personality. The basic formula of the show is to combine bizarre situations and characters with a relatable family story as the backbone. Though Family Guy contains memorable characters, it is less driven by their long-term development. As the humor is not rooted in a long story arc, Family Guy is more accessible for mainstream and sporadic viewers. The show leans more toward pop culture jabs and references than political ones, although it often lampoons American culture. The show utilizes traditional comedy devices such as cutaway gags and one-liners. Peter’s quintessential line is “Freakin’ sweet.” Signature Plot Techniques. American Dad! often uses farce as the main characters find themselves in situations that cross over into bizarre and exaggerated circumstances. Another closely related technique or aspect of the show is surreal humor. Many actions and situations are fully nonsensical and illogical. Gallows humor is a recurring technique in which jokes are created at the expense of characters placed in life-threatening and traumatic situations. Stan puts a lot of effort into making sure his son Steve behaves like a real man. One of Family Guy’s hallmarks is the series of “Road To” episodes, which always find Brian and Stewie in some supernatural or foreign location. The cutaway gag is one of the show’s most common techniques, in which the action is interrupted by an entirely different scene, usually a flashback. Self-referential humor is another hallmark of the show, which often makes references to the Fox Network and other shows. Awards, Ratings, and Viewership. American Dad! has been nominated for two Primetime Emmys (that it did not win) and various other awards (Teen Choice, Prism, Annie, Golden Reel). Over the show’s lifetime, it has averaged about 6 million viewers. Its IMDb rating is 7.7, slightly below Family Guy's . Family Guy has been nominated for 13 Emmys and has won four of them (two for animation, one for voice-over work, and one for music). The show has won various other awards, including three Golden Reel awards. The show has averaged about 7.5 million viewers, and its rating on IMDb is 8.5. Die größten Hörerlebnisse nur bei Audible. Erlebe Audible auf dem Smartphone, Tablet, am Computer oder deinem Amazon Echo. Auch offline. 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