# Space Team

By Barry J. Hutchison · Space Team, book 1

Profile: https://hahafiction.com/books/space-team-1129d9c1/

An alien abduction puts small-time conman Cal Carver in the wrong company: a crew of criminals with a delivery to make in a warlord’s territory. Their assignment grows into a fight to prevent another civilization’s destruction.

## What makes it funny?

Strapped into alien restraints, Cal assesses the furniture and thinks back to a call-center job he found even worse. His captors can take him across the galaxy without improving his opinion of office interiors.

### The comedy at work

Cal keeps measuring unfamiliar technology against familiar annoyances. Once he joins the crew, their mutual hostility gives the adventure another source of friction: these are people who have to work together and would rather argue.

### Try this if…

Bickering crews and science-fiction sendups are the draw here, with enough action and plot turns to carry the jokes through a space adventure.

### Good to know

The opening situation includes a cannibalistic prisoner and the deaths of much of Earth’s population. The jokes sit alongside large-scale danger.

## What to expect

- Genre: Science fiction
- On the shelf: Space opera
- Kind of humor: Farce
- The atmosphere: Irreverent
- Audience: Adult
- Format: Novel
- Length: 271 pages
- Audiobook: Available
- Published: 2016

## A few distinguishing details

- A conman abducted by mistake
- Alien captivity viewed through everyday complaints

## Sources & further reading

- Book information: [Edition bibliography](https://books.google.com/books/about/Space_Team.html?id=JT8NMQAACAAJ)
- Author commentary: [Author and chapter extract](https://barryjhutchison.com/spaceteampresskit)
- Review: [SFBook review](https://sfbook.com/space-team.htm)
- Publisher: [Publisher](https://zertexmedia.com/spaceteam)