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- Narrated by: Erik Braa, Pete Bradbury, William DeMeritt, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
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International tension is rising as the Russian military forms an Eastern Alliance to create a new age of Russian supremacy. The rest of the world is scrambling for a united response. Enter Project Earthlight. Earthlight is a NATO operation under U.S. command based in the ultimate military high ground: space. A group of the best fighter pilots is handpicked from around the world to fly the first generation of advanced planes capable of maneuvering in the vacuum of space and inside the atmosphere.
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The Last Dangerous Visions
- By: Harlan Ellison, J. Michael Straczynski
- Length: 12 hrs
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Provocative and controversial, socially conscious and politically charged, wildly imaginative yet deeply grounded, the thirty-two never-before published stories, essays, and poems in The Last Dangerous Visions stand as a testament to Ellison’s lifelong pursuit of art, representing voices both well-known and entirely new, including: David Brin, Max Brooks, Cory Doctorow, Dan Simmons, AE van Vogt, Edward Bryant, and Robert Sheckley, among others.
By: Harlan Ellison, and others
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Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer
- The Artistry, Joy, and Career of Storytelling
- By: J. Michael Straczynski
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
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Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer includes Straczynski's unique, tried-and-true methodologies that will help storytellers sharpen their work so that it's polished and ready for publication. Part toolbox and part survival guide, this book will be an indispensable guide throughout your entire writing career, offering fresh and practical insights every step of the way.
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My New Favorite Book
- By Jake Marley on 07-08-21
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Becoming Superman
- My Journey From Poverty to Hollywood
- By: J. Michael Straczynski
- Narrated by: Peter Jurasik
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
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In this dazzling memoir, the acclaimed writer behind Babylon 5, Sense8, Clint Eastwood’s Changeling, and Marvel’s Thor reveals how the power of creativity and imagination enabled him to overcome the horrors of his youth and a dysfunctional family haunted by madness, murder, and a terrible secret.
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HEART WRENCHING PROSE FROM A PRO
- By Adam S Ridgewell on 07-25-19
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Greatest Hits
- Herald Classics
- By: Harlan Ellison, J. Michael Straczynski - editor
- Narrated by: Harlan Ellison, Grover Gardner, Hillary Huber, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
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Harlan Ellison’s work shaped the science-fiction, fantasy, and horror genres in the twentieth century, and this collection of his best-known and most-acclaimed stories is a perfect treasury for old Ellison fans as well as listeners discovering this zany, polyphonic writer for the first time.
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Huge fan of the writing but NOT of this production
- By Susannah on 04-23-24
By: Harlan Ellison, and others
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Together We Will Go
- By: J. Michael Straczynski
- Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Dan Bittner, Neo Cihi, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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Mark Antonelli, a failed young writer looking down the barrel at 30, is planning a cross-country road trip. He buys a beat-up old tour bus. He hires a young army vet to drive it. He puts out an ad for others to join him along the way. But this will be a road trip like no other: His passengers are all fellow disheartened souls who have decided that this will be their final journey - upon arrival in San Francisco, they will find a cliff with an amazing view of the ocean at sunset, hit the gas, and drive out of this world.
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Great cast, great writing, an emotional ride!
- By K Ikelman on 07-30-21
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Earthlight
- A Random House Audiobook Original
- By: J. Michael Straczynski
- Narrated by: Erik Braa, Pete Bradbury, William DeMeritt, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
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International tension is rising as the Russian military forms an Eastern Alliance to create a new age of Russian supremacy. The rest of the world is scrambling for a united response. Enter Project Earthlight. Earthlight is a NATO operation under U.S. command based in the ultimate military high ground: space. A group of the best fighter pilots is handpicked from around the world to fly the first generation of advanced planes capable of maneuvering in the vacuum of space and inside the atmosphere.
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The Last Dangerous Visions
- By: Harlan Ellison, J. Michael Straczynski
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Provocative and controversial, socially conscious and politically charged, wildly imaginative yet deeply grounded, the thirty-two never-before published stories, essays, and poems in The Last Dangerous Visions stand as a testament to Ellison’s lifelong pursuit of art, representing voices both well-known and entirely new, including: David Brin, Max Brooks, Cory Doctorow, Dan Simmons, AE van Vogt, Edward Bryant, and Robert Sheckley, among others.
By: Harlan Ellison, and others
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Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer
- The Artistry, Joy, and Career of Storytelling
- By: J. Michael Straczynski
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer includes Straczynski's unique, tried-and-true methodologies that will help storytellers sharpen their work so that it's polished and ready for publication. Part toolbox and part survival guide, this book will be an indispensable guide throughout your entire writing career, offering fresh and practical insights every step of the way.
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My New Favorite Book
- By Jake Marley on 07-08-21
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Becoming Superman
- My Journey From Poverty to Hollywood
- By: J. Michael Straczynski
- Narrated by: Peter Jurasik
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In this dazzling memoir, the acclaimed writer behind Babylon 5, Sense8, Clint Eastwood’s Changeling, and Marvel’s Thor reveals how the power of creativity and imagination enabled him to overcome the horrors of his youth and a dysfunctional family haunted by madness, murder, and a terrible secret.
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HEART WRENCHING PROSE FROM A PRO
- By Adam S Ridgewell on 07-25-19
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Greatest Hits
- Herald Classics
- By: Harlan Ellison, J. Michael Straczynski - editor
- Narrated by: Harlan Ellison, Grover Gardner, Hillary Huber, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Harlan Ellison’s work shaped the science-fiction, fantasy, and horror genres in the twentieth century, and this collection of his best-known and most-acclaimed stories is a perfect treasury for old Ellison fans as well as listeners discovering this zany, polyphonic writer for the first time.
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Huge fan of the writing but NOT of this production
- By Susannah on 04-23-24
By: Harlan Ellison, and others
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Again, Dangerous Visions
- By: Harlan Ellison
- Narrated by: Neil Hellegers, Ramiz Monsef, Tim Campbell, and others
- Length: 41 hrs and 4 mins
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Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America and winner of countless awards—including the Hugo, Nebula, Edgar Allan Poe, and Bram Stoker—Harlan Ellison proved once more that he was both unpredictable and irrepressible in this second collection of innovative science fiction. Again, Dangerous Visions—the middle installment in a planned three anthology series—includes award-winning stories from incomparable writers such as Ursula K. Le Guin, Gene Wolfe, Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut, Piers Anthony, Dean Koontz, and James Tiptree, among many others.
By: Harlan Ellison
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Dangerous Visions
- By: Harlan Ellison
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell, Simon Vance, Steven Jay Cohen, and others
- Length: 24 hrs and 33 mins
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A landmark short story collection that put the more character-based New Wave science fiction on the map, Dangerous Visions won several prestigious awards and was nominated for many others. This now-classic anthology includes thirty-three stories by thirty-two award-winning authors, over half of whom have won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards.
By: Harlan Ellison
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The Wandering Earth
- By: Cixin Liu
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin, Greg Chun
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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These 11 stories, including five Chinese Galaxy Award winners, are a blazingly original ode to planet Earth, its pasts, and its futures. Liu's fiction takes the listener to the edge of the universe and the end of time, to meet stranger fates than we could have ever imagined. With a melancholic and keen understanding of human nature, Liu's stories show humanity's attempts to reason, navigate, and above all, survive in a desolate cosmos.
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Extraordinary book!
- By Yuanting Tao on 10-30-21
By: Cixin Liu
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The Lies of Locke Lamora
- Gentleman Bastard, Book 1
- By: Scott Lynch
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 22 hrs and 36 mins
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An orphan’s life is harsh - and often short - in the mysterious island city of Camorr. But young Locke Lamora dodges death and slavery, becoming a thief under the tutelage of a gifted con artist. As leader of the band of light-fingered brothers known as the Gentleman Bastards, Locke is soon infamous, fooling even the underworld’s most feared ruler. But in the shadows lurks someone still more ambitious and deadly. Faced with a bloody coup that threatens to destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary life, Locke vows to beat the enemy at his own brutal game.
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Narrator is a bit too much
- By Brandon Yapel on 03-02-20
By: Scott Lynch
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The View from the Cheap Seats
- Selected Nonfiction
- By: Neil Gaiman
- Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
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An inquisitive observer, thoughtful commentator, and assiduous craftsman, Neil Gaiman has long been celebrated for the sharp intellect and startling imagination that informs his fiction. Now The View from the Cheap Seats brings together, for the first time ever, more than 60 works of his outstanding nonfiction on topics and people close to his heart.
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The very best View is from the Cheap Seats
- By Jessica on 06-20-16
By: Neil Gaiman
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Antarctica Station
- A Thriller
- By: A.G. Riddle
- Narrated by: Morgan Hallett
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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At the end of the world, a groundbreaking scientific experiment will change everything. Dr. Laura Reynolds had it all. A job she loved. The respect of her peers. Student debt she was slowly chipping away at. And one day, it all went away. She saw the wrong thing—a colleague's mistake. And to escape, he framed her. Laura's only option is to join a secretive research project in Antarctica, where she hopes to keep practicing medicine and one day get her life back. But soon after arriving, she realizes that things aren't what they seem in this advanced facility.
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More soap opera than science fiction
- By William Bexton on 02-02-24
By: A.G. Riddle
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- 1genxer
- 02-17-24
Outstanding
The Glass Box is both scary for its feasibility and hopeful in its resilience. The characters, like most of J Michael Straczynski's writing, are fully fleshed out and real. I honestly can't say enough about the quality of this book Just read it already!
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- Jennifer Baratta She/Her
- 02-22-24
Someone worked out his feelings for his father.
Someone took a page from Tom Clancy. I really hope this story doesn't come true.
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- Eliza
- 02-27-24
1984 Today
A timely reminder that 1984 isn't an abstract possibility, but just a blink away from tommorrow
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- Ladyethyme
- 04-11-24
Brilliant, and all too possible
JMS does it again in another story that intertwines exceptional storytelling, character development, and plot arc.
If you are on the inside and know his own personal story, there is even more insight as you read the novel, and understand where he got the inspiration for certain characters such as Frankenstein, and the thoughts and recollections and attitude of him.
There's way too much emotion right now for me to be able to write a fully coherent review, so I will probably have to come back and do that later.
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- KA
- 05-09-24
Must read
A gripping story so close to reality that is scary. JMS did it again, a must read. Love everything about it.
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- Brynjar
- 01-18-24
Compelling, despite the predictability and narration 
The pros was engaging And the characters We’re believable with clear motivations. The predictable story And political lecture, Left a slight bad taste in my mouth. I did not care for the narrators Exaggerated voices for the various characters. 
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- Alexis Gervais
- 05-09-24
Wow
Reminiscent of Brian W. Aldiss' Harm without being genre, and without that work's pessimism. It's a work grounded in reality and humanity. You celebrate it at the same time you feel for the plight of the protagonist, who is in the grip of the worst emotion imaginable: terror.
Note that the secondary characters are less developed than the protagonist since this is a single POV narrative.
Straczynski's previous Together We Will Go tackled another difficult subject. The author, I would say, has some predilection in writing about uncomfortable but necessary subjects. May he produce many more.
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- Soseverian
- 02-23-24
The poor Narration may force me to return this.
This novel strikes me as important, adeptly dealing with some very real horrors that are in motion right now. Sadly, thanks to the poor narration, I will probably return the title rather than finishing it. Seriously. Every male character voice sounds like the big dumb dog in the Warner Bros. Cartoon parody of "Of Mice and Men," while gagging on cauliflower. "Aaaaach Iiiii will love him Aaarchaaaand squeeze hiim Aaahaaand call him George! George iz My friend!" Which of course rrrrrrrrrrips you out of the story. IF YOU CANT DO VOICES JUST READ THE BOOK Narrators! Youre ruining good things.
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