-
Metaphase
- Narrated by: Gayle Hendrix
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Buy for $24.95
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
Starfarers
- By: Vonda N. McIntyre
- Narrated by: Gayle Hendrix
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The starship Starfarer is poised for our first voyage to another star system. The Alien Contact Team - physicist Victoria Fraser MacKenzie, geneticist Stephen Thomas Gregory, geographer Satoshi Lono, and alien contact specialist J.D. Sauvage - and the rest of the faculty and staff prepare for humanity's most ambitious exploratory expedition. But the world has changed. A new regime orders the vessel to be abandoned. It will be turned into an instrument of war. What do the Starfarers do? They do what any red-blooded Alien Contact Team would do. They steal the starship.
-
-
Very sad
- By Heidi on 10-02-19
-
Superluminal
- By: Vonda N. McIntyre
- Narrated by: Rachel Evans
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From the ocean's emerald depths, where whales and adapting humans live in harmony ... to the rigors of inter-dimensional travel, the universe is order and laws; the universe is hierarchies, evolution, and space...Now a young pilot with a new bionic heart, a man from a plague-ravaged world, and a beautiful diver from the sea are about to discover that their destinies - and their souls - are entwined.
-
-
Engrossing storytelling
- By Shira on 01-30-14
-
Barbary
- By: Vonda N. McIntyre
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Twelve-year-old Barbary is emigrating from Earth to Einstein, an orbital space station. Researchers and diplomats on board the station are preparing to meet the first alien spacecraft to visit the solar system. Barbary wants to stay with her new sister, Heather, and Heather's father Yoshi. But Barbary is keeping a secret, and if her secret is discovered, she could be sent back to Earth.
-
-
Where Was This Book When I Was 12??
- By Michael & Cora on 12-02-20
-
The Exile Waiting
- By: Vonda N. McIntyre
- Narrated by: Ray Chase
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The time is the distant future. Earth has been rendered uninhabitable by terrible storms during which its only city, Center, constructed around a natural cave system, is sealed from the outside. Mischa, a young thief whose capabilities are enhanced by hereditary mutation, is trying to escape with her drug addicted brother from the dominance of her uncle. When a starship arrives, commanded by the twin alien pseudo-sibs, Subone & Subtwo, Mischa seizes her chance.
-
-
I still love this book
- By joyce bartlett stack on 04-03-19
-
Translation State
- By: Ann Leckie
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Enae's grandmaman passes away, Enae inherits something unexpected: a diplomatic assignment to track down a fugitive who has been missing for over 200 years. No one actually expects Enae to succeed; it's an empty assignment meant to keep hir occupied. But Enae has never had a true purpose—no one ever expected hir to do more than care for grandmaman—so sie is determined to accomplish this task to the best of her ability.
-
-
Single themed and not on par with the series
- By Andrew Pollack on 07-01-23
By: Ann Leckie
-
Dreamsnake
- By: Vonda N. McIntyre
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When the healer Snake was summoned, she traveled the blasted landscape with her three serpents. From the venom of two of them, she distilled her medicines. But most valued of all was the alien dreamsnake, whose bite could ease the fear and pain of death.
-
-
Sets the Mark for Fantasy Excellence
- By 'houla on 03-15-15
-
Starfarers
- By: Vonda N. McIntyre
- Narrated by: Gayle Hendrix
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The starship Starfarer is poised for our first voyage to another star system. The Alien Contact Team - physicist Victoria Fraser MacKenzie, geneticist Stephen Thomas Gregory, geographer Satoshi Lono, and alien contact specialist J.D. Sauvage - and the rest of the faculty and staff prepare for humanity's most ambitious exploratory expedition. But the world has changed. A new regime orders the vessel to be abandoned. It will be turned into an instrument of war. What do the Starfarers do? They do what any red-blooded Alien Contact Team would do. They steal the starship.
-
-
Very sad
- By Heidi on 10-02-19
-
Superluminal
- By: Vonda N. McIntyre
- Narrated by: Rachel Evans
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From the ocean's emerald depths, where whales and adapting humans live in harmony ... to the rigors of inter-dimensional travel, the universe is order and laws; the universe is hierarchies, evolution, and space...Now a young pilot with a new bionic heart, a man from a plague-ravaged world, and a beautiful diver from the sea are about to discover that their destinies - and their souls - are entwined.
-
-
Engrossing storytelling
- By Shira on 01-30-14
-
Barbary
- By: Vonda N. McIntyre
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Twelve-year-old Barbary is emigrating from Earth to Einstein, an orbital space station. Researchers and diplomats on board the station are preparing to meet the first alien spacecraft to visit the solar system. Barbary wants to stay with her new sister, Heather, and Heather's father Yoshi. But Barbary is keeping a secret, and if her secret is discovered, she could be sent back to Earth.
-
-
Where Was This Book When I Was 12??
- By Michael & Cora on 12-02-20
-
The Exile Waiting
- By: Vonda N. McIntyre
- Narrated by: Ray Chase
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The time is the distant future. Earth has been rendered uninhabitable by terrible storms during which its only city, Center, constructed around a natural cave system, is sealed from the outside. Mischa, a young thief whose capabilities are enhanced by hereditary mutation, is trying to escape with her drug addicted brother from the dominance of her uncle. When a starship arrives, commanded by the twin alien pseudo-sibs, Subone & Subtwo, Mischa seizes her chance.
-
-
I still love this book
- By joyce bartlett stack on 04-03-19
-
Translation State
- By: Ann Leckie
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Enae's grandmaman passes away, Enae inherits something unexpected: a diplomatic assignment to track down a fugitive who has been missing for over 200 years. No one actually expects Enae to succeed; it's an empty assignment meant to keep hir occupied. But Enae has never had a true purpose—no one ever expected hir to do more than care for grandmaman—so sie is determined to accomplish this task to the best of her ability.
-
-
Single themed and not on par with the series
- By Andrew Pollack on 07-01-23
By: Ann Leckie
-
Dreamsnake
- By: Vonda N. McIntyre
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When the healer Snake was summoned, she traveled the blasted landscape with her three serpents. From the venom of two of them, she distilled her medicines. But most valued of all was the alien dreamsnake, whose bite could ease the fear and pain of death.
-
-
Sets the Mark for Fantasy Excellence
- By 'houla on 03-15-15
Publisher's summary
With the ship still recovering from sabotage even as new mechanical problems arise, J.D. Sauvage and the first contact crew prepare to meet the reclusive alien squidmoth. Though civilized worlds have shunned them both, human and alien hope to find friendship in each other. Now, as the first contact team explores the fibrous tunnels of the small planetoid that houses the alien, an awesome secret waits inside. But before J.D. can discover what it is, she and the rest have a terrible decision to make: set course for Earth and return home as heroes - before they're stranded in space; or trust an offer from the bizarre and enigmatic squidmoth - before it dies.
More from the same
Love Books? You'll Love Audible.
Transform your day
Replace endless scrolling with endless listening. Chores can be fun.
Listen everywhere
Download titles to listen offline, wherever you are in the world.
Carry your entire Library
Your stories go where you go. Audiobooks don’t weigh a thing.
Listen and learn
Discover stories that can change your mind, your well-being, and your life.
Reach your reading goals
You can’t turn pages while you drive—but you can press play.
Find your niche
WIth thousands of titles to explore, there’s something for everyone.
What listeners say about Metaphase
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
- MsHarmony
- 02-16-19
Wonderful Story...Too Much Detail
This is the second McIntyre book I've purchased and listened to. I truly like her imagination and writing. However, I have two issues with this book that I didn't have with the first one (Dreamsnake). First, although all information/details flowed quite seamlessly, the staggering amount of detail became exhausting to process; to pay attention to. The narration was almost 13 hours long, and 2-3 hours could have easily been edited out with no harm to quality.
The second issue I had was with the narrator's speech pattern. Approximately 40-50% of the time she used a pattern I find unpleasant to listen to. It's a pronounced raised-lowered and/or lowered-raised inflection at the end of the sentence, called, I believe, a fall-rise of rise-fall intonation. Seriously, my brain just doesn't like it.
The difference between this book and Dreamsnake was first, no annoying speech pattern (different narrator), and secondly, although there was massive amount of detail, much of it wasn't about or between people, but rather the fantastic dichotomy between rich narrative and harsh land. For whatever reason, less people minutiae, better read.
However, I confess that speech pattern and overwhelming details notwithstanding, I couldn't stand not knowing what happens next, and just bought Nautilus.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Jack H
- 04-16-21
Awesome book!
This entire series is one of my favorites!
I reread them frequently! I love it!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Mark
- 06-24-14
Written like sci-fi cover for women's erotic book
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
I just hated this. I wanted to like it, I tried to like it, I was persistent, hoping at some point it would be redeemed, but I just hated it. Largely because of the reader's vocal mannerisms, but also because of the authors choice of words and phrases for various situations. The story line was confusing for me from the beginning but what actually got me vocally irritated was that it kept on striking me as a bate and switch for a woman's erotic novel disguised as a sci-fi.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!