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Blade Runner
- Originally published as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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By Emily Martin
IF YOU READ ONLY ONE ANDROID NOVEL IN YOUR LIFETIME, IT SHOULD BE BLADE RUNNER
I have a poster of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner hanging up in my living room, but, like any self-respecting book person, before I'd seen the famous movie adaptation, I read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The first time I read Philip K. Dick's novel, straightforward but filled to the brim with invention and thought-provoking concepts, was for a science fiction class as an undergrad. At the time, I had no idea what "cyberpunk" meant, and I certainly didn't understand the difference between an android and a robot. But Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? opened up my eyes to how sci-fi could engage the imagination.
If you've seen Blade Runner and have read or listened to the novel it’s based on, then you know that the film is not exactly what one would call a "faithful" adaptation. In fact, when I teach this book and this film in my dystopian fiction courses, students are often disappointed in the movie after reading the book first. But I think both the movie and the film are essential parts of the sci-fi canon. Both works are in conversation with each other. And both have significant things to say about the meaning of life, what it means to feel emotions, and (most essentially) what it means to be human.
Simply put, science fiction would not be where it is today without the influence of Blade Runner. And yet the audiobook is more than just an important part of sci-fi history. It's actually an incredibly engrossing, edge-of-your-seat, unforgettable ride. The future world that Philip K. Dick paints for us in his novel is a bleak one, filled with desperate characters fighting to find meaning in a world that has left them behind. But it's also a world where humanity—including androids—fights to do so much more than just survive. They're fighting for a life that feels full. Just like the rest of us.
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Publisher's summary
Here is the classic sci-fi novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, set nearly thirty years before the events of the new Warner Bros. film Blade Runner 2049, starring Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, and Robin Wright.
By 2021, the World War has killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remain covet any living creature, and for people who can’t afford one, companies build incredibly realistic simulacra: horses, birds, cats, sheep. They’ve even built humans. Immigrants to Mars receive androids so sophisticated they are indistinguishable from true men or women. Fearful of the havoc these artificial humans can wreak, the government bans them from Earth. Driven into hiding, unauthorized androids live among human beings, undetected. Rick Deckard, an officially sanctioned bounty hunter, is commissioned to find rogue androids and “retire” them. But when cornered, androids fight back—with lethal force.
Praise for Philip K. Dick
“[Dick] sees all the sparkling—and terrifying—possibilities . . . that other authors shy away from.” - Rolling Stone
“A kind of pulp-fiction Kafka, a prophet.”- The New York Times
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The Year's Top Short SF Novels 5
- By: Cory Doctorow, Ken Liu, John P Murphy, and others
- Narrated by: Tom Dheere, Nancy Linari
- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4 out of 5 stars 40
Short novels are movie-length narratives that may well be the perfect length for science fiction stories. This audio collection presents the best-of-the-best short science fiction novels published in 2014 by current and emerging masters of this vibrant form of storytelling.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narrator sounds like Tony Danza
- By Sean on 03-05-16
By: Cory Doctorow, and others
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Stand on Zanzibar
- By: John Brunner, Bruce Sterling - foreword
- Narrated by: Erik Bergmann
- Length: 21 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 328
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 287
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Story4 out of 5 stars 288
Niblock House is a rising executive at General Technics, one of a few all-powerful corporations. His work is leading General Technics to the forefront of global domination, both in the marketplace and politically - it's about to take over a country in Africa. Donald Hogan is his roommate, a seemingly sheepish bookworm. But Hogan is a spy, and he's about to discover a breakthrough in genetic engineering that will change the world...and kill him. Society is squeezed into hive-living madness by god-like mega computers and mass-marketed psychedelic drugs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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perfect audio experience
- By Darryl on 03-24-14
By: John Brunner, and others
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Blood Music
- By: Greg Bear
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 557
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 471
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Story4 out of 5 stars 473
Vergil's innovative experiment restructuring the cells of a common virus becomes a nightmare when, in order to save his research, Vergil injects the entire culture into his bloodstream.
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5 out of 5 stars
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THOUGHT UNIVERSE
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 08-01-15
By: Greg Bear
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The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 342
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 263
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Story4 out of 5 stars 265
Jonathan Hoag has a curious problem. Every evening, he finds a mysterious reddish substance under his fingernails, with no memory what he was doing during the day to get it there. Jonathan hires the husband and wife detective team of Ted and Cynthia Randall to follow him during the day and find out. But Ted and Cynthia find themselves instantly out of their depth. Jonathan leaves no fingerprints. His few memories about his profession turn out to be false.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant Sci-Fi Detective Action!
- By Nils J. Rasmussen on 04-18-14
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The Eyre Affair
- A Thursday Next Novel
- By: Jasper Fforde
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,698
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,178
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,179
In Jasper Fforde's Great Britain, circa 1985, time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday Next, renowned Special Operative in literary detection.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Worthy Read
- By chicagoalum on 01-21-10
By: Jasper Fforde
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Cold City
- Repairman Jack: Early Years Trilogy, Book 1
- By: F. Paul Wilson
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,214
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,050
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,046
If you've never read a Repairman Jack novel, this is the place to begin. It's 1990. A twenty-one-year-old named Jack has dropped out of college, leaving his old life behind to build a new one in New York City. Manhattan's rough edges are jagged enough to shred any unwary newcomer, but perhaps not one who is determined to stay off the grid, at any cost, in the busiest metropolis on earth. And to do so, he'll have to take jobs of a less than legal nature.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fun, as long you don't think too much
- By Andrew Pollack on 01-17-14
By: F. Paul Wilson
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God Save the Mark
- A Novel of Crime and Confusion
- By: Donald E. Westlake
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 80
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 62
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Story4 out of 5 stars 64
What, you ask, is a Fred Fitch? Well, for one thing, Fred Fitch is the man with the most extensive collection of fake receipts, phony bills of sale, and counterfeit sweepstakes tickets in the Western hemisphere, and possibly in the entire world. For another thing, Fred Fitch may be the only New York City resident in the twentieth century to buy a money machine.
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4 out of 5 stars
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American Gods for the Grifter set!
- By William R. on 09-06-11
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The Big Over Easy
- A Nursery Crime
- By: Jasper Fforde
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,265
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 804
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 806
It's Easter in Reading, a bad time for eggs, and no one can remember the last sunny day. Ovoid D-class nursery celebrity Humpty Stuyvesant Van Dumpty III, minor baronet, ex-convict, and former millionaire philanthropist, is found shattered to death beneath a wall in a shabby area of town. All the evidence points to his ex-wife, who has conveniently shot herself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Total Whimsy
- By Bruce Sabin on 08-10-05
By: Jasper Fforde
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The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination
- Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius
- By: John Joseph Adams - editor
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Mary Robinette Kowal, Justine Eyre
- Length: 15 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 115
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 107
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Story4 out of 5 stars 107
Mad scientists have never had it so tough. In super-hero comics, graphic novels, films, TV series, video games, and even works of what may be fiction, they are besieged by those who stand against them, devoid of sympathy for their irrational, megalomaniacal impulses to rule, destroy, or otherwise dominate the world as we know it. It’s just not fair. So those of us who are so twisted and sick that we love mad scientists have created this guide.
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3 out of 5 stars
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HAND DANCING
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 05-30-15
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Open Season
- The Joe Gunther Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Archer Mayor
- Narrated by: Tom Taylorson
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,589
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,179
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,157
Lt. Joe Gunther of the Brattleboro, Vermont, police force has a serious problem: in a community where a decade could pass without a single murder, the body count is suddenly mounting. Innocent citizens are being killed - and others set up - seemingly orchestrated by a mysterious ski-masked man. Signs suggest that a three-year-old murder trial might lie at the heart of things, but it's a case that many in the department would prefer remained closed. A man of quiet integrity, Lt. Gunther knows that he must pursue the case to its conclusion, wherever it leads.
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5 out of 5 stars
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don't be offended by the characters language
- By Tony B on 12-23-20
By: Archer Mayor
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Perchance to Dream
- Selected Stories
- By: Charles Beaumont
- Narrated by: J. Paul Boehmer, Gabrielle de Cuir, Harlan Ellison, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 50
The profoundly original and wildly entertaining short stories of a legendary Twilight Zone writer. It is only natural that Charles Beaumont would make a name for himself crafting scripts for The Twilight Zone - for his was an imagination so limitless it must have emerged from some other dimension. Perchance to Dream contains a selection of Beaumont's finest stories, including five that he later adapted for Twilight Zone episodes.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Contents
- By Ralph Freaster on 06-22-16
By: Charles Beaumont
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Comeback
- By: Dick Francis
- Narrated by: Tony Britton
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story5 out of 5 stars 77
When globe-hopping British First Secretary Peter Darwin returns to his childhood home for a visit, he is sorry. Waiting for him were long-hidden memories, a string of racehorse deaths and homicide. As Darwin begins to realize that the key to all of it involves his own past, he wishes he'd never come back, because he just might never leave again—alive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Like the story, but sound was weird
- By Jeanette on 11-07-22
By: Dick Francis
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Down Cemetery Road
- By: Mick Herron
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 155
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 136
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Story4 out of 5 stars 137
When a house explodes in a quiet Oxford suburb and a young girl disappears in the aftermath, Sarah Tucker becomes obsessed with finding her. Accustomed to dull chores in a childless household and hosting her husband’s wearisome business clients for dinner, Sarah suddenly finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew, as her investigation reveals that people long believed dead are still among the living, while the living are fast joining the dead.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not as good as Slough House
- By wisconsinclark on 08-09-20
By: Mick Herron
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Metzger's Dog
- A Novel
- By: Thomas Perry
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 565
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 422
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Story4 out of 5 stars 423
When Leroy "Chinese" Gordon breaks into a professor's lab at the University of Los Angeles, he's after some pharmaceutical cocaine, worth plenty of money. Instead, he finds the papers the professor has compiled for the CIA, which include a blueprint for throwing a large city into chaos. But how is the CIA to be persuaded to pay a suitable ransom, unless of course someone actually uses the plan to throw a large city into chaos - Los Angeles, for instance?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Messrs. Perry and Kramer should get six stars.
- By Richard Delman on 03-22-12
By: Thomas Perry
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Man Plus
- By: Frederik Pohl
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris, Robert J. Sawyer
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 122
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Story4 out of 5 stars 97
Roger Torraway watched in horror as the monster lurched, toppled over and died. Project Man Plus had gone suddenly and drastically wrong. The race to colonize Mars was too important, too costly, and America was already too committed, for plans to be scrapped. They would have to make a new Martian. And Roger Torraway was it, candidate for the endless surgery, operation after painful operation, that would enable him to survive on that faraway planet.
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4 out of 5 stars
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More timely now than ever
- By Sandy R on 06-28-10
By: Frederik Pohl
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A Bridge of Years
- By: Robert Charles Wilson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 190
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 133
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Story4 out of 5 stars 133
A secluded Pacific Northwest cottage becomes a door to the past for Tom Winter, who travels back to the New York City of 1962, followed by a human killing machine that he alone must stop.
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4 out of 5 stars
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More like an elevator
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 06-02-12
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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Liked most of the stories
- By F. Delaney on 08-24-18
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The Collected Works of Philip K. Dick: 11 Science Fiction Stories
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good Stories...well read.
- By cindilla on 12-18-12
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Minority Report and Other Stories (Unabridged Stories)
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nice Collection of Four P.D.K. Short Stories
- By DailyDog on 05-12-11
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5 out of 5 stars
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I, Robot
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4 out of 5 stars
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Liked most of the stories
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Nice Collection of Four P.D.K. Short Stories
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Blade Runner
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1
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"Träumen Androiden von elektrischen Schafen?" Diese Frage stellte sich Philip K. Dick im Titel seines 1968 erschienenen Romans. Ridley Scott hat daraus den Film "Blade Runner" gemacht, der 1982 in die Kinos kam. Roman wie Film erzählen die Geschichte des Kopfgeldjägers Rick Deckard, der Jagd auf künstliche Menschen macht. Im Hörbuch geht es allerdings um weit mehr.
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From the author of science-fiction classics such as The Man in the High Castle and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? comes a collection of 13 short stories of dystopic visions of technological terror, post-nuclear holocaust warfare, time travel, space travel, man vs. alien, man vs. machine, man becomes machine, man becomes plant, and other fantastic tales performed in a vividly dramatic narration by Andy Harrington.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great collection with a few low points.
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Treasure Island
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 158
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 126
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Following the demise of bloodthirsty buccaneer Captain Flint, young Jim Hawkins finds himself with the key to a fortune. For he has discovered a map that will lead him to the fabled Treasure Island. But a host of villains, wild beasts and deadly savages stand between him and the stash of gold. Not to mention the most infamous pirate ever to sail the high seas....
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5 out of 5 stars
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LOVED IT!
- By Matthew F Ditson on 11-23-19
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Total Recall
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 456
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Philip K. Dick’s classic short story tells the story of Douglas Quail, an unfulfilled bureaucrat who dreams of visiting Mars, but can't afford the trip. Luckily, there is Rekal Incorporated, a company that lets everyday stiffs believe they’ve been on incredible adventures. The only problem is that when technicians attempt a memory implant of a spy mission to Mars, they find that real memories of just such a trip are already in Quail's brain. Suddenly, Quail is running for his life from government agents, but his memories might make him more of a liability than he is worth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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PKD good one
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Ubik
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5,669
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Glen Runciter runs a lucrative business - deploying his teams of anti-psychics to corporate clients who want privacy and security from psychic spies. But when he and his top team are ambushed by a rival, he is gravely injured and placed in "half-life," a dreamlike state of suspended animation. Soon, though, the surviving members of the team begin experiencing some strange phenomena, such as Runciter's face appearing on coins and the world seeming to move backward in time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Holy sh*t
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By: Philip K. Dick
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The War of the Worlds (Dramatized)
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- Original Recording
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 755
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On the evening of October 30th, 1938, Earth went to war with Mars. Martians invaded New Jersey! Here is the famous panic-inducing broadcast that shook the world, starring Orson Welles.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Original
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 12-16-15
By: Orson Welles
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Beowulf
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Written a thousand years ago, this long poem is the very first surviving piece of English literature. Join Beowulf, a young warrior, as he achieves glory by fighting and killing three fantastic monsters. This new translation, by the Nobel laureate poet Seamus Heaney, offers modern listeners an accessible, intensely dramatic text. It amply demonstrates why this epic has spread its influence over more than a millennium of literature.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Almost perfect
- By Tad Davis on 01-28-13
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Cyberpunk 2077: No Coincidence
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 272
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In sparkling Night City, a ragtag group of strangers have just pulled off a heist, robbing a convoy transporting a mysterious container belonging to Militech. The only thing the group has in common is that they were blackmailed into participating in the heist—and they have no idea just how far their mysterious employer's reach goes, or the purpose of the artifact they stole.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Cyberpunk!
- By Tyler Houston on 08-10-23
By: Rafal Kosik, and others
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A Cyberpunk Saga: Box Set, Books 1-3
- By: Matthew A. Goodwin
- Narrated by: Zachary Johnson
- Length: 18 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 140
Orphaned and alone, Moss is happy to have found a place in the world. But his humdrum working routines take a terrifying turn when a mysterious woman breaks into his apartment and hands him a data chip from his dead parents. Suddenly hearing messages revealing his benevolent employer has a far darker side, he braves the dangerous megacity streets in search of the truth. Surrounded by outcasts and criminals and running on instinct, Moss stumbles onto a rebel group intent on exposing their corrupt oppressors.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining Crew Heist Sof Science Fiction
- By Willie-B on 05-22-22
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Altered Carbon
- By: Richard K. Morgan
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 17 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15,146
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12,324
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,312
In the 25th century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. Now, assuming one can afford the expensive procedure, a person's consciousness can be stored in a cortical stack at the base of the brain and easily downloaded into a new body (or "sleeve") making death nothing more than a minor blip on a screen.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Altered Carbon
- By Jake Williams on 09-22-07
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¿Sueñan los androides con ovejas eléctricas?
- Blade Runner
- By: Philip K. Dick, Miguel Antón
- Narrated by: Miguel Ángel Jenner
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 26
La novela más leída de Philip K. Dick, inspiración de Blade Runner. En el año 2021 la guerra mundial ha exterminado a millones de personas. Los supervivientes codician cualquier criatura viva, y aquellos que no pueden permitirse pagar por ellas se ven obligados a adquirir réplicas increíblemente realistas. Las empresas fabrican incluso seres humanos. Rick Deckard es un cazarrecompensas cuyo trabajo es encontrar androides rebeldes y retirarlos, pero la tarea no será tan sencilla cuando tenga que enfrentarse a los nuevos modelos Nexus-6, prácticamente indistinguibles de los seres humanos.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Un clásico del mundo sci-fi
- By Sassenach on 03-21-24
By: Philip K. Dick, and others
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Volume I: The King of the Elves
- By: Philip K. Dick
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd
- Length: 20 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 334
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 297
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 294
The King of the Elves is the opening installment of a uniform, five-volume edition of The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, expanded from the previous Collected Stories set to incorporate new story notes, and two added tales, one previously unpublished, and one uncollected.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic stories!
- By Renee Tang on 04-18-17
By: Philip K. Dick
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- Scott Player
- 10-26-17
Good book, bad narrator
I liked the book, but the narrator is unenthusiastic. Don't listen to this unless you are wide awake.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-13-19
wonderful story
I had read the book before, and hearing it read to me was lovely. The narrator was good, but a bit over the top with his dramatizations.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- patrick cornelison
- 01-05-21
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A little anticlimactic toward the end but still a good listen if you enjoy Blade Runner.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Brenda
- 03-20-20
(Mostly) Interesting Read
It was fun to see where Bladerunner (film) got some of the ideas for their scenes, but I can also appreciate taking their own direction from the book. I wasn't expecting the story to literally involve electric sheep, as I always assumed the title was just a metaphor for something. There are a lot of slow parts in the story, but the hunting and the relationship dynamics were intriguing. Overall I enjoyed it quite a bit.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Skylar w.
- 11-11-17
Love the blade runner universe
A great listen you can really get lost in. Love the world building and can't recommend this enough!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- David
- 02-21-17
Not the Film, but Very Well Written
Would you listen to Blade Runner again? Why?
I would. The story was well written, the world developed, and the characters memorable
What was one of the most memorable moments of Blade Runner?
The scene with the spider was haunting and disturbing.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Belinda
- 01-31-13
Androids in a whole different light......
What did you like best about Blade Runner? What did you like least?
The creative world the author built around Androids and Humanoids. Almost like taking a crazy look into the future if robots were to take over. Wonder what my Verizon Android phone can actually do!
What could Philip K. Dick have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
He could have used simpler language and be less descriptive about each different plot. I got confused very easily and found myself having to go back in the story a lot to figure out what happened.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
His voice was very robotic and slow. I had to listen on 3x just to not fall asleep. I commend him for his character voices, but I think he took it a little too serious with the robotic, monotone voice.
Do you think Blade Runner needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
No. I think the book ended like it was supposed to. I don't think there is anything else that needs to be added.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Luesi
- 07-04-18
different from movie
Blade Runner was my favorite sci-fi movie of all time; interesting to listen to book, dragged at time however glad I heard to whole story.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- defektes
- 05-26-19
interesting story
didn't know what to expect. I saw the various different versions of the movie and it's quite notable departure from the text...
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- velzygirl
- 07-04-21
Overrated
I love sci fi, but have never cared for this book. Gave it another chance; still dislike it. The narrator speakers three syllables then pauses, for hours. It’s torture. Plot line is thin, cast is miserable. So glad it’s over.
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