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2113
- Stories Inspired by the Music of Rush
- By: John McFetridge - editor, Kevin J. Anderson - editor
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 13 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4 out of 5 stars 44
The music of Rush, one of the most successful bands in music history, is filled with fantastic stories, evocative images, thought-provoking futures and pasts. In this anthology, notable, best-selling, and award-winning writers each chose a Rush song as the spark for a new story, drawing inspiration from the visionary trio Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I'm a RUSH fan, but ...no..not this book
- By NBP on 07-15-17
By: John McFetridge - editor, and others
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Titans
- By: Edward W. Robertson
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 220
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 205
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Story4 out of 5 stars 205
Rob Dunbar is the world's best history professor. And with good reason: he's been alive for 3,000 years, keeping his existence a secret since before the days of Athens. But a stranger named Baxter has a better use for Rob's vast expertise. Baxter's looking to found a mining company in the Asteroid Belt. In exchange for Rob's help, he'll try to unravel the mystery of Rob's origin. As they're getting their outfit off the ground, they come under covert attack by HemiCo, a powerful Mars-based corporation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book
- By Adam on 09-29-16
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Heart of the Assassin
- By: Robert Ferrigno
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
Time is running out for the two nations that once made up the former USA. Weakened by their division, both the Islamic republic and the Bible Belt are threatened by the expansionist dreams of the Atzlan Empire to the south, and their own intellectual decay engendered by their fundamentalist beliefs. The only solution is to reunite the two nations and regain its former glory, and there's only one way to do it, and only one man, Rakkim Epps, who can.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Utterly engaging and enjoyable
- By Tommy on 12-29-09
By: Robert Ferrigno
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Wild Justice
- By: Wilbur Smith
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 15 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 63
The hijacking of a jumbo jet off the Seychelles galvanises antiterrorist chief Peter Stride into the action for which he has spent a lifetime training. But even in the hail of bullets which follows, he knows that this is only the beginning of a nightmare. Stride is the one man who might find the twisted genius who holds the world hostage - if only his every move were not anticipated by the enemy....
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4 out of 5 stars
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more vivid descriptions and good story but unsatis
- By JDD on 05-27-19
By: Wilbur Smith
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The Hollow Man
- By: Dan Simmons
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 119
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Story4 out of 5 stars 112
Jeremy Bremen has a secret. All his life he's been cursed with the ability to read minds. He knows the secret thoughts, fears, and desires of others as if they were his own. For years, his wife, Gail, has served as a shield between Jeremy and the burden of this terrible knowledge. But Gail is dying, her mind ebbing slowly away, leaving him vulnerable to the chaotic flood of thought that threatens to sweep away his sanity. Now Jeremy is on the run - from his mind, from his past, from himself - hoping to find peace in isolation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Genius writing, great book
- By David Shear on 02-28-14
By: Dan Simmons
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Necropolis
- By: Michael Dempsey
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 174
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 159
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 159
NYPD detective Paul Donner and his wife Elise were killed in a hold-up gone wrong. Fifty years later, Donner is back: revived courtesy of the Shift. Supposedly the unintended side-effect of a botched biological terrorist attack and carried by a ubiquitous retrovirus, the Shift jump-starts dead DNA and throws the life cycle into reverse, so reborns like Donner must cope with the fact that they are not only slowly youthing toward a new childhood, but have become New York's most hated minority.
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5 out of 5 stars
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'Necropolis' Rocked My World
- By HEIDI on 01-19-12
By: Michael Dempsey
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Gone
- Gone Series, Book 1
- By: Michael Grant
- Narrated by: Kyle McCarley
- Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 791
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 702
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 704
In the blink of an eye, everyone disappears. Gone. Except for the young. There are teens, but not one single adult. Just as suddenly, there are no phones, no Internet, no television. No way to get help. And no way to figure out what's happened. Hunger threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens themselves are changing, developing new talents - unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers - that grow stronger by the day. It's a terrifying new world.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Please rerelease this book w new narration
- By Kim on 02-12-17
By: Michael Grant
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The Water Knife
- By: Paolo Bacigalupi
- Narrated by: Almarie Guerra
- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,970
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,572
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,564
In the American Southwest, Nevada, Arizona, and California skirmish for dwindling shares of the Colorado River. Into the fray steps Angel Velasquez, detective, leg breaker, assassin, and spy. A Las Vegas water knife, Angel "cuts" water for his boss, Catherine Case, ensuring that her lush, luxurious arcology developments can bloom in the desert, so the rich can stay wet while the poor get nothing but dust.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The fight for water in a drought fueled apocalypse
- By Lore on 09-24-15
By: Paolo Bacigalupi
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Control Point
- Shadow Ops
- By: Myke Cole
- Narrated by: Corey Jackson
- Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 384
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 343
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 353
Myke Cole is an expert at ratcheting up suspense and delivering pulse-pounding adventure that leaves audiences breathless. In Shadow Ops: Control Point, the world has seemingly gone mad. People are waking up with magical powers, such as the ability to raise the dead or call forth storms. The only thing staving off a plunge into chaos is the Supernatural Operations Corps, headed by Oscar Britton. But when Oscar exhibits a power of his own, the hunter becomes the hunted.
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2 out of 5 stars
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get on with it
- By Eugene on 05-15-12
By: Myke Cole
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Rocky River Bridge
- A Grower's War Prequel
- By: D. J. Molles
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 469
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 430
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Story4 out of 5 stars 424
Two young boys set off for the Rocky River Bridge through their war-torn North Carolina hometown, both with something to prove - an adventure that will quickly teach them the realities of the raging world around them, in this prequel to DJ Molles' newest novel: The Purge of District 89.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Molles In The High Castle
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 02-12-17
By: D. J. Molles
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Trail of Lightning
- By: Rebecca Roanhorse
- Narrated by: Tanis Parenteau
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,428
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,016
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,008
The sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse have destroyed most of the planet…yet out of these waters, Dinétah, a former Navajo reservation, has been miraculously reborn. Listen along as Tanis Parenteau's impeccable narration, capturing the rhythms of Navajo speech, fully envelopes you into the Sixth World. Trail of Lightning follows our heroine as she walks the land alongside gods, heroes of legend, and monsters alike.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The person you hire when the heroes fail
- By Cynthia on 08-09-18
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The Reluctant Adventures of Fletcher Connolly on the Interstellar Railroad
- By: Felix R. Savage
- Narrated by: Nick Podehl
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,725
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,557
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,552
Fletcher Connolly hasn't got a lot to lose. Since he and half the galaxy signed on to the rat race of the technological relics trade, Fletch has come to terms with the idea that he will join the ranks of unlucky explorers that perish light years from home without a dime to his name. But bankruptcy is a great motivator. With friends and family counting on him to strike it rich, Fletch embarks on an unwilling quest for alien treasure.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I wanted to love this book, but I did like it
- By wag more on 07-26-18
By: Felix R. Savage
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The Abyss Beyond Dreams
- Chronicle of the Fallers, Book 1
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 22 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,741
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,402
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,401
The year is 3326. Nigel Sheldon, one of the founders of the Commonwealth, receives a visit from the Raiel - self-appointed guardians of the Void, the enigmatic construct at the core of the galaxy that threatens the existence of all that lives. The Raiel convince Nigel to participate in a desperate scheme to infiltrate the Void. Once inside, Nigel discovers that humans are not the only life-forms to have been sucked into the Void. The humans trapped there are afflicted by an alien species of biological mimics.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Intersection of the Void and Commonwealth - Super
- By C. Hartmann on 10-30-14
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It starts with the dogs. They won’t stop barking. And then the earth shrugs - 8.9 on the Richter scale. It’s the world’s biggest earthquake since Lisbon in 1755, and it doesn’t hit California or Japan or Mexico, but New Madrid, Missouri, a sleepy town on the Mississippi River. Seismologists had predicted the scope of the disaster - but no one listened. For hundreds of miles around, dams burst, engulfing entire counties in tidal waves of mud and debris. Within minutes, there is nothing but chaos and ruin from St. Louis to Vicksburg, from Kansas City to Louisville.
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Bigotry on Parade
- By cp on 08-20-19
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Treason
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Lanik Mueller is a "rad" - radical regenerative - a freak who can regenerate injured flesh...and trade extra body parts to the Offworld oppressors for iron. On a planet without hard metals, or the means of escape, iron offers the promise of freedom through the chance to build a spacecraft. But it is a promise which may never be fulfilled, as Lanik uncovers a treacherous conspiracy beyond his imagination.
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Entirely enjoyable
- By Barry S. Sharpnack on 11-12-09
By: Orson Scott Card
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When Gravity Fails
- Marid Audran Trilogy, Book 1
- By: George Alec Effinger
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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For a new kind of killer roams the streets of the Arab ghetto, a madman whose bootlegged personality cartridges range from a sinister James Bond to a sadistic disemboweler named Khan. And Marid Audrian has been made an offer he can't refuse.The 200-year-old godfather of the Budayeen's underworld has enlisted Marid as his instrument of vengeance. But first Marid must undergo the most sophisticated of surgical implants before he dares to confront a killer who carries the power of every psychopath since the beginning of time.
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Neuromancer in the Middle East
- By David on 07-28-13
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- Andrew
- 02-09-18
absolutely incredible
great story. extremely well-written, almost poetic, and the narrator was a perfect choice, and performed exceptionally at his task. one of the best books I've listened to this year.
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- Ryan
- 12-31-20
Surprised it took so long to find
I love this book. it is simple and straight forward with no interweaving thousand character narration. From it though comes so much of what makes modern sci-fi/cyberpunk. story is great narration perfect. Easily a top sci-fi book.
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- Nicole Yurek
- 06-04-20
A great introduction to the Cyberpunk genre.
Hardwired does a great job of creating a Cyberpunk world and interesting characters inside it.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-05-23
This is Cyberpunk!
This book is the other side of Neuromancer. A mated pair and together they define a genre for nerd and punks and gamers. Wow! What brilliant and sad characters and brought to life so well by a fine narrator who was subtle enough to be a man a woman a Russian a hick. This is now in my top 3 Audiobooks along with Plagueis and Frankenstein. Listen to this one you won’t be disappointed.
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- Robert Smota
- 01-18-21
classic cyberpunk story
loved it. fhfhuhf gkgghh hykdhig pkywgj gtif gjgff pogrd esbki rugfgu tkgt yjfdhj gfjg gjffg.
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- A Ray Mer
- 05-27-22
Great listen
I try to keep an open mind when listening to a book and then I’m not going to lie the pacing of this one almost had me not listen to the rest of it but it actually did catch up pretty well. There are some descriptive parts that I think could have been left out and you’ll know when you hear them but overall a great not so out of this world story!
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- Cody W.
- 07-30-23
surprisingly good
a good and gritty cyberpunk world. pretty well thought out and stays within the limitations of the world.
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- Beth Donatelli
- 03-05-24
A gem of a classic
The voice work was amazing. the story was well paced if you like cyberpunk this is one of the best stories out there. One of the granddaddies of the genre.
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- K. Fields
- 08-06-18
Got Cyberpunk?
Great fast paced cyberpunk story. Interesting characters that make you want to know more about them and what happens to them. The only thing I was left wanting was more.
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- Kindle Customer
- 08-19-21
Wall street in the future???????? Umm
What can I say, oh yea weird.stand and no space adventure. Is that 15 words???????
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