The Android's Dream

By: John Scalzi

Narrated by: Wil Wheaton

Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins

Publisher's summary

A human diplomat creates an interstellar incident when he kills an alien diplomat in a most unusual way. To avoid war, Earth's government must find an equally unusual object: A type of sheep ("The Android's Dream"), used in the alien race's coronation ceremony.

To find the sheep, the government turns to Harry Creek, ex-cop, war hero and hacker extraordinaire, who with the help of Brian Javna, a childhood friend turned artificial intelligence, scours the earth looking for the rare creature. And they find it, in the unknowing form of Robin Baker, pet store owner, whose genes contain traces of the sheep DNA. But there are others with plans for the sheep as well: Mercenaries employed by the military. Adherents of a secret religion based on the writings of a 21st century science-fiction author. And alien races, eager to start a revolution on their home world and a war on Earth.

To keep our planet from being enslaved, Harry will have to pull off the greatest diplomatic coup in history, a grand gambit that will take him from the halls of power to the lava-strewn battlefields of alien worlds. There's only one chance to get it right, to save the life of Robin Baker - and to protect the future of humanity.

©2006 John Scalzi (P)2010 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"With plenty of alien gore to satisfy fans of military SF and inventive jabs at pretend patriotism and self-serving civil service, Scalzi delivers an effervescent but intelligent romp." ( Publishers Weekly)

witty and smart, a joyride on par with douglas.a

Would you consider the audio edition of The Android's Dream to be better than the print version?

i think the performance by Wil Wheaton has made the listening so much entertaining and funny.

What about Wil Wheaton’s performance did you like?

excellent as always.

Great, Smart Story! Kept My Interest To the End

Loved it. inventive, fun fast moving diolgue . and a great narrative. will look for more by Wil Wheaton; loved his performance and John Scalzi's story.

A hilarious and exciting adventure

This is a very well thought out story with some amazing characters and humor. My only problem is with the narration. Will Wheaton's voice is amazing, but he only changes his tone for a couple characters. At times, I found it hard to distinguish who was speaking. I loved it overall!

Perfectly digestible and fun little distraction

Not Scalzi's best, but still a fun little romp. Overall I'm not upset to have spent the time, and it had all the hallmarks of a Scalzi book: good jokes, fast pacing, and engaging action scenes. And I liked that it was it's own standalone little story without a huge universe or massive time commitment.

world building absolutely fantastic

Really got emmersed in this world of casual human/"alien" reality. enjoyed the pace at which the story builds and hope for more stories set in this universe. Perhaps unrelated but acutley aware of each other.

Literary comfort food.

Simple, hilarious story that never slows down. The premis is carrying the story, being absurd enough to entertain but coherent enough to follow.
It's a good read when your mind can't be 100% on the story.

fun fun fun with some terror

fun fun fun with some terror and some sifi slippery sneaky stuf all in good fun

If you enjoyed Ready Player One...

, Armada, and Off to be the Wizard, you will love this book! Great story and Wil Wheaton rocks the audio!

What Fun!

Where does The Android's Dream rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This was an entertaining story although you have to pay close attention to the names to keep them straight.

Cannot listen around anyone under 18!

I did not enjoy this book as much as others I have read by John Scalzi, the story line was a little too out there in my opinion, but it was entertaining. My biggest issue was the amount of swearing and mentions of sexual scenes that were really not necessary to use at all. I'm sure this will motivate some to buy the book. Sadly.
Cannot listen to this book at all around anyone younger than 18, or maybe seniors as well. I had to keep headphones on while listening to this.