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Story4 out of 5 stars 5,940
The Mote In God's Eye is their acknowledged masterpiece, an epic novel of mankind's first encounter with alien life that transcends the genre. No lesser an authority than Robert A. Heinlein called it "possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read".
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4 out of 5 stars
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A great read!
- By J. Rhoderick on 02-12-10
By: Larry Niven, and others
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Mutineer
- Kris Longknife, Book 1
- By: Mike Shepherd
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,650
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,278
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,270
Kris Longknife is a daughter of privilege, born to money and power. Her father is the prime minister of her home planet, her mother the consummate politician's wife. She's been raised only to be beautiful and marry well. But the heritage of the military Longknifes courses through Kris' blood - and, against her parents' objections, she enlists in the Marines.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Harsh reviews seem undeserved to me
- By Jeffery on 09-29-10
By: Mike Shepherd
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Living Space
- By: Isaac Asimov
- Narrated by: Mark F. Smith
- Length: 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 52
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4 out of 5 stars 47
When the technology for twisting to other probability patterns was developed, a grateful Earth solved its overcrowding by sending people to live on Earths where plants and animals never got started. Each family could have its own planet, because there was an infinite number of such alt-Earths available, and the computers never assigned the same one twice. Trouble was - someone else had the same idea!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Inter-Dimensional Real Estate
- By Nils J. Rasmussen on 05-25-14
By: Isaac Asimov
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Marsbound
- By: Joe Haldeman
- Narrated by: Liza Kaplan
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4 out of 5 stars 66
Young Carmen Dula and her family are about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime - they're going to Mars. Once on the Red Planet, however, Carmen realizes things are not so different from Earth. There are chores to do, lessons to learn, and oppressive authority figures to rebel against.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Meh.
- By Wes Parker on 03-19-09
By: Joe Haldeman
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To the Stars
- By: L. Ron Hubbard
- Narrated by: Robert Caso, Jim Meskimen, R.F. Daley, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 39
How far is too far? Alan Corday is about to find out. Corday is shanghaied aboard a craft bound for the stars...on a journey at the speed of light, the world he leaves behind fast vanishing into the past. And nothing in the dark, forbidding reaches of space can prepare him for the astounding discovery he will make upon his return from the stars.
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5 out of 5 stars
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To the Stars
- By John on 12-01-04
By: L. Ron Hubbard
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The Engines of God
- By: Jack McDevitt
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 605
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 478
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Story4 out of 5 stars 484
Humans call them Monument-Makers. An unknown race, they left stunning alien statues scattered on distant planets throughout the galaxy, encoded with strange inscriptions that defy translation. Searching for clues about the Monument-Makers, teams of 23rd century linguists, historians, engineers and archaeologists have been excavating the enigmatic alien ruins on a number of planets, uncovering strange, massive false cities made of solid rock. But their time is running out.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Conceptually intriguing, but uneven writing style
- By Michael G Kurilla on 05-12-11
By: Jack McDevitt
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StarFire
- Vince Lombard, Book 1
- By: Mike Lee
- Narrated by: Jason Brenizer
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 604
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 567
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 567
Captain Vince Lombard, G-Marine company commander, is tasked with tracking down a stray ship. The Alliance Military Ship StarFire has gone silent, and previous attempts to locate her have resulted in the loss of more ships. After two previous wars with xenospecies humanity bumped into while expanding into space, no one knows what might be the cause of StarFire's missing in action status.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good solid Sci-Fi
- By Bob H. on 10-25-14
By: Mike Lee
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Independence Day: Crucible
- The Official Movie Prequel
- By: Greg Keyes
- Narrated by: William Hope
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 265
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 245
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Story4 out of 5 stars 246
Cities were crushed by the falling spacecraft, but one ship didn't crash. It remained intact and disgorged hordes of alien soldiers determined to fight to the death. The abandoned vessels also contained a wealth of advanced technology. Led by David Levinson, the greatest minds of our world developed deadly new hybrid weapons. Bases were built on the moon, Mars, and beyond. A new generation of defenders had to be trained, for the invaders would return.
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4 out of 5 stars
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YA Romance
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 01-06-17
By: Greg Keyes
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Orbital Decay
- By: Allen Steele
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 74
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 65
The award-winning, bestselling author's first novel. The beamjacks work in zero-gravity constructing satellites in the vacuum of deepest space. And they're not going to let the military control them anymore.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Hard to follow
- By Don on 12-27-16
By: Allen Steele
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Diving into the Wreck
- Diving Series, Book 1
- By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 482
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 389
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Story4 out of 5 stars 388
Boss loves to dive historical ships, derelict spacecraft found adrift in the blackness between the stars. Sometimes she salvages for money, but mostly she's an active historian. She wants to know about the past--to experience it firsthand. Once she's dived the ship, she'll either leave it for others to find or file a claim so that she can bring tourists to dive it as well. It's a good life for a tough loner, with more interest in artifacts than people.
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4 out of 5 stars
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NOT Clive Cussler in Space
- By W. S. on 03-18-10
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Passage at Arms
- By: Glen Cook
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 92
Passage at Arms tells the intimate, detailed and harrowing story of a climber crew and its captain during a critical juncture of the war. Cook combines speculative technology with a canny and realistic portrait of men at war and the stresses they face in combat. Passage at Arms is one of the classic novels of military science fiction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One Long Running Space Battle ….
- By DocJim on 09-29-14
By: Glen Cook
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The Genome
- By: Sergei Lukyanenko
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4 out of 5 stars 48
Five months after the horrific accident that left him near death and worried that he'd never fly again, master-pilot Alex Romanov lands a new job: captaining the sleek passenger vessel Mirror. Alex is a spesh - a human who has been genetically modified to perform particular tasks. As a captain and pilot, Alex has a genetic imperative to care for passengers and crew - no matter what the cost.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not as captivating as the nightwatch series
- By David Dembkoski on 04-01-16
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Empty Space
- By: Alan Black
- Narrated by: Todd Haberkorn
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 176
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 157
York August Sixteen was abandoned as a baby, abused and molested as a child, and beaten and harassed as a teen and had his rightful place in the Republic's Space Navy stolen from him. Fighting back against huge government systems was useless. Dispensing justice on an individual, case-by-case basis was more to his liking, yet even that was taken away when he was stationed on a lonely communication space station. York's life would change when he decided to seek justice for people even less fortunate than him.
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4 out of 5 stars
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In space, no one can hear you kill
- By Michael G Kurilla on 07-31-15
By: Alan Black