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Featured Article: The best audiobooks about aliens for curious humans
Throughout the history of storytelling, we humans have been curious about the possibility of worlds beyond Earth and its inhabitants. Thanks to our endless fascination with extraterrestrial life, there is a mountain of literature, from novels to memoirs, exploring the potential outcomes of interacting with creatures from other planets. Without further ado, here are 20 of our favorite listens about alien life.
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Rendezvous with Rama
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim, Robert J. Sawyer - introduction
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10,823
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Performance9,239
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At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge, weighing more than ten trillion tons....
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Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto
- By Fredrik Pettersen on 08-03-09
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Rendezvous with Rama
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim, Robert J. Sawyer - introduction
- Series: Rama, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 10-28-08
- Language: English
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Rama II
- Rama, Tome 2
- By: Artur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee
- Narrated by: Julien Dutel
- Length: 15 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Rama est revenu ! Rama, ou plutôt son double, son clone, son jumeau : Rama II. Soixante-dix ans plus tôt, un mystérieux engin extraterrestre traversait brièvement le système solaire, donnant corps à cette fabuleuse révélation : l'homme n'était pas seul dans l'Univers.
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Rama II
- Rama, Tome 2
- Narrated by: Julien Dutel
- Series: Rama, Book 2
- Length: 15 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 11-26-25
- Language: French
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The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister, Ray Porter, Jonathan Davis
- Length: 51 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,601
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Performance1,383
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Story1,378
From early work through classic stories and all the way to later work, this comprehensive short story collection encapsulates one of the great science fiction careers of all time....
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List of stories from
- By KW Charlie on 09-15-16
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The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister, Ray Porter, Jonathan Davis
- Length: 51 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 08-16-16
- Language: English
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The Premium Science Fiction Collection. Fifty Novels and Stories
- Searchlight by Robert A. Heinlein, Reverie by Arthur C. Clarke, Super-Neutron by Isaac Asimov, Zero Hour by Ray Bradbury, A Rose for Ecclesiastes by Roger Zelazny and Others
- By: Robert A. Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, Clifford D. Simak, and others
- Narrated by: Peter Coates, Sharon Plummer
- Length: 27 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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From Heinlein's thought-provoking "Searchlight" and Clarke's dreamy "Reverie", to Asimov's ingenious "Super-Neutron", Bradbury's chilling "Zero Hour", and Zelazny's poetic masterpiece "A Rose for Ecclesiastes", each story explores deep questions of technology, humanity, and the unknown.
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The Premium Science Fiction Collection. Fifty Novels and Stories
- Searchlight by Robert A. Heinlein, Reverie by Arthur C. Clarke, Super-Neutron by Isaac Asimov, Zero Hour by Ray Bradbury, A Rose for Ecclesiastes by Roger Zelazny and Others
- Narrated by: Peter Coates, Sharon Plummer
- Length: 27 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 09-29-25
- Language: English
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2010: Odisea dos [2010: Odyssey Two]
- Odisea espacial 2
- By: Arthur C. Clarke, Domingo Santos - translator
- Narrated by: Octavi Pujades
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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¿Qué extraño propósito subyace en el monolito? ¿Qué pudo llevar a HAL a acabar con la tripulación? Todas estas preguntas y muchas más encuentran su respuesta en 2010: Odisea dos.
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2010: Odisea dos [2010: Odyssey Two]
- Odisea espacial 2
- Narrated by: Octavi Pujades
- Series: Odisea espacial, Book 2
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 10-09-25
- Language: Spanish
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- Odisea tres (Odisea espacial 3) [Odyssey Three]
- By: Arthur C. Clarke, Daniel Ricardo Yagolkowski - translator
- Narrated by: Octavi Pujades
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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En la tercera entrega de la saga Odisea espacial, Arthur C. Clarke se sigue adentrando, a través de una trama fascinante, en los grandes enigmas de la historia de la humanidad.
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2061 (Spanish Edition)
- Odisea tres (Odisea espacial 3) [Odyssey Three]
- Narrated by: Octavi Pujades
- Series: Odisea espacial, Book 3
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 11-27-25
- Language: Spanish
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Childhood's End
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer, Robert J. Sawyer - introduction
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9,995
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Performance8,349
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Story8,401
The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city - intellectually, technologically, and militarily superior to humankind....
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Food for Thought
- By Kindle Customer on 11-17-08
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Childhood's End
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer, Robert J. Sawyer - introduction
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 10-28-08
- Language: English
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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 1, 1929-1964
- The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction Writers of America
- By: Robert A. Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, and others
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman, L. J. Ganser, Richard Ferrone
- Length: 28 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,523
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Performance1,316
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Story1,315
This book contains 26 of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. They represent the considered verdict of the Science Fiction Writers of America....
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CHAPTER LIST to Help Find Stories
- By Lance on 06-07-18
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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 1, 1929-1964
- The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction Writers of America
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman, L. J. Ganser, Richard Ferrone
- Length: 28 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 12-19-17
- Language: English
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The Sands of Mars
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall130
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Performance115
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Story117
When a celebrated science fiction writer takes to space on his first trip to Mars, he stumbles upon Mars' most carefully hidden secrets and threatens the future of the entire planet....
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Good "Golden Age" novel
- By Darryl on 10-28-12
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The Sands of Mars
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Series: Space Trilogy, Book 3
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 10-19-12
- Language: English
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2001
- A Space Odyssey
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12,486
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Performance10,887
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Story10,856
From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man adventures to the outer rim of our solar system, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a journey unlike any other....
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The Movie Makes More Sense Now
- By Douglas on 12-10-08
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2001
- A Space Odyssey
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Series: Space Odyssey Series, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 04-29-08
- Language: English
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Rescue Party
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Release date: 08-16-16
- Language: English
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El jardín de Rama [The Garden of Rama]
- Serie Rama 3 [Rama Series, Book 3]
- By: Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee, Adolfo Martín - translator
- Narrated by: Luis Posada
- Length: 20 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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En el año 2013 una misteriosa nave espacial llega al sistema solar.Se trata de Rama, un aparato colosal de cincuenta kilómetros de diámetro, capaz de acoger en su interior una ciudad y un mar....
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adictivo
- By Hector Orozco on 10-24-24
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El jardín de Rama [The Garden of Rama]
- Serie Rama 3 [Rama Series, Book 3]
- Narrated by: Luis Posada
- Series: Rama [Spanish], Book 3
- Length: 20 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 10-19-23
- Language: Spanish
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Earthlight
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Brian Holsopple
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
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Overall82
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Performance75
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Story77
The time: 200 years after man's first landing on the Moon. There are permanent populations established on the Moon, Venus, and Mars....
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A brilliant science fiction spy work
- By Daniel Davis on 06-13-16
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Earthlight
- Narrated by: Brian Holsopple
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 10-19-12
- Language: English
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Rendez-vous avec Rama
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Julien Dutel
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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En l'an 2130... un "objet" pénètre dans le système solaire et aussitôt les ordinateurs répondent : un cylindre, longueur: 30 km, vitesse: 100 000 km/h... Il sera baptisé Rama.
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Rendez-vous avec Rama
- Narrated by: Julien Dutel
- Series: Rama, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 11-06-25
- Language: French
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The Case for Mars
- The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
- By: Robert Zubrin, Richard Wagner, Arthur C. Clarke - Foreword
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall367
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Performance326
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Story323
Since the beginning of human history Mars has been an alluring dream - the stuff of legends, gods, and mystery. The planet most like ours, it has still been thought impossible to reach, let alone explore and inhabit. Now with the advent of a revolutionary new plan, all this has changed....
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Compelling
- By Michael D. Busch on 04-16-18
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The Case for Mars
- The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 02-13-18
- Language: English
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2001: Una odisea espacial [2001: A Space Odyssey]
- By: Arthur C. Clarke, Antonio Ribera Jordá - translator
- Narrated by: Octavi Pujades
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Los doctores David Bowman y Frank Poole se encuentran a bordo del Discovery One con el objetivo de realizar una expedición a los confines del universo en busca de evidencias que confirmen que el ser humano no está solo.
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Un clásico del cual beben muchísimas obras
- By Jorge Díaz Marchena on 08-16-25
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2001: Una odisea espacial [2001: A Space Odyssey]
- Narrated by: Octavi Pujades
- Series: Odisea espacial, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 07-03-25
- Language: Spanish
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The Fountains of Paradise
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,329
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Performance1,136
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Story1,140
Vannemar Morgan's dream is to link Earth to the stars with the greatest engineering feat of all time: a 24,000-mile-high space elevator....
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Hard
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 04-30-11
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The Fountains of Paradise
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 08-25-09
- Language: English
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Time's Eye
- A Time Odyssey, Book 1
- By: Stephen Baxter, Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,875
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Performance1,424
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Story1,430
For eons, Earth has been under observation by the Firstborn, beings almost as old as the universe itself....
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I expected better from these two
- By Kennet on 06-04-08
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Time's Eye
- A Time Odyssey, Book 1
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Series: Time Odyssey, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 04-08-08
- Language: English
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Islands in the Sky
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Charles Carroll
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall71
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Performance63
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The story of Island in the Sky centers around a young man, who, after brilliantly winning a space-related competition, requests a vacation on a space station as his prize....
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Fun early novel, aimed perhaps at teens
- By Darryl on 10-28-12
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Islands in the Sky
- Narrated by: Charles Carroll
- Series: Space Trilogy, Book 1
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 10-19-12
- Language: English
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Sunstorm
- A Time Odyssey, Book 2
- By: Stephen Baxter, Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,213
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Performance952
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Story955
Returned to the Earth of 2037 by the Firstborn, mysterious beings of almost limitless technological prowess, Bisesa Dutt is haunted by the memories of her five years spent on the strange alternate Earth....
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Educated people won't War?
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 02-05-13
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Sunstorm
- A Time Odyssey, Book 2
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Series: Time Odyssey, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 06-04-08
- Language: English
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