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The Starchild Compact
- A Novel of Interplanetary Exploration (The Starchild Saga Book 3)
- Narrado por: Trenton Bennett
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Are we the children of starchildren?
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Is Saturn’s moon Iapetus an artifact? To find out, Jon Stock takes his international exploration team on a 1.4 billion km journey to Saturn, but will Jihadist stowaway Saeed Ismail succeed in sabotaging the mission?
On Iapetus, Jon Stock and his team meet the Founders. Where are they from? How did they get here? How will they impact Earth and the Solar System? Will the Founders' presence signal the end of humanity, or will it pave the way for a joint push to the distant reaches of the galaxy?
The Starchild Compact is hard sci-fi, reminiscent of Arthur C. Clarke or James P. Hogan, with a geopolitical twist worthy of Tom Clancy or Clive Cussler.
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,078
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,081
Perhaps it wasn't from our time, perhaps it wasn't even from our universe, but the arrival of the 300-kilometer long stone was the answer to humanity's desperate plea to end the threat of nuclear war. Inside the deep recesses of the stone lies Thistledown: the remnants of a human society, versed in English, Russian and Chinese. The artifacts of this familiar people foretell a great Death caused by the ravages of war, but the government and scientists are unable to decide how to use this knowledge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Am Epic Original SciFi Read Worth Your Time...
- De Michael en 07-01-12
De: Greg Bear
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Starplex
- De: Robert J. Sawyer
- Narrado por: Mark Boyett, Robert J. Sawyer
- Duración: 11 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 373
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 292
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 289
Twenty years after the discovery of artificial wormholes launches Earth space exploration to unforeseeable heights, Starplex Director Keith Lansing investigates a mysterious vessel that soon threatens the station with intergalactic war.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Tribute to Arthur C. Clarke
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 06-23-12
De: Robert J. Sawyer
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The Engines of God
- De: Jack McDevitt
- Narrado por: Tom Weiner
- Duración: 14 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 605
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 478
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Historia4 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
- De Michael G Kurilla en 05-12-11
De: Jack McDevitt
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Intrinsic
- De: Philip C. Quaintrell
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 15 h y 38 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 369
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 332
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 332
Kalian Gaines has a secret; he just doesn't know it yet. He looks like us, he lives like us...but he is not one of us. Kalian knows nothing outside of his mundane life teaching history on 30th-century Earth, until a day like any other triggers a series of events that will tie his fate to that of humanity. A human handprint, embedded into a rock with alien script, is discovered on a moon that mankind has never set foot on. This discovery holds a secret, which will sweep Kalian into the heart of a conspiracy that has corrupted the galaxy for 200,000 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unexpectedly Brilliant
- De Fraser en 04-22-18
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Blue Remembered Earth
- De: Alastair Reynolds
- Narrado por: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Duración: 21 h y 45 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 995
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 905
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 904
Critically acclaimed author Alastair Reynolds holds a well-deserved place “among the leaders of the hard-science space opera renaissance." ( Publishers Weekly). In Blue Remembered Earth, Geoffrey Akinya wants nothing more than to study the elephants of the Amboseli basin. But when his space-explorer grandmother dies, secrets come to light and Geoffrey is dispatched to the Moon to protect the family name - and prevent an impending catastrophe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A surprising and staisfying departure for Reynolds
- De Michael G Kurilla en 07-21-12
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Discovery of the Saiph
- Saiph, Book 1
- De: P. P. Corcoran
- Narrado por: Eric Michael Summerer
- Duración: 10 h y 7 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 408
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 385
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 388
The TDF Marco Polo embarks on its maiden voyage outside Earth's solar system, leading to the discovery of an extinct civilization destroyed by orbital bombardment. Deep underground is a mysterious library of alien secrets.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Space Opera
- De Michael Jacobi en 07-19-15
De: P. P. Corcoran
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Fleet of Worlds
- 200 Years Before the Discovery of the Ringworld
- De: Larry Niven, Edward M. Lerner
- Narrado por: Tom Weiner
- Duración: 9 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 851
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 596
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 601
Fleet of Worlds takes a closer look at Human-Puppeteer (Citizen) relations and the events leading up to Niven's first Ringworld novel. Kirsten Quinn-Kovacks is among the best and brightest of her people. She gratefully serves the gentle race that rescued her ancestors from a dying starship, gave them a world, and nurtures them still. If only the Citizens knew where Kirsten's people came from.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hurrah!
- De Bruce en 01-25-08
De: Larry Niven, y otros
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Fear the Sky
- The Fear Saga, Book 1
- De: Stephen Moss
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
- Duración: 20 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 24,017
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 22,243
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 22,173
From the Audie-nominated narrator of The Martian. In eleven years' time, a million members of an alien race will arrive at Earth. Years before they enter orbit, their approach will be announced by the flare of a thousand flames in the sky, their ships' huge engines burning hard to slow them from the vast speeds needed to cross interstellar space. These foreboding lights will shine in our night sky like new stars, getting ever brighter until they outshine even the sun, casting ominous shadows and banishing the night until they suddenly blink out.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Audible Where Are The Rest?!
- De ByEqualMeasure - julie en 09-14-15
De: Stephen Moss
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Prominence
- De: A. C. Hadfield
- Narrado por: Marc Vietor
- Duración: 6 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 856
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 802
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 802
They tried to destroy our planets. Our way of life. They tried to send us into extinction. But we, the Coalition, fought them and won. That was a decade ago. They’re known as the Host: a cabal of aliens seeking to dominate our sector of space. And they’re back - with help from a powerful new enemy. We’re outnumbered and unprepared. But there is hope. An ancient race of long-dead but technologically advanced aliens called the Navigators have a ship called the Blackstar that could potentially turn the tide. That is if I, Kai Locke, a humble ship racer, can find it and learn how to harness its power in time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Newly found love.
- De L. Rampey en 03-22-19
De: A. C. Hadfield
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The Medusa Chronicles
- De: Stephen Baxter, Alastair Reynolds
- Narrado por: Peter Kenny
- Duración: 12 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 348
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 317
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 316
Howard Falcon almost lost his life in an accident as the first human astronaut to explore the atmosphere of Jupiter - and a combination of human ingenuity and technical expertise brought him back. But he is no longer himself. Instead he has been changed into an augmented human: part man, part machine, and exceptionally capable.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Almost stopped listening. Glad I didn't.
- De cek en 08-21-16
De: Stephen Baxter, y otros
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Galactic Forge
- Galactic Forge Series, Book 1
- De: Alex Guerra
- Narrado por: Paul Heitsch
- Duración: 9 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,231
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,125
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,122
Former Marine Arthur Holland’s destiny begins when an aircraft crashes on his property in the mountains of Colorado. He moves to investigate and to help any survivors, but the closer he gets the less control he has of his movements. An unknown force urges him to open the door of the mysterious craft, discovering the secret that lies within: a dead, alien pilot and a peculiar, otherworldly crystal. If that wasn’t enough, the crystal feels like it is alive. That’s when he hears a single word inside his mind: run.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Try it
- De jonathan en 03-06-19
De: Alex Guerra
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Omega Rising
- De: Joshua Dalzelle
- Narrado por: Paul Heitsch
- Duración: 6 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,714
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,331
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,329
Jason Burke was a man hiding from himself in a small cabin high in the American Rocky Mountains when his simple, quiet life was shattered one night by what he first assumed was an aviation mishap. But when he investigates the crash, what he finds will yank him out of his self-imposed exile and thrust him into a world he could have never imagined.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining but nothing special. Take a look.
- De Desmond en 10-31-15
De: Joshua Dalzelle
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Altered Starscape
- Andromedan Dark, Book 1
- De: Ian Douglas
- Narrado por: Nick Sullivan
- Duración: 12 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 295
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 274
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 275
The year is 2162. Thirty-eight years after first contact, Lord Commander Grayson St. Clair leads the Tellus Ad Astra on an unprecedented expedition to the Galactic Core, carrying more than a million scientists, diplomats, soldiers, and AIs. Despite his reservations about their alien hosts, St. Clair is deeply committed to his people - especially after they're sucked into a black hole and spat out four billion years in the future. Civilizations have risen and fallen. The Andromeda Galaxy is drifting into the Milky Way. And Earth is most certainly a distant memory.
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1 out of 5 stars
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painful
- De AndyVee en 02-04-17
De: Ian Douglas
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Bypass Gemini
- Big Sigma Series, Book 1
- De: Joseph R Lallo
- Narrado por: John Forbes
- Duración: 10 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 126
In a distant future, Trevor "Lex" Alexander was shaping up to be the next great race pilot until a fixed race got him banned from the sport. Reduced to making freelance deliveries, he thinks his life can't get any worse. That's when a package manages to get him mixed up with mobsters, a megacorp, and a mad scientist. Now his life depends on learning what their plans are, and how he can stop them.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I'm torn over this review.
- De Jim Stark en 05-27-17
De: Joseph R Lallo
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Semper Mars
- Book One of the Heritage Trilogy
- De: Ian Douglas
- Narrado por: Ray Chase
- Duración: 13 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 454
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 410
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 413
The Year is 2040. The Marines have landed on Mars to guard the unearthed secrets of an ancient and dangerous alien race: Ourselves. Scientists have discovered something astonishing in the subterranean ruins of a sprawling Martian city: startling evidence of an alternative history that threatens to split humanity into opposing factions and plunge the Earth into chaos and war.
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1 out of 5 stars
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GOT SH@T UP HIS CHAMBER
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 09-15-17
De: Ian Douglas
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The Dark Between the Stars
- The Saga of Shadows, Book One
- De: Kevin J. Anderson
- Narrado por: Mark Boyett
- Duración: 22 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,931
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,742
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,742
Twenty years after the elemental conflict that nearly tore apart the cosmos in The Saga of Seven Suns, a new threat emerges from the darkness. The human race must set aside its own inner conflicts to rebuild their alliance with the Ildiran Empire for the survival of the galaxy. In Kevin J. Anderson's The Dark Between the Stars, galactic empires clash, elemental beings devastate whole planetary systems, and factions of humanity are pitted against one another.
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1 out of 5 stars
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TASTE LIKE EYEBALLS BOILED IN URINE
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 06-07-15
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Starchild Compact
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
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Historia5 out of 5 stars
- PreRaphaelite
- 03-11-18
Great story, clever look at the future -- and past
Thoroughly engaging story about a manned expedition to explore the Saturn moon Iapetus. You have to admit the gas giant's moon captures the imagination, with its passing resemblance to the Death Star and its unusual hexagonal shapes on the surface -- not to mention a seam-like equator. This is setting for Williscroft's enjoyable read, complete with intriguing hard science fiction aspects.
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- Matthew
- 04-11-17
Not bad if you are a teenage boy I suppose
Would you try another book from Robert G. Williscroft and/or Trenton Bennett?
Highly unlikely. Disappointing in every way.
Has The Starchild Compact turned you off from other books in this genre?
Hardcore sci-fi? No. Misogynistic, leering, odd toned stories? Yes.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Trenton Bennett?
Stephan Rudnicki, if he would have taken on the job.
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Disappointment. The first episode in this series was oddly compelling and held my interest. This sequel was overtly, and obsessively, focussed on what the women were wearing, what their breasts looked like, etc. etc. Seriously?
Any additional comments?
I was provided a copy of this offering in exchange for a free and independent review. I almost regret I did. I am not sure where the author wanted to take this story arc, but the almost comical references to the clothing the women chose to wear, ( and, for that matter, all the characters chose to wear ) was silly, repetitive and distracting. This author can do better, and should.
The narrator was dry, and not particularly compelling.
All in all, I can't recommend this in any aspect. Oops!
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