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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 368
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 336
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 334
They reach the shore, barks and joyful laughter swallowed by the crashing waves. Suddenly, an odd-looking object in the sky draws closer. As dark clouds loom, a flicker of unease crosses Scotty’s face. Before he can react, an eerie glow surrounds both boy and dog. In an instant, they vanish without a trace. Now aboard an alien ship, Scotty faces a reality far from home. The walls breathe, the corridors pulse and his fear deepens.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting concept of first contact
- By Tim on 01-14-19
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The Eyre Affair
- A Thursday Next Novel
- By: Jasper Fforde
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,713
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,191
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,192
In Jasper Fforde's Great Britain, circa 1985, time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday Next, renowned Special Operative in literary detection.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Worthy Read
- By chicagoalum on 01-21-10
By: Jasper Fforde
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Stand on Zanzibar
- By: John Brunner, Bruce Sterling - foreword
- Narrated by: Erik Bergmann
- Length: 21 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 333
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 292
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Story4 out of 5 stars 293
Niblock House is a rising executive at General Technics, one of a few all-powerful corporations. His work is leading General Technics to the forefront of global domination, both in the marketplace and politically - it's about to take over a country in Africa. Donald Hogan is his roommate, a seemingly sheepish bookworm. But Hogan is a spy, and he's about to discover a breakthrough in genetic engineering that will change the world...and kill him. Society is squeezed into hive-living madness by god-like mega computers and mass-marketed psychedelic drugs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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perfect audio experience
- By Darryl on 03-24-14
By: John Brunner, and others
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Anniversary Day
- Anniversary Day Saga, Book 1 (Retrieval Artist Universe)
- By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 404
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 351
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Story4 out of 5 stars 358
Four years ago, a bomb destroyed part of the dome protecting Armstrong, the largest city on the Moon. Now, as the city celebrates its survival with an event it calls Anniversary Day, a larger threat looms - one that begins with the murder of the mayor, and spreads across the moon itself.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Defferent Focus
- By Tracey Rains on 10-10-11
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Scythe
- By: Neal Shusterman
- Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 21,605
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 19,357
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 19,334
A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: Humanity has conquered all those things and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life - and they are commanded to do so in order to keep the size of the population under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe - a role that neither wants. These teens must master the "art" of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Teenage Thumbs up
- By Lila Reading on 04-01-17
By: Neal Shusterman
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The World Walker
- The World Walker Series, Book 1
- By: Ian W. Sainsbury
- Narrated by: Todd Boyce
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,917
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,760
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,764
Just outside Los Angeles, a prisoner hidden away for 70 years sits up, gets off the bed and disappears through a solid wall. In Australia, a magician impresses audiences by producing real elephants. Nobody realizes it's not an illusion. Across the world, individuals and organizations with supernatural power suddenly detect the presence of something even they can't understand. At the center of it all, Seb Varden, a 32-year old musician with a secret in his past, slits his wrists, is shot dead and run over on the freeway.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Stuff
- By DobieChuck on 01-15-17
By: Ian W. Sainsbury
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The Soul of the Matter
- A Novel
- By: Bruce Buff
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 58
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Story4 out of 5 stars 54
A scientist's claim that he's found the secrets of the universe's origin encoded in DNA sparks a race against time to uncover the truth in this fast-paced thriller of science and faith, power and murder, loss and redemption.
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4 out of 5 stars
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good unique story. Narrator was not great
- By Demetri on 09-25-16
By: Bruce Buff
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The Unincorporated Man
- By: Dani Kollin, Eytan Kollin
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 23 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 463
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 318
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Story4 out of 5 stars 322
The Unincorporated Man is a provocative social/political/economic novel that takes place in the future, after civilization has fallen into complete economic collapse. This reborn civilization is one in which every individual is incorporated at birth and spends many years trying to attain control over his or her own life by getting a majority of his or her own shares. Life extension has made life very long indeed.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Hmm
- By CB on 06-15-09
By: Dani Kollin, and others
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I, Robot
- To Protect
- By: Mickey Zucker Reichert
- Narrated by: Alma Cuervo
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 160
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Story4 out of 5 stars 140
The best-selling author of the popular Renshai series, Mickey Zucker Reichert pens I, Robot: To Protect - the first in a trilogy inspired by the Isaac Asimov classic I, Robot. It’s the year 2035, and robot psychologist Dr. Susan Calvin is beginning her residency at a teaching hospital where patients are being injected with diagnostic nanobots. Before long, Susan realizes that the injections portend dire consequences - and that the nanobots are being used to facilitate a deadly scheme.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An old friend
- By Joshua Guttman on 11-16-12
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Deal Breaker
- The First Myron Bolitar Novel
- By: Harlan Coben
- Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,124
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,347
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,326
Sports agent Myron Bolitar is poised on the edge of the big-time. So is Christian Steele, a rookie quarterback and Myron's prized client. But when Christian gets a phone call from a former girlfriend, a woman who everyone, including the police, believes is dead, the deal starts to go sour. Suddenly Myron is plunged into a baffling mystery of sex and blackmail.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Deal Breaker
- By Lisa on 07-02-08
By: Harlan Coben
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The Hercules Text
- By: Jack McDevitt
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Story4 out of 5 stars 77
From a remote corner of the galaxy, a message is being sent. The continuous beats of a pulsar have become odd, irregular, and artificial. It can only be a code. Frantically, a research team struggles to decipher the alien communication. And what the scientists discover is destined to shake the foundations of empires around this world - from Wall Street to the Vatican.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Lots to recommend here!
- By Matthew on 10-19-18
By: Jack McDevitt
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A Clean Kill in Tokyo
- A John Rain Novel
- By: Barry Eisler
- Narrated by: Barry Eisler
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,234
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,920
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,910
Half American, half Japanese, expert in both worlds but at home in neither, John Rain is the best killer money can buy. You tell him who. You tell him where. He doesn’t care about why... Until he gets involved with Midori Kawamura, a beautiful jazz pianist - and the daughter of his latest kill.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Intelligent, engaging, clever, and instructive
- By Cholmondeley on 07-04-16
By: Barry Eisler
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The Year's Top Short SF Novels 5
- By: Cory Doctorow, Ken Liu, John P Murphy, and others
- Narrated by: Tom Dheere, Nancy Linari
- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4 out of 5 stars 41
Short novels are movie-length narratives that may well be the perfect length for science fiction stories. This audio collection presents the best-of-the-best short science fiction novels published in 2014 by current and emerging masters of this vibrant form of storytelling.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narrator sounds like Tony Danza
- By Sean on 03-05-16
By: Cory Doctorow, and others
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Unwind
- Unwind Dystology, Book 1
- By: Neal Shusterman
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,384
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,206
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,200
After America’s Second Civil War, the Pro-Choice and Pro-Life armies came to an agreement. According to their Bill of Life, human life may not be terminated from the moment of conception until the age of thirteen. But between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, the child may be gotten rid of by their parent through a process called “unwinding.”
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5 out of 5 stars
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Chilling, Scary, Difficult to Read
- By Joe on 11-11-20
By: Neal Shusterman
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- The Neanderthal Parallax, Book 1
- By: Robert J. Sawyer
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,005
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,279
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,284
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,945
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,153
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In this Hugo-nominated novel, an alien walks into a museum and asks if he can see a paleontologist. But the arachnid ET hasn't come aboard a rowboat with the Pope and Stephen Hawking (although His Holiness does request an audience later). Landing at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the spacefarer, Hollus, asks to compare notes on mass extinctions with resident dino-scientist Thomas Jericho.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting book, very enjoyable narration
- By Ione on 05-07-10
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WWW: Wake
- By: Robert J. Sawyer
- Narrated by: Jessica Almasy, Jennifer Van Dyck, A. C. Fellner, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,409
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,614
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,615
Caitlin Decter is young, pretty, feisty, a genius at math - and blind. Still, she can surf the net with the best of them, following its complex paths clearly in her mind. But Caitlin's brain long ago co-opted her primary visual cortex to help her navigate online. So when she receives an implant to restore her sight, instead of seeing reality, the landscape of the World Wide Web explodes into her consciousness, spreading out all around her in a riot of colors and shapes.