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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,213
The wickedest, most wonderful science fiction story ever created in our - or any - time. Anything can begin at a party in California - and everything does in this bold masterwork by a grand master of science fiction. When four supremely sensual and unspeakably cerebral humans - two male, two female - find themselves under attack from aliens who want their awesome quantum breakthrough, they take to the skies - and zoom into the cosmos on a rocket roller-coaster ride of adventure, danger, ecstasy, and peril.
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3 out of 5 stars
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One Aching Pain Short of Heaven
- By ... on 08-12-12
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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 1,649
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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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Sten
- Sten Series, Book 1
- By: Chris Bunch, Allan Cole
- Narrated by: Jerry Sciarrio
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 282
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 214
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Story4 out of 5 stars 218
The first book in an action–packed new SF adventure series. Vulcan is a factory planet, centuries old, Company run, ugly as sin, and unfeeling as death. Vulcan breeds just two types of native: complacent or tough. Sten is tough. When his family is killed in a mysterious accident, Sten rebels, harassing the Company from the metal world’s endless maze-like warrens. He could end up just another burnt–out Delinquent. But people like Sten never give up.
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5 out of 5 stars
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THE MASTERPIECE BY JERRY SCIARRIO
- By Professor on 10-31-12
By: Chris Bunch, and others
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Gateways
- Original New Stories Inspired by Frederik Pohl
- By: Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, Ben Bova, and others
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 93
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Story4 out of 5 stars 81
It isn’t easy to get a group of bestselling SF authors to write new stories for an anthology, but that’s what Elizabeth Anne Hull has done in this powerhouse book. With original, captivating tales by Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, Ben Bova, David Brin, Cory Doctorow, Neil Gaiman, Joe Haldeman, Harry Harrison, Larry Niven, Vernor Vinge, Gene Wolfe, and others, Gateways is a SF event that will be a must-buy for SF readers of all tastes, from the traditional to the cutting edge; from the darkly serious to the laugh-out-loud funny.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Spectacular.
- By Steve Reid on 08-21-15
By: Greg Bear, and others
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Queen of Angels
- By: Greg Bear
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 19 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 80
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Story4 out of 5 stars 65
Emanuel Goldsmith, a famous poet, murdered eight people, then disappeared. Three people want to find him: an aspiring writer, an embittered scientist who wants to use him, and a policewoman who needs to put him in custody before the Selectors, a vigilante organization, get to him first.
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5 out of 5 stars
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fantastic, a whole new experience on audio
- By Tungsten on 04-02-16
By: Greg Bear
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Man Plus
- By: Frederik Pohl
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris, Robert J. Sawyer
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 122
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Story4 out of 5 stars 97
Roger Torraway watched in horror as the monster lurched, toppled over and died. Project Man Plus had gone suddenly and drastically wrong. The race to colonize Mars was too important, too costly, and America was already too committed, for plans to be scrapped. They would have to make a new Martian. And Roger Torraway was it, candidate for the endless surgery, operation after painful operation, that would enable him to survive on that faraway planet.
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4 out of 5 stars
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More timely now than ever
- By Sandy R on 06-28-10
By: Frederik Pohl
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Fear the Sky
- The Fear Saga, Book 1
- By: Stephen Moss
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 20 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24,005
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22,231
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22,161
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?!
- By ByEqualMeasure - julie on 09-14-15
By: Stephen Moss
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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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Man of War
- Rebellion, Book 1
- By: M. R. Forbes
- Narrated by: Jeff Hays
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,083
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 993
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 994
In the year 2280, an alien fleet attacked the Earth. Their weapons were unstoppable, their defenses unbreakable. Our technology was inferior, our militaries overwhelmed. Only one starship escaped before civilization fell. Earth was lost. It was never forgotten. Fifty-two years have passed. A message from home has been received. The time to fight for what is ours has come.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hope from Ashes
- By Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com on 07-23-16
By: M. R. Forbes
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The Mote in God's Eye
- By: Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
- Narrated by: L J Ganser
- Length: 20 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7,864
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 5,903
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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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The Tar-Aiym Krang
- A Pip & Flinx Adventure
- By: Alan Dean Foster
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 838
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 598
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 604
Moth was a beautiful planet, the only one with wings - two great golden clouds suspended in space around it. Here was a wide-open world for any venture a man might scheme. The planet attracted unwary travelers, hardened space-sailors, and merchant buccaneers - a teeming, constantly shifting horde that provided a comfortable income for certain quick-witted fellows like Flinx and his pet flying snake Pip.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The First of the Flinx and Pip Novels AT LAST!
- By Chris on 01-20-09
By: Alan Dean Foster
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Foreigner
- Foreigner Sequence 1, Book 1
- By: C. J. Cherryh
- Narrated by: Daniel Thomas May
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,541
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,386
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,397
The first book in C.J.Cherryh's eponymous series, Foreigner begins an epic tale of the survivors of a lost spacecraft who crash-land on a planet inhabited by a hostile, sentient alien race. From its beginnings as a human-alien story of first contact, the Foreigner series has become a true science fiction odyssey, following a civilization from the age of steam through early space flight to confrontations with other alien species in distant sectors of space. It is the masterwork of a truly remarkable author.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A Sci-Fi Neville Chamberlain
- By Tango on 07-28-13
By: C. J. Cherryh
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Heart of a Warrior
- Ly-san-ter, Book 3
- By: Johanna Lindsey
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 363
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 258
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 263
Brittany Callaghan thinks she's dreaming when a blond, nearly seven-feet-tall Nordic god shows up on her doorstep in her tiny California town. He claims to be a barbarian warrior in need of her help. Though a stunning, statuesque beauty herself, intelligent and independent Brittany has struggled hard to earn respect in a man's world. She is taken aback when Dalden, a spectacular Viking who is a long way from home, needs her help - and is willing to pay for it.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not the beginning of the trio
- By Amy on 01-12-10
By: Johanna Lindsey
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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 21,057
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 18,872
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18,849
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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Conquest
- The Chronicles of the Invaders: Book 1
- By: John Connolly, Jennifer Ridyard
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Story4 out of 5 stars 62
The Earth has been invaded by the Illyri, a beautiful, civilized, yet ruthless alien race. Humanity has been conquered, but still it fights the invaders. The Resistance grows stronger, for it is the young people of Earth who battle the Illyri.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Spoiled Teenager or Sci-fi?
- By Bob H. on 04-24-16
By: John Connolly, and others
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- Anonymous User
- 04-05-23
Ok Story, terrible writing style.
Having trouble finishing this, Basic story idea is OK. Sorry, this reads like a schoolboy essay. The characters ad nauseum endlessly tell each other how much they love/respect each other etc.. Dialog is a bit cringeworthy with lots of superfluous and unrealistic detail.
There are also several mistakes in the narration which should have been edited out but aren't.
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