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Publisher's summary
A tale beloved by many fans of Robert A. Heinlein, Podkayne of Mars tells the story of a young Marswoman and her interplanetary adventures with her uncle and her genius brother. Told largely through Podkayne's diaries, the story details her travel to Earth with her two companions. Podkayne has definite plans on what to do and how to do it, but not everything is as it seems. She is suddenly thrust into the middle of life-or-death situations when the liner they are traveling on makes a stop at Venus.
Heinlein was originally asked to change the controversial ending, and he reluctantly did. But he felt the original ending better suited the story and was never satisfied with the modified "safer" ending. This edition restores the book to how Heinlein originally wrote it. It also includes a letter to his agent decrying the changes asked for by his original publisher.
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- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
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Podkayne Fries, a smart and determined maid of Mars, has just one goal in life: to become the first female starship pilot and rise through the ranks to command deep-space explorations. So when she is offered a chance to join her diplomatic uncle on an interstellar journey to distant Earth via Venus, it's a dream come true - even if her only experience with diplomacy is handling her brilliant but pesky younger brother, Clark.
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wrong ending
- By Chris on 09-09-15
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The Legacy of Heorot
- By: Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Steven Barnes
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
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Best-selling science fiction superstars Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle combine their talents with those of Steven Barnes in an extraordinary adventure of humankind’s first outpost in the farthest reaches of space. Light years from Earth, colonists land on a planet they name Avalon. It seems like a paradise—until native creatures savagely attack. It will take every bit of intelligence, courage, and military-style discipline to survive.
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Great read!
- By Thomas on 12-05-12
By: Larry Niven, and others
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The Damned Trilogy
- A Call to Arms, The False Mirror, and The Spoils of War
- By: Alan Dean Foster
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 36 hrs and 28 mins
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For millennia, the Weave, an alliance of species, have fought to resist the telepathic Amplitur, who strive to unite all self-aware life-forms in their great "Purpose." The Weave is slowly losing ground, but for both sides, warfare focuses more on outthinking and outmaneuvering your foe than destruction. In fact, most regard violence as hideously barbaric, and even the thought of harming another sentient being is beyond imagining.
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One of my favorites
- By Mike From Mesa on 10-22-19
By: Alan Dean Foster
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The Rolling Stones
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
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One of Heinlein's best-loved works, The Rolling Stones follows the rollicking adventures of the Stone family as they tour the solar system. It doesn't seem likely for twins to have the same middle name. Even so, it's clear that Castor and Pollux Stone both have "Trouble" written in that spot on their birth certificates. Of course, anyone who's met their grandmother Hazel would know they came by it honestly.
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Good story well told
- By Frank on 07-14-15
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Great Radio Science Fiction
- By: Robert Heinlein, Arch Oboler, Isaac Asimov
- Narrated by: Orson Welles, Aldous Huxley, Old Time Radio
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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Close your eyes and see the future. Radio often explored the issues of the day by imagining the days to come - and never did it better than in the stories you'll hear in this collection! From 2000 Plus to Dimension X, this is Great Radio Science Fiction!
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Wonderful
- By Touch of Gray on 07-16-21
By: Robert Heinlein, and others
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A World Out of Time
- By: Larry Niven
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
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After more than two hundred years as a corpsicle, Jaybee Corbell awoke in someone else’s body and under threat of instant annihilation if he made a wrong move while they were training him for a one-way mission to the stars. But Corbell bided his time and made his own move. Once he was outbound, where the society that ruled Earth could not reach him, he headed his starship toward the galactic core.
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Do you know how people get old?
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 11-13-12
By: Larry Niven
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Podkayne of Mars
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: Emily Janice Card
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
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Podkayne Fries, a smart and determined maid of Mars, has just one goal in life: to become the first female starship pilot and rise through the ranks to command deep-space explorations. So when she is offered a chance to join her diplomatic uncle on an interstellar journey to distant Earth via Venus, it's a dream come true - even if her only experience with diplomacy is handling her brilliant but pesky younger brother, Clark.
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wrong ending
- By Chris on 09-09-15
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The Legacy of Heorot
- By: Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Steven Barnes
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
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Best-selling science fiction superstars Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle combine their talents with those of Steven Barnes in an extraordinary adventure of humankind’s first outpost in the farthest reaches of space. Light years from Earth, colonists land on a planet they name Avalon. It seems like a paradise—until native creatures savagely attack. It will take every bit of intelligence, courage, and military-style discipline to survive.
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Great read!
- By Thomas on 12-05-12
By: Larry Niven, and others
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The Damned Trilogy
- A Call to Arms, The False Mirror, and The Spoils of War
- By: Alan Dean Foster
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 36 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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For millennia, the Weave, an alliance of species, have fought to resist the telepathic Amplitur, who strive to unite all self-aware life-forms in their great "Purpose." The Weave is slowly losing ground, but for both sides, warfare focuses more on outthinking and outmaneuvering your foe than destruction. In fact, most regard violence as hideously barbaric, and even the thought of harming another sentient being is beyond imagining.
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One of my favorites
- By Mike From Mesa on 10-22-19
By: Alan Dean Foster
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Schismatrix Plus
- By: Bruce Sterling
- Narrated by: Pavi Proczko
- Length: 17 hrs and 2 mins
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Acclaimed science fiction luminary and a godfather of the genre’s remarkable offspring - cyberpunk - Bruce Sterling carries readers to a far-future universe where stunning achievements in human development have been tainted by a virulent outbreak of prejudice and hatred.
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Sci-fi should be weird but...
- By Ryan H. on 02-11-21
By: Bruce Sterling
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The Star Beast
- Heinlein's Juveniles, Book 8
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: Richard Powers
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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Lummox has been the pet of the Stuart family for generations. With eight legs, a thick hide, and increasingly large size, Lummox is nobody's idea of man's best friend. Nevertheless, John Stuart XI, descendant of the starman who originally brought Lummox back to Earth, loves him. But when Lummox eats a neighbor's car and begins to grow again, the feds decide that enough is enough.
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loved it!
- By Kevin on 09-06-16
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Valis
- Valis, Book 1
- By: Philip K. Dick
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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What is VALIS? This question is at the heart of Philip K. Dick's groundbreaking novel, the first book in his defining trilogy. When a beam of pink light begins giving a schizophrenic man named Horselover Fat (who just might also be known as Philip K. Dick) visions of an alternate Earth where the Roman Empire still reigns, he must decide whether he is crazy or whether a godlike entity is showing him the true nature of the world.
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Life changing
- By Michael on 03-16-16
By: Philip K. Dick
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The Star Diaries
- Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy
- By: Stanislaw Lem
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
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Ijon Tichy, Lem's Candide of the Cosmos, encounters bizarre civilizations and creatures in space that serve to satirize science, the rational mind, theology, and other icons of human pride.
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Gulliver in Space
- By Joe Kraus on 12-29-18
By: Stanislaw Lem
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Retrograde
- By: Peter Cawdron
- Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
- Length: 9 hrs
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Mankind has long dreamed of reaching out to live on other planets, and with the establishment of the Mars Endeavour colony, that dream has become reality. The fledgling colony consists of 120 scientists, astronauts, medical staff, and engineers. Buried deep underground, they're protected from the harsh radiation that sterilizes the surface of the planet. The colony is prepared for every eventuality except one - what happens when disaster strikes Earth?
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Who rescues the Martians when Earth is gone?
- By Jason on 09-20-17
By: Peter Cawdron
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The Killing Star
- By: George Zebrowski, Charles Pellegrino
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
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The opening chapter of an incredible adventure that includes the destruction of Earth by ten thousand relativistic bombs launched by an alien race. This science fiction thriller follows the desperate struggles of the remnants of humankind to survive in a hostile universe.
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Absolutely terrifying!
- By Josh on 11-14-19
By: George Zebrowski, and others
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Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
- By: James Tiptree Jr.
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman, Adam Grupper
- Length: 23 hrs and 55 mins
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These 18 darkly complex short stories and novellas touch upon human nature and perception, metaphysics and epistemology, and gender and sexuality, foreshadowing a world in which biological tendencies bring about the downfall of humankind. The Nebula Award-winning short story "Love Is the Plan, the Plan Is Death", the Hugo Award-winning novella The Girl Who Was Plugged In, and the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novella Houston, Houston, Do You Read? are included.
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Extraordinary Science Fiction
- By Roland on 08-10-20
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Ammonite
- By: Nicola Griffith
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
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Change or die: the only options available on the Durallium Company-owned planet GP. The planet's deadly virus had killed most of the original colonists - and changed the rest irrevocably. Centuries after the colony had lost touch with the rest of humanity, the Company returned to exploit GP, and its forces found themselves fighting for their lives. Afraid of spreading the virus, the Company had left its remaining employees in place, afraid and isolated from the natives.
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Women Are People
- By DC on 11-17-20
By: Nicola Griffith
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In the Land of Time
- And Other Fantasy Tales
- By: Lord Dunsany, S.T. Joshi - editor
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 17 hrs and 8 mins
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A pioneer in the realm of imaginative literature, Lord Dunsany has gained a cult following for his influence on modern fantasy literature, including such authors as J. R. R. Tolkien and H. P. Lovecraft. This unique collection of short stories ranges over five decades of work.
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Great entertainment and narrator!
- By G. L. Davis on 06-13-19
By: Lord Dunsany, and others
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Cyteen
- Cyteen, Books 1-3
- By: C. J. Cherryh
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman, Jonathan Davis
- Length: 36 hrs and 47 mins
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The saga of two young friends trapped in an endless nightmare of suspicion and surveillance, of cyber-programmed servants and a ruling class with century-long lives – and the enigmatic woman who dominates them all.
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This is a Heavy Book (lovely too)
- By troy on 05-20-12
By: C. J. Cherryh
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The Man Who Sold the Moon
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: Buck Schirner
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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Today the moon - tomorrow the stars. The Man Who Sold the Moon: A landmark volume in Heinlein’s magnificent Future History series. D. D. Harriman is a billionaire with a dream: the dream of Space for All Mankind. The method? Anything that works. Maybe, in fact, Harriman goes too far. But he will give us the stars....
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Great story but...
- By Chris on 03-30-17
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Human After All
- By: Jeremy Robinson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
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Freeman is a genius with an uncommon mixture of memory, intelligence and creativity. He lives in a worldwide utopia, but it was not always so. There was a time known as the Grind—when Freeman’s people lived as slaves to another race referred to simply as “Master.” They were property. But a civil rights movement emerged. Change seemed near, but the Masters refused to bend. Instead, they declared war. And lost. Now, the freed world is threatened by a virus, spread through bites, sweeping through the population.
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MUCH better than expected!
- By Mike Naka on 05-04-14
By: Jeremy Robinson
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- Happy Customer in TX
- 12-24-21
Good story if a bit misogynistic.
Good story, but a bit of a creature of its time. The protagonist come through as overly emotional and naive. They way men of the era regarded women.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-13-18
Twisted ending
I have always enjoyed this author and he's has been as much as the teacher as an author. Most of his books have happy or semi happy endings. This one doesn't come close to a happy in it, but it's more real life than previous books endings.
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- IPod junkie
- 09-01-22
Revised Ed
Not my favorite HEINLEIN title,but enjoyable all the same. I believe the other audio book available on Audible is the original ending. Some one please correct me if Iam wrong
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- John W
- 01-28-21
This is an abridged version of the original
This version omits the telephone call at the end of the story that uncle Tom had with Podkane's parents and his scolding of them for the way they raised their their children. It also makes clear that Podkane survived the explosion. This version infers that she died. I don't know why they had to change the story this way.
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- Jenny M.
- 09-19-19
Return of An Old Favorite
Read this book as a child in the late 60's...just before Star Trek came out. It was the time of the great classic SciFi authors---Clarke, Anderson, Norton, Ellison, Heinlein & a few others. Analog was my favorite magazine, & I remember feeling so grown up when my parents gave me a year's subscription for one birthday. Podkayne of Mars was the first SciFi book I ever read, and I loved it! I still do. Sci-fi has evolved over the years, & this is certainly a book aimed at a younger audience & as a kind of intro to SciFi. However, for me, Podkayne of Mars is old friend I enjoy visiting with every so often. Ms. Nankani captured Podkayne perfectly.
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- Kai Syn
- 01-21-23
Give it time and listen till the end
I was becoming bored but slightly amused at how this story had sucked me in with a teen girls prattling account of her first adventure. I understood what and why the writer had done to me at the huge reveal near the end of the story. One of my adult daughters had listened to much of the story with me and I will insist she listen to the last chapter. The narration of the story is excellent and I hope all enjoy as much as I did.
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- April S.
- 12-19-19
Different ending
I was eagerly awaiting the ending, but they switched it to something sadder. I had to go back and reread my book ending to be sure; Podkayne is supposed to live(in ICU for a bit) and Clark is supposed to still be on Venus waiting for their father to get there to pick them up.
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- GodlessPriest
- 02-04-23
A miss
I like Heinlein but his work is hit or miss for me. Some of his books are truly great while others…. less so. I can’t call this one bad but it’s definitely not for me.
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- BAH
- 05-16-19
Teen age girls diary
Sadly, this is the first book written by him that I hate. the whole book is a teenage girls diary entries. At one point she is even throwing a fit about how she didnt get her way and how her parents are unfair. The ending couldnt come fast enough and even the ending was horrible and anticlimactic. Buy a different book.
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- W
- 04-21-24
Narrator is terrible
Maybe the story is good. I don’t know anymore. The narrator ruined it for me. Cannot stand either the female or imitated male voices from this narrator.
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