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Political Prisoner
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No one knows the true motives of Kees vaan Loo-Macklin. He's a mastermind criminal who gave up his place at the head of the dark underworld to become a legitimate member of Evenwaith's cities. But soon he was reaching out to powerful enemies - the slimy aliens called the Nuel. Loo-Macklin negotiates an illusory peace agreement and gains precious alien secrets in the process. Is he after peace, power or pure evil? With enemy starships beginning to amass, we won't have to wait long to find out.
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3 out of 5 stars
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it was a great book until this guy read it out loud
- By thomas on 04-23-24
By: Alan Dean Foster
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,786
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,858
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,875
In what is considered one of Heinlein's most hair-raising, thought-provoking, and outrageous adventures, the master of modern science fiction tells the strange story of an even stranger world. It is 21st-century Luna, a harsh penal colony where a revolt is plotted between a bashful computer and a ragtag collection of maverick humans, a revolt that goes beautifully until the inevitable happens. But that's the problem with the inevitable: it always happens.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heinlein's Masterpiece
- By Peter on 12-04-06
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Crown of Slaves
- By: David Weber, Eric Flint
- Narrated by: Peter Larkin
- Length: 19 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 959
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 816
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 818
The Star Kingdom's ally Erewhon is growing increasingly restive in the alliance because the new High Ridge regime ignores its needs. Add to that the longstanding problem of a slave labor planet controlled by hostile Mesans in Erewhon's stellar back yard, a problem which High Ridge also ignores.
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1 out of 5 stars
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poorly done
- By Kyle on 04-17-10
By: David Weber, and others
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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 454
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 309
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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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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 24,017
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22,243
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Story4.5 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?!
- By ByEqualMeasure - julie on 09-14-15
By: Stephen Moss
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The Collapsing Empire
- The Interdependency, Book 1
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20,400
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18,808
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18,752
Our universe is ruled by physics, and faster-than-light travel is not possible - until the discovery of The Flow, an extradimensional field we can access at certain points in space-time that transports us to other worlds, around other stars. Humanity flows away from Earth, into space, and in time forgets our home world and creates a new empire, the Interdependency, whose ethos requires that no one human outpost can survive without the others. It's a hedge against interstellar war - and a system of control for the rulers of the empire.
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4 out of 5 stars
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THE STUPIDITIES OF COURT
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 04-01-17
By: John Scalzi
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Infinity Born
- By: Douglas E. Richards
- Narrated by: Corey Gagne
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 825
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 721
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When DARPA's billion-dollar program to create artificial superintelligence is sabotaged, US operative Cameron Carr is tasked with finding the culprit. He's been on high-stakes missions before, but this time the stakes are nothing less than the future of humanity. Because the race to evolve a superintelligent computer is on, and power players around the world will stop at nothing to get there first.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent ScoFi Mystery Thriller...
- By shelley on 08-14-17
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Lilith: A Snake in the Grass
- The Four Lords of the Diamond, Book 1
- By: Jack L. Chalker
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Aliens are spying on Earth from one of the four worlds that make up the Warden Diamond. But it is impossible to send agents to any of the four worlds because of unique microscopic symbionts that make it impossible for visitors to leave the Diamond. Seeking a unique solution, each of the four worlds making up the Diamond is sent a person whose mind has been stripped of everything and who is now controlled by an agent of the Confederacy. Lilith is the first planet to be visited.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A great series if read in its entirety
- By Onix Harbinger on 08-21-18
By: Jack L. Chalker
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The Empire's Corps
- By: Christopher G. Nuttall
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,394
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,204
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,196
The Galactic Empire is dying and chaos and anarchy are breaking out everywhere. After a disastrous mission against terrorists on Earth itself, Captain Edward Stalker of the Terran Marine Corps makes the mistake of speaking truth to power, telling one of the most powerful men in the Empire a few home truths. As a result, Captain Stalker and his men are unceremoniously exiled to Avalon, a world right on the Rim of the Empire. It should have been an easy posting...
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not Ark Royal
- By AGreviewer on 12-23-15
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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 327
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 286
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Story4 out of 5 stars 287
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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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 21,084
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 18,896
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18,873
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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No Safe Place
- By: Richard North Patterson
- Narrated by: Alexander Adams
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 160
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 65
In the year 2000, Senator Kerry Kilcannon's insurgent campaign against Vice President Dick Mason has come down to the last seven days—the time remaining until the California presidential primary. Whoever wins in California is likely to win the Democratic nomination, a prize that the Vice President is determined to deny Kerry at any cost. And for all the votes and enthusiasm his passion and personal magnetism have gained him, Kerry's problems are formidable.
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5 out of 5 stars
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If Only It Had Happened That Way ...
- By Snoodely on 11-23-12
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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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Mind's Eye
- By: Douglas E. Richards
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 918
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 815
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Story4 out of 5 stars 816
When Nick Hall wakes up in a dumpster - bloodied, without a memory, and hearing voices in his head - he knows things are bad. But they're about to get far worse. Because he's being hunted by a team of relentless assassins. Soon Hall discovers that advanced electronics have been implanted in his brain, and he now has two astonishing abilities. He can surf the web using thoughts alone. And he can read minds. But who inserted the implants? And why? And why is someone so desperate to kill him?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Great Premise - Started Great, Fizzled Out
- By Kindle Customer on 05-09-14
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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 283
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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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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 81
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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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- Amazon Customer
- 01-24-19
Here we go again... again. BRUTALITY!
So this has an interesting start that will instantly draw you in, as if the normal feast of brutality did not bring you back to the table. Our boy Ole Hope has really stepped in it... some times literally, but of course he will be getting all the Honeys and his sister will be helping him rise to power. I think the best part of this book is how well it gets you to hate some of the antagonists. Anybody can make you like a hero, but making you loathe a character as fast as this book does to its antagonist is something special. But, come on guys you know Hope and Spirit are gonna find a way out of it. Great story, the narrator is a boss, and you will not want to stop listening.
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- Thomas Aloi
- 09-23-16
great story.
I love Piers Anthony.. listened to 6 of his books so far.. great commuting stories..
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- Anonymous User
- 06-05-20
Great Book
Forgot what a foundational book it was for me from when I read it the first time.
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- T
- 08-15-16
Ok for pre-teen
Granted, this was the only book in the set that I read. As a student of political science, the story line lacked feasibility in many respects. Most objectionable to me personally was the premise that 700 years from now racism was still so blatant and polarizing. I found the storyline very shallow and predictable.
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- David E. Bramley
- 06-08-22
Not a good read/listen
I first read this book when I was in my teenage years. Now I am in my 60s and I can say that now I don't like this book or series at all.
I don't think SF is Mr Anthony's strong point and I don't like reading about social issues of the 20th century dressed up in the 27th century. If I wanted that I would read a real book on the topic. The same goes for Fantasy. The Incarnations series also tries, with a little more success, to deal with similar issues. I think that Piers Anthony should decide whether he wants to write Fact or fiction and write one or the other.
The other reason that I don't like this series is the senseless violence (rape, torture) especially in the first book of the series.
I think it is time for me to stop reading Piers Anthony.
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