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Second Variety
- Narrated by: Tom Weiss
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 07-22-14
- Language: English
- Publisher: Spoken Realms
Regular price: $6.65
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- John Shields
- 05-21-15
Horrible quality!
The story is great! I've read it before. However, this sounds like some guy read it in his bedroom. Couldn't even finish it!
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- Larjane
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- 03-25-17
Not Much of a Surprise
As interesting as I expected. Science fiction is always engrossing to me. I grew up sneaking my brother's science fiction short story magazines.
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