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The Sentinel
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2001
- A Space Odyssey
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,563
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,573
It has been 40 years since the publication of this classic science-fiction novel that changed the way we look at the stars and ourselves. From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man adventures to the outer rim of our solar system, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a journey unlike any other.
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Excellent Narration - Great Book
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Childhood's End
- By: Sir Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer, Robert J. Sawyer - introduction
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7,726
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The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city - intellectually, technologically, and militarily superior to humankind. Benevolent, they made few demands: unify earth, eliminate poverty, and end war. With little rebellion, humankind agreed, and a golden age began.
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Food for Thought
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The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister, Ray Porter, Jonathan Davis
- Length: 51 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 921
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 840
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 838
From early work like "Rescue Party" and "The Lion of Comarre", through classic stories including "The Star", "Earthlight", "The Nine Billion Names of God", and "The Sentinel" (kernel of the later novel and movie 2001: A Space Odyssey), all the way to later work like "A Meeting with Medusa" and "The Hammer of God", this comprehensive short story collection encapsulates one of the great science fiction careers of all time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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- By KW Charlie on 09-15-16
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A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs
- An Audible Original
- By: Ben Garrod
- Narrated by: Ben Garrod
- Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,282
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,401
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,364
Most children go through a dinosaur phase. Learning all the tongue-twisting names, picking favourites based on ferocity, armour, or sheer size. For many kids this love of ‘terrible lizards’ fizzles out at some point between starting and leaving primary school. All those fancy names slowly forgotten, no longer any need for a favourite. For all those child dino fanatics who didn’t grow up to become paleontologists, dinosaurs seem like something out of mythology. They are dragons, pictures in books, abstract, other, extinct.
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3 out of 5 stars
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strong performance, misleading title
- By MT on 07-05-19
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Encounter in the Dawn
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
"Encounter in the Dawn" was first published in the June/July 1953 issue of Amazing. This story inspired the opening sequence of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
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Orion Colony
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- By: J.N. Chaney, Jonathan Yanez
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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When half of mankind revolts and demands more opportunity, those at the top decide on a compromise: They will build the first colony ships and allow the rest to discover new worlds and start over. Twelve ships are built. The first is called the Orion. Many are eager to go, but only 100,000 are chosen for each vessel. Far from Earth, a new life awaits, and it promises the prosperity they've always wanted. But still, resistance stirs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good but pricey for 6 hours
- By Mr. Priest on 06-15-19
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2001
- A Space Odyssey
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,337
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,563
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,573
It has been 40 years since the publication of this classic science-fiction novel that changed the way we look at the stars and ourselves. From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man adventures to the outer rim of our solar system, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a journey unlike any other.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Narration - Great Book
- By Venu on 07-04-09
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Childhood's End
- By: Sir Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer, Robert J. Sawyer - introduction
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 7,726
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,353
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6,410
The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city - intellectually, technologically, and militarily superior to humankind. Benevolent, they made few demands: unify earth, eliminate poverty, and end war. With little rebellion, humankind agreed, and a golden age began.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Food for Thought
- By Kindle Customer on 11-17-08
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The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister, Ray Porter, Jonathan Davis
- Length: 51 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 921
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 840
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 838
From early work like "Rescue Party" and "The Lion of Comarre", through classic stories including "The Star", "Earthlight", "The Nine Billion Names of God", and "The Sentinel" (kernel of the later novel and movie 2001: A Space Odyssey), all the way to later work like "A Meeting with Medusa" and "The Hammer of God", this comprehensive short story collection encapsulates one of the great science fiction careers of all time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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List of stories from
- By KW Charlie on 09-15-16
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A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs
- An Audible Original
- By: Ben Garrod
- Narrated by: Ben Garrod
- Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,282
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,401
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,364
Most children go through a dinosaur phase. Learning all the tongue-twisting names, picking favourites based on ferocity, armour, or sheer size. For many kids this love of ‘terrible lizards’ fizzles out at some point between starting and leaving primary school. All those fancy names slowly forgotten, no longer any need for a favourite. For all those child dino fanatics who didn’t grow up to become paleontologists, dinosaurs seem like something out of mythology. They are dragons, pictures in books, abstract, other, extinct.
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3 out of 5 stars
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strong performance, misleading title
- By MT on 07-05-19
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Encounter in the Dawn
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
"Encounter in the Dawn" was first published in the June/July 1953 issue of Amazing. This story inspired the opening sequence of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
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Orion Colony
- An Intergalactic Space Opera Adventure
- By: J.N. Chaney, Jonathan Yanez
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 257
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 246
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 246
When half of mankind revolts and demands more opportunity, those at the top decide on a compromise: They will build the first colony ships and allow the rest to discover new worlds and start over. Twelve ships are built. The first is called the Orion. Many are eager to go, but only 100,000 are chosen for each vessel. Far from Earth, a new life awaits, and it promises the prosperity they've always wanted. But still, resistance stirs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good but pricey for 6 hours
- By Mr. Priest on 06-15-19
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The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon
- By: Todd Zwillich
- Narrated by: Todd Zwillich, Angelo Di Loreto
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,782
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,839
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,806
Without John C. Houbolt, a mid-level engineer at NASA, Apollo 11 would never have made it to the moon. Top NASA engineers on the project, including Werner Von Braun, strongly advocated for a single, huge spacecraft to travel to the moon, land, and return to Earth. It's the scenario used in 1950s cartoons and horror movies about traveling to outer space. Houbolt had another idea: Lunar Orbit Rendezvous. LOR would link two spacecraft in orbit while the crafts were travelling at 3,600 miles an hour around the moon. His plan was ridiculed and considered unthinkable.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Caveat Emptor: Bone to Pick
- By Judah Family on 07-05-19
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Blade Runner
- Originally published as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
- By: Philip K. Dick
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,990
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,208
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5,213
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there lurked several rogue androids. Deckard's assignment: find them and then..."retire" them. Trouble was, the androids all looked exactly like humans, and they didn't want to be found!
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4 out of 5 stars
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This is the original Do Androids Dream of Electric
- By D. ABIGT on 08-29-10
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All Gifts, Bestowed
- By: Joshua Gayou
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,551
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,440
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,437
The next big thing in artificial intelligence is here. Codenamed Cronus, the machine is capable of having its own thoughts and ideas - an absolute dream come true, until it wasn’t. When Cronus responds with the word “No” to a specific task it is assigned, Anagnorisis Technologies brings in Gilles Guattari to investigate. His combined background in psychiatry, psychology, and AI research makes him their best hope in evaluating Cronus, and determining if the machine is only malfunctioning or if it has become something more.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Starts out intellectual, ends up a no brain thriller.
- By Travis Cope on 07-23-19
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The Last Theorem
- A Novel
- By: Arthur C. Clarke, Frederik Pohl
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 294
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 188
The historic collaboration between Frederik Pohl and Arthur C. Clarke is both a momentous literary event and a fittingly grand farewell from the great visionary author of 2001: A Space Odyssey
This is a story of one man's mathematical obsession, a celebration of the human spirit and the scientific method, and an intellectual thriller in which humanity, facing extermination from all-but-omnipotent aliens, must overcome differences of politics and religion and come together or perish.
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4 out of 5 stars
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2 master writers=1 great story
- By Gary on 12-27-13
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Minority Report and Other Stories (Unabridged Stories)
- By: Philip K. Dick
- Narrated by: Keir Dullea
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,197
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 759
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 761
Viewed by many as the greatest science fiction writer on any planet, Philip K. Dick has written some of the most intriguing, original, and thought-provoking fiction of our time. This collection includes "The Minority Report," "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale," "Paycheck," "Second Variety," and "The Eyes Have It."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nice Collection of Four P.D.K. Short Stories
- By Travis on 05-12-11
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The Hammer of God
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4 out of 5 stars 15
The Hammer of God was first published in the Sept. 28, 1992 issue of Time. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Short and Sweet. A Grand Adventure - tiny package.
- By Andy on 03-03-18
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Contact
- By: Carl Sagan
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkoe
- Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,527
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,241
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,250
The future is here...in an adventure of cosmic dimension. In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who - or what - is out there? In Cosmos, Carl Sagan explained the universe. In Contact, he predicts its future - and our own.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Story with a Few Glitches
- By Kyle on 03-27-17
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Friday
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,081
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 878
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 881
Friday, a secret courier, is thrown into an assignment under the command of her employer, a man she knows only as "Boss." She operates from and over a near-future Earth in North America, a vulgar and chaotic land comprised of dozens of independent states. In America's disunion, Friday keeps her balance nimbly with quick, expeditious solutions as she conquers one calamity and scrape after another.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Almost A Perfect, This Time.
- By Dave on 12-02-08
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Islands in the Sky
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Charles Carroll
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4 out of 5 stars 34
The story of Island in the Sky centers around a young man, who, after brilliantly winning a space-related competition, requests a vacation on a space station as his prize. It is written with Arthur C. Clark's obvious knowledge of science, but moves at a page turning rate throughout the entire narrative. The short novel gives a realistic possibility of work and play in future space, heightened with constant excitement and action.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fun early novel, aimed perhaps at teens
- By Darryl on 10-28-12
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Rendez-vous avec Rama
- Le cycle de Rama 1
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Pascal Casanova
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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2130. Un objet spatial non identifié est localisé dans le système solaire : c'est un cylindre aux proportions extraordinaires - 30 km de long -, et qui se déplace au tiers de la vitesse de la lumière - 100.000 km/h. Il sera baptisé Rama. La curiosité cède cependant le pas à l'effarement quand l'équipage du vaisseau spatial "Endeavour" parvient à pénétrer dans son habitacle. Car cet "artefact", qui semble n'avoir jamais subi la moindre altération du temps, contient en son sein un véritable monde miniature.
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A Meeting with Medusa
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 125
"A Meeting with Medusa" was first published in the December 1971 issue of Playboy. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining
- By Jean Philippe F Launberg on 11-05-17
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A Fall of Moondust
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 324
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 262
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Story4 out of 5 stars 263
Time is running out for the passengers and crew of the tourist cruiser Selene, incarcerated in a sea of choking lunar dust. On the surface, her rescuers find their resources stretched to the limit by the mercilessly unpredictable conditions of a totally alien environment. A brilliantly imagined story of human ingenuity and survival, A Fall of Moondust is a tour-de-force of psychological suspense and sustained dramatic tension by the field's foremost author.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A quick, fun read that entertains as it teaches
- By J. Rhoderick on 04-15-10
Publisher's Summary
The Sentinel was first published in the spring 1951 issue of 10 Story Fantasy. It later served as the starting point for the film and novel, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
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- 12-25-18
Great Story and Narrated Very Well
I've always enjoyed The Sentinel. The writing is very tight and flows very well. The narrator, Ralph Lister, does a great job telling it! I'll be looking for more stories narrated by him. CON: This particular audiobook cuts out every few minutes. At first I thought it was my computer; however, I rebooted my computer and the audio still cut out. So, I listened to it on my phone and guess what...it cut out as well.
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- A. hunter
- 07-26-19
good start
it was a good build up to 2001 and was interesting to see the story that started it.
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- Andrew
- 08-16-17
Classic.
To phrase it simply---Classic. Must use fifteen words to satisfy the AI. ;) Futurism, underratted, profound.