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Too dangerous to live. Too valuable to kill.
Jan Kulozik is in exile: sentenced to service the machines of Halvork, the farmworld that grows crops to fill the holds of Earth's grain-ships. This Wheelworld, baked by eternal summer, is a world of peasants enslaved by a handful of powerful families.
Then disaster. One year the ships do not come; starvation threatens Halvmork. Jan rallies the people for their own survival, and guides them on a perilous trek across half a planet. Battling heat and savage creatures, earthquakes and volcanoes, fighting the violence and treachery of the Families, Jan leads the people of Wheelworld to their new destiny.
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 137
They were sent to build a utopia, but all they found on Mars was death. Frank Kitteridge has been abandoned. But XO, the greedy - and ultimately murderous - corporate architects of humanity's first Mars base made a costly mistake when they left him there: They left him alive. Using his skills and his wits, he's going to find a way back home even if it kills him. Little does he know that Mars isn't completely empty. Just over the mountain, there's another XO base where things are going terribly, catastrophically wrong.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Down Hill Dive From First Book
- By Brutis on 02-28-21
By: S. J. Morden
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One Way
- By: S. J. Morden
- Narrated by: William Hope
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 283
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 270
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Story4 out of 5 stars 269
It's the dawn of a new era - and we're ready to colonize Mars. But the company that's been contracted to construct a new Mars base has made promises they can't fulfill and is desperate enough to cut corners. The first thing to go is the automation...the next thing they'll have to deal with is the eight astronauts they'll send to Mars, when there aren't supposed to be any at all. Frank - father, architect, murderer - is recruited for the mission to Mars with the promise of a better life, along with seven of his most notorious fellow inmates.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Derivative perhaps, but still outstanding!
- By Matthew on 10-23-20
By: S. J. Morden
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Starfire
- By: B.V. Larson
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,625
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,410
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,410
On June 30, 1908, an object fell from the sky, releasing more energy than a thousand Hiroshima bombs. A Siberian forest was flattened, but the strike left no significant crater. The anomaly came to be known as the Tunguska Event, and scientists have never agreed whether it was the largest meteor strike in recorded history - or something else. Alien artifacts have been uncovered since the 1908 event, and a new star drive is discovered.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Het
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 04-09-17
By: B.V. Larson
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Battlefield Earth
- Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi and New York Times Bestseller
- By: L. Ron Hubbard
- Narrated by: Josh Clark, Scott Menville, Fred Tatascorie, and others
- Length: 47 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,378
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,054
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,049
In the year AD 3000, Earth is a dystopian wasteland, plundered of its natural resources by alien conquerors known as Psychlos. Fewer than 35,000 humans survive in a handful of communities scattered across the face of a post-apocalyptic Earth. From the ashes of humanity rises a young hero, Jonnie Goodboy Tyler. Setting off on an initial quest to discover a hidden evil, Jonnie unlocks the mystery of humanity’s demise and unearths a crucial weakness in their oppressors.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pulp Sci-Fi Done Right! More Like This!
- By Joel D Offenberg on 06-27-16
By: L. Ron Hubbard
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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 1, 1929-1964
- The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction Writers of America
- By: Robert A. Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, and others
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman, L. J. Ganser, Richard Ferrone
- Length: 28 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,322
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,172
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,171
This book contains 26 of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. They represent the considered verdict of the Science Fiction Writers of America, those who have shaped the genre and who know, more intimately than anyone else, what the criteria for excellence in the field should be. The authors chosen for the Science Fiction Hall Fame are the men and women who have shaped the body and heart of modern science fiction; their brilliantly imaginative creations continue to inspire and astound new generations of writers and fans.
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5 out of 5 stars
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CHAPTER LIST to Help Find Stories
- By Lance on 06-07-18
By: Robert A. Heinlein, and others
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Blue Gold
- A Novel from the NUMA Files
- By: Clive Cussler
- Narrated by: David Purdham
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 500
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 418
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 414
Kurt Austin and his crew are back to slake their thirst for action as they attempt to drown an eco-extortionist's plan to control the world's freshwater supply. From deep within the Venezuelan rain forest emanates the legend of a white goddess and a mysterious tribe with startling technical accomplishments. Few believe the tribe exists, and even fewer suspect its deity can change the course of history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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please, need unabridged version!
- By Mitchell Baker on 04-14-16
By: Clive Cussler
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Red Mars
- By: Kim Stanley Robinson
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 23 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,859
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 3,877
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,892
Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel, Red Mars is the first book in Kim Stanley Robinson's best-selling trilogy. Red Mars is praised by scientists for its detailed visions of future technology. It is also hailed by authors and critics for its vivid characters and dramatic conflicts.
For centuries, the red planet has enticed the people of Earth. Now an international group of scientists has colonized Mars. Leaving Earth forever, these 100 people have traveled nine months to reach their new home. This is the remarkable story of the world they create - and the hidden power struggles of those who want to control it.
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3 out of 5 stars
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If you like books with DETAIL not much Action
- By Paul on 01-05-09
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Colony Mars: The Complete Trilogy
- By: Gerald M. Kilby
- Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
- Length: 17 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 130
How can a colony on Mars survive when the greatest danger on the planet is humanity itself? All contact is lost with the first privately funded colony on Mars during a long and destructive sandstorm. Satellite imagery of the aftermath shows extensive damage to the facility. The 54 colonists who called it home are presumed dead.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bad hook, yet great story.
- By Lars_Erik Grambo on 09-27-19
By: Gerald M. Kilby
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The Collected Works of Philip K. Dick: 11 Science Fiction Stories
- By: Philip K. Dick
- Narrated by: Kevin Killavey
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 265
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 235
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 233
The Collected Works of Philip K. Dick is a collection of 11 science fiction stories by Philip K. Dick.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good Stories...well read.
- By cindilla on 12-18-12
By: Philip K. Dick
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Artifact
- By: Vaughn Heppner, Logan White
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,345
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,226
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,223
Deep in the Indian Ocean, Dr. Selene Khan enters an underwater dome thousands of years old, one that is fully operational. She barely escapes to the surface, only to discover that her research vessel has vanished. Can she make it to shore 100 miles away? On the other side of the world, Agent Jack Elliot uncovers an impossible 900 grams of antimatter. The trail leads him to Egypt, betrayal, and a sinister brainwashing facility. There, in a desperate move, he rescues Dr. Selene Khan.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Don't listen to the bad reviews!
- By J on 04-14-17
By: Vaughn Heppner, and others
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The Persistence of Vision
- By: John Varley
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 119
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 71
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Story4 out of 5 stars 70
On the surface, this Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic is about a drifter who comes to stay in a New Mexico commune founded by a group of deaf-blind people. But beneath the story, author John Varley examines deep, universal issues. What is the nature of communication? What does an individual gain - or lose - by subsuming himself to the whole? Can an outsider ever truly "belong"?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Don't think you like Sci-Fi? Try this one!
- By Kindle Customer on 12-03-08
By: John Varley
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Consider Phlebas
- By: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,209
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,726
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,734
The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction, cold-blooded, brutal, and worse, random. The Idirans fought for their Faith; the Culture for its moral right to exist. Principles were at stake. There could be no surrender. Within the cosmic conflict, an individual crusade. Deep within a fabled labyrinth on a barren world, a Planet of the Dead proscribed to mortals, lay a fugitive Mind. Both the Culture and the Idirans sought it....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Visionary but half-cooked intro to Culture 'verse
- By Ryan on 07-20-13
By: Iain M. Banks
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Nomad
- The Nomad Trilogy 1
- By: Matthew Mather
- Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,405
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,291
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,283
Something big is coming...big enough to destroy the entire solar system...and it's heading straight for Earth. That's what Dr. Ben Rollins, head of Harvard's exoplanet research team, is told by NASA after being dragged out of bed in the middle of the night. His first instinct is to call his daughter and wife, who are vacationing in Italy: Something is coming, he tells them, a hundred times the mass of our sun. We can't see it, we don't know what it is, but it's there.
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4 out of 5 stars
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She'll be coming down the solar system!
- By Matthew on 02-09-16
By: Matthew Mather
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The Abyss Beyond Dreams
- Chronicle of the Fallers, Book 1
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 22 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,713
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,380
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,379
The year is 3326. Nigel Sheldon, one of the founders of the Commonwealth, receives a visit from the Raiel - self-appointed guardians of the Void, the enigmatic construct at the core of the galaxy that threatens the existence of all that lives. The Raiel convince Nigel to participate in a desperate scheme to infiltrate the Void. Once inside, Nigel discovers that humans are not the only life-forms to have been sucked into the Void. The humans trapped there are afflicted by an alien species of biological mimics.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Intersection of the Void and Commonwealth - Super
- By C. Hartmann on 10-30-14
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Frontera
- By: Lewis Shiner
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 175
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Story4 out of 5 stars 165
After the world's governments collapsed, the corporations took control. Houston's Pulsystems has sent an expedition to the lost Martian colony of Frontera to search for survivors, but Reese, aging hero of the US space program, knows better. The colonists are not only alive; they have discovered a secret so devastating that the new rulers of Earth will stop at nothing to own it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic spot-on sf of Mars and our own Earth
- By Samuel Montgomery-Blinn on 01-26-15
By: Lewis Shiner