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It’s one of the most tantalizing unanswered questions about our universe: is anybody else out there? For writers of first contact sci-fi, the answer is a resounding yes, and these titles explore the possibilities of that first fateful meeting of two intelligent life-forms. From benevolent exchanges of knowledge to all-out interplanetary war, this imaginative niche is exactly the type of exploration for which the genre of sci-fi exists.-
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The Sparrow
- By: Mary Doria Russell
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 15 hrs and 19 mins
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Overall4191
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Performance3637
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Story3641
A visionary work that combines speculative fiction with deep philosophical inquiry, The Sparrow tells the story of a charismatic Jesuit priest and linguist, Emilio Sandoz, who leads a scientific mission entrusted with a profound task....
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An interesting take on higher powers.
- By Howard
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The Sparrow
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Series: Sparrow, Book 1
- Length: 15 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 07-08-08
- Language: English
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A Fire Upon the Deep
- By: Vernor Vinge
- Narrated by: Peter Larkin
- Length: 21 hrs and 37 mins
- unabridged
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Overall3298
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Performance2806
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Story2814
A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.....
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Loved the universe and the aliens
- By Tamara
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A Fire Upon the Deep
- Narrated by: Peter Larkin
- Series: Zones of Thought, Book 1
- Length: 21 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 01-19-10
- Language: English
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The Gods Themselves
- By: Isaac Asimov
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- unabridged
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Overall2238
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Performance1989
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Story1991
In the twenty-second century Earth obtains limitless, free energy from a source science little understands: an exchange between Earth and a parallel universe, using a process devised by the aliens. But even free energy has a price. The transference process itself will eventually lead to the...
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Drags at times but some interesting parts too.
- By James
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The Gods Themselves
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 01-14-14
- Language: English
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The Host
- A Novel
- By: Stephenie Meyer
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 23 hrs and 0 mins
- unabridged
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Overall12505
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Performance9446
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Story9493
Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living...
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Exceptional
- By Mark
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The Host
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 23 hrs and 0 mins
- Release date: 05-06-08
- Language: English
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Rendezvous with Rama
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim, Robert J. Sawyer - introduction
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- unabridged
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Overall10831
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Performance9245
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Story9251
At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge, weighing more than ten trillion tons....
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Great book and very believable
- By Readalot
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Rendezvous with Rama
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim, Robert J. Sawyer - introduction
- Series: Rama, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 10-28-08
- Language: English
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Childhood's End
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer, Robert J. Sawyer - introduction
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- unabridged
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Overall10002
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Performance8356
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Story8408
The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city - intellectually, technologically, and militarily superior to humankind....
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WOW
- By Little
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Childhood's End
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer, Robert J. Sawyer - introduction
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 10-28-08
- Language: English
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Gateway
- By: Frederik Pohl
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman, Robert J. Sawyer
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
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Overall3964
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Performance3446
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Story3456
When prospector Bob Broadhead went out to Gateway on the Heechee spacecraft, he decided he would know which was the right mission to make him his fortune....
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just ok
- By samantha
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Gateway
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman, Robert J. Sawyer
- Series: The Heechee Saga, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 09-08-09
- Language: English
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Contact
- By: Carl Sagan
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
- unabridged
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Overall5754
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Performance5177
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Story5177
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cosmos and renowned astronomer Carl Sagan’s international bestseller about the discovery of an advanced civilization in the depths of space remains the “greatest adventure of all time” (Associated Press). The future is here…in an adventure of cosmic...
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A Fabulous Fiction
- By That's Mr. to You ;-)
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Contact
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 03-23-12
- Language: English
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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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Overall12488
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Performance10888
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Story10857
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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Now I see what Kubric was 'doing' with the ending
- By Jon S.
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2001
- A Space Odyssey
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Series: Space Odyssey Series, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 04-29-08
- Language: English
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Ender's Game Alive: The Full Cast Audioplay
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Full Cast Recording
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
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Overall9617
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Performance8763
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Story8737
Experience Ender’s Game as you’ve never heard it before! With an all-new, original script written by Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game Alive is a full-cast audio drama that reimagines the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic....
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Be careful, this story is addictive
- By Jacobus
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Ender's Game Alive: The Full Cast Audioplay
- Narrated by: Full Cast Recording
- Series: The Ender Saga, Book 1, The Enderverse, Book 6
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 10-22-13
- Language: English
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Blindsight
- By: Peter Watts
- Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- unabridged
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Overall3963
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Performance3416
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Story3409
After the Firefall, all eyes are locked heavenward as a team of specialists aboard the self-piloted spaceship Theseus hurtles outbound to intercept an unknown intelligence....
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I don't claim to understand it...
- By crazybatcow
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Blindsight
- Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 10-23-08
- Language: English
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Solaris
- The Definitive Edition
- By: Stanislaw Lem, Bill Johnston - translator
- Narrated by: Alessandro Juliani
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- unabridged
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Overall5440
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Performance4687
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Story4703
At last, one of the world’s greatest works of science fiction is available - just as author Stanislaw Lem intended it....
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Haunting and Intelligent
- By John Campbell
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Solaris
- The Definitive Edition
- Narrated by: Alessandro Juliani
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 06-07-11
- Language: English
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The Mote in God's Eye
- By: Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
- Narrated by: L J Ganser
- Length: 20 hrs and 28 mins
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Overall8027
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Performance6036
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Story6073
An epic novel of mankind's first encounter with alien life that transcends the genre. No lesser an authority than Robert A. Heinlein called it "possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read"....
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Narrator does matter....
- By my0pinion
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The Mote in God's Eye
- Narrated by: L J Ganser
- Series: Mote in God's Eye, Book 1
- Length: 20 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 07-14-09
- Language: English
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Armada
- A Novel
- By: Ernest Cline
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
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Overall48626
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Performance44976
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Story44880
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A rollicking alien invasion thriller that embraces and subverts science-fiction conventions, from the author of the worldwide phenomenon Ready Player One “Exciting . . . mixes Star Wars, The Last Starfighter, Independence Day, and a really gnarly round of Space...
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The Last Starfighter Lives
- By Tony E.
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Armada
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 07-14-15
- Language: English
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Jeff Wayne's The War of The Worlds: The Musical Drama
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: H. G. Wells, Jeff Wayne
- Narrated by: Michael Sheen, Taron Egerton, Theo James, Adrian Edmondson, Anna-Marie Wayne
- Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
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Overall595
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Performance537
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Story535
One of the world’s most recognisable sci-fi stories, H. G. Wells’ The War of The Worlds established numerous conventions for the genre, including the threat of an invasive extraterrestrial species, space travel and intergalactic conflict....
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Nice combo of the original concept album and an audio drama
- By Andrew Weinstein
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Jeff Wayne's The War of The Worlds: The Musical Drama
- An Audible Original Drama
- Narrated by: Michael Sheen, Taron Egerton, Theo James, Adrian Edmondson, Anna-Marie Wayne
- Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 11-29-18
- Language: English
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Dawn
- Xenogenesis, Book 1
- Narrated by: Aldrich Barrett
- Series: Xenogenesis, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 01-24-14
- Language: English
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Rosewater
- By: Tade Thompson
- Narrated by: Bayo Gbadamosi
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
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Overall1836
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Performance1666
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Story1658
Rosewater is the start of an award-winning trilogy set in Nigeria, by one of science fiction's most engaging voices. *Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, winner *Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel, winner Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around...
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Unusual and captivating
- By alan fay
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Rosewater
- Narrated by: Bayo Gbadamosi
- Series: The Wormwood Trilogy, Book 1
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 09-18-18
- Language: English
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First Encounter
- Ascension Wars, Book 1
- By: Jasper T. Scott
- Narrated by: Ben Jaeger-Thomas
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
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Overall590
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Performance530
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Story527
The United Nations of Earth sent out the Forerunner ships to explore and colonize the four most promising star systems within 50 light-years of Earth. Forerunner One left Earth under the command of Captain Clayton Cross, heading for Trappist-1....
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This was a good book and the star of a good series
- By Amazon Customer
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First Encounter
- Ascension Wars, Book 1
- Narrated by: Ben Jaeger-Thomas
- Series: Ascension Wars, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 02-04-20
- Language: English
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The Salvage Crew
- By: Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
- Narrated by: Nathan Fillion
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- unabridged
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Overall4135
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Performance3746
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Story3733
An AI overseer and a human crew arrive on a distant planet to salvage an ancient UN starship. The overseer is unhappy. The crew, well, they're certainly no A-team. Not even a C-team on the best of days. And worse? Urmahon Beta, the planet, is at the ass-end of nowhere....
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Starts At The Top Of A Hill And Only Goes Down
- By Jeffrey C Drywater
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The Salvage Crew
- Narrated by: Nathan Fillion
- Series: Salvage Crew, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 10-27-20
- Language: English
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An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
- A Novel
- By: Hank Green
- Narrated by: Kristen Sieh, Hank Green
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- unabridged
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Overall8630
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Performance7826
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Story7809
THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Sparkling with mystery, humor and the uncanny, this is a fun read. But beneath its effervescent tone, more complex themes are at play.” —San Francisco Chronicle In his wildly entertaining debut novel, Hank Green—cocreator of Crash Course...
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Best book I've read/listen to for a long time.
- By null
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An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Kristen Sieh, Hank Green
- Series: The Carls, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 09-25-18
- Language: English
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