About This Collection
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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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
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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
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Only a few know the terrifying truth - an outcast Earth scientist, a rebellious alien inhabitant of a dying planet, a lunar-born human intuitionist who senses the imminent annihilation of the Sun....
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Drags at times but some interesting parts too.
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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
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Earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of human hosts while leaving their bodies intact. But Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away....
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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
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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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Decent
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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
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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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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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A Great Premise
- By Jim N
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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
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In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history....
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A bit dated, but definitely worth a read
- By Ben
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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
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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
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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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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 Enderverse, Book 6, The Ender Saga, Book 1
- 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
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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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You'll just have to imagine you're Siri Keeton
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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
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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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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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Top notch, classic Sci - Fi
- By Andrew
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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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Zack Lightman has never much cared for reality. He vastly prefers the countless science-fiction movies, books, and videogames he's spent his life consuming....
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Don’t let the other reviews comparing Armada to RP1 deter you from downloading this audiobook.
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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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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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Amazing.
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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
- By: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrated by: Aldrich Barrett
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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In a world devastated by nuclear war with humanity on the edge of extinction, aliens finally make contact....
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Just okay...
- By Mr Dangerous
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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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Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious alien biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry, and the helpless—people eager for a glimpse inside the dome or a taste of its rumored healing powers....
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Alien infiltration
- By Michael G Kurilla
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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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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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Great
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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
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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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Nathan Fillion IS the cosmos-weary AI
- By VJG
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The Salvage Crew
- Narrated by: Nathan Fillion
- 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
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In his much-anticipated debut novel, Hank Green spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined....
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Best book I've read/listen to for a long time.
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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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