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Excession
- By: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 15 hrs and 58 mins
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The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre. "Banks is a phenomenon."...
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- By Robert M. on 01-26-26
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Excession
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Series: Culture, Book 5
- Length: 15 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 01-20-26
- Language: English
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Excession
- By: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
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Overall461
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The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre. 'Banks is a phenomenon'...
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My favourite Culture series book
- By Deborah Morgan on 03-30-15
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Excession
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Series: Culture, Book 5
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 03-07-13
- Language: English
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#110 Outside context problem: Excession (1996) by Iain M. Banks
- Length: 8 mins
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Winner of the BSFA Award for Best Novel, Excession (1996) is the fourth novel in Iain M. Banks ever-popular Culture series of SF novels. In this entry, the awesome power of the post-scarcity Culture civilisation is challenged by two linked threats. One is the increasing aggression of a cruel species, the Affront. The other is the emergence of a vast and mysterious structure, the Excession. On one level a classic "big dumb object" story, Excession explores previously unseen elements of the Culture setting - not least the workings of its super-intelligent AIs. Get in touch with a text ...
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#110 Outside context problem: Excession (1996) by Iain M. Banks
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By: Craig Alanson
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Children of Strife
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Mel Hudson
- Length: 20 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall340
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Performance326
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Story326
A new entry in the wildly successful Children of Time series from award-winning master of science fiction Adrian Tchaikovsky. After Earth fell, ark ships hunted for a new home. They sought lost worlds terraformed in Earth’s forgotten past. A ship crewed by maverick humans, spiders and a...
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Great read for those that love exposition
- By Michael Brown on 03-18-26
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Leviathan Wakes
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 20 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall33,814
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Performance30,117
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Story30,037
From a New York Times bestselling and Hugo award-winning author comes a modern masterwork of science fiction, introducing a captain, his crew, and a detective as they unravel a horrifying solar system wide conspiracy that begins with a single missing girl. Now a Prime Original series. Humanity...
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Started a love affair with hard sci fi
- By NH on 07-30-17
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Hyperion
- By: Dan Simmons
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor, Allyson Johnson, Kevin Pariseau, and others
- Length: 20 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25,770
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Performance21,864
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Story21,905
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it. In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all.
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The Shrike Awaits. Enter The Time Tombs...
- By Michael on 10-13-12
By: Dan Simmons
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Old Guns: A Military Sci-Fi Adventure
- Old Guns, Book 1
- By: J. N. Chaney, Nicholas Sansbury Smith
- Narrated by: R. C. Bray
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall250
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Performance238
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Story238
When the Colonial Shield Federation needs someone to face an ancient alien threat, they don't call their best; they call the only Marines who survived first contact. Problem is, a decade of hard living has taken its toll on Frank Cage and Martin Kelvin. Frank has spent the last ten years drowning his memories in whiskey and starting bar fights, while Martin walks around on a cybernetic leg, tending his garden and trying to forget the past. But their retirement comes to an abrupt end when a military transport arrives, crushing Martin's prized tomatoes and bringing orders that can't be refused.
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A series that deserves a future (no pun intended)
- By Stephanie Ohlson on 03-30-26
By: J. N. Chaney, and others
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Children of Ruin
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Mel Hudson
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9,102
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Performance8,002
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Story7,981
The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. Thousands of years ago, Earth's terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life -- but it was their mission to...
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Not ideal for audiobook format
- By bogmonkey on 01-08-20
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Livesuit
- The Captive's War
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,387
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Performance1,238
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Story1,238
The first novella set in the universe of James S. A. Corey's epic Captive's War series. Humanity's war is eternal, spread across the galaxy and the ages. Humanity's best hope to end the endless slaughter is the Livesuit forces. Soldiers meld their bodies to the bleeding edge technology, becoming...
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Wow, Apex modern military sci-fi.
- By Mike Q Saltzgaver on 11-12-24
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Ender's Game
- Special 20th Anniversary Edition
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison, Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall44,613
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Performance33,546
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Story33,791
Why we think it’s a great listen: It’s easy to say that when it comes to sci-fi you either love it or you hate it. But with Ender’s Game, it seems to be you either love it or you love it.... The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Enter Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, the result of decades of genetic experimentation.
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6 titles in the series so far
- By Kapila Wimalaratne on 01-29-03
By: Orson Scott Card
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Ship of Prophecy Box Set: The Complete 10-Book Series
- By: Scott Bartlett
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 75 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall787
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Performance745
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Story747
The return of humanity's oldest enemy... An alien prophecy that predicts our species' downfall... And a captain who's the only thing standing in the way of his starship getting mothballed. Wait, what? Imagine Captain Keyes’ surprise when the fate of the galaxy turns out to depend on him, his decrepit ship, and his oddball crew.
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Another box set!
- By Julie Heyneman on 06-23-25
By: Scott Bartlett
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Children of Dune
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Simon Vance
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18,282
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Performance15,555
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Story15,543
The sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered, and fertile. Old Paul Atreides, who led the desert Fremen to political and religious domination of the galaxy, is gone. But for the children of Dune, the very blossoming of their land contains the seeds of its own destruction. The altered climate is destroying the giant sandworms, and this in turn is disastrous for the planet's economy.
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great story, more production problems
- By Ziya on 04-22-08
By: Frank Herbert
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SpecOps
- Expeditionary Force, Book 2
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall36,041
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Performance32,881
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Story32,792
Colonel Joe Bishop made a promise and he's going to keep it; taking the captured alien starship Flying Dutchman back out. He doesn't agree when the UN decides to send almost 70 elite Special Operations troops, hotshot pilots, and scientists with him; the mission is a fool's errand he doesn't expect to ever return from. At least, this time, the Earth is safe, right? Not so much.
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WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY by NO PATIENCE MAN
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 03-18-17
By: Craig Alanson
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Gateway
- Expeditionary Force, Book 18
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6,666
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Performance6,270
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Story6,270
Disaster. There was no other word to describe how Operation Olympic had changed in a flash from a triumph to the worst failure the Merry Band of Pirates had ever experienced. A failure that meant the fight was over. Unless the Pirates could perform a miracle, without Skippy.
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Decent, but a few comments.
- By Caleb on 05-08-25
By: Craig Alanson
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Howling Dark
- Sun Eater, Book 2
- By: Christopher Ruocchio
- Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
- Length: 28 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,848
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Performance2,551
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Story2,547
Hadrian Marlowe is lost. For half a century, he has searched the farther suns for the lost planet of Vorgossos, hoping to find a way to contact the elusive alien Cielcin. He has not succeeded, and for years has wandered among the barbarian Normans as captain of a band of mercenaries. Determined to make peace and bring an end to nearly 400 years of war, Hadrian must venture beyond the security of the Sollan Empire and among the Extrasolarians who dwell between the stars.
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Well holy buckets
- By Rachel on 07-29-19
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Paradise
- Expeditionary Force, Book 3
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall48,737
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Performance44,715
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Story44,538
While the crew of the starship Flying Dutchman have been trying to assure that hostile aliens do not have access to Earth, the UN Expeditionary Force has been stranded on the planet they nicknamed "Paradise." The Flying Dutchman is headed back out on another mission, and the UN wants the ship to find out the status of the humans on Paradise. But Colonel Joe Bishop warns that they might not like what they find, and they can't do anything about it without endangering Earth.
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running out of ideas...
- By AP on 06-08-17
By: Craig Alanson
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Valkyrie
- Expeditionary Force, Book 9
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 19 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall22,662
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Performance20,534
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Story20,452
After saving the world many times, the Merry Band of Pirates have accepted the inevitable: Earth is doomed. All they can do is try to bring a few thousand people to safety, before vicious aliens arrive to destroy humanity's homeworld. No. There is one other thing they can do: hit the enemy so hard that the aliens will regret they ever heard of humans.
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A chore to read. A disappointment and repetitive.
- By Kevin on 02-04-20
By: Craig Alanson
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Children of Memory
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Mel Hudson
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,754
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Performance2,370
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Story2,371
The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary novel of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. Earth failed. In a desperate bid to escape, the spaceship Enkidu and its captain, Heorest Holt, carried its precious human cargo to...
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Read it and weep.
- By Saul on 02-03-23
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Renegades
- Expeditionary Force, Book 7
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 17 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25,775
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Performance23,630
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Story23,563
The battle-scarred star carrier Flying Dutchman is finally on her way back to Earth, after an exceptionally successful series of missions that have once again saved the world. The ship needs a serious refit, and her exhausted crew just wants a break from constant clandestine warfare against a vicious and superior enemy. Wishes come true, right? Not for the Merry Band of Pirates.
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Same Problems as BSG and LOST
- By Spankybus on 04-03-19
By: Craig Alanson
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Old Man's War
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall28,515
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Performance25,334
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Story25,334
John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army. The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce—and alien races willing to fight us for them are common. So: we fight. To defend Earth, and to stake our own claim to planetary real estate. Far from Earth, the war has been going on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding. Earth itself is a backwater.
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Fun and Witty Military Sci-Fi
- By M. Spencer on 10-21-12
By: John Scalzi
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Mavericks
- Expeditionary Force, Book 6
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 17 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32,049
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Performance29,390
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Story29,303
The remnants of the Expeditionary Force stranded on the alien-controlled planet "Paradise" get a chance to prove themselves, in a simple off-world training mission with a ship full of teenage alien cadets. When the mission goes horribly wrong and the survival of everyone on Paradise is at risk, the Merry Band of Pirates may have to come to the rescue. Unless they get killed first....
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Trouble on Paradise pt. II
- By Kukele on 09-27-18
By: Craig Alanson
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Black Ops
- Expeditionary Force, Book 4
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall41,757
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Performance38,294
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Story38,151
The elite crew of the pirate ship UNS Flying Dutchman had a simple mission: determining whether the Thuranin are sending another starship to Earth. Along the way, they became sidetracked by securing a future for the UNEF troops on the planet Paradise. When asked whether Earth was now safe, their ancient alien AI responded "Not so much"...now they have to deal with the consequences.
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Slightly better than books two and three.....
- By Mary and Stephen on 01-02-18
By: Craig Alanson