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In 2034, the stars went out. An unknown agency surrounded the solar system with an impenetrable barrier, concealing the universe from humanity’s gaze.
In 2067, Nick Stavrianos is hired to investigate the disappearance of a mentally disabled woman, Laura Andrews, from the institution where she was being cared for. Aided by a skull full of neural modifications, he follows her trail to the Republic of New Hong Kong, where an organization known as the Ensemble has uncovered Laura’s extraordinary secret: An ability that could transform the world.
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Aliens are spying on Earth from one of the four worlds that make up the Warden Diamond. But it is impossible to send agents to any of the four worlds because of unique microscopic symbionts that make it impossible for visitors to leave the Diamond. Seeking a unique solution, each of the four worlds making up the Diamond is sent a person whose mind has been stripped of everything and who is now controlled by an agent of the Confederacy. Lilith is the first planet to be visited.
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A great series if read in its entirety
- De Onix Harbinger en 08-21-18
De: Jack L. Chalker
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Zendegi
- De: Greg Egan
- Narrado por: Parisa Johnston
- Duración: 12 h y 51 m
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As tragedy strikes his multicultural family, Martin struggles to maintain his place in his adapted culture, and to provide for his child. Zendigi explores what it means to be human, and the lengths one will go to in order to provide for ones children. This emotional roller coaster explores a non-Western-European near future that both challenges ideas of global monoculture and emphasizes the humanity we all share.
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important topics, sad story
- De Kindle Customer en 04-06-24
De: Greg Egan
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Stand on Zanzibar
- De: John Brunner, Bruce Sterling - foreword
- Narrado por: Erik Bergmann
- Duración: 21 h y 16 m
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Niblock House is a rising executive at General Technics, one of a few all-powerful corporations. His work is leading General Technics to the forefront of global domination, both in the marketplace and politically - it's about to take over a country in Africa. Donald Hogan is his roommate, a seemingly sheepish bookworm. But Hogan is a spy, and he's about to discover a breakthrough in genetic engineering that will change the world...and kill him. Society is squeezed into hive-living madness by god-like mega computers and mass-marketed psychedelic drugs.
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perfect audio experience
- De Darryl en 03-24-14
De: John Brunner, y otros
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Immortality
- De: Kevin Bohacz
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins
- Duración: 26 h y 29 m
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Without warning, something has gone terribly awry. In the remote and unnoticed places of the world, small pockets of death begin occurring. As the initially isolated extinctions spread, the world's eyes focus on this unimaginable horror and chaos. Out of the ecological imbalance, something new and extraordinary is evolving and surviving to fill the voids left by these extinctions. Evolution is operating in ways no one could have expected, and environmental damage may be the catalyst.
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Good End of World Thriller
- De John S en 11-04-14
De: Kevin Bohacz
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Liege Killer
- The Paratwa Saga, Book 1
- De: Christopher Hinz
- Narrado por: Eric Meyers
- Duración: 18 h y 53 m
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Two hundred years after a nuclear apocalypse forced humanity to flee earth, humans still remember the most feared warriors of that planet - the Paratwa. These are genetically modified killers who occupy two bodies controlled by one vicious mind. The legendary Paratwa named Reemul, known as the Liege-Killer, was the strongest of them all. Now someone has revived Reemul from stasis and sent him to terrorize the peaceful orbital colonies of Earth. Is this an isolated incident, or has the one who unleashed this terrible power announced a gambit for control over the entire human race?
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- De Brien Corey en 06-03-22
De: Christopher Hinz
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A Question of Will
- Aliomenti Saga, Book 1
- De: Alex Albrinck
- Narrado por: Todd McLaren
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
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Will Stark is a self-made multibillionaire, happily married, and a proud father. He arrives home to find his house destroyed and his family murdered and is himself rescued from certain death by a mysterious trio. His rescuers are part of a splinter faction of a centuries-old secret society that has developed incredible technological advances and unlocked the method to release humanity's innate potential. Will was mistakenly believed to be a key dissident and fugitive, on the run from the primary group, known as the Aliomenti.
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WOW! What a great creative story!
- De Allen Anthony en 06-18-16
De: Alex Albrinck
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The Man Who Used the Universe
- De: Alan Dean Foster
- Narrado por: Paul Ansdell
- Duración: 10 h y 8 m
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No one knows the true motives of Kees vaan Loo-Macklin. He's a mastermind criminal who gave up his place at the head of the dark underworld to become a legitimate member of Evenwaith's cities. But soon he was reaching out to powerful enemies - the slimy aliens called the Nuel. Loo-Macklin negotiates an illusory peace agreement and gains precious alien secrets in the process. Is he after peace, power or pure evil? With enemy starships beginning to amass, we won't have to wait long to find out.
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Idolized this book in paper in the 80's
- De Tom en 09-06-24
De: Alan Dean Foster
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Legacy
- A Prequel to Eon
- De: Greg Bear
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 15 h y 53 m
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In this prequel to Eon, Greg Bear continues to explore the possibilities presented by the asteroid Thistledown, a remnant of a lost human civilization. The Way is a tunnel through space and time that leads to other worlds, some more like planet Earth than Earth itself. It is perhaps the most formidable discovery in Thistledown and with it come disputes as to the nature of the Way and how it should be used. The Way can be reached only through Axis City, the only space station of Thistledown.
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Barely related to Eon and Eternity
- De David A. Kingston en 02-21-15
De: Greg Bear
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The Post-Human Omnibus
- Books 1-4
- De: David Simpson
- Narrado por: Ray Chase
- Duración: 24 h y 54 m
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Before he was Oldtimer, he was Craig Emilson, a young doctor,sucked into military service at the outbreak of World War III. Enlisting to become a Special Forces suborbital paratrooper, Craig is selected to take part in the most important mission in American military history, a sortie into enemy territory to eliminate the world's first strong artificial intelligence.
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Man, I really wanted to like this book
- De Consumer en 04-29-15
De: David Simpson
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Scythe
- De: Neal Shusterman
- Narrado por: Greg Tremblay
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
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A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: Humanity has conquered all those things and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life - and they are commanded to do so in order to keep the size of the population under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe - a role that neither wants. These teens must master the "art" of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.
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Teenage Thumbs up
- De Lila R en 04-01-17
De: Neal Shusterman
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The Flight of the Aphrodite
- De: S J Morden
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Commander Mariucci and his hand-picked research team know they will have to muster all of their expertise, creativity and teamwork to survive the very harshest of conditions in orbit around the king of planets. But when they intercept a peculiar radio transmission, they have to investigate. Nothing should work in these impossible conditions, so what is sending the signal...and why? With a degrading ship and crew at breaking point, there's every chance they will tear themselves apart before they ever find the answer to the ultimate question.
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good story but slow burn and a bit anticlimactic
- De P. Palmieri en 07-27-24
De: S J Morden
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Darwin's Radio
- De: Greg Bear
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In a cave high in the Alps, a renegade anthropologist discovers a frozen Neanderthal couple with a Homo sapiens baby. Meanwhile, in southern Russia, the U.N. investigation of a mysterious mass grave is cut short. One of the investigators, molecular biologist Kaye Lang, returns home to the U.S. to learn that her theory on human retroviruses has been verified with the discovery of SHEVA, a virus that has slept in our DNA for millions of years and is now waking up.
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A huge let-down
- De Chris en 05-14-12
De: Greg Bear
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Inherit the Stars
- De: James P. Hogan
- Narrado por: John Pruden
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The man on the moon was dead. They called him Charlie. He had big eyes, abundant body hair, and fairly long nostrils. His skeletal body was found clad in a bright red spacesuit, hidden in a rocky grave. They didn’t know who he was, how he got there, or what had killed him. All they knew was that his corpse was 50 thousand years old - and that meant this man had somehow lived long before he ever could have existed.
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IT'S TIME FOR LUNCH
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 12-14-13
De: James P. Hogan
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Permutation City
- De: Greg Egan
- Narrado por: Adam Epstein
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The good news is that you have just awakened into Eternal Life. You are going to live forever. Immortality is a reality. A medical miracle? Not exactly. The bad news is that you are a scrap of electronic code. The world you see around you, the you that is seeing it, has been digitized, scanned, and downloaded into a virtual reality program. You are a Copy that knows it is a copy. The good news is that there is a way out.
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Amazing book. Amazingly bad narrator.
- De Treasure en 01-28-15
De: Greg Egan
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Diaspora
- De: Greg Egan
- Narrado por: Adam Epstein
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Behold the orphan. Born into a world that is not a world. A digital being grown from a mind seed, a genderless cybernetic citizen in a vast network of probes, satellites, and servers knitting the Solar System into one scape, from the outer planets to the fiery surface of the Sun. Since the Introdus in the 21st century, humanity has reconfigured itself drastically. Most chose immortality, joining the polises to become conscious software.
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Fabulous Story, Disappointing Performance
- De Ben en 12-08-13
De: Greg Egan
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Galaxias
- De: Stephen Baxter
- Narrado por: Remmie Milner
- Duración: 16 h y 1 m
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By the middle of the 21st century, humanity has managed to overcome a series of catastrophic events and maintain some sense of stability. Space exploration has begun again. Science has led the way. But then one day, the sun goes out. Solar panels are useless, and the world begins to freeze. Earth begins to fall out of its orbit. The end is nigh. Someone has sent us a sign.
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Not a bad idea for a story.
- De CJ en 10-26-21
De: Stephen Baxter
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The Flight of the Aphrodite
- De: S J Morden
- Narrado por: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Duración: 11 h y 49 m
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Commander Mariucci and his hand-picked research team know they will have to muster all of their expertise, creativity and teamwork to survive the very harshest of conditions in orbit around the king of planets. But when they intercept a peculiar radio transmission, they have to investigate. Nothing should work in these impossible conditions, so what is sending the signal...and why? With a degrading ship and crew at breaking point, there's every chance they will tear themselves apart before they ever find the answer to the ultimate question.
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good story but slow burn and a bit anticlimactic
- De P. Palmieri en 07-27-24
De: S J Morden
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Darwin's Radio
- De: Greg Bear
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 17 h y 14 m
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In a cave high in the Alps, a renegade anthropologist discovers a frozen Neanderthal couple with a Homo sapiens baby. Meanwhile, in southern Russia, the U.N. investigation of a mysterious mass grave is cut short. One of the investigators, molecular biologist Kaye Lang, returns home to the U.S. to learn that her theory on human retroviruses has been verified with the discovery of SHEVA, a virus that has slept in our DNA for millions of years and is now waking up.
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A huge let-down
- De Chris en 05-14-12
De: Greg Bear
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Inherit the Stars
- De: James P. Hogan
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 8 h y 3 m
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The man on the moon was dead. They called him Charlie. He had big eyes, abundant body hair, and fairly long nostrils. His skeletal body was found clad in a bright red spacesuit, hidden in a rocky grave. They didn’t know who he was, how he got there, or what had killed him. All they knew was that his corpse was 50 thousand years old - and that meant this man had somehow lived long before he ever could have existed.
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IT'S TIME FOR LUNCH
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 12-14-13
De: James P. Hogan
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Permutation City
- De: Greg Egan
- Narrado por: Adam Epstein
- Duración: 12 h y 58 m
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The good news is that you have just awakened into Eternal Life. You are going to live forever. Immortality is a reality. A medical miracle? Not exactly. The bad news is that you are a scrap of electronic code. The world you see around you, the you that is seeing it, has been digitized, scanned, and downloaded into a virtual reality program. You are a Copy that knows it is a copy. The good news is that there is a way out.
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Amazing book. Amazingly bad narrator.
- De Treasure en 01-28-15
De: Greg Egan
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Diaspora
- De: Greg Egan
- Narrado por: Adam Epstein
- Duración: 11 h y 5 m
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Behold the orphan. Born into a world that is not a world. A digital being grown from a mind seed, a genderless cybernetic citizen in a vast network of probes, satellites, and servers knitting the Solar System into one scape, from the outer planets to the fiery surface of the Sun. Since the Introdus in the 21st century, humanity has reconfigured itself drastically. Most chose immortality, joining the polises to become conscious software.
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Fabulous Story, Disappointing Performance
- De Ben en 12-08-13
De: Greg Egan
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Galaxias
- De: Stephen Baxter
- Narrado por: Remmie Milner
- Duración: 16 h y 1 m
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By the middle of the 21st century, humanity has managed to overcome a series of catastrophic events and maintain some sense of stability. Space exploration has begun again. Science has led the way. But then one day, the sun goes out. Solar panels are useless, and the world begins to freeze. Earth begins to fall out of its orbit. The end is nigh. Someone has sent us a sign.
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Not a bad idea for a story.
- De CJ en 10-26-21
De: Stephen Baxter
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Distress
- De: Greg Egan
- Narrado por: Adam Epstein
- Duración: 14 h y 16 m
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Investigative reporter Andrew Worth turns down a documentary on a mysterious new mental illness - "Distress," or acute clinical anxiety syndrome, for another assignment. He's on his way to the artificial island of Stateless, where the world's top physicists are gathering to decide on a new TOE, or Theory of Everything, to replace Einstein's outmoded legacy.
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A good book ruined by a poor (and strange) reading
- De David en 12-06-13
De: Greg Egan
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Dichronauts
- De: Greg Egan
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
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Seth is a surveyor, along with his friend Theo, a leech-like creature running through his skull who tells Seth what lies to his left and right.
In the universe containing Seth's world, light cannot travel in all directions: there is a "dark cone" to the north and south. Seth can only face to the east (or the west, if he tips his head backwards). Every living thing in Seth's world is in a state of perpetual migration as they follow the sun's shifting orbit and the narrow habitable zone it creates.
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It's not an easy book
- De Amazon Customer en 05-13-18
De: Greg Egan
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The Gods Themselves
- De: Isaac Asimov
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 11 h y 26 m
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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... They know the truth - but who will listen? They have foreseen the cost of abundant energy - but who will believe?These few beings, human and alien, hold the key to the Earth's survival.
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Asimov's Best Stand Alone Novel
- De thomas en 09-02-14
De: Isaac Asimov
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Schild's Ladder
- De: Greg Egan
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 11 h y 1 m
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The Age of Death ended countless millennia ago. No longer burdened by limited lifespans, the immortal humans who populate inhabited space now have the luxury to travel vast distances effortlessly and to tinker with the intricate mechanics of space time. But one such experiment in quantum physics has had a catastrophic and unanticipated result, creating an enormous, rapidly expanding vacuum - a region of new physics - with the frightening potential to devour countless inhabited solar systems.
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Hard science fiction - no kiddin'
- De Michael Linehan en 01-06-14
De: Greg Egan
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Blood Music
- De: Greg Bear
- Narrado por: George Guidall
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Vergil's innovative experiment restructuring the cells of a common virus becomes a nightmare when, in order to save his research, Vergil injects the entire culture into his bloodstream.
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THOUGHT UNIVERSE
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 08-01-15
De: Greg Bear
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Incandescence
- De: Greg Egan
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 11 h y 7 m
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Hugo Award-winning author Egan returns to the field with Incandescence, a novel of hard SF. The Amalgam spans nearly the entire galaxy, and is composed of innumerable beings from a wild variety of races, some human or near it, some entirely other. The one place that they cannot go is the bulge, the bright, hot center of the galaxy. There dwell the Aloof, who for millions of years have deflected any and all attempts to communicate with or visit them.
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Incandescence – Science / fiction
- De Don Gilbert en 02-06-14
De: Greg Egan
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The Quantum Thief
- De: Hannu Rajaniemi
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
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Jean le Flambeur is a post-human criminal, mind burglar, confidence artist, and trickster. His origins are shrouded in mystery, but his exploits are known throughout the Heterarchy - from breaking into the vast Zeusbrains of the Inner System to stealing rare Earth antiques from the aristocrats of Mars. Now he’s confined inside the Dilemma Prison, where every day he has to get up and kill himself before his other self can kill him.
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Starts Confusing, Gets Exciting, Ends Awesome
- De Matthew en 10-21-11
De: Hannu Rajaniemi
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Light
- A Novel
- De: M. John Harrison
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 10 h y 27 m
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In M. John Harrison’s dangerously illuminating new novel, three quantum outlaws face a universe of their own creation, a universe where you make up the rules as you go along and break them just as fast, where there’s only one thing more mysterious than darkness.
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You’ll never see anything the same way again
- De Amazon Customer en 01-30-22
De: M. John Harrison
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When Gravity Fails
- Marid Audran Trilogy, Book 1
- De: George Alec Effinger
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
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For a new kind of killer roams the streets of the Arab ghetto, a madman whose bootlegged personality cartridges range from a sinister James Bond to a sadistic disemboweler named Khan. And Marid Audrian has been made an offer he can't refuse.The 200-year-old godfather of the Budayeen's underworld has enlisted Marid as his instrument of vengeance. But first Marid must undergo the most sophisticated of surgical implants before he dares to confront a killer who carries the power of every psychopath since the beginning of time.
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Neuromancer in the Middle East
- De David en 07-28-13
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The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
- De: Philip K. Dick
- Narrado por: Luke Daniels
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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On Mars, the harsh climate could make any colonist turn to drugs to escape a dead-end existence. Especially when the drug is Can-D, which transports its users into the idyllic world of a Barbie-esque character named Perky Pat. When the mysterious Palmer Eldritch arrives with a new drug called Chew-Z, he offers a more addictive experience, one that might bring the user closer to God. But in a world where everyone is tripping, no promises can be taken at face value.
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Fantastic and current
- De Jerry Witt en 12-20-15
De: Philip K. Dick
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The Thing Itself
- De: Adam Roberts
- Narrado por: Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 14 h y 17 m
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Two men while away the days in an Antarctic research station. Tensions between them build as they argue over a love letter one of them has received. One is practical and open. The other surly, superior and obsessed with reading one book - by the philosopher Kant. As a storm brews and they lose contact with the outside world, they debate Kant, reality and the emptiness of the universe. The come to hate each other, and they learn that they are not alone.
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City
- De: Clifford D. Simak
- Narrado por: Peter Ganim
- Duración: 9 h y 45 m
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Jenkins was a robot. He was built to be the perfect worker, tireless and uncomplaining. But, quite unexpectedly, he also became a close companion to generation after generation of his owners as the human race matured, moved beyond the confines of its once tiny planet, and eventually changed beyond all recognition.
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A very special kind of story.
- De Andrew en 08-27-08
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Quarantine
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- Craig
- 01-19-16
Good story
I am not usually interested in detective-style writing, but this was done well. As a sci-fi buff, I think it easy ranks as one of the better books I've read, with a plot that keeps moving, a style that is easy to follow & enjoy, as well as "futuristic" and scientific concepts that are interesting and mind-stretching. I've read the book before, but still reread it now since it had such interesting concepts.
The only detractor was that the narrator seemed to cut and splice his spoken segments at times with noticeably different vocal tones and inflections, but it wasent bad, just a little distracting. Not a big deal really.
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- Savage Doc
- 02-25-23
Gets kinda dumb as the story goes on
The story starts out OK, and the premise is very gradually revealed. Unfortunately, I had to get about half-way through the book before I realized that the premise is kinda dumb. The more it was explained, the more I wanted to toss the book. Only got half-way through it.
The narrator is OK, but has a speech pattern that never varies. Again, by about half-way through the book it began to grate on me.
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- Julia Oberhardt
- 12-09-13
Fantastic Story Let Down by Narration
Where does Quarantine rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
In terms of narration, the worst so far.
In terms of story, up in the top 20%
What did you like best about this story?
The great ideas, like the priming, quantum mechanics, behavioral mods, and the quarantining of earth. The first part of the book, before it got into the quantum mechanics side of it, really reminded me of the Ghost in the Shell universe.
Would you be willing to try another one of Adam Epstein’s performances?
Yes, but only as I'm a Greg Egan fan, and no other option sadly.
I was able to "get used to it", but it was a conscious effort...
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Not so much moving, but the lead character's discussing the behavior mods as a means of avoiding grief, and rationale behind it, on humans having always strived for behavioral modification, and a hardware mechanism of doing it being no less valid.
Any additional comments?
I've been a long term Greg Egan fan and was excited to see his books getting audiobook releases. However, the narrator they have chosen really is not very good, and it makes it a struggle to listen to. But if you can get past it, persevere, the story is worth it. If you still read written books though, I'd recommend just getting the written version. It is hard to pass up the convenience of audiobooks though...
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- Supreme Chancellor
- 10-01-15
Awesome read!
What did you love best about Quarantine?
This story had a great concept, and the author did a great job of making a difficult subject comprehensible to the lay-person. I can't help but think this could explain some of the oddities in our world like the Mandela Effect.
What did you like best about this story?
The level of technical detail was refreshing. Guessing what technology will be available in three to six decades is always difficult, but some sci-fi authors are surprisingly good at predicting how technology will evolve.
Which character – as performed by Adam Epstein – was your favorite?
The main character.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
The sky is the limit; literally.
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- Daniel Smith
- 01-04-19
What more could I want from a Greg Egan Tale
Cool tech, deep science, and mind blowing revelations. loved it, right up there with his best.
Narrator is a bit deadpan. But works well with the sort of cyberpunk noir theme.
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- Danny Metzcalf
- 04-16-22
Leaves you wonderstuck thinking about the premise!
Some science fiction is just a story set with a twist, or a murder mystery in space, a romance but with cyborgs. Even hard science fiction, it's a lot of focus on a spaceship design or something and then people do stuff in the spaceship. Not for the Glorious Greg Egan! this author find a way to fundamentally shift reality, carefully backed by doing the math and thinking about the physics and the underlying axioms of the universe. his characters aren't a story with a twist, they exist in an altered reality where the fundamentals from the quantum foam up have been modified and carefully, carefully considered. Egan is one of the few authors where when you're done with the book you end up on Wikipedia learning more about the topic and a few weeks later you still can't get the premise out of your head, and suddenly you find yourself by chance talking to someone super technical or educated or whatever and you find that you came away from the Egan book with a full education and you can talk the talk with the best of them!
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- m. nonymous
- 06-17-17
Egan not at his best
Quantum mechanics is not so pliable as simulated humanity - this ends up frustrating given Egan's level of detail and extrapolation.
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- Jennifer
- 04-09-20
Bizarre and really really cool
This book has a fascinating and unique premise that it utilizes to its fullest extent. The spy stuff near the end with the protagonists surreal superpower was thrilling and extremely cool. As with all of Egan's works this book explores themes of consciousness in a refreshingly logical way that is not often seen. Also typical of Egan's books the ending was a bit of a letdown, and I personally did not understand it at all.
The performance was pretty mediocre, but it was not bad enough to make me stop listening.
Overall, a fantastic read if you're a fan of hard sci fi.
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- Ryan L
- 03-28-16
Sci fi detective story centered on quantum theory and many worlds interpretation
A solid detective story with quantum mechanics at the core. Unfortunately the narration was grating, but worth enduring for the story.
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- Michael
- 03-24-16
Fine until thy very end
Fine until thy very end, then predictable, childish, unimaginative and generally felt lost. Before the end, I was very much enjoying it thought.
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