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Project Hail Mary
- Written by: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
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When the Sun is threatened by an alien microbe, the fate of humanity rests on the shoulders of an unlikely hero – and an even more unlikely friendship.
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Riveting Story!
- By Maggie Irwin on 2021-05-10
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The Dark Forest
- Written by: Cixin Liu, Joel Martinsen - translator
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 22 hrs and 36 mins
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This near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking listeners to experience this multiple-award-winning phenomenon from Cixin Liu, China's most beloved science fiction author....
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Great book let down by a poor performance
- By Sarah on 2017-11-27
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Death's End
- Written by: Cixin Liu, Ken Liu - translator
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 28 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity....
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Unsatisfactory
- By Alex on 2022-07-23
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The Martian
- Written by: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Stranded on the surface of Mars, astronaut Mark Watney’s only hope for survival is science, a sense of humor, and maybe some potatoes.
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Well worth it for Wil Wheaton.
- By Gregory Russell Jr on 2020-01-14
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Morning Star
- Book III of the Red Rising Trilogy
- Written by: Pierce Brown
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 21 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people....
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A solid ending to a first Trilogy.
- By Sully on 2020-08-18
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The Three-Body Problem
- Written by: Cixin Liu
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
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From China's most beloved sci-fi author, a first-contact story that weaves politics, science, and cosmic mystery.
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Very interesting read
- By Chris Conrod on 2020-09-14
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Project Hail Mary
- Written by: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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When the Sun is threatened by an alien microbe, the fate of humanity rests on the shoulders of an unlikely hero – and an even more unlikely friendship.
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Riveting Story!
- By Maggie Irwin on 2021-05-10
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The Dark Forest
- Written by: Cixin Liu, Joel Martinsen - translator
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 22 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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This near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking listeners to experience this multiple-award-winning phenomenon from Cixin Liu, China's most beloved science fiction author....
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Great book let down by a poor performance
- By Sarah on 2017-11-27
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Death's End
- Written by: Cixin Liu, Ken Liu - translator
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 28 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity....
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Unsatisfactory
- By Alex on 2022-07-23
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The Martian
- Written by: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
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Stranded on the surface of Mars, astronaut Mark Watney’s only hope for survival is science, a sense of humor, and maybe some potatoes.
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Well worth it for Wil Wheaton.
- By Gregory Russell Jr on 2020-01-14
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Morning Star
- Book III of the Red Rising Trilogy
- Written by: Pierce Brown
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 21 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people....
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A solid ending to a first Trilogy.
- By Sully on 2020-08-18
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The Three-Body Problem
- Written by: Cixin Liu
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
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From China's most beloved sci-fi author, a first-contact story that weaves politics, science, and cosmic mystery.
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Very interesting read
- By Chris Conrod on 2020-09-14
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Ready Player One
- Written by: Ernest Cline
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
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In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days....
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So much Fun!!
- By Joanne on 2018-01-07
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Artemis
- Written by: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Rosario Dawson
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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On the Moon, crime pays, but small-time crook Jazz Bashara may have just uncovered a conspiracy of lunar proportions. Welcome to Artemis.
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Not so great
- By plaj on 2017-11-28
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Dust
- The Silo Saga, Book 3
- Written by: Hugh Howey
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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Juliette, now mayor of Silo 18, doesn’t trust Silo 1, especially its leader, Donald. But in the world of the Silos, there is no black and white—everything is shades of gray....
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Amazing finale
- By Anonymous User on 2024-03-06
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Nemesis Games
- Written by: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The fifth book in the NYT best-selling Expanse series, Nemesis Games drives the crew of the Rocinante apart, and as they struggle to survive, the inner planets fall victim to an enemy's catastrophic plan. A thousand worlds have opened....
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This great story continues undiminished
- By Elena on 2020-09-15
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The Three-Body Problem
- Written by: Cixin Liu, Ken Liu - translator
- Narrated by: Rosalind Chao
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
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The Three-Body Problem is the first chance for English-speaking audiences to experience the Hugo Award-winning phenomenon from China's most beloved science fiction author, Liu Cixin.
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Oof, that was a rough listen
- By Listener on 2024-03-07
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We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
- Bobiverse, Book 1
- Written by: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
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When retired millionaire Bob Johansson chose cryogenic preservation, the last thing he expected was to be reanimated as a space probe that can clone itself. Meet the Bobs.
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Didn't think I'd like it, but I loved it
- By Eli on 2018-01-11
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The Redemption of Time
- A Three-Body Problem Novel
- Written by: Baoshu, Ken Liu - Translator
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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In the midst of an interstellar war, Yun Tianming found himself on the front lines. Riddled with cancer, he chose to end his life, only to find himself flash frozen and launched into space where the Trisolaran First Fleet awaited....
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Fanfiction
- By Kyle O'Connor on 2022-01-05
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Neuromancer
- Written by: William Gibson
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Twenty years ago, it was as if someone turned on a light. The future blazed into existence with each deliberate word that William Gibson laid down....
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Narration was dreadful, book was excellent.
- By WarriorsDawn on 2018-12-06
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Heaven's River
- Bobiverse, Book 4
- Written by: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 16 hrs and 57 mins
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Civil war looms in the Bobiverse in this brand-new, epic-length adventure by Audible number one best seller Dennis E. Taylor. More than a hundred years ago, Bender set out for the stars and was never heard from again....
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I hope this story never ends
- By André on 2020-09-25
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Leviathan Wakes
- Written by: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 20 hrs and 56 mins
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From a New York Times best-selling 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....
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A Worthwhile Series
- By DP Canada on 2019-09-16
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Demon in White
- Sun Eater, Book 3
- Written by: Christopher Ruocchio
- Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
- Length: 30 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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For almost a hundred years, Hadrian Marlowe has served the empire in its war against the Cielcin, a vicious alien race bent on humanity's destruction. Rumors of a new king among the Cielcin have reached the imperial throne. This one is not like the others....
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Best of SciFi
- By Anonymous User on 2024-05-05
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For We Are Many
- Bobiverse, Book 2
- Written by: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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Bob Johansson didn't believe in an afterlife, so waking up after being killed in a car accident was a shock. To add to the surprise, he is now a sentient computer and the controlling intelligence for a Von Neumann probe....
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Amazing story
- By Andre Yelle on 2017-10-05
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Abaddon's Gate
- The Expanse, Book 3
- Written by: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 19 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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For generations, the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt—was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The alien artifact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has appeared in Uranus's orbit, where it has built a massive gate that leads to a starless dark....
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Amazingly gripping
- By Jason McGill on 2018-10-17
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Cibola Burn
- The Expanse, Book 4
- Written by: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 20 hrs and 7 mins
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The fourth book in the NYT best-selling Expanse series, Cibola Burn sees the crew of the Rocinante on a new frontier, as the rush to colonize the new planets threatens to outrun law and order and give way to war and chaos. Enter a new frontier....
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Love this series
- By Elaine Phinney on 2018-09-18
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Foundation (Apple Series Tie-in Edition)
- Written by: Isaac Asimov
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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For 12,000 years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future - to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years....
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Timeless politics
- By D. Urquhart on 2019-06-17
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Ice World
- Undying Mercenaries, Book 16
- Written by: B.V. Larson
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
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Long before Earth began conquering her neighboring stars, Legion Varus was deployed on Tau Ceti. Valuable and highly illegal treasures were stolen during the campaign, but McGill never gave it a second thought....
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How can a hero like McGill be despised like this by the rest of the legion?
- By frederic paquette on 2024-01-10
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Fear the Survivors
- The Fear Saga, Book 2
- Written by: Stephen Moss
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
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The Earth lies shaken in the aftermath of a conspiracy. Some of the smartest minds on the planet have striven for and died in an effort to scour the skies of four vast alien satellites....
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Amazing story, amazing reader.
- By Chukle on 2018-12-26
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The Ministry for the Future
- A Novel
- Written by: Kim Stanley Robinson
- Narrated by: Jennifer Fitzgerald, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Ramon de Ocampo, and others
- Length: 20 hrs and 42 mins
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The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its setting is not a desolate, post-apocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us....
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must read
- By Mike on 2021-03-19
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Cryptonomicon
- Written by: Neal Stephenson
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 42 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse - mathematical genius and young Captain in the US Navy - is assigned to Detachment 2702. It is an outfit so secret that only a handful of people know it exists, and some of those people have names like Churchill and Roosevelt....
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Very long and marginally interesting
- By Martin Halliday on 2023-02-01
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Kingdoms of Death
- Sun Eater, Book 4
- Written by: Christopher Ruocchio
- Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
- Length: 22 hrs and 50 mins
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Hadrian Marlowe is trapped. For nearly a century, he has been a guest of the Emperor, forced into the role of advisor, a prisoner of his own legend. But the war is changing. Mankind is losing....
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Fulfillment can be Dangerous
- By Steffany Demell on 2022-11-29
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Surface Detail
- A Culture Novel
- Written by: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
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It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters. And it begins with a murder....
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Narration top notch, writing fantastic
- By Reader on 2023-04-09
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All Systems Red (Dramatized Adaptation)
- The Murderbot Diaries, Book 1
- Written by: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Alejandro Ruiz, Bradley Foster Smith, Holly Adams, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
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A murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial Intelligence....
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to short
- By Ostap Doubas on 2023-10-07
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Fear the Sky
- The Fear Saga, Book 1
- Written by: Stephen Moss
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 20 hrs and 17 mins
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In eleven years' time, a million members of an alien race will arrive at Earth. Years before they enter orbit, their approach will be announced by the flare of a thousand flames in the sky....
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But of a mix
- By C. Obonsawin on 2020-02-03
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Forward the Foundation
- Written by: Isaac Asimov
- Narrated by: Larry McKeever
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
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As Hari Seldon struggles to perfect his revolutionary theory of psychohistory and ensure a place for humanity among the stars, the great Galactic Empire totters on the brink of apocalyptic collapse....
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Lugubrious narration improved
- By willie on 2022-02-04
New Releases
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The Fall of Man
- A Novel
- Written by: Mitchell White
- Narrated by: Bernard Hughes
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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The difference between a man and a robot is not that one has a soul. The difference is that man can choose to ignore it. The Uberbots have taken over. The few human survivors remain hidden. Returning from an excursion that began before the revolution, Thomas walks through his ominously silent city until he comes face to face with his creation: the Uberbots. Captured and imprisoned, Thomas is brought before the Uberbots and given a task only he, as the creator of the Uberbots, can achieve. While keen on escaping, Thomas quickly learns the Uberbots are not easily overcome.
Written by: Mitchell White
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The Object
- Written by: Joshua T. Calvert
- Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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The day that changed Melody's life was like any other over the previous two years. She'd found she had a gift for writing, and her career as an author had almost healed the pain of losing her job. When the Secret Service rang her bell, everything changed. Something was nearing Saturn…and it was slowing down. Had she been right about the object?
Written by: Joshua T. Calvert
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World of Wreckage
- Torth, Book 3
- Written by: Abby Goldsmith
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Ariock Dovanack never asked to be a hero, let alone a demigod. But when a prophecy deemed him "The One," he dutifully amassed thousands of messianic followers in the sun-starved civilization beneath the Torth Empire's capital. Now, destined to lead the cave-dwelling Alashani people into the light of other worlds, he and a small army must first annihilate the formidable telepaths who guard the city's spaceport. By Ariock's side is Thomas Hill. A Torth/human hybrid, Thomas may be physically vulnerable, but he's also a telepathic supergenius.
Written by: Abby Goldsmith
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The Constanţa Connection
- i-Vector Series, Book 2
- Written by: Allan Brewer
- Narrated by: Allan Brewer
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Betty's knowledge has become a liability. She just simply wants a last skiing holiday, and then to die peacefully, escaping her genetic illness - she understands that her time has come. But malign agents want her secret knowledge about the i-vector technology, and they have sophisticated plans to abduct her. In response, her colleagues have made a timeline change, tipping the balance back in Betty's favour; even though she, and they, cannot be aware of that in this altered timeline.
Written by: Allan Brewer
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Schrödinger's Dog
- i-Vector Series, Book 1
- Written by: Allan Brewer
- Narrated by: Allan Brewer
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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A spell at GCHQ sounded like a refreshing change for academic historian George. But his life is thrown upside down when he gets put in a team with a gifted physicist, Alex, and multi-talented prankster mathematician, Betty, who have covertly broken through the accepted rules of physics to produce an extraordinary novel technology.
Written by: Allan Brewer
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The Latest Flake of Eternity
- i-Vector Series, Book 3
- Written by: Allan Brewer
- Narrated by: Allan Brewer
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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The use of an i-Vector zap to thwart Betty's kidnap has caused unforeseen and unimagined changes to the future. An eccentric old-fashioned vicar arrives, delivering a chilling message, and Betty finds her safety in jeopardy again from a completely unanticipated direction.
Written by: Allan Brewer
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The Fall of Man
- A Novel
- Written by: Mitchell White
- Narrated by: Bernard Hughes
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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The difference between a man and a robot is not that one has a soul. The difference is that man can choose to ignore it. The Uberbots have taken over. The few human survivors remain hidden. Returning from an excursion that began before the revolution, Thomas walks through his ominously silent city until he comes face to face with his creation: the Uberbots. Captured and imprisoned, Thomas is brought before the Uberbots and given a task only he, as the creator of the Uberbots, can achieve. While keen on escaping, Thomas quickly learns the Uberbots are not easily overcome.
Written by: Mitchell White
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The Object
- Written by: Joshua T. Calvert
- Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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The day that changed Melody's life was like any other over the previous two years. She'd found she had a gift for writing, and her career as an author had almost healed the pain of losing her job. When the Secret Service rang her bell, everything changed. Something was nearing Saturn…and it was slowing down. Had she been right about the object?
Written by: Joshua T. Calvert
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World of Wreckage
- Torth, Book 3
- Written by: Abby Goldsmith
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Ariock Dovanack never asked to be a hero, let alone a demigod. But when a prophecy deemed him "The One," he dutifully amassed thousands of messianic followers in the sun-starved civilization beneath the Torth Empire's capital. Now, destined to lead the cave-dwelling Alashani people into the light of other worlds, he and a small army must first annihilate the formidable telepaths who guard the city's spaceport. By Ariock's side is Thomas Hill. A Torth/human hybrid, Thomas may be physically vulnerable, but he's also a telepathic supergenius.
Written by: Abby Goldsmith
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The Constanţa Connection
- i-Vector Series, Book 2
- Written by: Allan Brewer
- Narrated by: Allan Brewer
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Betty's knowledge has become a liability. She just simply wants a last skiing holiday, and then to die peacefully, escaping her genetic illness - she understands that her time has come. But malign agents want her secret knowledge about the i-vector technology, and they have sophisticated plans to abduct her. In response, her colleagues have made a timeline change, tipping the balance back in Betty's favour; even though she, and they, cannot be aware of that in this altered timeline.
Written by: Allan Brewer
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Schrödinger's Dog
- i-Vector Series, Book 1
- Written by: Allan Brewer
- Narrated by: Allan Brewer
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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A spell at GCHQ sounded like a refreshing change for academic historian George. But his life is thrown upside down when he gets put in a team with a gifted physicist, Alex, and multi-talented prankster mathematician, Betty, who have covertly broken through the accepted rules of physics to produce an extraordinary novel technology.
Written by: Allan Brewer
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The Latest Flake of Eternity
- i-Vector Series, Book 3
- Written by: Allan Brewer
- Narrated by: Allan Brewer
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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The use of an i-Vector zap to thwart Betty's kidnap has caused unforeseen and unimagined changes to the future. An eccentric old-fashioned vicar arrives, delivering a chilling message, and Betty finds her safety in jeopardy again from a completely unanticipated direction.
Written by: Allan Brewer
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Orbital Maneuvers
- Skyward Frontier, Book 1
- Written by: Mathew Lewallen
- Narrated by: Joshua Straschewski
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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In the not-so-distant future, where humanity's reach extends into the cosmos and the sky is littered with satellites, space stations, and the beginnings of lunar colonies, the Space Traffic Control Unit (STCU) stands as the unsung guardian of Earth's orbital lanes. Captain Alex Mercer, a seasoned air traffic controller turned space traffic commander, leads his team with a mix of military precision and a deep understanding of the celestial dance above.
Written by: Mathew Lewallen
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The Black Ewe
- Written by: Fritz Leiber Jr.
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Say hello to Lavina Simes, a wholesome appearing midwestern girl, always dressed in black. Lavina has a gift, or curse, that allows her to see into the future. Tragedy has befallen every suitor who pursued her charms. She travels the world with her father, a lifetime Foreign Service officer, and misfortune seems to follow them.
Written by: Fritz Leiber Jr.
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Caves of Aṭlāl Bābil
- Written by: Henry Sipes
- Narrated by: Erin Miller
- Length: 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Sara Lafeete struggles to complete her work shift installing wiring in the ship's tunnels on the asteroid Psyche. Exhausted and suffering from the initial stages of radiation poisoning, she takes a detour back to the base through an ancient lava tube. Suffering from radiation brain fog, she takes a wrong turn and becomes lost as her radiation levels spike further.
Written by: Henry Sipes
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I Came Home from Saving the Rainforest
- Halfway to Better, Book 6
- Written by: Susan Kaye Quinn
- Narrated by: Emily Ellet
- Length: 13 mins
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SHORT STORY: A very short story about the cost of cutting down a tree. I Came Home From Saving the Rainforest is one of six short solarpunk stories in the Halfway to Better collection. If you enjoyed the optimistic climate solutions in Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry for the Future or the cozy cooperative future in Becky Chambers' Monk and Robot series, you will enjoy Halfway to Better.
Written by: Susan Kaye Quinn
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Halfway to Better
- Short Story Collection
- Written by: Susan Kaye Quinn
- Narrated by: Emily Ellet
- Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins
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Halfway to Better is a collection of short solarpunk stories, each exploring a near-future where were struggling to survive the climate crisis and build a better world. These hopeful climate-fiction stories take you from the bottom of the sea to the towers of a bot-filled city, from sparkling labs to flooded lighthouses, all imagining futures halfway to a better world. The Halfway to Better collection contains six short stories plus a bonus prose-poem, Rewilding Indiana, and its accompanying sky shanty.
Written by: Susan Kaye Quinn
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Tombs Without Bodies
- Halfway to Better, Book 4
- Written by: Susan Kaye Quinn
- Narrated by: Emily Ellet
- Length: 33 mins
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SHORT STORY: Humanity has left the cities to live in the "greenbelt," but a young woman's curiosity brings her back to the bot-patrolled streets where human beings used to live... until she gets caught. Tombs Without Bodies is one of six short solarpunk stories in the Halfway to Better collection. If you enjoyed the optimistic climate solutions in Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry for the Future or the cozy cooperative future in Becky Chambers' Monk and Robot series, you will enjoy Halfway to Better.
Written by: Susan Kaye Quinn
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The Day We Stopped Burning
- Halfway to Better, Book 5
- Written by: Susan Kaye Quinn
- Narrated by: Emily Ellet
- Length: 7 mins
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SHORT STORY: A sister in the far future, when we no longer burn things for fuel, finds a forbidden thing that would make the perfect gift. The Day We Stopped Burning is one of six short solarpunk stories in the Halfway to Better collection. If you enjoyed the optimistic climate solutions in Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry for the Future or the cozy cooperative future in Becky Chambers' Monk and Robot series, you will enjoy Halfway to Better.
Written by: Susan Kaye Quinn
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Planting the Shell-Bones
- Halfway to Better, Book 3
- Written by: Susan Kaye Quinn
- Narrated by: Emily Ellet
- Length: 25 mins
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SHORT STORY: Living in a flooded lighthouse is probably illegal, but no one has come to kick her out, so she keeps furtively tending the oyster beds and feeding the crows. But when a storm brings an unexpected, and unwelcome, visitor, her time in this final refuge might be at an end. Planting the Shell-Bones is one of six short solarpunk stories in the Halfway to Better collection. If you enjoyed the optimistic climate solutions in Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry for the Future or the cozy cooperative future in Becky Chambers' Monk and Robot series, you will enjoy Halfway to Better.
Written by: Susan Kaye Quinn
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Slimy Things Did Crawl
- Halfway to Better, Book 1
- Written by: Susan Kaye Quinn
- Narrated by: Emily Ellet
- Length: 40 mins
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SHORT STORY: At the bottom of the sea, a trawler crawls across an abyssal plain, carefully cleaning microplastics off the ancient mineral-rich nodules, when the crew finds something that shouldn't be possible. Slimy Things Did Crawl is one of six short solarpunk stories in the Halfway to Better collection.
Written by: Susan Kaye Quinn
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Tomorrow's Hope
- A Journey of Exploration and Hope
- Written by: William Joseph Roberts, Malorie Cooper, Bart Kemper, and others
- Narrated by: Steve Schaeffer
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
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Tomorrow’s Hope: A journey of exploration and hope builds on the themes reminiscent of classic Science Fiction written by the greats of the 1960’s. Inspired by the works of Ben Bova, Isaac Asimov, Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Heinlein, Robert Silverberg, and more, we dive into worlds that could be just around the corner.
Written by: William Joseph Roberts, and others
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The Return of the Manhattan
- Written by: Lee Ecker
- Narrated by: Glenn
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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Lieutenant Commander David Ashton thrives on excitement. As he strolls to the White House, he has the feeling a new adventure awaits and he's not disappointed. President Gardiner offers him the mission of a lifetime, something he's trained for all of his life. Gardiner explains that the United States is running out of oil. In desperation, he is dispatching the Excalibur, the largest starship ever built, to voyage beyond the solar system to a distant planet 103 light years from earth.
Written by: Lee Ecker
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Red Moon Dot
- Written by: Kishore Tipirneni
- Narrated by: Lee Goettl
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
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In the heart of the Pacific lies a mysterious island, shrouded in secrecy and guarded by the enigmatic Gordon McMillan, the world's wealthiest and most elusive genius. Once a titan of the technological realm, McMillan's sudden retreat from the world's stage three years ago left many puzzled minds wondering about his intentions. Little did they know, his seclusion was merely a prelude to an audacious experiment that would alter the course of human history.
Written by: Kishore Tipirneni