Mary Robinette Kowal
Featured Article: 20 Best Sci-Fi Audiobooks for Exploring New Worlds
There is no genre that lends itself better to audio narrative than Science Fiction does. There is a magic that transports listeners to new worlds of wonder and mystery that is heightened by expert voice actors and narrators. A great writer can create an imaginative new world or dystopian civilisation, but it is up to the narrator to bring this world to life around you. We’ve gathered together 20 of the top science fiction audiobooks ranked not only for their stories but for the emotive and compelling narrative performances. Let these award winning tales and voices carry you away to worlds unknown.
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Shadows Beneath
- The Writing Excuses Anthology
- Written by: Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and others
- Narrated by: Full Cast, Terence Aselford, Colleen Delany, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
From the Hugo Award-winning hosts of the Writing Excuses writing advice show comes a collection of all-new stories of the fantastic, with beautiful illustrations and a behind-the-scenes look at each story’s creation....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Good stories, poor chapter breaks/sorting
- By Z. Green on 2022-07-13
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Shadows Beneath
- The Writing Excuses Anthology
- Narrated by: Full Cast, Terence Aselford, Colleen Delany, Richard Rohan, Eric Messner, Ken Jackson, Kimberly Gilbert, Dawn Ursula, Michael John Casey, Evan Casey, Nick DePinto, Mort Shelby
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 2020-10-07
- Language: English
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The Spare Man
- Written by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16
Tesla Crane, one of the richest women in the world, is on her honeymoon on an interplanetary space liner, cruising between Earth and Mars. She’s traveling incognito and is reveling in her anonymity. Then someone is murdered and her husband is named as the prime suspect....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic!
- By Anonymous User on 2024-02-08
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The Spare Man
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 2022-10-11
- Language: English
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The Calculating Stars
- A Lady Astronaut Novel
- Written by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 152
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 152
On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the East Coast of the US, including Washington, DC. The ensuing climate cataclysm will soon render the Earth inhospitable for humanity, as the last such meteorite did for the dinosaurs....
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2 out of 5 stars
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disappointing!
- By Babak on 2019-09-08
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The Calculating Stars
- A Lady Astronaut Novel
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Series: Lady Astronaut, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 2018-07-03
- Language: English
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The Relentless Moon
- Lady Astronaut, Book 3
- Written by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story5 out of 5 stars 28
The Earth is coming to the boiling point as the climate disaster of the meteor strike becomes more and more clear, but the political situation is already overheated. Riots and sabotage plague the space program....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful narrator and story
- By Anonymous User on 2024-01-27
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The Relentless Moon
- Lady Astronaut, Book 3
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Series: Lady Astronaut, Book 3
- Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 2020-07-14
- Language: English
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The Original
- Written by: Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 256
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 224
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 223
When Holly Winseed wakes up in a hospital room, her memory compromised and a new identity imposed on her, a team of government agents tell Holly that she is now a Provisional Replica and has one week to hunt down and kill her Original for the murder of her husband....
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5 out of 5 stars
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My New Favourite Audiobook
- By J on 2021-02-10
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The Original
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 2020-09-14
- Language: English
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The Fated Sky
- Lady Astronaut, Book 2
- Written by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 80
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 77
Mary Robinette Kowal continues the grand sweep of alternate history begun in The Calculating Stars. The Fated Sky looks forward to 1961, when mankind is well established on the moon and looking forward to its next step: journeying to, and eventually colonizing, Mars....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A MUST Read/Listen!!!
- By BriM on 2019-03-30
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The Fated Sky
- Lady Astronaut, Book 2
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Series: Lady Astronaut, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 2018-08-21
- Language: English
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Glamour in Glass
- Written by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Mary Robinette Kowal stunned readers with her charming first novel Shades of Milk and Honey, a loving tribute to the works of Jane Austen in a world where magic is an everyday occurrence....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lovely story
- By Amazon Customer on 2017-12-12
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Glamour in Glass
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Series: The Glamourist Histories, Book 2
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2013-01-14
- Language: English
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Word Puppets
- Written by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
Word Puppets - the first comprehensive collection of Kowal's extraordinary fiction - includes her two Hugo-winning stories, a Hugo nominee, an original story set in the world of "The Lady Astronaut of Mars", and 14 other show-stopping tales....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Holy F***! This was SO GOOD!
- By Kindle Customer on 2022-04-25
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Word Puppets
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Series: Lady Astronaut, Book 1.5, 4.4, 4.5
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 2021-06-15
- Language: English
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Vers les étoiles
- Lady Astronaute 1
- Written by: Mary-Robinette Kowal
- Narrated by: Clémentine Domptail
- Length: 14 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Une femme. Une mission. Sauver le monde. 1952. Une météorite s'écrase au large de Washington, dévastant une grande partie de la côte Est...
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Vers les étoiles
- Lady Astronaute 1
- Narrated by: Clémentine Domptail
- Length: 14 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 2022-01-26
- Language: French
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Shades of Milk and Honey
- Written by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
Jane and her sister Melody vie for the attentions of eligible men, and while Jane’s skill with glamour is remarkable, it is her sister who is fair of face....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A gentle love story
- By Amazon Customer on 2017-11-02
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Shades of Milk and Honey
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Series: The Glamourist Histories, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 2010-08-03
- Language: English
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Vers Mars
- Lady astronaute
- Written by: Marie Robinette Kowal
- Narrated by: Clémentine Domptail
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Mars, terminus, tout le monde descend ! Alors qu'une sonde robotisée se pose enfin sur Mars, prélude à une première mission habitée...
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Vers Mars
- Lady astronaute
- Narrated by: Clémentine Domptail
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 2022-08-24
- Language: French
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Water to Wine
- A METAtropolis Story
- Written by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Narrated by: Kate Mulgrew
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Emma Chavet and her father are winemakers who stubbornly cling to the old ways....
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Water to Wine
- A METAtropolis Story
- Narrated by: Kate Mulgrew
- Series: METAtropolis
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
- Release date: 2014-01-30
- Language: English
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METAtropolis: Cascadia
- Written by: Jay Lake, Mary Robinette Kowal, Elizabeth Bear, and others
- Narrated by: Rene Auberjonois, Kate Mulgrew, Wil Wheaton, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
This provocative sequel to the Hugo and Audie Award nominated METAtropolis features interconnected stories by today’s top writers of speculative fiction....
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METAtropolis: Cascadia
- Narrated by: Rene Auberjonois, Kate Mulgrew, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Jay Lake
- Series: METAtropolis, Book 2
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 2010-11-16
- Language: English
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Ghost Talkers
- Written by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4 out of 5 stars 33
Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World War I, is engaged to Captain Benjamin Hartshorne, an intelligence officer. Ginger is a medium for the Spirit Corps....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ghost Talkers is a win!
- By Connie Genert on 2021-02-17
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Ghost Talkers
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 2016-08-16
- Language: English
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Forest of Memory
- A METAtropolis Story
- Written by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Katya deals in Authenticities, trading on nostalgia for a past long gone....
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5 out of 5 stars
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2 Thumbs up. - another wonderful story
- By MLD on 2021-12-08
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Forest of Memory
- A METAtropolis Story
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
- Series: METAtropolis
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Release date: 2014-01-30
- Language: English
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METAtropolis: Green Space
- Written by: Jay Lake, Elizabeth Bear, Karl Schroeder, and others
- Narrated by: Dion Graham, Robin Miles, Mark Boyett, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6
As METAtropolis: Green Space moves into the 22nd Century, human social evolution is heading in new directions after the Green Crash and the subsequent Green Renaissance....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Table of Contents PDF NEEDED hence Overall 1 star
- By MLD on 2021-12-08
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METAtropolis: Green Space
- Narrated by: Dion Graham, Robin Miles, Mark Boyett, Scott Brick, Allyson Johnson, Sanjiv Jhaveri, Jennifer Van Dyck, Jonathan Davis
- Series: METAtropolis, Book 3
- Length: 14 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 2013-10-15
- Language: English
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Without a Summer
- Written by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
Jane and Vincent go to Long Parkmeade to spend time with Jane’s family, but quickly turn restless. The year is unseasonably cold....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent story
- By Amazon Customer on 2017-12-12
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Without a Summer
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Series: The Glamourist Histories, Book 3
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 2013-04-02
- Language: English
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Of Noble Family
- Written by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi, Robin Miles, Mary Robinette Kowal
- Length: 15 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Jane and Vincent have finally gotten some much-needed rest after their adventures in Italy - then Vincent receives word that his estranged father has passed away....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great end to a lovely series
- By Amazon Customer on 2017-12-12
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Of Noble Family
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi, Robin Miles, Mary Robinette Kowal
- Series: The Glamourist Histories, Book 5
- Length: 15 hrs
- Release date: 2015-04-28
- Language: English
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Valour and Vanity
- Written by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
Acclaimed fantasist Mary Robinette Kowal has enchanted many fans with her beloved novels featuring a Regency setting in which magic--known here as glamour--is real....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good twist on existing series
- By Amazon Customer on 2017-12-13
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Valour and Vanity
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Series: The Glamourist Histories, Book 4
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 2014-04-29
- Language: English
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Die Berechnung der Sterne
- Written by: Mary Robinette Kowal, Judith C. Vogt - Übersetzer
- Narrated by: Sabina Godec
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Alternate History in den USA der 1950er-Jahre - ausgezeichnet mit dem Hugo-, Nebula- und Locus-Award. "Frauen gehören in die Küche"...
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Die Berechnung der Sterne
- Narrated by: Sabina Godec
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 2022-01-03
- Language: German
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