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A lighthearted science fiction novel about first contact, exploration, and desperately trying not to screw up from an up-and-coming sci-fi author.
On humanity's first extra-solar mission, the exploration vessel Magellan, or, as she prefers, "Maggie", discovers an alien artifact. Deciding that finding advanced alien life is too important to ignore, Captain Allison Ridgeway chooses to return to Earth while ordering her crew to reverse engineer technology far beyond anything back home.
Meanwhile, at mission control, the governments struggle to maintain the existence of aliens a secret while also combating bureaucracy, the military industrial complex, and everyone else who wants a piece of the science that could skyrocket humanity into a new technological golden age.
Little does everyone involved know that the bumbling of a few highly evolved apes in space hasn't gone unnoticed, and the people of Earth have put themselves on a collision course with a far wider and potentially hostile galaxy.
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A Fiery Sunset
- The Omega War, Book 1
- De: Chris Kennedy, Mark Wandrey
- Narrado por: Todd McLaren
- Duración: 16 h y 3 m
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The plot by the Galactic Union’s Mercenary Guild against the Four Horsemen has culminated in an invasion of Earth. Faced with an overwhelming force, the human mercs had no choice. They’ve fled, leaving Sansar Enkh to go to the Mercenary Guild headquarters on Capital Planet to stand trial for humanity. On the run, Jim Cartwright and Nigel Shirazi have travelled to the Winged Hussars’ secret base of New Warsaw, in an effort to convince Alexis Cromwell to join the fight, while the other mercenaries who escaped the fall of Earth have gone to the perceived safe haven of Karma.
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had a hard time finishing
- De Connie Uriarte en 05-17-20
De: Chris Kennedy, y otros
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Swarm
- Star Force, Book 1
- De: B. V. Larson
- Narrado por: Mark Boyett
- Duración: 10 h
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Kyle Riggs is snatched by an alien spacecraft sometime after midnight. The ship is testing everyone it catches and murdering the weak. The good news is that Kyle keeps passing tests and staying alive. The bad news is the aliens who sent this ship are the nicest ones out there.
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Finally some ORIGINAL scifi action.
- De Amazon Customer en 10-25-11
De: B. V. Larson
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Sten
- Sten Series, Book 1
- De: Chris Bunch, Allan Cole
- Narrado por: Jerry Sciarrio
- Duración: 8 h y 8 m
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The first book in an action–packed new SF adventure series. Vulcan is a factory planet, centuries old, Company run, ugly as sin, and unfeeling as death. Vulcan breeds just two types of native: complacent or tough. Sten is tough. When his family is killed in a mysterious accident, Sten rebels, harassing the Company from the metal world’s endless maze-like warrens. He could end up just another burnt–out Delinquent. But people like Sten never give up.
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THE MASTERPIECE BY JERRY SCIARRIO
- De Professor en 10-31-12
De: Chris Bunch, y otros
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Battle Cruiser
- Lost Colonies, Book 1
- De: B. V. Larson
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 13 h y 9 m
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One starship will either save Earth or destroy her. A century ago our star erupted, destroying Earth's wormhole network and closing off trade with her colonized planets. After being out of contact with the younger worlds for so many years, humanity is shocked when a huge ship appears at the edge of the solar system. Our outdated navy investigates, both curious and fearful. What they learn from the massive vessel shocks the planet.
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Disappointing, Juvenile
- De Russ en 12-27-15
De: B. V. Larson
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Intrinsic
- De: Philip C. Quaintrell
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 15 h y 38 m
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Kalian Gaines has a secret; he just doesn't know it yet. He looks like us, he lives like us...but he is not one of us. Kalian knows nothing outside of his mundane life teaching history on 30th-century Earth, until a day like any other triggers a series of events that will tie his fate to that of humanity. A human handprint, embedded into a rock with alien script, is discovered on a moon that mankind has never set foot on. This discovery holds a secret, which will sweep Kalian into the heart of a conspiracy that has corrupted the galaxy for 200,000 years.
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Unexpectedly Brilliant
- De Fraser en 04-22-18
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Excelsior
- De: Jasper T. Scott
- Narrado por: James Patrick Cronin
- Duración: 12 h y 56 m
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The year is AD 2790. With space elevators and giant orbital fleets hovering over Earth, open war looks inevitable, and people are anxious to get away. The lines are drawn, with the Confederacy in the East and the First World Alliance in the West. In hopes of finding a refuge from the looming war, the Alliance is sending Captain Alexander de Leon to explore an Earth-type planet, code-named Wonderland, but at the last minute before launch, a Confederate fleet leaves orbit on a trajectory that threatens both the mission and Alliance sovereignty.
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This is not military sci-fi
- De ACC en 06-24-16
De: Jasper T. Scott
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Omega Rising
- De: Joshua Dalzelle
- Narrado por: Paul Heitsch
- Duración: 6 h y 41 m
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Jason Burke was a man hiding from himself in a small cabin high in the American Rocky Mountains when his simple, quiet life was shattered one night by what he first assumed was an aviation mishap. But when he investigates the crash, what he finds will yank him out of his self-imposed exile and thrust him into a world he could have never imagined.
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Entertaining but nothing special. Take a look.
- De Desmond en 10-31-15
De: Joshua Dalzelle
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Fleet of Worlds
- 200 Years Before the Discovery of the Ringworld
- De: Larry Niven, Edward M. Lerner
- Narrado por: Tom Weiner
- Duración: 9 h y 34 m
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Fleet of Worlds takes a closer look at Human-Puppeteer (Citizen) relations and the events leading up to Niven's first Ringworld novel. Kirsten Quinn-Kovacks is among the best and brightest of her people. She gratefully serves the gentle race that rescued her ancestors from a dying starship, gave them a world, and nurtures them still. If only the Citizens knew where Kirsten's people came from.
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Hurrah!
- De Bruce en 01-25-08
De: Larry Niven, y otros
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Man of War
- Rebellion, Book 1
- De: M. R. Forbes
- Narrado por: Jeff Hays
- Duración: 11 h y 8 m
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In the year 2280, an alien fleet attacked the Earth. Their weapons were unstoppable, their defenses unbreakable. Our technology was inferior, our militaries overwhelmed. Only one starship escaped before civilization fell. Earth was lost. It was never forgotten. Fifty-two years have passed. A message from home has been received. The time to fight for what is ours has come.
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Hope from Ashes
- De Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com en 07-23-16
De: M. R. Forbes
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Legion of the Damned
- Legion of the Damned, Book 1
- De: William C. Dietz
- Narrado por: Donald Corren
- Duración: 13 h y 16 m
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In the future, the terminally ill can prolong life by surrendering their consciousness to a cybernetic life form that is then recruited into the notorious Legion of the Damned, an elite fighting unit charged with protecting humanity.
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One of Sci-Fi's Best
- De MaugerDStaunton en 11-21-11
De: William C. Dietz
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Galactic Forge
- Galactic Forge Series, Book 1
- De: Alex Guerra
- Narrado por: Paul Heitsch
- Duración: 9 h y 8 m
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Former Marine Arthur Holland’s destiny begins when an aircraft crashes on his property in the mountains of Colorado. He moves to investigate and to help any survivors, but the closer he gets the less control he has of his movements. An unknown force urges him to open the door of the mysterious craft, discovering the secret that lies within: a dead, alien pilot and a peculiar, otherworldly crystal. If that wasn’t enough, the crystal feels like it is alive. That’s when he hears a single word inside his mind: run.
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Try it
- De jonathan en 03-06-19
De: Alex Guerra
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On Silver Wings
- De: Evan Currie
- Narrado por: Dina Pearlman
- Duración: 9 h y 4 m
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When the Colony on Hayden's world went black, a team was sent to investigate. It was supposed to be a training mission: skip in, find out the Casimir Transmitter had gone dead, report back and wait for resupply from the Fleet. By the time the only surviving member of the team made landfall, it was spectacularly clear that this wasn't a training mission.
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Not the best, but better than many on audible
- De Desmond en 10-27-15
De: Evan Currie
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Starship Repo
- De: Patrick S. Tomlinson
- Narrado por: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Duración: 12 h y 3 m
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Firstname Lastname is a no one with nowhere to go, with a name that is the result of an unfortunate clerical error and destined to be one of the only humans on an alien space station. That is, until she sneaks aboard a ship and joins up with a crew of repo men (they are definitely not pirates). Now she's traveling the galaxy "recovering" ships. What could go wrong?
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DNF - struggling to care about characters
- De Diana en 01-23-21
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In the Black
- De: Patrick S. Tomlinson
- Narrado por: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Duración: 12 h y 39 m
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In a demilitarized zone on the border of human space, long range spy satellites are mysteriously going quiet, and no one know why. Captain Susan Kamala and her crew are dispatched to figure out what's going on and solve the problem. That problem, however, is a mysterious, bleeding-edge alien ship that no human vessel could hope to match in open conflict. But, it's not spoiling for a fight. Now, the Captain and her crew must figure out how to navigate a complicated game of diplomacy, balancing the needs of their corporate overlords and the honest desire for a lasting peace....
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Socialist beats capitalists in space
- De Mike en 07-21-21
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Captain Quasar: The Complete Series
- De: Milo James Fowler
- Narrado por: Eric Michael Summerer
- Duración: 27 h y 22 m
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Captain Quasar is out of time. Pursued by vengeful Goobalob toll collectors, savage Arachnoid bounty hunters, and formidable Amazonians, Captain Bartholomew Quasar must do whatever he can to keep the crew of the Effervescent Magnitude out of harm's way. All in a day's work - except time is not on his side. Torn from the present to relive his past, he vows to keep mistakes from occurring the second time around. But is he doomed to repeat history? Or can he erase his regrets?
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Hunting for humour in this “humorous” space opera
- De Kindle Customer en 02-11-25
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Chain of Command
- De: Frank Chadwick
- Narrado por: Graham Rowat
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
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Lieutenant Sam Bitka, US Naval Reserve, is getting used to civilian life when he is called back to active duty. Tensions between Earth and the alien Varoki are on the rise, and Sam is assigned as tactical officer aboard the deep space destroyer USS Puebla. Dispatched to the distant world of K'tok to protect human colonists, he wants nothing more than to serve out his active duty time and get back to his civilian life. But when the Varoki launch a crippling surprise attack against the Earth coalition fleet, Sam finds himself suddenly in command of the USS Puebla.
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Not well written and terrible narration
- De Deanne Morgan en 02-03-20
De: Frank Chadwick
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The Ark
- Children of a Dead Earth, Book 1
- De: Patrick S. Tomlinson
- Narrado por: Mirron Willis
- Duración: 11 h y 6 m
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Humankind has escaped a dying Earth and set out to find a new home among the stars aboard an immense generation ship affectionately named the Ark. Bryan Benson is the Ark's greatest living sports hero, enjoying retirement working as a detective in Avalon, his home module. The hours are good, the work is easy, and the perks can't be beat. But when a crew member goes missing, Bryan is thrust into the center of an ever-expanding web of deception, secrets, and violence.
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Nearly there
- De Michaela en 05-11-16
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Glory Boy
- De: Rick Partlow
- Narrado por: Kyle McCarley
- Duración: 14 h y 37 m
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Caleb Mitchell gave up everything to protect his home. Shunned by friends and family for abandoning the pacifist beliefs of their religion, abandoned by the love of his life, he left his home world of Canaan to go to the Commonwealth Military Academy on Earth and train to fight in the looming war against the implacable alien threat of the Tahni Imperium. When a training mission with a crew of cadets winds up caught in the middle of one of the worst battles of the war, Cal and his fellow students are officially declared dead.
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Anti climax fan boy Sci-fi, and puerile.
- De Esteban Quiles en 06-08-17
De: Rick Partlow
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Starship Repo
- De: Patrick S. Tomlinson
- Narrado por: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Duración: 12 h y 3 m
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Firstname Lastname is a no one with nowhere to go, with a name that is the result of an unfortunate clerical error and destined to be one of the only humans on an alien space station. That is, until she sneaks aboard a ship and joins up with a crew of repo men (they are definitely not pirates). Now she's traveling the galaxy "recovering" ships. What could go wrong?
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DNF - struggling to care about characters
- De Diana en 01-23-21
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In the Black
- De: Patrick S. Tomlinson
- Narrado por: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Duración: 12 h y 39 m
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In a demilitarized zone on the border of human space, long range spy satellites are mysteriously going quiet, and no one know why. Captain Susan Kamala and her crew are dispatched to figure out what's going on and solve the problem. That problem, however, is a mysterious, bleeding-edge alien ship that no human vessel could hope to match in open conflict. But, it's not spoiling for a fight. Now, the Captain and her crew must figure out how to navigate a complicated game of diplomacy, balancing the needs of their corporate overlords and the honest desire for a lasting peace....
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Socialist beats capitalists in space
- De Mike en 07-21-21
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Captain Quasar: The Complete Series
- De: Milo James Fowler
- Narrado por: Eric Michael Summerer
- Duración: 27 h y 22 m
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Captain Quasar is out of time. Pursued by vengeful Goobalob toll collectors, savage Arachnoid bounty hunters, and formidable Amazonians, Captain Bartholomew Quasar must do whatever he can to keep the crew of the Effervescent Magnitude out of harm's way. All in a day's work - except time is not on his side. Torn from the present to relive his past, he vows to keep mistakes from occurring the second time around. But is he doomed to repeat history? Or can he erase his regrets?
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Hunting for humour in this “humorous” space opera
- De Kindle Customer en 02-11-25
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Chain of Command
- De: Frank Chadwick
- Narrado por: Graham Rowat
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
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Lieutenant Sam Bitka, US Naval Reserve, is getting used to civilian life when he is called back to active duty. Tensions between Earth and the alien Varoki are on the rise, and Sam is assigned as tactical officer aboard the deep space destroyer USS Puebla. Dispatched to the distant world of K'tok to protect human colonists, he wants nothing more than to serve out his active duty time and get back to his civilian life. But when the Varoki launch a crippling surprise attack against the Earth coalition fleet, Sam finds himself suddenly in command of the USS Puebla.
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Not well written and terrible narration
- De Deanne Morgan en 02-03-20
De: Frank Chadwick
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The Ark
- Children of a Dead Earth, Book 1
- De: Patrick S. Tomlinson
- Narrado por: Mirron Willis
- Duración: 11 h y 6 m
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Humankind has escaped a dying Earth and set out to find a new home among the stars aboard an immense generation ship affectionately named the Ark. Bryan Benson is the Ark's greatest living sports hero, enjoying retirement working as a detective in Avalon, his home module. The hours are good, the work is easy, and the perks can't be beat. But when a crew member goes missing, Bryan is thrust into the center of an ever-expanding web of deception, secrets, and violence.
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Nearly there
- De Michaela en 05-11-16
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Glory Boy
- De: Rick Partlow
- Narrado por: Kyle McCarley
- Duración: 14 h y 37 m
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Caleb Mitchell gave up everything to protect his home. Shunned by friends and family for abandoning the pacifist beliefs of their religion, abandoned by the love of his life, he left his home world of Canaan to go to the Commonwealth Military Academy on Earth and train to fight in the looming war against the implacable alien threat of the Tahni Imperium. When a training mission with a crew of cadets winds up caught in the middle of one of the worst battles of the war, Cal and his fellow students are officially declared dead.
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Anti climax fan boy Sci-fi, and puerile.
- De Esteban Quiles en 06-08-17
De: Rick Partlow
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Terminal Alliance
- Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse Series, Book 1
- De: Jim C. Hines
- Narrado por: Rebecca Mitchell
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
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The Krakau came to Earth to invite humanity into a growing alliance of sentient species. However, they happened to arrive after a mutated plague wiped out half the planet, turned the rest into shambling, near-unstoppable animals, and basically destroyed human civilization. You know - your standard apocalypse. The Krakau's first impulse was to turn around and go home. Their second impulse was to try to fix us. Now, a century later, human beings might not be what they once were, but at least they're no longer trying to eat everyone. Mostly.
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Terrible Performance!
- De Ron en 01-24-18
De: Jim C. Hines
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Parallax
- A Space Opera Adventure (Redshift Runners, Book 1)
- De: Tony Peak
- Narrado por: John Skelley
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
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There is fortune to be made across the stars. If it doesn't kill him first. When Deadeye, a hotshot space jockey, is captured by pirates, he decides to join the motley group called the Redshift Runners. Maybe they can help him get rich. These Runners aren’t typical interstellar bandits, however. They risk their lives delivering food and supplies to starving colonies in the outer rim.
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Robin Hood, hope and more... go for it
- De T. Hackett en 01-24-23
De: Tony Peak
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First of My Kind, 2nd Edition
- De: Marc Stevens
- Narrado por: Ramon De Ocampo
- Duración: 18 h y 2 m
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First of My Kind is the story of Nathan Myers, a Missouri farm boy who, through a chain of events that happens halfway across the galaxy, finds his way from the seat of his Grandfather's tractor to the command of a starship from a lost super race. Nathan will tell you in his own words about the life and death struggles he encounters on his journey. He will tell you about the humor, peril, and pain of his galactic education.
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Main character has 6th grade personality
- De Ron A. Parsons en 08-18-18
De: Marc Stevens
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Needle in a Timestack
- And Other Stories
- De: Robert Silverberg
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 24 h y 6 m
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Needle in a Timestack is Robert Silverberg at his very best - intelligent, inventive, and visionary. This collection showcases his talent for thought-provoking science fiction, ranging in themes from time travel to space travel, the media to mortality. In the titular story - under development as a feature film by Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley - a jealous ex-husband warps time in a vindictive attempt to destroy his former wife's new marriage. Thirty-one identical sons have a shocking surprise for their mother in "There Was an Old Woman".
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Meh
- De JonDC70 en 07-19-20
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Endurance
- The Complete Series
- De: A.C. Spahn
- Narrado por: James Fouhey
- Duración: 13 h y 58 m
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Join the Endurance's crew - a trigger-happy first officer, a hyperactive engineer, a shy covert operative, a conspiracy-spouting physicist, and a captain trying to earn his way back into his superiors' good graces....
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This one is special.
- De Naomi en 06-03-23
De: A.C. Spahn
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One
- De: Neil Clarke - editor
- Narrado por: Amy Tallmadge, Jeremy Arthur
- Duración: 28 h y 4 m
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The best science fiction scrutinizes our culture and politics, examines the limits of the human condition, and zooms across galaxies at faster-than-light speeds, moving from the very near future to the far-flung worlds of tomorrow in the space of a single sentence. Neil Clarke has selected the short science fiction (and only science fiction) best representing the previous year's writing, showcasing the talent, variety, and awesome "sensawunda" that the genre has to offer.
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Hit and Miss; Many more misses than hits
- De Terrence Feenstra en 09-15-16
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Edges
- Inverted Frontier Series, Book 1
- De: Linda Nagata
- Narrado por: Nicole Poole
- Duración: 12 h y 15 m
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Deception Well is a world on the edge, home to an isolated remnant surviving at the farthest reach of human expansion. All across the frontier, other worlds have succumbed to the relentless attacks of robotic alien warships, while hundreds of light years away, the core of human civilization - those star systems closest to Earth, known as the Hallowed Vasties - have all fallen to ruins. Powerful telescopes can see only dust and debris where once there were orbital mega-structures so huge they eclipsed the light of their parent stars
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Cool book read by TTS
- De Anonymous User en 06-23-20
De: Linda Nagata
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Bridging Infinity
- De: Jonathan Strahan - editor
- Narrado por: Michael Welch, Suzie Athens, Michael Rahhal, y otros
- Duración: 11 h y 49 m
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Bridging Infinity puts humanity at the heart of these vast undertakings - as builder, as engineer, as adventurer - reimagining and rebuilding the world, the solar system, and even the entire universe. This continuation of the award-winning Infinity Project anthology series features bold new stories from Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Gregory Benford, Zachary Brown, Pat Cadigan, Kameron Hurley, Scott Lynch, Vonda N. McIntyre, Hannu Rajaniemi, Allan Steele, and many more.
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An excellent collection of very good science fiction stories many of which have a humorous tone.
- De Misha en 01-13-25
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Space Junk
- A Military Sci-Fi Series (Waymaker Wars, Book 1)
- De: Rachel Aukes
- Narrado por: Scott Aiello
- Duración: 10 h y 16 m
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Captain Jack Hale and his crew of ragtag scavengers live by a code. They do the job, get paid, and keep their heads down. Salvaging a distant section of the asteroid belt seemed like the perfect job. But when he and his crew stumble across a mining camp filled with dead bodies, their plans for a quick payday quickly go out the airlock. Especially when they find a scared little girl who knows the truth about the massacre.
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Boyo, this is good!
- De Lonnie-The GreatNorthernTroll-Moore en 05-05-22
De: Rachel Aukes
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The Hercules Text
- De: Jack McDevitt
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins
- Duración: 13 h y 20 m
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From a remote corner of the galaxy, a message is being sent. The continuous beats of a pulsar have become odd, irregular, and artificial. It can only be a code. Frantically, a research team struggles to decipher the alien communication. And what the scientists discover is destined to shake the foundations of empires around this world - from Wall Street to the Vatican.
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Lots to recommend here!
- De Matthew en 10-19-18
De: Jack McDevitt
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Dust
- De: Elizabeth Bear
- Narrado por: Alma Cuervo
- Duración: 10 h y 11 m
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Hugo Award winner Elizabeth Bear has been called one of the best science fiction authors of her generation. In Dust she skillfully spins a classic science fiction trope - the lost generation ship - into a complex and compelling tale of fallen angels, secretive family politics, and sexual taboo.
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A new twist
- De Philip en 01-08-09
De: Elizabeth Bear
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Date Night on Union Station
- EarthCent Ambassador Series, Book 1
- De: E.M. Foner
- Narrado por: Hollie Jackson
- Duración: 4 h y 45 m
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Kelly Frank is EarthCent's top diplomat on Union Station, but her job description has always been a bit vague. The pay is horrible and she's in hock up to her ears for her furniture, which is likely to end up in a corridor because she's behind on rent for her room. Sometimes she has to wonder if the career she has put ahead of her personal life for 15 years is worth it.
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If you can read this, buy this book.
- De Matthew en 05-04-17
De: E.M. Foner
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- Rachel
- 09-14-18
Very fun
Approach with the right mindset and you’ll love it. This book is more The Orville than Star Trek - which suits me just fine, since I love both. The audio performance was great, and Alyssa’s timing was on point.
This book ranges from comic absurdity to really solid sci fi. It’s a treat to read (or hear). Patrick has a great imagination, and spins up some wild characters. There’s some definite Trek tributes here too. Imagine (slight spoilers) Janeway (in this case “Ridgeway”) stuck with an even more obnoxious Kirk (literally, “Tiberius”). Get the book - it’s definitely worth it!
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- S. White
- 05-28-19
Pleasant surprise
Well written, fun, engaging story with a great narrator. Went in not expecting much, left hoping for more.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-05-18
great feel good scifi
great book! loved the characters, the universe and the setting. Wish it was a series!
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-19-23
Pretty darn good!
I got this on a whim because it sounded interesting and fun. Thankfully that was exactly what it was. I’m also a big fan of Alyssa Bresnahan as the narrator though I kept expecting her to say “Welcome to Donovan!”
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- Rainer
- 12-31-24
Just Excellent
I have not enjoyed a book this much since Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy. This is humorous Sci-Fi at its best. It is funny without breaking the suspension of disbelief surrounding the technology. Though quirky, many of the characters our very well developed. There is even a character developed in the beginning seemingly for no reason that is reused in the end. The performance is well done. This audiobook is exceptional.
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- D. Barry
- 02-28-25
Lots of good laughs
I thought the narrator nailed it. Funny si-fi story. First contact with aliens who already own season one of Star Trek.
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- BeckyVenusTree
- 07-05-18
Great fun. Hope there'll be a movie.
I don't find much current science fiction all that entertaining, but this was fun. Witty, scientifically sound (mostly), Interesting plot with occasional nail-biting. Consistent characterization potraying people you'd like to meet. I vote for Peter Jackson as director.
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- swyrlgirl
- 01-09-25
Wow
I love this author! Twisty mystery in space with hard scify theories that are not mind boggling. His characters are so real. Just try it, you won't regret it
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- Matthew
- 03-16-20
Solid Satire
I recommend this book to fans of satire, dry humor, and John Scalzi books.
This novel is effectively three books in one, but not in a bad way. To elaborate, it’s roughly spit into a discovery, an exploration, and an intergalactic “relations” phase. This structure effectively keeps the story and plot from becoming stale or outstaying it’s welcome.
The wry humor is topical in a timeless way that pokes fun at things that always seem ripe for satire through the ages. I chuckled, I laughed, and was always entertained throughout. The characters, settings, and writing were all objectively solid.
At the end of the day, like many comedies, Gatecrashers is ultimately forgettable, but remains well worth your money.
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- Midwestbonsai
- 08-20-18
Tomlinson's Wit still Tickles Me!
First contact scenarios are a common enough trope in science fiction, but Patrick S. Tomlinson manages to inject a bit of freshness and fun, and more than a few dashes of silliness, into mankind’s discovery of intelligent life out amongst the stars.
Gate Crashers feels at times like an ode to Star Trek (Tomlinson’s Captain Ridgeway of the Magellan being only a hairsbreadth away from Voyager’s Janeway, while Bucephalus‘s Captain Tiberius, a dashing man of action in and out of the bedroom, draws an obvious parallel to one James Tiberius Kirk), replete with a few away missions for our band of cosmonauts that see them tangling with strange new worlds, new life, and new civilizations, boldly going where plenty of aliens have already been before.
Despite there being a certain degree of familiarity baked in, Tomlinson still manages to do his own thing and brings in shiploads of fun along the way, playing a lot of Earth’s first expedition into deep space for laughs. The discovery of an alien artifact by the Magellan’s crew kicks off a wave of scientific advancement, as well as the emergence of an artifact worshiping cult, back on Earth. This latter development is particularly preposterous given the fairly mundane nature of the alien device, and this sense of grandiose discovery for mankind, of things that are commonplace for the galaxy’s alien races, becomes a significant theme that recurs throughout the book. There’s a fun bit of interplay between expectations of discovery and the reality of their situation, but Tomlinson injects plenty of high-stakes action, political machinations, tabloid sensationalism, and world-destroying perils along the way. The threats to mankind are deadly serious, and despite some scenes overloaded with attention-killing technobabble, the story floats along with a good degree of jubilation. Not every joke landed just right for me, but I found myself laughing along with Tomlinson’s wit more often than not. One pun about being a “seasoned veteran” still tickles me, in fact, well after having finished my listen of Gate Crashers.
While the writing is bent toward the comedic, Alyssa Bresnahan’s narration is, unfortunately, largely straight-forward. While she does an admirable job bringing the various characters to life, injecting each member of the Magellan and Bucephalus with their own distinct quirks and voices, her reading is oftentimes much too serious given the tone of the material. Quite a few times, I found myself wondering how Gate Crashers would have sounded with a narrator like Wil Wheaton at the helm, who could capture the irreverence of this particular story and Tomlinson’s writing, much as he had for several of John Scalzi’s audiobooks. Bresnahan’s narration is perfectly adept during this book’s more serious moments, and I’d like to listen to her reading a work that isn’t so reliant on humor, but she too often misses the author’s comedic beats and plays too much of a straight man to Tomlinson’s silliness. On the production end of thing, Bresnahan’s reading comes through crystal clear and Gate Crashers is another finely recorded audiobook from Recorded Books.
Gate Crashers is a fun, witty, feel-good listen, one in which its author has carefully balanced freshness and familiarity while giving us some much-welcomed insight into humanity’s perseverance and ingenuity, and more than a few well-timed fist-pumping heroics as Earth’s most evolved apes outwit far more advanced alien races by the skin of their teeth. If there are more voyages in Megellan’s future, well, beam me up! Or freeze-dry, vaporize, shift, and reconstitute me. Or whatever the hell it is they do around here…
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