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Narrado por:
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Vikas Adam
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Gabrielle de Cuir
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Paul Baymer
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Moira Quirk
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Emily Rankin
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full cast
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Ben Bova
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The second volume of the best stories from legendary hard science fiction writer Ben Bova, the creator of the New York Times best-selling Grand Tour science fiction series, a six-time Hugo award winner, and past president of the National Space Society.
The stories included in this volume span the five decades of Bova's incandescent career at the center of science fiction and space advocacy.
Here are tales of star-faring adventure, peril, and drama. Here are journeys into the mind-bending landscapes of virtual worlds and alternate realities. Here you'll also find stories of humanity's astounding future on Earth, on Mars, and in the Solar System beyond - stories that always get the science right. And Bova's gathering of deeply realized, totally human characters are the heroic, brave, tricky, sometimes dastardly engineers, astronauts, corporate magnates, politicians, and scientists who will make these futures possible - and those who often find that the problems of tomorrow are always linked to human values, and human failings, that are as timeless as the stars.
Full cast of narrators includes Stefan Rudnicki, T. J. Storm, and Mirron Willis.
©2017 Ben Bova (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
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Here are tales of star-faring adventure, peril, and drama. Here are journeys into the mind-bending landscapes of virtual worlds and alternate realities. Here you'll also find stories of humanity's astounding future on Earth, on Mars, and in the solar system beyond - stories that always get the science right. And Bova's gathering of deeply realized, totally human characters are the heroic, brave, tricky, sometimes dastardly engineers, astronauts, corporate magnates, politicians, and scientists who will make these futures possible.
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In Carbide Tipped Pens,over a dozen of today's most creative imaginations explore these frontiers, carrying on the grand tradition of such legendary masters as Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, and John W. Campbell, while bringing hard science fiction into the 21st century by extrapolating from the latest scientific developments and discoveries.
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 54
In Carbide Tipped Pens,over a dozen of today's most creative imaginations explore these frontiers, carrying on the grand tradition of such legendary masters as Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, and John W. Campbell, while bringing hard science fiction into the 21st century by extrapolating from the latest scientific developments and discoveries.
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Earth is an old planet, and her teeming masses are running out of resources - and time. It is up to men such as Jeff Holman to discover a haven for Earth’s millions. Altair VI is one such planet, and Holman is determined to transform this world into one where the human race can survive. Star probes long ago informed Earth that Altair VI had a flourishing ecology with one very tough beast at the top of the food chain, one that will have to be dealt with before the human colony ships arrive. The beast is not only tough, it is as smart as a man. Holman is faced with a soul-wrenching decision - for to make Altair VI habitable for humans, all native life must die.
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Modern gods and goddesses, remote, revered - and like the pantheon of heroes and heroines of ancient myth - possessing great power tempered with flaws. Now, find within this anthology great tales by gifted and award-winning authors who move superheroes from the four-color panels of comic books to the fantastic pages of fiction, stories that will remind anyone who ever wanted to wear a cape or don a cowl of the extraordinary powers of the imagination!
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1 out of 5 stars
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Pretentious tired old concepts
- De BookofJoy en 12-29-14
De: Peter S. Beagle, y otros
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Orbital Decay
- De: Allen Steele
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 13 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 76
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 67
The award-winning, bestselling author's first novel. The beamjacks work in zero-gravity constructing satellites in the vacuum of deepest space. And they're not going to let the military control them anymore.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Hard to follow
- De Don en 12-27-16
De: Allen Steele
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2113
- Stories Inspired by the Music of Rush
- De: John McFetridge - editor, Kevin J. Anderson - editor
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 13 h
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 50
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 46
The music of Rush, one of the most successful bands in music history, is filled with fantastic stories, evocative images, thought-provoking futures and pasts. In this anthology, notable, best-selling, and award-winning writers each chose a Rush song as the spark for a new story, drawing inspiration from the visionary trio Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I'm a RUSH fan, but ...no..not this book
- De NBP en 07-15-17
De: John McFetridge - editor, y otros
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The Year's Top Short SF Novels 5
- De: Cory Doctorow, Ken Liu, John P Murphy, y otros
- Narrado por: Tom Dheere, Nancy Linari
- Duración: 15 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 43
Short novels are movie-length narratives that may well be the perfect length for science fiction stories. This audio collection presents the best-of-the-best short science fiction novels published in 2014 by current and emerging masters of this vibrant form of storytelling.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narrator sounds like Tony Danza
- De Sean en 03-05-16
De: Cory Doctorow, y otros
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Robot Uprisings
- De: Daniel H. Wilson, John Joseph Adams - editor
- Narrado por: Emily Beresford, Tamara Marston, A.T. Chandler, y otros
- Duración: 14 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 93
Humans beware. As the robotic revolution continues to creep into our lives, it brings with it an impending sense of doom. What horrifying scenarios might unfold if our technology were to go awry? From self-aware robotic toys to intelligent machines violently malfunctioning, this anthology brings to life the half-formed questions and fears we all have about the increasing presence of robots in our lives.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Has some bright spots
- De ChrisM. en 10-22-15
De: Daniel H. Wilson, y otros
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The Forge of God
- De: Greg Bear
- Narrado por: Stephen Bel Davies
- Duración: 16 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 705
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 628
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 630
On September 28th, a geologist working in Death Valley finds a mysterious new cinder cone in very well-mapped area. On October 1, the government of Australia announces the discovery of an enormous granite mountain. Like the cinder cone, it wasn't there six months ago.
Something is happening to planet Earth, and the truth is too terrifying to contemplate
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Story, Wonderful Listening, But the Editor?
- De George Knight en 07-14-13
De: Greg Bear
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Necropolis
- De: Michael Dempsey
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins
- Duración: 13 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 173
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 158
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 158
NYPD detective Paul Donner and his wife Elise were killed in a hold-up gone wrong. Fifty years later, Donner is back: revived courtesy of the Shift. Supposedly the unintended side-effect of a botched biological terrorist attack and carried by a ubiquitous retrovirus, the Shift jump-starts dead DNA and throws the life cycle into reverse, so reborns like Donner must cope with the fact that they are not only slowly youthing toward a new childhood, but have become New York's most hated minority.
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5 out of 5 stars
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'Necropolis' Rocked My World
- De HEIDI en 01-19-12
De: Michael Dempsey
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Singularity Sky
- De: Charles Stross
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 13 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 550
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 415
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 418
In the 21st century, the perfection of faster-than-light travel and the rise of a prodigious artificial intelligence known as the Eschaton altered the course of humankind. New civilizations were founded across the vastness of space. Now, the technology-eschewing world known as the New Republic is besieged by an alien information plague. Earth quickly sends a battle fleet - but is it coming to the rescue, or is a sinister plot in motion?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Gonzo giggleworthy geekitude
- De Noah Smith en 11-11-10
De: Charles Stross
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Soon I Will Be Invincible
- A Novel
- De: Austin Grossman
- Narrado por: Coleen Marlo, Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 10 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,161
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,575
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,579
Doctor Impossible, evil genius and diabolical scientist, has tried to take over the world in every way imaginable, but this time is going to be different. He'll have to contend with Fatale, however, a rookie superhero on her first day with the Champions, the world's most famous superteam. She's a patchwork woman of skin and chrome, a gleaming technological marvel built for the next generation of warfare.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Now that I have you at my mercy. . .
- De Brad W. en 07-02-07
De: Austin Grossman
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Starfire
- De: B.V. Larson
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 13 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,645
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,426
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,426
On June 30, 1908, an object fell from the sky, releasing more energy than a thousand Hiroshima bombs. A Siberian forest was flattened, but the strike left no significant crater. The anomaly came to be known as the Tunguska Event, and scientists have never agreed whether it was the largest meteor strike in recorded history - or something else. Alien artifacts have been uncovered since the 1908 event, and a new star drive is discovered.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Het
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 04-09-17
De: B.V. Larson
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Independence Day: Crucible
- The Official Movie Prequel
- De: Greg Keyes
- Narrado por: William Hope
- Duración: 10 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 268
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 247
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 248
Cities were crushed by the falling spacecraft, but one ship didn't crash. It remained intact and disgorged hordes of alien soldiers determined to fight to the death. The abandoned vessels also contained a wealth of advanced technology. Led by David Levinson, the greatest minds of our world developed deadly new hybrid weapons. Bases were built on the moon, Mars, and beyond. A new generation of defenders had to be trained, for the invaders would return.
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4 out of 5 stars
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YA Romance
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 01-06-17
De: Greg Keyes
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Man Plus
- De: Frederik Pohl
- Narrado por: Dennis Boutsikaris, Robert J. Sawyer
- Duración: 7 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 125
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 99
Roger Torraway watched in horror as the monster lurched, toppled over and died. Project Man Plus had gone suddenly and drastically wrong. The race to colonize Mars was too important, too costly, and America was already too committed, for plans to be scrapped. They would have to make a new Martian. And Roger Torraway was it, candidate for the endless surgery, operation after painful operation, that would enable him to survive on that faraway planet.
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4 out of 5 stars
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More timely now than ever
- De Sandy R en 06-28-10
De: Frederik Pohl
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Mutineer
- Kris Longknife, Book 1
- De: Mike Shepherd
- Narrado por: Dina Pearlman
- Duración: 14 h y 22 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,656
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,283
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,275
Kris Longknife is a daughter of privilege, born to money and power. Her father is the prime minister of her home planet, her mother the consummate politician's wife. She's been raised only to be beautiful and marry well. But the heritage of the military Longknifes courses through Kris' blood - and, against her parents' objections, she enlists in the Marines.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Harsh reviews seem undeserved to me
- De Jeffery en 09-29-10
De: Mike Shepherd
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Patient Zero
- The Joe Ledger Novels, Book 1
- De: Jonathan Maberry
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 14 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 17,128
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 15,556
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 15,517
When you have to kill the same terrorist twice in one week there’s either something wrong with your world or something wrong with your skills - and there’s nothing wrong with Joe Ledger’s skills. And that’s both a good and a bad thing. It’s good because he’s a Baltimore detective who has just been secretly recruited by the government to lead a new task force created to deal with the problems that Homeland Security can’t handle....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Yes! It IS that good. Five stars and more.
- De Kim Venatries en 10-05-12
De: Jonathan Maberry
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Player Piano
- De: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrado por: Christian Rummel
- Duración: 11 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,311
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,069
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,077
Kurt Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a supercomputer and run completely by machines. Paul's rebellion is vintage Vonnegut – wildly funny, deadly serious, and terrifyingly close to reality.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Genuine 5-Stars
- De R.A. en 06-07-19
De: Kurt Vonnegut
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Gateways
- Original New Stories Inspired by Frederik Pohl
- De: Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, Ben Bova, y otros
- Narrado por: Oliver Wyman
- Duración: 17 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 97
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 85
It isn’t easy to get a group of bestselling SF authors to write new stories for an anthology, but that’s what Elizabeth Anne Hull has done in this powerhouse book. With original, captivating tales by Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, Ben Bova, David Brin, Cory Doctorow, Neil Gaiman, Joe Haldeman, Harry Harrison, Larry Niven, Vernor Vinge, Gene Wolfe, and others, Gateways is a SF event that will be a must-buy for SF readers of all tastes, from the traditional to the cutting edge; from the darkly serious to the laugh-out-loud funny.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Spectacular.
- De Steve Reid en 08-21-15
De: Greg Bear, y otros
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Marvel's Black Widow: Forever Red
- De: Margaret Stohl
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan
- Duración: 9 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 636
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 580
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 574
Natasha Romanoff is one of the world's most lethal assassins. Trained from a young age in the arts of death and deception, Natasha was given the title of Black Widow by Ivan Somodorov, her brutal teacher at the Red Room, Moscow's infamous academy for operatives.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not a guilty pleasure - a waste of a credit
- De Floyd en 06-26-17
De: Margaret Stohl
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Best of Bova, Vol. 2
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Total4 out of 5 stars
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- Anniebligh
- 08-15-17
Good Listening
first introduced to Sam Gun, I am finding these short stories too in the best tradition of science fiction.
While some are more captivating than others I have enjoyed all of them. I do like Ben Bova's introductions to each.
Some thoughtful and some humourous, all good.
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