Frank Marais
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Starter Villain
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,497
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,199
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,193
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Volcanic Lairs, Death Rays & Cats… Oh My! 😼
- By C. White on 09-19-23
- Starter Villain
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
If walls could talk.
Reviewed: 11-08-24
This is a fun read, and Will’s reading is superb for this book. Went in an unexpected direction that I didn’t like at first but loved as it progressed.
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Aftermath
- Expeditionary Force, Book 16
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6,018
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,389
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,386
The Aftermath of a stunning victory—especially an unexpected, complete, and final victory—should be high-fives all around, listening to politicians give boring congratulatory speeches, and a well-deserved rest for the Merry Band of Pirates. Yes, the galaxy is still a freakin' mess, but that is nothing new, and for a change, that can be someone else's problem. Until, you know, something really bad happens, and only the Pirates can deal with the problem... Or not.
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3 out of 5 stars
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This is where I get off
- By Aaron Doane on 12-14-23
- Aftermath
- Expeditionary Force, Book 16
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Enjoyable story
Reviewed: 01-02-24
This was an enjoyable story although like many of the previous stories this one was quite a similar story.
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The Claw of the Conciliator
- The Book of the New Sun, Book 2
- By: Gene Wolfe
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,437
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,185
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,188
The Claw of the Conciliator continues the saga of Severian, banished from his home, as he undertakes a mythic quest to discover the awesome power of an ancient relic, and learn the truth about his hidden destiny.
Gene Wolfe's "The Book of the New Sun" is one of speculative fiction's most-honored series. In a 1998 poll, Locus Magazine rated the series behind only "The Lord of the Rings" and The Hobbit as the greatest fantasy work of all time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant Enought to Engage a NON Fantasy Reader.
- By Darwin8u on 04-11-12
- The Claw of the Conciliator
- The Book of the New Sun, Book 2
- By: Gene Wolfe
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
Bazaar and pointless
Reviewed: 06-17-23
The story is bazaar and hard to follow and doesn’t have any point to it, it all so does not flow well, starts and stops differently stories with out concluding any.
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Roadkill
- By: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,455
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10,290
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,245
Jack Kernigan is having a bad day...a bad year...a bad life. After being booted out of MIT, he’s back in his Ohio hometown, working for the family business, facing a life of mediocrity. Then one day, out on a delivery, his truck hits...something. Something big...something furry...something invisible. And, it turns out, something not of this Earth. Fate can play funny tricks. Which is why Jack suddenly finds himself the planet’s best hope to unravel a conspiracy of galactic proportions that could spell the end of the human race.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The least helpful review of Roadkill
- By Joshua Kring on 08-05-22
- Roadkill
- By: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
A fun classic SiFi.
Reviewed: 05-17-23
Dennis Taylor always delivers a fun and adventurous story, it’s not deep or thought provoking but it’s very entertaining and fun.
I loved this book.
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Ambush
- Sector 64, Book 1
- By: Dean M. Cole
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,560
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,361
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,354
The galaxy’s predominant species discovers a lost colony of their ancestors - humans - populating today’s Earth. Then, our genetic link draws the attention and enmity of their galactic rivals. When a plan to elevate present-day Earth leads to an alien invasion, a team of military officers may be all that stands between humanity and certain annihilation. Independence Day meets The X-Files when Air Force fighter pilots Jake Giard and Sandra Fitzpatrick join a decades-old secret project to integrate today's Earth into a galactic government.
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2 out of 5 stars
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terrible waste of potential, a misleading premise
- By Alexander on 02-10-20
- Ambush
- Sector 64, Book 1
- By: Dean M. Cole
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Not part of the Dimension Space series.
Reviewed: 04-24-20
This may be obvious to some but to me it wasn’t, this is Not part of the “Dimension Space” series. There are lots lot of similarities which confuse me.
There is not enough characters development, so you are left wondering how they fit into this changed environment.
The story also plays out with the main characters as observers rather than participants.
Maybe I need to read “Sector 64: First Contact” be for “Ambush”
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Ambush
- Sector 64 Book 1
- By: Dean M. Cole
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,660
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,446
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,440
The Milkyway’s predominant species discovers a lost colony of their ancestors—humans—populating today’s Earth. Then our genetic link draws the attention and enmity of their galactic rivals.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Meh
- By D. F. on 02-14-20
- Ambush
- Sector 64 Book 1
- By: Dean M. Cole
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Not part of the Dimension Space series.
Reviewed: 04-24-20
This may be obvious to some but to me it wasn’t, this is Not part of the “Dimension Space” series. There are lots lot of similarities which confuse me.
There is not enough characters development, so you are left wondering how they fit into this changed environment.
The story also plays out with the main characters as observers rather than participants.
Maybe I need to read “Sector 64: First Contact” be for “Ambush”
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Galaxy Outlaws: The Complete Black Ocean Mobius Missions, 1-16.5
- By: J. S. Morin
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 85 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,917
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13,000
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,964
Meet the galaxy's unluckiest outlaws. Carl Ramsey is an ex-Earth Navy fighter pilot turned con man. His ship, the Mobius, is home to a ragtag crew of misfits and refugees looking to score a big payday but more often just scratching to pay for fuel. The crew consists of his ex-wife (and pilot), a drunkard, four-handed mechanic, a xeno-predator with the disposition of a 120kg housecat, and the galaxy's most-wanted wizard.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Firefly cranked up on Meth plus a Space Wizard!
- By LITRPG Audiobook Reviews on 04-27-18
Brilliant SiFi
Reviewed: 08-22-19
This is and outstanding sifi series, the combining of science and magic is brilliant and funny. When traveling faster than the speed of light is scientificly impossible, just use magic. The character are deep and complex with a good mix of outlaw and hero.
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Trouble on Paradise
- Expeditionary Force, Book 3.5
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20,341
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 18,736
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18,670
While the crew of the UN Expeditionary Force's pirate starship Flying Dutchman are enjoying a luxury vacation cruise (not!), UNEF troops are still stranded on an alien-controlled planet. Major Emily Perkins and her team are busy picking up the pieces, and it's not easy, because there is trouble on Paradise...
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3 out of 5 stars
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Should have been part of Book 3
- By Wiley Brooks on 07-11-17
- Trouble on Paradise
- Expeditionary Force, Book 3.5
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Paradis does not suck it blowers.
Reviewed: 09-16-17
Good story with some really funny bits. I also enjoyed the bits with the Ruha and the Jaraptor. The only negative is that the story is a bit short.
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Columbus Day
- Expeditionary Force, Book 1
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48,845
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 44,948
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44,843
We were fighting on the wrong side of a war we couldn't win. And that was the good news. The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the native Americans in 1492. Over the horizon come ships of a technologically advanced, aggressive culture, and BAM! There go the good old days, when humans only got killed by each other. So, Columbus Day. It fits. When the morning sky twinkled again, this time with Kristang starships jumping in to hammer the Ruhar, we thought we were saved.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 01-04-17
- Columbus Day
- Expeditionary Force, Book 1
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Great story with a good twist
Reviewed: 09-09-17
Would you consider the audio edition of Columbus Day to be better than the print version?
Yes, the narrating adds a lot of depth and emotion to the story.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Joe Bishop, he is resourceful and care a lot about he's fellow men, he's also level headed and not full of him self.
What does R.C. Bray bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
R.C. Bray is a fantastic narrator, hes vocal control for voicing the character is outstanding, you can tell witch character is speaking just by he's voice,
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The prison part was very moving on a number of levels.
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Ready Player One
- By: Ernest Cline
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,145
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,901
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,901
It's the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Where's the sequel?!
- By Gabriele on 09-08-12
- Ready Player One
- By: Ernest Cline
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
80's geek catnip.
Reviewed: 07-16-17
This is a great story that any one can enjoy with intriguing story, a must for all SiFi lovers. I could not put this book down I had to finish it in one go. I was a teenager in the 80's and a geek and a gamer, so this book appealed to me on every level.
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