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Gary Ryan
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Robert Stanek
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This audiobook contains:
"Absolutes": Expertly melds science fact with science fiction. The brilliant boy scientist, Krzysztof Steelbridge, is blinded by ambition and ultimately consumed by it.
"Silence is Golden": In the distant future, the universe is controlled by Majority-1. Their rule is supreme. No one dares oppose them, and so it is against all odds that Ev tries to make a stand against them. To do so, however, she must sacrifice everything and everyone she holds dear.
"August Rains": Former teacher and principal John Anderson must face the demons of the past.
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The year is 2016, and America is no more. The United States, Canada, and Mexico now comprise a single, unified front to the world: the North American Union. Implanted ID chips are soon to become mandatory for every citizen of the NAU, and Trez Sleighton, a disgruntled ex-Army officer, takes to the mountains of Colorado to come to terms with the changing world-and his own hand in the whole mess. Then sounds the trumpet. Around the planet, people simply disappear.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Adult Version of Left Behind
- By Keith on 11-26-12
By: John Prescott
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Blood of Heaven
- By: Bill Myers
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 99
A small section of vine with bloodstained thorns has been encased in candle wax for centuries - and some believe the blood came from Christ. Convicted killer and death-row inmate Michael Coleman agrees to have the genes from the mysterious blood planted into his body. The results are so astonishing that the research must continue outside prison walls. But nobody can predict what will happen when Coleman assumes a new identity and reenters society. Blood of Heaven delves deep into the human heart and examines the very nature of good versus evil.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thought provoking!
- By Renate on 04-22-14
By: Bill Myers
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The Post-Human Omnibus
- Books 1-4
- By: David Simpson
- Narrated by: Ray Chase
- Length: 24 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,252
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,155
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,153
Before he was Oldtimer, he was Craig Emilson, a young doctor,sucked into military service at the outbreak of World War III. Enlisting to become a Special Forces suborbital paratrooper, Craig is selected to take part in the most important mission in American military history, a sortie into enemy territory to eliminate the world's first strong artificial intelligence.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Man, I really wanted to like this book
- By Consumer on 04-29-15
By: David Simpson
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The Forge of God
- By: Greg Bear
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 16 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 697
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 622
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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?
- By George Knight on 07-14-13
By: Greg Bear
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Starship Mine
- By: Peter Cawdron
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 78
James Patterson is a gay accountant living in Keyes, Oklahoma - deep in the Bible Belt - the religious heartland of America. He's also the first person to make contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence seeking to understand our world, and that makes him the most important person on the planet.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not a romance.
- By MRS. QUINN on 09-03-20
By: Peter Cawdron
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Rise of the Mystics
- By: Ted Dekker
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 592
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 528
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 531
Rachelle Matthews dreamed and awoke in another world. There she learned she was the 49th Mystic, the prophesied one, tasked with finding five ancient seals before powerful enemies destroy her. If Rachelle succeeds in her quest, peace will reign. If she fails, the world will forever be locked in darkness. In The 49th Mystic, Rachelle found the first three of those five seals through great peril and mind-altering adventure. But two seals remain hidden, and the fate of both worlds hangs in their balance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Intense and illuminating
- By Ryan T. Pigford on 10-03-18
By: Ted Dekker
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The Event
- By: Nathan Hystad
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,262
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,078
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,075
Cities all around the world reported strange alien vessels descending. Some saw them as the heralds of a new age; others fired everything they had at them. All were taken as the beams lashed down and drew them into the sky. Dean was left behind, seemingly the last man on Earth. A trail of clues left by his dead wife guides Dean on a perilous journey across America and beyond to learn the truth behind the mysterious ships and save humanity from its doom.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Did not inspire me to get the next book.
- By MD on 12-13-18
By: Nathan Hystad
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Hyperion
- By: Dan Simmons
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor, Allyson Johnson, Kevin Pariseau, and others
- Length: 20 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24,701
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21,014
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21,054
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it. In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Shrike Awaits. Enter The Time Tombs...
- By Michael on 10-13-12
By: Dan Simmons
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Soon I Will Be Invincible
- A Novel
- By: Austin Grossman
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo, Paul Boehmer
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,155
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,570
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,574
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. . .
- By Brad W. on 07-02-07
By: Austin Grossman
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The Astounding, the Amazing, and the Unknown
- A Novel
- By: Paul Malmont
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4 out of 5 stars 41
In 1943, when the United States learns that Germany is on the verge of a deadly innovation that could tip the balance of the war, the government turns to an unlikely source for help: the nation’s top science fiction writers. Installed at a covert military lab within the Philadelphia Naval Yard are the most brilliant of these young visionaries. The unruly band is led by Robert Heinlein, the dashing and complicated master of the genre. His “Kamikaze Group,” is tasked with transforming the wonders of science fiction into science fact....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pulp Perfection!
- By Jim N on 08-31-12
By: Paul Malmont
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Kingdom Keepers: The Return Book One Disney Lands
- Kingdom Keepers: The Return, Book 1
- By: Ridley Pearson
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 216
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 197
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 199
With the defeat of the Overtakers behind them, the five teenagers known as the Kingdom Keepers should be celebrating. By all accounts they saved Disneyland from certain destruction. Why then did their mentor leave one last puzzle for them to decipher? The Keepers must solve a puzzle of the past, or be crushed under an evil that makes the Overtakers seem like gentle souls.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Why do I keep buying these?
- By Rebecca on 04-04-16
By: Ridley Pearson
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Blessed Child
- The Caleb Books Series
- By: Ted Dekker, Bill Bright
- Narrated by: Henry Kramer
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 208
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 191
The young orphaned boy was abandoned and raised in an Ethiopian monastery. He has never seen outside its walls - at least, not the way most people see. Now he must flee those walls or die. But the world is hardly ready for a boy like Caleb. When relief expert Jason Marker agrees to take Caleb from the monastery, he unwittingly opens humanity's doors to an incredible journey filled with intrigue and peril.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Cheesy
- By Robert J. Marks on 10-28-22
By: Ted Dekker, and others
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Time Salvager
- By: Wesley Chu
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 692
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 627
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Story4 out of 5 stars 628
Convicted criminal James Griffin-Mars is no one's hero. In his time, Earth is a toxic, abandoned world, and humans have fled into the outer solar system to survive, eking out a fragile, doomed existence among the other planets and their moons. Those responsible for delaying humanity's demise believe time travel holds the key, and they have identified James, troubled though he is, as one of a select and expendable few ideally suited for the most dangerous job in history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Thrilling time-traveling adventure full of twists.
- By Daniel on 11-13-15
By: Wesley Chu
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Gateways
- Original New Stories Inspired by Frederik Pohl
- By: Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, Ben Bova, and others
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 96
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Story4 out of 5 stars 84
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.
- By Steve Reid on 08-21-15
By: Greg Bear, and others
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Solaris
- The Definitive Edition
- By: Stanislaw Lem, Bill Johnston - translator
- Narrated by: Alessandro Juliani
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5,281
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,554
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,570
At last, one of the world’s greatest works of science fiction is available - just as author Stanislaw Lem intended it. To mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of Solaris, Audible, in cooperation with the Lem Estate, has commissioned a brand-new translation - complete for the first time, and the first ever directly from the original Polish to English. Beautifully narrated by Alessandro Juliani ( Battlestar Galactica), Lem’s provocative novel comes alive for a new generation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A comment on negative reviews
- By Burns on 09-20-11
By: Stanislaw Lem, and others
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Lisa
- 04-10-08
Very good!
Robert Stanek is a terrific author and I truly enjoyed these stories. Each gives you something to think about and ponder over the next time you read or listen. Absolutes would make an excellent movie, so would Silence.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- John
- 07-12-07
Solid set of stories
I've listened to a good many audio books, and this is pretty darn good. The narrator does a good job with the stories, and the author does a wonderful job of bringing the characters to life through his words. There's a good enough mix and story types to please just about anybody. Highly recommended, especially if you are looking for something you can listen to during a few hour drive or flight. Also, has good relisten value. I've listened to each of the story multiple times when I was looking for something short to fill in the time between appointments or what not.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Steve
- 06-28-08
Entertaining listen
Stanek's Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches books are incredibly good. I wasn't sure what to expect in this story collection but I really enjoyed it and the stories are all entertaining. Definitely recommended.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- David
- 06-11-08
Where are the movies?
Absolutes & Other Stories is an incredibly good story collection from a favorite author. There's a good mix of stories from the more literary (August Rains) to the extremely fun (Silence is Golden) to the pure science fiction (Absolutes).
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Kelsie
- 11-07-08
Where are the movies?
I recently discovered Robert Stanek and I have been trying to read everything he has written. Undoubtedly, his Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches and In the Service of Dragons are some of his best and best known. But he has so many other books as well. This was one I decided to try and I am glad I did. Absolutes and Other Stories is one of those rare immersive experiences. While I did not like the narration so much, I did love the stories and have since sought out the printed book. These are stories that would work will on the big screen and I hope the author decides one day to expand the stories to full length works.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Nat
- 03-03-09
Good sci-fi
Absolutes, the main story in this collection, is a well written novella and it comes across nicely in audio. I also enjoyed the short stories.
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