Pride & Prejudice and Planets

An Alternate-Reality Pride & Prejudice Science Fiction Variation

De: Renata McMann, Summer Hanford

Narrado por: Benjamin Fife

What could possibly be in Longbourn Crater that was worth their while?When damage to his ship forces Captain Darcy to land in an unexpected location on an alien world, he's not prepared for what he finds. He expected aliens, certainly, but he didn't expect a contingent of humans related to Earth's most notorious traitor, or for those humans to be his crew’s only chance to repair their ship and complete their mission. Brilliant and beautiful, the human women they meet seem poised to do more harm than good.

Elizabeth Bennet may have been raised on an alien world, but she knows enough about human men to recognize a snub when confronted with one. She definitely has no time for supercilious captains who view her father as a traitor to humankind, but she’s more than happy to apply her considerable skills to repairing the Earth humans’ ship. The sooner they’re off her planet, the better.

Pride & Prejudice and Planets is an alternate-reality science fiction variation on Jane Austen’s classic Pride & Prejudice. Discover how Captain Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet, and all their usual companions negotiate alien races, dangerous space travel, and each other.

©2023 Lillian Summer Hanford (P)2023 Lillian Summer Hanford

Original & fun

Becoming one of my favorite variations. The world building is very well done while everyone still remains in character. Love the new recording.

Fun!

I hope this becomes a series with many more adventures in space and on other planets. :)

An Austen Space Opera !! Very Fun Variation

I thoroughly enjoyed this Pride & Prejudice in Space version. Interesting transference of the original story into the Future and among the stars. The narrator was fine, but I thought his voice a little too old and wobbly for young women, especially for Elizabeth. Still, I did listen with enjoyment and I am sure I will again.

Really great and passionately narrated

The book itself is super creative and fun, but the narrator’s performance takes it up a level. You can really feel how excited he is to read this!

A great listen

I’ve read this novel a few times. It's that good. But Benjamin Fife’s range of character voices brings this great sci-fi take on Pride and Prejudice to life.

JAFF and SciFi - what’s not to love?

A great story and a great narration. Recommended listen. 20 + hours somehow isn’t long enough.

Love the mixture of pride and space

I wasn’t sure I’d like this book as it got started but it just kept getting better. I love that the Bennett women are so accomplished including Lydia.

Really enjoyed the read and modernization

Benjamin Fife is the best narrator for this book

Benjamin Fife was the perfect narrator for this story because he has an incredible voice range and a natural talent to bring the characters personality into the voices he creates. As this book has multiple characters from many different species, his unique narration elevated the readers experience. Benjamin Fife is definitely one of the best narrators out there and he surprised me once more with his talent. I highly recommend the audiobook version of this book.

Out of This World!

Take two of my favorite genres, sci fi and P&P JAFF, mash them up and what do you get? A fantastically fun romp putting ODC and all our other favorite characters on new worlds, and sometimes into alien beings. Fear not that this will discard the classic elements of the story. They are very much intact.

I was so excited when this book went audio. You can tell that the narrator, Benny Fife, had a wonderful time voicing the characters and especially the aliens. He really made it a fun listen.

There is so much to unravel in this story. Why does Captain Darcy use a different name than his famous father? Why is Mr Bennet considered a traitor to Earth along with Darcy’s dearest cousins? What actually happened to his cousins? Can Darcy ever understand the complexity of a seemingly simple mechanic in Elizabeth Bennet? Will Ambassador Bingley follow his heart and embrace his feelings for the enormously talented Jane Bennet or will he allow his ridiculous aide, Caroline Bingley, or his clueless friend Darcy to dictate his future? (And whatever will Caroline do with false eyelashes and high heels on a space ship?) Will the mysterious overlords be able to manipulate the many worlds and species (happily named after British shires and Austen-created estates and places) into lasting peace?

If you enjoy great world building, exploring new frontiers and seeing your favorite P&P characters in unique environments, this story is for you. I also encourage you to seek out the book version to see beautiful illustrations of all the characters so you can see how the authors conceived them. The extra terrestrials are so much fun!

Fun and different JAFF with great narration

This was a very entertaining and engrossing novel. The amount of time and effort the authors used to create future Earth, Takatara, the Kent system and the different alien races is impressive. A truly immersive science fiction story. Then they seamlessly included the characters, places and situations from Pride and Prejudice in new and very imaginative ways. I always enjoy Benjamin Fife’s narrations and he seemed to really have fun with the story and characters. I just wanted to also note that on Renata McManns web page there is a fun picture gallery of all the characters in the book.