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Kevin Orton
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Joe Haldeman
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Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, Joe Haldeman has penned several best-selling novels, including The Forever War. After receiving a message from deep space, astronomer Aurora “Rory” Bell anticipates extraterrestrial visitors on New Year’s Eve. But with Earth teetering on the edge of another world war, Rory soon begins to wonder if the message was a hoax. And when the message is leaked to the public, a media frenzy ensues.
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- Duración: 10 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 103
My life was ordinary until three years ago when I was thrown out of a downtown hotel window. My name is Robbie Brownlaw, and I am a homicide detective for the city of San Diego. I am 29 years old. I now have synesthesia, a neurological condition where your senses get mixed up. Sometimes when people talk to me, I see their voices as colored shapes provoked by the emotions of the speakers, not by the words themselves. I have what amounts to a primitive lie detector.
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2 out of 5 stars
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OK, but...
- De Robert E. Orlando en 01-01-14
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Rising Sun
- A Novel
- De: Michael Crichton
- Narrado por: MacLeod Andrews
- Duración: 11 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 3,668
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A riveting thriller of corporate intrigue and cutthroat competition between American and Japanese business interests. On the forty-fifth floor of the Nakamoto tower in downtown Los Angeles - the new American headquarters of the immense Japanese conglomerate - a grand opening celebration is in full swing. On the forty-sixth floor, in an empty conference room, the corpse of a beautiful young woman is discovered.
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4 out of 5 stars
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THESE DAYS, EVERYBODY IS BUILDING WALLS
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 06-14-17
De: Michael Crichton
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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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Aphrodite
- De: Russell Andrews
- Narrado por: Buck Schirner
- Duración: 11 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 183
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It looked for all the world like a terrible, tragic accident. Susanna Morgan had gotten up in the middle of the night, tripped, fallen, and broken her neck. Yet when detective Justin Westwood inspects the victim's apartment, he can't help noticing that the details don't quite add up. The glass on the bedside table is knocked over but there are no cuts on her body. The scrape on her knee looks suspiciously fresh. And then a terrified witness comes forward, confirming his worst fear.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Just Works - Wonderfully
- De Ted en 05-03-12
De: Russell Andrews
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Cold City
- Repairman Jack: Early Years Trilogy, Book 1
- De: F. Paul Wilson
- Narrado por: Alexander Cendese
- Duración: 11 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,221
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,052
If you've never read a Repairman Jack novel, this is the place to begin. It's 1990. A twenty-one-year-old named Jack has dropped out of college, leaving his old life behind to build a new one in New York City. Manhattan's rough edges are jagged enough to shred any unwary newcomer, but perhaps not one who is determined to stay off the grid, at any cost, in the busiest metropolis on earth. And to do so, he'll have to take jobs of a less than legal nature.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fun, as long you don't think too much
- De Andrew Pollack en 01-17-14
De: F. Paul Wilson
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Rules of Prey
- A Lucas Davenport Novel
- De: John Sandford
- Narrado por: Richard Ferrone
- Duración: 11 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,724
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The "maddog" murderer who is terrorizing the Twin Cities is two things: insane and extremely intelligent. He kills for the pleasure of it and thoroughly enjoys placing elaborate obstacles to keep police befuddled. Each clever move he makes is another point of pride. But when the brilliant Lieutenant Lucas Davenport, a dedicated cop and a serial killer's worst nightmare, is brought in to take up the investigation, the maddog suddenly has an adversary worthy of his genius.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love this series
- De Don Gilbert en 08-31-11
De: John Sandford
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City of Windows
- A Novel
- De: Robert Pobi
- Narrado por: Stephen Graybill
- Duración: 11 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 239
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 207
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 206
During the worst blizzard in memory, an FBI agent in a moving SUV in New York City is killed by a nearly impossible sniper shot. Unable to pinpoint where the shot came from, as the storm rapidly wipes out evidence, the agent-in-charge Brett Kehoe turns to the one man who might be able to help them - former FBI agent Lucas Page. Page, a university professor and best-selling author, left the FBI years ago after a tragic event robbed him of the willingness to continue. Lucas Page has no interest in helping the FBI - except for the fact that the victim was his former partner.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great Story until the Lecture Began.....
- De Thomas en 08-08-19
De: Robert Pobi
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Black Fridays
- De: Michael Sears
- Narrado por: Erik Bergmann
- Duración: 11 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 339
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 304
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 303
Sometimes a man can be redeemed. But not in the way he expects. Jason Stafford is a former Wall Street hotshot who made some bad moves, paid the price with two years in prison, and is now trying to put his life back together. He’s unemployable, until an investment firm asks him to look into possible problems left by a junior trader who died recently in an accident. What he discovers is big - there are problems, all right, the kind that get you killed. But it’s not his only concern. Stafford has another quest as well: to reclaim his five-year-old son, "the Kid", from his unstable ex-wife, and then learn just what it means to make a life with him.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I enjoyed it. I loved the end!
- De John en 05-16-14
De: Michael Sears
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Compelling Evidence & Prime Witness
- 2-in-1 Edition, Paul Madriani Books 1 and 2
- De: Steve Martini
- Narrado por: Joe Mantegna
- Duración: 6 h y 4 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 48
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 37
Compelling Evidence Paul Madriani was once a promising associate with the prestigious Potter, Skarpellos law firm, co-founded by his mentor, Ben Potter. But after a scandalous affair with Ben's wife, Talia, Paul left the firm to begin a brilliant career as a criminal defense attorney. Ben's impeccable reputation has made him a leading candidate for the Supreme Court, until he is found dead on the eve of the nomination, and Talia becomes the prime suspect.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Terrible
- De LS1015 en 04-08-19
De: Steve Martini
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A Tap on the Window
- De: Linwood Barclay
- Narrado por: Mark Zeisler
- Duración: 12 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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International best-selling author Linwood Barclay delivers pulse-pounding suspense that puts him among the masters of the genre. A Tap on the Window finds private investigator Cal Weaver making an ill-advised decision to pick up a young female hitchhiker who reminds him of his dead son. But something is off about the girl, and Cal is soon drawn into a host of nightmarish secrets.
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 Stars for Tap on the Window
- De shelley en 04-16-14
De: Linwood Barclay
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The Ritual Bath
- The First Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Novel
- De: Faye Kellerman
- Narrado por: Mitchell Greenberg
- Duración: 8 h y 9 m
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Detective Peter Decker of the LAPD is stunned when he gets the report. Someone has shattered the sanctuary of a remote yeshiva community in the California hills with an unimaginable crime. One of the women was brutally raped as she returned from the mikvah, the bathhouse where the cleansing ritual is performed.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Read
- De Eva Gannon en 08-21-08
De: Faye Kellerman
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Hunter
- A Thriller
- De: Robert Bidinotto
- Narrado por: Conor Hall
- Duración: 11 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 998
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 996
From its first moments, Hunter takes you on a nonstop thrill ride: from the top floor of the CIA, to the marbled corridors of Capitol Hill...from the posh hotels of downtown Washington, to the city's mean, violent streets. It introduces a colorful new hero for our time - and a dazzling heroine every bit his equal. A spy mystery...a crime thriller...a passionate romance: Hunter is a genre-bending novel unlike any you've read. Deviously plotted, filled with vivid characters, and propelled at a breakneck pace.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Vigilante Story since Without Remorse
- De Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com en 04-16-16
De: Robert Bidinotto
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Faces of the Gone
- Carter Ross, Book 1
- De: Brad Parks
- Narrado por: MacLeod Andrews
- Duración: 10 h y 9 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 365
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 318
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Four bodies, each with a single bullet wound in the back of the head, stacked like cordwood in a weed-choked vacant lot: That's the front-page news facing Carter Ross, investigative reporter with the Newark Eagle-Examiner. Immediately dispatched to the scene, Carter learns that the four victims - an exotic dancer, a drug dealer, a hustler, and a mama's boy - came from different parts of the city and didn't seem to know one another.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wish Brad Parks were more prolific!!!!
- De shelley en 02-16-18
De: Brad Parks
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Mistress of Justice
- De: Jeffery Deaver
- Narrado por: Tanya Eby
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 161
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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Taylor Lockwood spends her days working as a paralegal in one of New York's preeminent Wall Street law firms and her nights playing jazz piano anyplace she can. But the rhythm of her life is disrupted when attorney Mitchell Reece requests her help in locating a stolen document that could cost him not only the multimillion-dollar case he's defending but his career as well.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Pathetic! I wasted a credit!
- De Wayne en 06-28-18
De: Jeffery Deaver
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Cold Frame
- De: P. T. Deutermann
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 12 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 343
In Cold Frame, the dramatic new thriller by P. T. Deutermann, a secret committee of government and civilian officials maintains a list known as the Kill List, which targets overseas threats to America for termination. When a senior bureaucrat who is part of the Kill List process dies in Washington under mysterious circumstances that include a beautiful woman, a glass of wine, and a bouquet of flowers, Metro detective Av Smith is tasked to investigate.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Left me cold!
- De Allen Anthony en 12-22-15
De: P. T. Deutermann
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- De: Veronica Roth
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Pain is Dymitr’s calling. His family is one in a long line of hunters who sacrifice their souls to slay monsters. Now he’s tasked with a deadly mission: find the legendary witch Baba Jaga. To reach her, Dymitr must ally with the ones he’s sworn to kill. Pain is Ala’s inheritance. A fear-eating zmora with little left to lose, Ala awaits death from the curse she carries. When Dymitr offers her a cure in exchange for her help, she has no choice but to agree.
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3 out of 5 stars
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great story. last chapter is messed up
- De Makenzie Corvus en 06-08-24
De: Veronica Roth
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Echogenesis
- De: Gary Gibson
- Narrado por: Andrew Dickson
- Duración: 8 h y 53 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 9
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From the moment Sam Newman and fourteen others awaken inside metal coffins next to the burning wreckage of a spacecraft, they face a constant struggle to stay alive on a seemingly uninhabited planet light-years from home. Worse, the last any of them remember, they were back home on Earth—at a time when interstellar travel was little more than a distant pipe dream. Survival means finding out who-or what-brought them to this place. Yet what few answers they find amidst the steaming jungles and the ruins of that distant world defy all logic or sanity.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not a run of the mill sci-fi story
- De Aram Mirzadeh en 07-15-23
De: Gary Gibson
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The 28th Gate: Volume 1
- De: Christopher C. Dimond
- Narrado por: Todd Eflin
- Duración: 6 h y 33 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 8
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 8
When he accepted the job on a backwater planet, Hunter thought it would be easy. He and his partner just had to track down a missing researcher. But when they find her, she’s fled a quarter of the way around the massive ring of 27 gates and Hunter realizes all is not as he was told. That simple realization, and Hunter’s drive for retribution, kick off a series of adventures leading to the most important discovery since the fall of the Gate Age - and put him in direct confrontation with the corp he’s been running from for the past 10 revolutions.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good but for one credit it was a bit short.
- De Amazon Customer en 09-11-22
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Buying Time
- De: Joe Haldeman
- Narrado por: Eric Vale
- Duración: 9 h y 40 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 93
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 82
More even than space travel, the Stileman Process has altered 21st-century life. The most complex of medical miracles, it ensures that every 10 years or so, the ailing aging body can be restored to youthful vigour and health. There's a catch, of course: the cost. Every 10 years or so, you have to come up with £1,000,000 minimum to repeat the procedure or die. For Dallas Barr, one of the oldest men on earth, it's that time again. While casting around desperately for his next essential £1,000,000, he meets Maria, a woman from a previous life, and makes two major discoveries.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Highly Recommend
- De Katelyn en 04-06-17
De: Joe Haldeman
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A Time to Kill & The King of Torts
- De: John Grisham
- Narrado por: Michael Beck
- Duración: 28 h y 35 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,479
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,464
The life of a 10-year-old black girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime, until her father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own outraged hands.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Lively voices tell gripping plot
- De Paul Cragin en 11-05-12
De: John Grisham
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The Accidental Time Machine
- De: Joe Haldeman
- Narrado por: Kevin Free
- Duración: 7 h y 53 m
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Joe Haldeman is the esteemed Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of The Forever War. Things are going nowhere for lowly MIT research assistant Matt Fuller - especially not after his girlfriend drops him for another man. But then while working late one night, he inadvertently stumbles upon what may be the greatest scientific breakthrough ever. His luck, however, runs out when he finds himself wanted for murder - in the future.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Cool idea. Tediously told.
- De Ted en 12-02-16
De: Joe Haldeman
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When Among Crows
- De: Veronica Roth
- Narrado por: Helen Laser, James Fouhey, Tim Campbell
- Duración: 4 h y 29 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 92
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 83
Pain is Dymitr’s calling. His family is one in a long line of hunters who sacrifice their souls to slay monsters. Now he’s tasked with a deadly mission: find the legendary witch Baba Jaga. To reach her, Dymitr must ally with the ones he’s sworn to kill. Pain is Ala’s inheritance. A fear-eating zmora with little left to lose, Ala awaits death from the curse she carries. When Dymitr offers her a cure in exchange for her help, she has no choice but to agree.
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3 out of 5 stars
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great story. last chapter is messed up
- De Makenzie Corvus en 06-08-24
De: Veronica Roth
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Echogenesis
- De: Gary Gibson
- Narrado por: Andrew Dickson
- Duración: 8 h y 53 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 8
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 8
From the moment Sam Newman and fourteen others awaken inside metal coffins next to the burning wreckage of a spacecraft, they face a constant struggle to stay alive on a seemingly uninhabited planet light-years from home. Worse, the last any of them remember, they were back home on Earth—at a time when interstellar travel was little more than a distant pipe dream. Survival means finding out who-or what-brought them to this place. Yet what few answers they find amidst the steaming jungles and the ruins of that distant world defy all logic or sanity.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not a run of the mill sci-fi story
- De Aram Mirzadeh en 07-15-23
De: Gary Gibson
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The 28th Gate: Volume 1
- De: Christopher C. Dimond
- Narrado por: Todd Eflin
- Duración: 6 h y 33 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 8
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 8
When he accepted the job on a backwater planet, Hunter thought it would be easy. He and his partner just had to track down a missing researcher. But when they find her, she’s fled a quarter of the way around the massive ring of 27 gates and Hunter realizes all is not as he was told. That simple realization, and Hunter’s drive for retribution, kick off a series of adventures leading to the most important discovery since the fall of the Gate Age - and put him in direct confrontation with the corp he’s been running from for the past 10 revolutions.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good but for one credit it was a bit short.
- De Amazon Customer en 09-11-22
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Buying Time
- De: Joe Haldeman
- Narrado por: Eric Vale
- Duración: 9 h y 40 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 93
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 82
More even than space travel, the Stileman Process has altered 21st-century life. The most complex of medical miracles, it ensures that every 10 years or so, the ailing aging body can be restored to youthful vigour and health. There's a catch, of course: the cost. Every 10 years or so, you have to come up with £1,000,000 minimum to repeat the procedure or die. For Dallas Barr, one of the oldest men on earth, it's that time again. While casting around desperately for his next essential £1,000,000, he meets Maria, a woman from a previous life, and makes two major discoveries.
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The life of a 10-year-old black girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime, until her father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own outraged hands.
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4 out of 5 stars
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- De Paul Cragin en 11-05-12
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The Accidental Time Machine
- De: Joe Haldeman
- Narrado por: Kevin Free
- Duración: 7 h y 53 m
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Joe Haldeman is the esteemed Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of The Forever War. Things are going nowhere for lowly MIT research assistant Matt Fuller - especially not after his girlfriend drops him for another man. But then while working late one night, he inadvertently stumbles upon what may be the greatest scientific breakthrough ever. His luck, however, runs out when he finds himself wanted for murder - in the future.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Cool idea. Tediously told.
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De: Joe Haldeman
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Coming
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- Mark
- 02-09-13
Dull; Not Nearly As Good As Joe Haldeman's Others
The story concept is potentially engaging but it's all about dull internal politics leading up to its anticlimactic ending. I've read Joe Haldeman's other books, which I enjoyed much more.
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- Notmoot
- 04-15-24
Future social engineering
Joe is always a good read interesting take on future social structures overblown a bit
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- sanwizard
- 03-27-15
come on Joe, you can do better than this
wtf? I have read a few of Mr Haldemans books, but it seems this one was written as a way to fill pages wwith words to make a buck.
two thumbs down
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- Matthew J. Graves
- 09-07-23
More about us than aliens
A thoughtful examination of how the American political system would react to a first contact situation. Even more relevant today as anti-science and anti-intellectualism grows in the US if all you want are ray, guns, and war mechs, it’s probably not the book for you
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- T in Cal
- 07-16-24
Don’t waste a credit!
Not at all plausible, Story never started, Seemed phoned in. Read like a stretched out short story.
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- Michael G Kurilla
- 10-30-23
Unknown intelligence from beyond Earth
Joe Haldeman’s The Coming is a tale of alien contact where the focus is on the anticipation of the event as well as all the attendant machinations from the local to the geopolitical. An astronomer decodes a message from far out in the solar system that simply says, we’re coming. The object tis expected in three months on New Year’s Day. What transpires is quite a bit of panic and disbelief as well as an extortion attempt that arose during an off-the-books investigation of the astronomer. Set in the near future, Europe is on the brink of war with itself, and the US has taken a decidedly right-hand turn. DOD naively believes they can shoot anything down. The ringer at the end was unexcepted.
Haldeman does an excellent job of capturing the mood and reactions of society to such an event. There is disbelief as well as fear of annihilation. He deftly covers appropriate responses. There is also a creative use of media to rapidly disseminate information, in addition to surveillance opportunities with a fully interconnected civilization. At the same time, he accurately predicts the rise of more tight wing fundamental government overreach into social mores. What results is a thoroughly believable scenario.
The narration is exceptional with excellent character distinction with a brisk pace.
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