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Stephen Fry
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John Wyndham
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In the sleepy English village of Midwich, a mysterious silver object appears and all the inhabitants fall unconscious. A day later the object is gone, and everyone awakens unharmed - except that all the women in the village are discovered to be pregnant.
The resultant children of Midwich do not belong to their parents: all are blonde, all are golden eyed. They grow up too fast, and their minds exhibit frightening abilities that give them control over others and brings them into conflict with the villagers just as a chilling realisation dawns on the world outside....
The Midwich Cuckoos is the classic tale of aliens in our midst, exploring how we respond when confronted by those who are innately superior to us in every conceivable way.
About the author: John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Benyon Harris was born in 1903, the son of a barrister. He tried a number of careers including farming, law, commercial art and advertising, and started writing short stories, intended for sale, in 1925. From 1930 to 1939 he wrote stories of various kinds under different names, almost exclusively for American publications, while also writing detective novels. During the war he was in the Civil Service and then the Army. In 1946 he went back to writing stories for publication in the USA and decided to try a modified form of science fiction, a form he called 'logical fantasy'.
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Matthew is a normal 11-year-old boy living with his parents and little sister in Surrey. He's too old and sensible to have an imaginary friend really. Yet when Matthew's parents keep finding him talking and arguing with a strange presence whom Matthew calls Chocky, that's what they believe it must be…at first. But Chocky is oddly sinister, and keeps asking Matthew all sorts of complicated questions about the world and making him behave in unusual and erratic ways. Then Matthew suddenly does something heroic, well beyond his capabilities; the media become interested and the interest in Matthew widens.
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- De colleen en 05-16-15
De: John Wyndham
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The Midwich Cuckoos
- Classic Radio Sci-Fi
- De: BBC Audiobooks
- Narrado por: Bill Nighy, Sarah Parish
- Duración: 1 h y 53 m
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This is a dynamic, modern dramatisation of a classic book by John Wyndham. Bill Nighy ( Love Actually and many other films) and Sarah Parish ( Cutting It) play Richard and Janet, a couple caught up in the goings-on of a sleepy English village in which all the children have golden eyes, blond hair, and a sinister talent for telepathy and telekinesis. (Wyndham's novel was filmed as Village of the Damned in 1960 and 1995.)
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Quite good - except for the screaming
- De SGW555 en 08-15-09
De: BBC Audiobooks
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The Buccaneer Coast
- Blood, Steel, and Empire, Book 1
- De: James L. Nelson
- Narrado por: Jason Keller
- Duración: 16 h y 45 m
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More than one hundred years after Columbus blundered onto Hispaniola, the West Indies are held in Spain's iron fist, and no threat to that absolute rule is tolerated. But such total control cannot last, and one threat will emerge as the most dangerous of all: the buccaneers. Camped on the shore of Hispaniola, these half-wild men eke out a living hunting the island's feral livestock. Among them, Jean-Baptiste LeBoeuf lives out his exile, content that no one in the hunters' camp is curious about his past. But when a hurricane sweeps through the Caribbean, it upends their rough existence.
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Excellent storytelling!
- De Shawn S. en 03-26-25
De: James L. Nelson
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Foul Play Suspected
- De: John Wyndham
- Narrado por: Zoe Thorn
- Duración: 7 h y 9 m
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Newly widowed Phyllida returns from India to visit her absent-minded father, Professor Woodbridge, only to find the house locked up and deserted. Phyllida learns that he left town four months ago having dismissed the staff, telling them he was leaving for a prolonged holiday. After some further investigation, it appears that her father has vanished. As Phyllida investigates the disappearance of her missing father, she is faced with secrets and revelations she could never have been prepared for.
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Frustrating Narration
- De Mark D en 05-31-22
De: John Wyndham
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The Marvellous Land of Snergs
- De: E. A. Wyke-Smith
- Narrado por: Stephen Fry
- Duración: 6 h y 10 m
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At the Sunny Bay Home for Superfluous and Accidentally Parentless Children, Pip and Flora are in trouble. Running away with their dog they discover the Marvellous Land of Snergs, a magical world of cinnamon bears and scrumptious feasts - but also one of vegan ogres, disgraced jesters and dastardly Kelps, with a villain dressed entirely in purple.... Soon their only friend is forgetful but lovable snerg, Gorbo. He will lead them home - if they can decide where home really is and if Gorbo can remember how to get there.
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A wonderful story read wonderfully
- De Dan ‘canada’ Killam en 11-30-21
De: E. A. Wyke-Smith
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Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience
- De: Shaun Usher
- Narrado por: Alan Cumming, Juliet Stevenson, Kerry Shale, y otros
- Duración: 11 h y 31 m
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Letters of Note, the book based on the beloved website of the same name, became an instant classic on publication in 2013, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. This new edition sees the collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring, and unusual letters updated with 14 riveting new missives and a new introduction from curator Shaun Usher.
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Each letter is a little treat
- De Amazon Customer en 11-03-22
De: Shaun Usher
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World of Ptavvs
- De: Larry Niven
- Narrado por: Bradford Hastings
- Duración: 5 h y 55 m
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Nothing quite prepared telepath Larry Greenberg for mind-to-mind contact with an alien. In the interest of science, Larry tapped the mind of Kzanol - and that was his first mistake. Kzanol was a thrint from a distant galaxy. He had been trapped on Earth in a time-stasis field for two billion years. Now he was on the loose, and Larry knew everything he was thinking. Thrints lived to plunder and enslave lesser planets - and what the planet Kzanol had in mind was Earth!
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How annoying!
- De 1phsteacher en 11-22-20
De: Larry Niven
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Plan for Chaos
- De: John Wyndham
- Narrado por: Michael Obiora
- Duración: 10 h y 55 m
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In a city that could well be New York, a series of identical women are found dead in suspicious circumstances. Magazine photographer Johnny Farthing, who is reporting on the suspected murders, is chilled to discover that his fiancée looks identical to the victims, too—and then she disappears. As his investigations spiral beyond his control, he finds himself at the heart of a sinister plot that uses cloning to revive the Nazi vision of a world-powerful master race.
De: John Wyndham
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Fleet of Worlds
- 200 Years Before the Discovery of the Ringworld
- De: Larry Niven, Edward M. Lerner
- Narrado por: Tom Weiner
- Duración: 9 h y 34 m
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Fleet of Worlds takes a closer look at Human-Puppeteer (Citizen) relations and the events leading up to Niven's first Ringworld novel. Kirsten Quinn-Kovacks is among the best and brightest of her people. She gratefully serves the gentle race that rescued her ancestors from a dying starship, gave them a world, and nurtures them still. If only the Citizens knew where Kirsten's people came from.
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Hurrah!
- De Bruce en 01-25-08
De: Larry Niven, y otros
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The Secret Adversary & N or M?
- Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great Audiobook
- De: Agatha Christie
- Narrado por: Hugh Fraser
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
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From the brilliant pen of Agatha Christie comes two novels featuring the beloved sleuthing duo: In the The Secret Adversary, Tommy and Tuppence decide to embark on a daring business scheme: Young Adventurers Ltd. But they get more than they bargained for when their first assignment for the sinister Mr. Whittington draws them into a diabolical conspiracy. Set during the dark days of World War II, Agatha Christie’s N or M? puts two most unlikely espionage agents, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, on the trail of a pair of Nazi spies who have murdered Britain’s top agent.
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Hugh Fraser is great!
- De Cheryl McInerney en 09-06-22
De: Agatha Christie
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Gate Crashers
- De: Patrick S. Tomlinson
- Narrado por: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Duración: 15 h y 21 m
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On humanity's first extra-solar mission, the exploration vessel Magellan, or, as she prefers, "Maggie", discovers an alien artifact. Deciding that finding advanced alien life is too important to ignore, Captain Allison Ridgeway chooses to return to Earth while ordering her crew to reverse engineer technology far beyond anything back home. Meanwhile, at mission control, the governments struggle to maintain the existence of aliens a secret while also combating bureaucracy, the military industrial complex, and everyone else who wants a piece of what could skyrocket humanity into a new technological age.
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Solid Satire
- De Matthew en 03-16-20
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The Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- De: Jack Finney
- Narrado por: Kristoffer Tabori
- Duración: 6 h y 39 m
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On a quiet fall evening in the small, peaceful town of Mill Valley, California, Dr. Miles Bennell discovers an insidious, horrifying plot. Silently, subtly, almost imperceptibly, alien life-forms are taking over the bodies and minds of his neighbors, his friends, his family, the woman he loves, and the world as he knows it.
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GOOD READ
- De Randall en 04-25-09
De: Jack Finney
Very good book. Good, but inappropriate, narrator.
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A Timely Story
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Holds up amazingly well 70 years on
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great!
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Still relevant today
Many questions remain
As important now as when it was written It has been filmed at least twice Narrator suited the material well
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This should be in every listen/read list.
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Classic sci-fi at it’s absolute best.
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Recommended
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Stephen Fry’s performance is outstanding. He brought the characters to life. This more than made up for the slow pace of the narrative.
Overall, a thoroughly enjoyable
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Stephen Fry is outstanding
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And captivating story that took me 2 days to listen to would highly recommend it
Loved it
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