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Title: Edge

Author: Thomas Blackthorne

Narrator: Colin Mace

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-04-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Classic

Publisher's Summary:

You thought Big Brother was tough? Try Knife Edge - the reality TV show where wannabe knife fighters are the celebrities in a nation going to hell. Britain, tomorrow. The ultimate response to knife crime has been instituted by a bankrupt government: Duelling with knives has now been legalised. On Saturday nights, the nation sit down to watch the countrys best fighters slash it out on prime time.

When a young boy with hoplophobia (the fear of weaponry) runs away from home, his father hires a former special forces agent to find him. With the help of the boys psychiatrist, Josh Cumberland delves into the dark underbelly of the knife culture that has infected his country with no guarantee that the boy is even still alive.

Critic Reviews:

"John Meaney is a spectacular writer; he makes SF seem all fresh and new again. The only real paradox is why he's so well known in the UK and such a secret in North America. Hopefully, that will soon change: he's one of the most original voices, and most insightful thinkers, the genre has ever produced." (Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author)

"Cumberland leaps off the page, a trained killer whose anger and grief at his daughters condition is brilliantly portrayed; the depiction of his simmering rage, barely held in check, and how he channels it, provides a masterclass in characterisation." (The Guardian)

"The first important new SF writer of the 21st Century." (The Times)

Members Reviews:

Exceptional

Part near future science fiction, part techno thriller and with a dash of some quite cutting humour, this is story telling at it's best.

Whilst the books description presented an interesting concept, it really describes only the backdrop to the story, the book is so much more.

In the earliest stages of the book, I found the main characters not particularly likeable but give it an hour or so and things sloly change, then they take you over completely.

Whilst there were a couple of pronounciation slips in the narration, Colin Mace is still an excellent choice for narrator and he addes a depth to the characters that words alone can not do. Well and truly a 5 star narration.

this is one of this years standouts to be added to Audibles collection, just a superb book.

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Title: Quest of the Golden Ape

Author: Randall Garrett, Stephen Marlowe

Narrator: Harry Shaw

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-07-14

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Classic

Publisher's Summary:

A man awakens with no past, no childhood, no recollection except of a vague world of terror from which his mother cries out for vengeance for the slaughter of her people.

Abaria and Ofrid were opposing nations on Tarth, twin-planet to Earth lying beyond the sun. Abaria defeated Ofrid by treachery and leveled the nation to the ground, Retoc of Abaria killing Queen Evalla of Ofrid after fiendish torture. But Portox, the Ofridian scientist, transported Bram Forest, Evallas infant son to Earth where the prince grew to manhood in suspended animation and then returned to Tarth - a full grown man - to avenge his mother. As he arrives, Retoc has just slain Jlomec, brother of Bontare and Volna, rulers of powerful Nadia. The slaying is witnessed by Ylia, the Brown Virgin, who saves Bram Forest from death after Retoc wounds him seriously. While she nurses Bram, Retoc is hunting for her, fearing she will tell Bontare that he killed Jlomec. Retoc has no fear of Volna, as she is conspiring with him to rule Tarth.

Members Reviews:

It was a fun read 50 years ago and it was a fun ...

I originally read this book as a teenager shortly after it was first published. It was a fun read 50 years ago and it was a fun read now. This is definitely a teenager's book, but if you've got a few hours you'd like to pass enjoyably, this book will fill the bill.

1 of his best! Tarth (not an anagram) returns to peace and prosperity

Apon a certain night - the date of which remains vague-Bram awakens, in a chamber, in a mansion, in the middle of the forest after 100 years. There to greet him is John Pride, a fourth generation lawyer from the firm of Pride, Conrad and Wilson. Unfortunately after all this time there is no longer any Conrads or Wilsons . Bram awakens with apparently little in the way on knowledge of his situation or memories of it. With what little the lawyer is able to impart and the small rectangular box given to him , he must sort out a life for himself. He does have the memory of a poem though, which goes something like.

"An ape, a boar, a stallion,

A land beyond the stars.

A virgin forest, a raging beast,

a prison without bars."

It is a great story rich in details , characters and imagination! One of his best works!

Wrong author, tedious quest tale

First, according to web pages listing his work, the correct author should be: Garrett, Randall & Lesser, Milton as Chase, Adam

E-novella downloaded free from Gutenberg. A being from another planet springs into life on Earth and seeks his destiny, while those who destroyed his nation on his planet worry about someone pursuing revenge.

I could not get into this story at all. I'm not a fan of quests or finding-out-who-you-are stories anyway, and this didn't seem like a particularly good example anyway; the writing and characters all seemed dreadfully self-conscious, and the back-and-forth between Earth and the other planet and characters felt disjointed. Garrett has written some excellent stories; read them and skip this one.

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Title: Vampires of Venus

Author: Anthony Pelcher

Narrator: Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot

Format: Unabridged

Length: 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-10-13

Publisher: FNH Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Classic

Publisher's Summary:

FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of Vampires of Venus, a story that was first published in the April 1930 edition of "Astounding Stories of Super Science".

Leslie Larner, an entomologist borrowed from the Earth, pits himself against the night-flying vampires that are ravaging the inhabitants of Venus.

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Titre: L'Affaire Charles Dexter Ward

Auteur: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrateur: Victor Vestia

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 4 hrs and 48 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 07-16-13

Éditeur: SonoBook

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Classic

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Providence, Etats-Unis, 1918. Dès son enfance, Charles Dexter Ward s'est passionné d'histoire et de généalogie. Au hasard de ses recherches, il se découvre un ancêtre effrayant nommé Joseph Curwen, qui avait fui la ville de Salem lors des chasses aux sorciers du XVIIIe siècle, pour s'établir à Providence, où il décéda mystérieusement en 1771. Cette découverte est le début d'une obsession qui va virer à la folie. Obstinément, le jeune Ward s'évertue à retrouver les traces de cet énigmatique Joseph Curwen et commence à montrer un inquiétant mimétisme avec son aïeul... Anxieux pour sa santé mentale, les parents de Charles font appel à leur ami, le docteur Willet pour tenter de comprendre ce qui arrive au jeune homme.

Le style unique de Lovecraft au service d'une histoire effrayante qui distille une angoisse à la Hitchcock, pour le seul roman du grand maitre de l'horreur.

L'auteur

Né à Providence en 1890,

écrit son premier conte à 6 ans. Influencé par des auteurs fantastiques comme Edgar Allan Poe, il commence à publier dans le magazine "Weird Tales" dès l'âge de 22 ans. Auteur d'une soixantaine de nouvelles et d'un roman,

, Lovecraft va renouveler la littérature fantastique, en la peuplant de cultes et de dieux antédilluviens et sanginaires. Il meurt en 1937 de maladie. Le Cauchemar d'Innsmouth est le seul livre paru de son vivant.

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Titre: La promesse des ténèbres

Auteur: Maxime Chattam

Narrateur: Hervé Lavigne, Véronique Groux de Miéri

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 12 hrs and 27 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 07-16-13

Éditeur: Audible Studios

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Classic

Résumé de l'éditeur:

New York. Mégapole de tous les possibles. De tous les excès. Où la verticalité des buildings s'oppose à celle de souterrains, toujours plus profonds, peuplés de SDF. Où des hommes se déguisent en vampires pour se repaître de la vie de leur partenaire. Où l'industrie pornographique underground se développe à une inquiétante vitesse. Où l'on vend la mort filmée en direct. Au cœur de ce maelström, le journaliste Brady O'Donnel, dans le sillage de Rubis, femme envoûtante, plonge dans l'enfer. Celui de La promesse des ténèbres.

L'auteur

est né à Herblay, dans le Val d'Oise, le 19 février 1976. Après avoir enchaîné plusieurs petits boulots, il reprend ses études en Lettres modernes à l'Université. Il suit une formation de criminologie et étudie la psychiatrie criminelle, la police technique et scientifique, et la médecine légale. Il écrit son premier thriller

, publié en 2003, sous le pseudo Maxime Williams.

Maxime Chattam renouvelle le genre du thriller avec maestria dans sa trilogie

en 2001,

en mars 2003 et

en mars 2004 et publie

en 2005.

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Titel: Welt aus Seide (Perry Rhodan NEO 42)

Autor:: Oliver Plaschka

Erzähler: Axel Gottschick

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 5 hrs and 45 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 05-07-13

Herausgeber: Eins A Medien GmbH

Kategorien: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Classic

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Wegen eines Maschinenschadens müssen Rhodan und seine Gefährten eine Zwischenstation auf dem Planeten Trebola einlegen. Diese Welt wird von den spinnenartigen Trebolanern besiedelt - eine bizarre Kultur voller Geheimnisse.Trebola wird von den Arkoniden kontrolliert, die Rhodan, Crest und Atlan schon seit langem suchen. Als herauskommt, dass sie sich auf Trebola aufhalten, läuft die arkonidische Militärmacht auf Hochtouren. Und dann erwachen auch noch uralte Artefakte der mysteriösen Goldenen zu tödlichem Leben...

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Titel: Zu den Sternen (Perry Rhodan NEO 41)

Autor:: Marc A. Herren

Erzähler: Hanno Dinger

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 5 hrs and 59 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 04-19-13

Herausgeber: Eins A Medien GmbH

Kategorien: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Classic

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Unter falschem Namen beginnt der junge Mutant Sid Gonzáles die harte Ausbildung zum Raumfahrer. Obwohl er mit viel Enthusiasmus startet, machen ihm allerdings bald sein hitziges Gemüt und aufmüpfige Kameraden zu schaffen. Auf einem anderen Schauplatz ist der Weg zu den Sternen bereits beschritten: Nach Terrania Orbital, dem am höchsten gelegenen Stadtteil der Erde, führt ein Weltraumfahrstuhl. Reginald Bull und seine Spezialisten erforschen fieberhaft das Rechengehirn der Station. Dabei entdecken sie eine verborgene Waffe, deren gewaltiges Potenzial die Erde bedroht ...

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Titel: Planet der Seelenfälscher (Perry Rhodan NEO 40)

Autor:: Oliver Fröhlich

Erzähler: Axel Gottschick

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 6 hrs and 17 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 04-10-13

Herausgeber: Eins A Medien GmbH

Kategorien: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Classic

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Februar 2037: Um die Erde vor der drohenden Vernichtung zu bewahren, geht Perry Rhodan auf eine gefährliche Mission. Er muss unter strengster Geheimhaltung nach Arkon vorstoßen, der Hauptwelt des Imperiums. Doch die Behörden kennen bereits seine Individualsignatur, den "mentalen Fingerabdruck" - sie würden ihn sofort erkennen und festnehmen. Also steuert er mit seinen Begleitern einen Klinikplaneten an. Dort arbeiten die Aras, die galaktischen Mediziner. In der Klinik Himmelstor sind sie an gefährlichen Experimenten mit Individualsignaturen beteiligt: Sie manipulieren sie in einer äußerst riskanten Prozedur. Perry Rhodan bleibt nichts anderes übrig, als sich auf das Experiment einzulassen. Dabei gerät der Terraner in die Intrigen der Mediziner - ihm droht der Tod auf der sogenannten Seelenbank ...

©2013 Pabel Moewig Verlag GmbH (P)2013 Eins A Medien GmbH

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Title: Beyond the Door

Author: Philip K. Dick

Narrator: Mike Vendetti

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-27-13

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Classic

Publisher's Summary:

Did you ever wonder at the lonely life the bird in a cuckoo clock has to lead - that it might possibly love and hate just as easily as a real animal of flesh and blood? Philip Dick used that idea for this brief fantasy tale. We're sure that after reading it you'll give cuckoo clocks more respect.

Members Reviews:

Pretty darn good.

Good story...also lots of excellent lessons, and a good reminder not to be mean. Like most of PKD's stories, there's lots of invention here. In some ways, this author is a bit like Stephen King, although PKD's style is much less descriptive.

A Strange Science Fiction. Short Story!

Philip K. Dick scores again with a short story that is bound to leave you more than a little shaken. Do we really have nothing to fear from little hand made machines?

Four Stars

OK. we're all probably nuts anyway. Thanks PKD.

Pretty Good

I've only read a few of Dick's stories, and Beyond the Door is not the best. The plot is a bit simple for my taste, but it does have an interesting surreal quality. Nevertheless, it is perfectly serviceable.

Weak, but quirky.

This is a short, quirky story available free for Amazon Kindle. Although the material is neither groundbreaking nor deeply profound, I think you will find it a bit compelling to follow it through. As other reviewers have said, it reads like a Twilight Zone episode and tries for the flashy finale. A big shortcoming is that the material is not well-fleshed out.

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Title: The Dawning Light

Author: Robert Randall

Narrator: Bernard Setaro Clark

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-19-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Classic

Publisher's Summary:

On the planet Nidor the ties of tradition and stability were coming undone. Unprecedented things kept happening, and although nothing could be traced to the Earthmen, it was clear that the troubles had begun with their arrival. Norvis peRahn Brajjyd, unjustly expelled from the Earthmen's school, believed he knew why: The Earthmen were not emissaries of the Great Light, as they claimed, but demons from the Outer Darkness. He vowed that he would stop at nothing, even the most unthinkable deed, to break the hold that the aliens had on the people and the Council of Elders.