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Title: Eclipse Corona

Subtitle: A Song Called Youth, Book 3

Author: John Shirley

Narrator: Chris Sorensen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-09-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

The power of the Second Alliance has coalesced and terrorism institutionalized. New concentration camps bring the horrors of "Ethnic Cleansing" to a terrifying intensity. The SA stands poised to conquer the ruins of Europe with brutality. Media manipulation has become mind control - and mind control, an art. Secret treaties have been made in back rooms, on the Internet, and in hidden laboratories. Your only hope is the New Resistance. People like Dance Torrence and his fellow urban warriors on Earth; Claire Rimpler on the L5 colony, FirStep; Smoke, the damaged visionary; and Alouette, a precocious cyber-jacked little girl on the cutting edge on a strange new frontier of human collective-consciousness, the Entelechy. Ordinary people bound together by the truth and a single purpose: to keep the secret darkness from becoming humankinds Total Eclipse - or die trying.

Members Reviews:

A Chore to Finish

I continued on to finish this series to see the ending, but I do not recommend you do the same. The series started strongly with Eclipse but became increasingly difficult to read.

Shirley attempts to convey some type of profound message when examining the events of the book but the message falls flat. The retelling of the holocaust isn't innovative and the book is interspersed with amateur fan fiction. The ending is filled with a quickly written journey into some pseudo scienctific/mystical interhuman communication and a deus ex machina wrap up.

The other reviewer called this, 'one of the classics of cyberpunk literature.' I don't know if he has read the actual classics of cyberpunk, but this is far from it. Don't pick it up.

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Title: Meet Bill

Author: Paul Andrulis

Narrator: Roberto Scarlato

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-03-14

Publisher: Paul Andrulis

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Humanity has reached for the stars and has gained complete domination. The human empire has remain unchallenged... until now. A new alien race is discovered, and they are as human as we are. Unfortunately for Earth the aliens are far more advanced technologically, smarter than the average Earth human, and are just as aggressive. Maybe it doesn't help that they are all psychopaths.

Bill is just training to be a combat marine in a war that Earth based humanity is losing. When his base is attacked by the aliens at the end of his training, he finds himself as the hero and is propelled into a battle that he must win with the help of the lethal AI Collective to gather alien technology for study on Earth. Welcome to the new future, an alien nightmare that is not so alien, but is an all out battle to the death where Bill's allies are as dangerous as his enemies.

Members Reviews:

Interesting aliens.

Uniquely engaging Robert Scarlato gave a good performance.and the story moved right along.

I did not like the cliffhanger ending.

A good start.

A military science fiction short story, with hints Larson, Sheckley, and Heinlein. Not bad if you're looking for something episodic and short in the genre. I'll probably check out the next one because the aliens seem to have a cruel sense of humor, and I dig that.

I was given a free copy of this audio book in exchange for an honest review.

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Title: Deathbeast

Author: David Gerrold

Narrator: Andy Caploe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-14-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Timebeam to danger

Six hunters and two official guides are going on the trip of their lifetime.Their destination? Earth as it was 100 million years ago, long before human dominion, when the great hot-blooded dinosaurs ruled supreme.

Each of the time travelers has a different motive. Some are on the strange safari for pay. Others are taking a psychological and sexual holiday from civilization. There are women who wanted to show themselves the equal of men - and men out to test and prove their manhood.

But whatever their drives and desires, their strengths and weaknesses, the ultimate horror awaits them...deathbeast.

Members Reviews:

Deathbeast

Deathbeast by David Gerrold is a fun book!

What happens when a guided hunting excursion to the Cretraceous gets hijacked by one of the members of the tour? Ethab, who chartered the tour, wants to bag a T.Rex. The trip goes wrong at the start when they are set down practically on top of a Deinonychus, a man-sized predator, that for some reason doesn't show up on the tour guides' sacanners. One of the members of the chart5er panics and as a result, the predator destroys much of their equipment.

Ethab will not anything stand in the way of his killing a T.Rex. He quickly takes over the group, reducing the legally required guides to little more than warning beacons, which Ethab ignores. He also ignores the mishaps which result in the death of one of the members of the group and the severe PTSD of another member.

The action is fast and constant in this book, and the interplay between the various characters is very interesting as the members of the charter try to retain their status in Ethab's eyes, while the two guides try to keep the members of the charter alive despite Ethab's disregard of their expertise.

There are a couple of spots where it drags a little. Gerrold gets caught up in philosophizing, but I just skimmed through those until the action started up again. The ending was too abrupt for my taste, but then I'm one of those people who likes long, lord of the Rings type endings.

If you like action, dinosaurs and science fiction, you will enjoy this book!

Imagination run wild

The author must have a very vivid imagination to write this story in such a spellbinding manner . I must warn the readers that death by dino is well documented. The action is fast and breathtaking at times. I read it all as fast as I could. Laundry had to wait.

Second maybe First Favorite book I have every read.

Would LOVE to see this turned into a movie. There is a movie with the same title but Not from this book. As I read this book I could see it as a movie all the characters that should or could play the parts an I can even still imagine most of the book as I think about it. I will be reading it again soon and I am sure I will read it again and again.

Five Stars

Great book.

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Titel: Die neue Welt (The End 1)

Autor:: G. Michael Hopf

Erzähler: Till Hagen

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 5 hrs and 17 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 05-02-14

Herausgeber: WinterZeit Verlag

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

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Für Gordon Van Zandt waren Treue und Pflicht gegenüber dem Vaterland so selbstverständlich, dass er direkt nach 9/11 das College hinschmiss und ins Marine Corps eintrat. Doch diesen jugendlichen Idealismus ließ er bald in einer kriegsgeschändeten Stadt im Irak zurück.

Zehn Jahre später kämpft er noch immer mit den Geistern seiner Vergangenheit, als er und seine Familie plötzlich einer neuen Realität gegenüber stehen. Nordamerika, Europa und der ferne Osten erlitten einen verheerenden Super-EMP-Angriff, der vernichtende Auswirkungen auf die Stromnetze und alle elektrischen Geräte zur Folge hat.

Nach dem totalen Zusammenbruch jeglicher wirtschaftlicher Infrastruktur - ohne Auto und Telefon - weiß Gordon, dass er um begrenzte und schwindende Ressourcen kämpfen muss. Gemeinsam mit befreundeten Nachbarn beschließt er, alle erforderlichen Maßnahmen zu ergreifen - und Rücksicht gegenüber anderen Menschen gehört nicht dazu. Jeden Tag muss er Entscheidungen treffen, die in der "alten Welt" extrem und äußerst brutal erschienen wären, nun aber überlebensnotwendig sind...

©2013 LUZIFER Verlag (P)2014 WinterZeit Verlag

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Title: Pretty Little Dead Things

Subtitle: A Thomas Usher Novel

Author: Gary McMahon

Narrator: Jay Villiers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-28-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Thomas Usher has a terrible gift. Following a car crash in which his wife and daughter are killed, he can see the recently departed, and it's not usually a pretty sight.

When he is called to investigate the violent death of the daughter of a prominent local gangster, Usher's world is torn apart once more. For the barriers between this world and the next are not as immutable as once he believed.

Gary McMahons short fiction has appeared in numerous acclaimed magazines and anthologies in the UK and US and has been reprinted in yearly Best of collections. He is the multiple-award-nominated author of the novellas Rough Cut and All Your Gods Are Dead; the collections Dirty Prayers and How to Make Monsters and Pieces of Midnight; and the novels Rain Dogs and Hungry Hearts. He has been nominated for seven different British Fantasy Awards as both author and editor.

Members Reviews:

skin crawling!

I have just completed this book for review and find only one recent comparison for you. Pretty Little Dead Things is the ghostly equal to Constantine.

Gary manages to make you feel the very real fear of being able to see the dead and having absolutely no control over it. On so many levels I would go before a court and swear this author really has walked this realm himself, because he does it so convincingly.

There is no doubt in my mind that Gary has tapped into the psyche you had as a child when you were afraid of the dark. That dread, that fear - he puts into words and he reminds you what it feels like to be utterly powerless against the things you can see that no one else can, and how horrifically afraid you were.

He reawakens every nightmare you ever had of this kind and brings them to life in the tale of Thomas Usher and his unusual and unwanted gift of the dead pursuing him (not him pursuing the dead).

This review I felt compelled to do before halloween, and wow it is the perfect book for this hallowed festival. During All Hallow's Eve it's believed the dead can walk among us. And Pretty Little Dead Things makes this the most real possibility than any other book I've read which includes apparitions and sightings of the recently deceased.

However it is much more than a ghost story. To call it a ghost story at all somehow cheapens this read - because it is gripping, convincing, plausible, and a really good thriller.

Without giving too much away - I can assure you that this is a thriller with crime overtones. Thomas Usher because of his unusual gift is called to help in a police investigation. The deaths are disgusting with an unexplainable ash on each of the victims.

Usher suffers immense personal loss at the beginning of the book and this transforms his life. When everything you love dies - what use is there in living? It is in this mindset where he isn't living, he has no goals and nothing to look forward to, when the dead come calling in droves.

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Title: Further

Subtitle: Down the Path 2 (Volume 2)

Author: Travis Mohrman

Narrator: Tim Hintsala, Scifi Publishing

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-14-14

Publisher: Travis Mohrman

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Cooper's journey continues as he heads up the river with the brewers to his old city. What he discovers there is shocking. Things have changed greatly since he left nearly a year ago. Also, a mysterious stranger finds his way to the village while the crew is on the rescue mission. The boys are in for a few surprises upon their return. The action doesn't stop there!

An interesting artifact finds its way to the village and Cooper takes it upon himself to try to discover its origins, leading him to embark on his most dangerous adventure yet. He will have to endure conditions that most of the surviving people thought were not possible in this warm world. With his dogs by his side, Cooper must face these conditions and do as he does best, adapt and survive.

Further: Down the Path 2 is loaded with the same survival lessons, friendly pooches, homemade hooch, and goofy humor that listeners loved from the original audiobook, Down the Path.

Members Reviews:

Well done!

I'm pleased to say that I enjoyed this sequel just as much as the first book. While Cooper remains the primary focus of the story, several other characters are just as interesting as Cooper. This book presents more detail concerning the events that have decimated the human population, but keeps the focus of the story in the present. Cooper and friends undertake a couple of journeys and learn much, but not without considerable difficulty and a couple of surprises.

Overall, I have to say that the positive attitude prevailing in both of the books is the main reason I found them compelling reading. Sometimes we need to be reminded that people are fairly smart and resourceful, and pretty good at rebounding from disaster. It's refreshing to read a post-apocalyptic story that portrays people with more hope than despair. Loved the humor, as well - where there are people, there will always be beer.

~~Brewers and the Backpacks~~

A small group of the Brewers (including Cooper) decide to return to the City within the walls. Of course, Lupe and Rufus go with them! What their group finds is not what they thought it would be, however.

Meanwhile, Handro, a young man, makes his appearance back in the new village. He is skeptical of people as he has lived his entire life as a nomad. His parents raised him with the belief of never trusting anyone.

Cooper does eventually become friends with Handro and they go on a river excursion to the North. And, what they find there will eventually bring this story full circle.

Most interesting series and I enjoyed the humor as well as the story. Love the dogs, too.

Most highly recommended.

Part 2

I was eagerly awaiting the sequel toDown The Pathand could not be more pleased to see the results. The sequel is better than the original, possibly because the reader already has an established relationship with the characters, or because the author's more seasoned now. I think the plot is more suspenseful as well, with Mohrman doing a great job of pacing Cooper's discovery of the bunker. It's nice to have an apocalypse-y story that doesn't make you lose all faith in humanity like most others do these days, if you still have any to begin with (some days I don't).

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Title: Revise the World

Author: Brenda W. Clough

Narrator: Eric Yves Garcia

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-18-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 24 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

On March 16, 1912, British polar explorer Titus Oates commits suicide by walking out of his tent into an Antarctic blizzard, to save Robert Falcon Scott and the other members of the English exploration team. His body is never found - because he was snatched away into the year 2045 by scientists experimenting with a new faster-than-light drive.

Arriving in the future, Oates stubbornly sticks to his old explorer job and sets off on an intergalactic adventure that leads to both knowledge and self-knowledge.

The first part of this audiobook appeared as a novella in Analog Science Fiction magazine (April 2001) under the title "May Be Some Time." It was a finalist for both the Nebula and the Hugo awards.

Members Reviews:

A Hero

Would you listen to Revise the World again? Why?

Probably not. I have never listened to the same book twice.

What other book might you compare Revise the World to and why?

Connie Willis! And that is a HUGE compliment. Captain Titus Oates is that rarest of literary characters: extraordinary... and credible. He is an alien: an Edwardian gentleman. He is incredible and incomprehensible. And very human.

The secondary characters are somewhat overwhelmed by "Cap", but they are full enough to give him relief.

I will be listening to more Clough, in hopes of finding someone as riveting as Titus.

Which character as performed by Eric Yves Garcia was your favorite?

Duh

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

The charge of the light brigade.

Any additional comments?

There's a story, of course. A good one. Who cares?

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Title: World of Shell and Bone, Volume 1

Author: S. K. Falls

Narrator: Christina Kelley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 11-22-13

Publisher: S.K. Falls

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

In a world ravaged by a nuclear holocaust, Vika Cannon knows there are no guarantees: No guarantees of safety, no guarantees that your neighbor is not actually a spy for the government, and no guarantees you'll be allowed to emigrate to a new life in China.

New Amana is dying. Food and water are scarce, and people suffering from radiation-caused mutations - the Nukehead - are the new class of homeless.

Vika has just one purpose: to produce healthy progeny using a Husband assigned by the Match Clinic. Unhealthy children are carted away to Asylums to be experimented on, just as Vika's little sister Ceres was, eight years ago. Parents incapable of producing healthy progeny are put to death in gas chambers.

When she's assigned a Husband shortly after her twentieth birthday, Vika expects him to be complacent and obedient. But Shale Underwood has a secret. He is a member of the Radicals, the terrorist group intent on overthrowing the government. And Shale has information about Ceres.

As she learns more about the Rads's plan, Vika finds herself drawn to Shale in ways she'd never imagined. When freedom calls in the way of a healthy pregnancy, will she betray her government and risk death for Shale and Ceres?

Members Reviews:

Excellent debut by Adriana Ryan

I picked up this book during a two week illness and finished it in just a couple days. As I've found it difficult to finish books lately, this was a surprise.

Since others have already covered the quality of the writing and the plot, I'll review what struck me as fascinating thematic aspects of the book.

From the very first chapter, Ryan creates a chilling juxtaposition of an ancient assumption about women: that our only value comes from bearing children. Instead of the traditional meaning imposed by a patriarchal society, in World of Shell and Bone it has become a value judgment in an entirely matriarchal society struggling to repopulate the earth after a nuclear disaster that wiped out most of humanity.

The gender relations in the book create a polarity of the extremes of both sexes -- from the government regime's hatred and disdain of men (who presided over the world's destruction and carry the blame) to the Rads and their pejorative terms toward women and a the threat of sexual violence hovering beneath their words. In that world, protagonist Vika Cannon is funneled through changing expectations, desperation, and her emotions for a man assigned to her. Her world is reminiscent of Orwell's 1984 dystopia in that everyone watches everyone for signs of treason, and where people vanish under the weight of hearsay alone.

I definitely recommend World of Shell and Bone to anyone who is a fan of fast-paced plots driven by three dimensional characters and smooth, often beautiful prose. You won't be disappointed.

Starts Out Really Good...

This review and others can be found on my blog.

The description sounds intriguing, doesn't it? That combined with that pretty cover enticed me to read this book (still not sure how the cover relates to the book).

I really liked the first half of the book. I did find some parts a little far fetched. Basically there was a really big war, a nuclear war. Lots of men went off to fight and most of them died. New Amana is made by "feminist" women rising up to take the lead.

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Title: The Forgotten

Author: Jacqueline Druga

Narrator: Andrew B. Wehrlen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-19-13

Publisher: Jacqueline Druga

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

As promised...the dead have risen. As promised...they are chosen. Hell on earth is an understatement.

Del Lincoln only wants to be a rock star. His ambitions go only as far as his next gig, until the day the earth changes. Millions vanish and a plague sweeps viciously across the globe, killing everyone infected. Three days later...they rise from the dead.

Now Del and six others are all that remain. They travel city to city, looking for a safe haven while trying to rid the land of the undead. They believe they are spared for a reason, when actually they are simply forgotten. However, within their group is one individual who was not meant to be forgotten. He must be delivered to sanctuary before the undead completely consume the earth. The Special One is the key to humanity.

It will take dedication and sacrifice to complete the mission. Del and the others may be forgotten, but if they succeed, the human race will never forget them.

Mankind is promised life after death, it is just never explained what the 'Resurrection' really entails.

Members Reviews:

Only Purchase If You Need Help Sleeping...

I generally do not write reviews but I'm sad to say this book was just exceptionally terrible. I think I've seen at least 2 movies exactly like this but way better. The dialog between characters was depressingly sparse and the whole story lacked detail. I never felt even a sliver of emotion or suspense throughout the entire book. The characters were so blank and bland that I never connected with any of them. You can kind of figure out exactly where the book is heading almost immediately. I wont ruin it by giving away spoilers but it really was the worst apocalyptic story I've probably ever read and lacked any originality whatsoever. I'm really at a loss to explain all these 4-5 star reviews.

Loved it!

Highly recommend! Amazing story of God - of faith- sacrifice, love and zombies. Enthralling and thought provoking. Definitely worth reading

Excellent

Another amazing book from Me Druga....however there has to be a sequel to this....I felt like I was part of the story..in many ways this reminded me in parts of The Stand...really loved this book...hmmm but the ending...needs a sequel

This book left me unsatisfied.

Jacqueline is one of my favorite authors...but I think this falls short of her usual wirting style. I didn't feel like I got to know the characters, they just weren't her usual "filled out" personalities. This book left me unsatisfied.

Chosen ... but why?

Flat out I will tell you I am a huge Jacqueline Druga fan. Pretty much every book I've read so far has been entertaining and intriguing. Once again she draws me in with a really great story line and characters in the book that you can't help but like. She weaves such a great tale and I just felt excited as the book was nearing the end because I really wanted to know what was going to happen to every one of the main characters. She did not disappoint me. If you love the apocalyptic genre then you must put this book on your MUST READ list soon!

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Title: The Adventure of the Field-Theorems

Author: Vonda N. McIntyre

Narrator: Simon Brooks

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-19-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

In which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle hires Mr Sherlock Holmes to investigate crop circles, and Dr Watson demonstrates to Mr Holmes the usefulness of astronomy.

Editorial Reviews:

Vonda N. McIntyre's deftly woven web of sci-fi, mystery, romance, and history, finds English author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle visited by his own fictional characters, the eponymous Sherlock Holmes and sidekick John Watson, who attempt to crack the case of the crop circles in Doyle's Surrey gardens. Striking a distinctly Victorian cadence, actor Simon Brooks capably adapts himself to McIntyre's unique language - itself a convincing send-up of Doyle's own literary voice - and imbues the testy relationship between real-life author and fictional hero with authentic role-playing. Indeed, Holmes and his creator stand in stark contrast: Doyle - a highly impressionable disciple of supernaturalism, very much lacking the keen deductive powers of his popular detective - is the subject of scornful derision from the slick and savvy sleuth.

Members Reviews:

Excellent short story

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I was looking for a short story to finish off a long drive and this was perfect. I loved the reader, he has a great voice and flowed beautifully in and out of different accents. The story was intriguing, with witty dialogue which had me laughing out loud quite a few times. It was fun.