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Title: Zen

Author: Jerome Bixby

Narrator: Mike Vendetti

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-02-14

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Publisher's Summary:

"The Zen was standing by a rock, one paw resting on it, ears cocked forward, its stubby hind legs braced ready to launch it into flight." Because they were so likable and intelligent and adaptable - they were vastly dangerous!

Members Reviews:

NOT THE ZEN YOU THINK IT IS

This should definitely be reevaluated and somehow prevented from showing up in the Zen/Tao/Bhuddist/etc searches.

Besides that it actually it a rather good short story. It's only a few pages long, and tells the story of a ship's crew exploring other worlds and planets, actually only one planet but others are implied. I personally would have liked more explanation on things happening, but as short sci-fi stories go this is a good one.

Zen

A research team lands on the asteroid, Vesta. An interesting discovery awaits them. They have a chance to change the future of Vesta. This story was entertaining, but I didn't feel "drawn in". My favorite stories are those that "tug my hand" and "draw me in", those that allow me to "listen in" on the conversation, and "observe the action" from the side line.

More story the zen

This is a story, not a book about Zen. I guess one could say it is filled with many Zen themes, but it reads as a short story with no explanation.

This is a nice short little story

This is a nice short little story, sci-fi, not at all what I thought it was. A fun quick read, nothing to do with Zen Buddhism.

Free books, who's complaining?

Short read, not too dense. Kindle version is free!

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Title: Press Enter to Execute

Author: Tobias Buckell

Narrator: Jay Snyder

Format: Unabridged

Length: 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-24-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Publisher's Summary:

This short story is from the anthology Mitigated Futures. Twelve science fiction stories about the oncoming future, each of them representing a possible glimpse of what could be just around the corner... or much further down the corridor. These stories previously appeared in places like Clarkesworld Magazine, The Year's Best SF, Subterranean Magazine, and in various anthologies. They deal with the future of war, our climate, and technology's effect on our lives.

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Title: Lonely Islands

Author: Tobias Buckell

Narrator: Mark Boyett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-24-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Publisher's Summary:

This short story is from the anthology Mitigated Futures. Twelve science fiction stories about the oncoming future, each of them representing a possible glimpse of what could be just around the corner... or much further down the corridor. These stories previously appeared in places like Clarkesworld Magazine, The Year's Best SF, Subterranean Magazine, and in various anthologies. They deal with the future of war, our climate, and technology's effect on our lives.

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Title: The Universe Reef

Author: Tobias Buckell

Narrator: Prentice Onayemi

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-24-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Publisher's Summary:

This short story is from the anthology Mitigated Futures. Twelve science fiction stories about the oncoming future, each of them representing a possible glimpse of what could be just around the corner... or much further down the corridor. These stories previously appeared in places like Clarkesworld Magazine, The Year's Best SF, Subterranean Magazine, and in various anthologies. They deal with the future of war, our climate, and technology's effect on our lives.

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Title: Mirror, Mirror

Author: Tobias Buckell

Narrator: Jonathan Davis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-24-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Publisher's Summary:

This short story is from the anthology Mitigated Futures. Twelve science fiction stories about the oncoming future, each of them representing a possible glimpse of what could be just around the corner... or much further down the corridor. These stories previously appeared in places like Clarkesworld Magazine, The Year's Best SF, Subterranean Magazine, and in various anthologies. They deal with the future of war, our climate, and technology's effect on our lives.

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Title: Resistance

Author: Tobias Buckell

Narrator: Christian Rummel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-24-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Publisher's Summary:

This short story is from the anthology Mitigated Futures. Twelve science fiction stories about the oncoming future, each of them representing a possible glimpse of what could be just around the corner... or much further down the corridor. These stories previously appeared in places like Clarkesworld Magazine, The Year's Best SF, Subterranean Magazine, and in various anthologies. They deal with the future of war, our climate, and technology's effect on our lives.

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Title: A Game of Rats and Dragon

Author: Tobias Buckell

Narrator: Victor Bevine

Format: Unabridged

Length: 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-24-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Publisher's Summary:

This short story is from the anthology Mitigated Futures. Twelve science fiction stories about the oncoming future, each of them representing a possible glimpse of what could be just around the corner... or much further down the corridor. These stories previously appeared in places like Clarkesworld Magazine, The Year's Best SF, Subterranean Magazine, and in various anthologies. They deal with the future of war, our climate, and technology's effect on our lives.

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Title: The Rainy Season

Author: Tobias Buckell

Narrator: Suzy Jackson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-24-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Publisher's Summary:

This short story is from the anthology Mitigated Futures. Twelve science fiction stories about the oncoming future, each of them representing a possible glimpse of what could be just around the corner... or much further down the corridor. These stories previously appeared in places like Clarkesworld Magazine, The Year's Best SF, Subterranean Magazine, and in various anthologies. They deal with the future of war, our climate, and technology's effect on our lives.

Members Reviews:

Unique idea- the 'ghosts' are still alive

This book is hard to categorize; itâs not really horror, itâs not really science fiction, itâs not what I would think of when someone said âfantasy, and itâs got some elements of a thriller. It does have a unique premise: that certain wells in Southern California only fill up during a rainy season (which does not occur every year there) and have the ability to suck people into them. Thatâs not the odd bit; the odd bit is that some people can come back out of them years later, looking just as they did when they went in. And the well creates a glass talisman containing some of the personâs memory.

Widower Phil Aisworth has his quiet world on his property turned upside down when first his twin sister, Marianne, dies and leaves him as guardian of her preteen daughter, Betsy. With that comes some strife with Hannah Darwin, an older woman who was Marianneâs friend and who helped bring Betsy up- she wants to be Betsyâs guardian. Around this same time a sexy woman appears at Philâs door in the middle of the night, claiming that her car broke down. Sheâs very fetching- and also incredibly nosy and pushing. Meanwhile we have a backstory from 1884; several people back then fell into the well while fighting over things. Phil has to sort out who is telling the truth, who is after what- and do it before any of the villains (there are several!) hurt or kill anyone else.

The author does a good job of building tension; that Phil & Betsy canât trust anyone, the semi-remote location, the constant rain and flooding, all add up to a creepy atmosphere. There are constant surprises cropping up. Phil and Betsy are good, strong characters - I did find it odd that Betsy did not mourn her mother more visibly, although I have to admit she really didnât have time to mourn with everything that happened. There are an amazing number of characters from both past and present, which I found confusing in the beginning of the book, but it resolved in the end. I enjoyed this book a lot, in part because of its novel premise.

I just didn't care...

This is the first book I've ever read by Blaylock, and I doubt I'll ever bother reading anything else he's written. To give credit where it's due, I found the idea of the drowning ritual and the memories trapped in objects very intriguing. But while it's a very good and very original idea (as far as I know), it's completely overshadowed by the under-developed, dull, and mostly emotionless characters. I'll use Betsy as an example since the story is supposed to center around her. Betsy is a child whose mother has just died, but she seems apathetic about it. Not even that she's come to terms with it, or that it just hasn't really sunk in yet, but that she just doesn't care. In fact, the only time that Betsy expresses sadness about anything is when she discovers that her crystal has been stolen.

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Title: Placa Del Fuego

Author: Tobias Buckell

Narrator: Robin Miles

Format: Unabridged

Length: 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-24-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Publisher's Summary:

This short story is from the anthology Mitigated Futures. Twelve science fiction stories about the oncoming future, each of them representing a possible glimpse of what could be just around the corner... or much further down the corridor. These stories previously appeared in places like Clarkesworld Magazine, The Year's Best SF, Subterranean Magazine, and in various anthologies. They deal with the future of war, our climate, and technology's effect on our lives.

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Title: Mitigation

Author: Tobias Buckell

Narrator: Jeff Woodman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-24-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Publisher's Summary:

This short story is from the anthology Mitigated Futures. Twelve science fiction stories about the oncoming future, each of them representing a possible glimpse of what could be just around the corner... or much further down the corridor. These stories previously appeared in places like Clarkesworld Magazine, The Year's Best SF, Subterranean Magazine, and in various anthologies. They deal with the future of war, our climate, and technology's effect on our lives.