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Title: Task Force Mars

Subtitle: Starstrike, Book 2

Author: Douglas Niles, Kevin Dockery

Narrator: David W. Collins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 01-15-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

An elite squadron of space commandos battles against the deadliest dangers the galaxy has to offer, in this second novel of an action-packed military science fiction series.

In 2047, as the first Earth base on Mars became operational, our planet was contacted by an alien culture. We humans learned with stunning suddenness that Earth was only a small pawn in a vast galactic conflict being waged between three great empires, each including hundreds of star systems. All three were primarily human in nature - and in fact there were suggestions that Earth was once a part of these empires, prior to a calamitous war that raged 10,000 years ago.

In response to this new threat (and opportunity), the US military establishes a small force of elite commandos trained for combat in space. Drawn from the Navy SEALs, the new warriors are termed SEALS (representing expertise in Sea, Air, Land, and Space operations). In 2050, they are just completing training aboard a new space station when trouble strikes - on Mars, where the Earth governments have by now established a series of research stations and outposts.

The small detachment of SEALS, under Lieutenant Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson, travel to Mars aboard America's first military spaceship, the USSS Pegasus. They overcome ambush and sabotage to disrupt an operation aimed at breaking Earth's hold upon Mars - but in the process, Jackson and a small group of his men (together with a couple of civilians) are captured by troops of a hostile empire (the Eluoi) and taken to another star system. Once there, the SEALS manage to escape and raise considerable havoc among the Eluoi. Their mission objectives: Find a way to send a message back to Earth, and stay alive long enough for Pegasus to come and extricate them. It is not an easy task.

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Title: An Audience for Einstein

Author: Mark Wakely

Narrator: Clifton Satterfield

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-10-13

Publisher: Celeritas Unlimited LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Professor Percival Marlowe is a brilliant, elderly astrophysicist who is dying - his greatest achievement still unfinished.

Doctor Carl Dorning, a neurosurgeon, finally discovers a secret method of transplanting memories from one person to another, thanks to Marlowe's millions.

Miguel Sanchez, a homeless boy, agrees to become the recipient of Marlowe's knowledge and personality in this unorthodox experiment, enticed by Dorning's promises of intelligence, wealth, and respect, but dangerously unaware that his own identity will be lost forever.

What results is a seesaw battle for control of Miguel's body, as Marlowe learns to his dismay what his lifetime of arrogance and conceit has earned him.

And when Marlowe stumbles upon the shocking procedure Dorning used in desperation to succeed, the professor does what he must to defeat Dorning and redeem himself at last.

Members Reviews:

Interesting Topic

The topic is very interesting. Wakely has good ideas. The writing is fast-paced, and you get thrilled since the beginning. I love the idea that one day it will be possible to transfer my memory to another human being and I will be able to live again.

And the person whose memory is transferred is a Nobel-prize top-notch scientist, not any ordinary man with average intelligence like myself. This way, the old scientist has the chance to further his studies when his memories are transferred to a young recipient. Then, the moral dilemma arises.

Nevertheless, a few things are hard to believe. How come such an intelligent scientist agrees to supplant a boy's memory with his own, knowing that the boy would stop living in order to give him a second chance?

How come the doctor could kidnap a boy who was living in the street but had a mother and a father, and then legally arrange that he inherits the old scientist's fortune? How come his parents noticed him missing but did nothing about it? Some other details are also unbelievable.

And yet, I recommend the novel because it is inspiring, thrilling and exciting. It is not only meant for teens. I am an adult and could enjoy it.

Interesting idea, very poorly executed....

I had high hopes for this book, but unfortunately, was extremely disappointed. Two things really lept out at me. First, one of the major characters is a child, however, like many authors, Mr. Wakely has trouble writing a child. His child is really more of a short adult, rather than a child. He talks like an adult, and mostly reacts like an adult. Kids are hard to write, but this isn't one. Secondly, the "mind transplant", or whatever it's called, doesn't behave in a believable manner on the child. Instead of merging in and gradually taking over the child, it's pretty much binary. The kid goes back and forth between being the old professor in a short body, or being the kid. No blurring of the personalities, no merging of memories, nothing that would really make this an interesting tale of one mind taking over, simply a binary exchange of the two.

Would have been okay as a short story

The only reason I'm bothering to review this book is so others like me won't be fooled by the 5 star rating into thinking this is some masterpiece of literature. It's a pretty cool story, but only deserves to be maybe 50 pages, not 170.

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Title: Future History : The 2190 A.D. Edition

Author: Jeffrey Sackett, Hugo Gottfried

Narrator: David Holloway

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-03-13

Publisher: Crossroad Press

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

In 1776, the founders created the nation.

In 1789, the framers created the government.

In the 29th and 21st centuries, the American People destroyed their own freedom.

In the 22nd century, Hugo Gottfried discovered how and why it happened.

Read Future History by Hugo Gottfried, the 2190 AD edition.

Read this book before it's too late.

By the wonder of reverse tachyon technology, we have been able to retrieve a series of essays on the History of the United States which was published (or will be published) in the year 2190 A.D. The author, Hugo Gottfried, was (will be) the custodian of the abandoned research library on Fifth Avenue in New York City. As he began in the middle of the 22nd century to read the old books down in the dark and dusty nether recesses of the crumbling old building, he slowly came to a startling realization: the economically impoverished, militarily impotent, morally bankrupt, totalitarian America of his era was not the great Republic envisioned by the Founders and created by the Framers.

We Americans of the early 21st century need to read Gottfried's reflections very, very, VERY carefully. He explains, from the standpoint of the future, what went wrong in America, when, why, and how. It is not too late the change the course of the river of History! He who has ears to hear, let him hear!

A note on the author: "Hugo Gottfried" is obviously a pseudonym. The author is a college teacher who holds the rank of associate professor. His field is History. He holds three master's degrees and a doctorate, and has been five times named a Fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Members Reviews:

Just poor

A bit of a try hard book. Doesn't pull it off on the story side, it's academic approach is delusional, it's conspiracy theory is mildly interesting boarding on the absurd. Frankly it is pretty much painful. It should never have gotten past the editor without some serious developmental work.

My advice is to give this one a miss.

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Title: Inferno: The Galactic Comedy, Book 3

Author: Mike Resnick

Narrator: Mark Neely

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-18-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Disanko, the ruler of the Enkoti, and Susan Beddoes, a representative from the Department of Cartography, help the planet of Faligor to become the richest and most technologically advanced of its sector until an evil general rises to power.

Members Reviews:

technical and editing problems

there are places where the same thing is said twice and places where the volume and varies. the narrator mispronounces common words like terran and cartography. he also stumbles on the script often enough to be distracting. otherwise another enjoyable story by mike resnick. a little higher production value and better editing would raise my score significantly.

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Title: Mirror Maze

Author: James P. Hogan

Narrator: Moe Egan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-14-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Best-selling author James P. Hogan presents a riveting, near-future, high-tech thriller about the rise to power of a third American political party - and the potentially lethal consequences of this rise when a nuclear warhead disappears.

Members Reviews:

Thought it was a thriller- nope - a political rant

Would you try another book from James P. Hogan and/or Moe Egan?

no

What was most disappointing about James P. Hogans story?

I was actually looking under the new releases for Sci-Fi and Fantasy, saw this book and thought I would give this a try. It was an "anti-tax", "big government is the bogeyman and the root of all evil" rant disguised as a story.

I could take the drivel, to each his own opinion, but it completely corrupted the entire book - the guy couldn't even go to the airport without going off on some tangent about how the government ruined everything.

The characters were extremely one dimensional - no depth, all specifically designed to drive home a point - not to weave a good story. The dialogue was forced (evenly laughably at times - so there was some unexpected enjoyment).

I listened to the end, hoping that the Sci-Fi Fantasy portion would come out, hoping for something amazing at the end to redeem the book, but nothing.

What didnt you like about Moe Egans performance?

The speaker was OK - I actually gave her a two because I couldn't tell if I was laughing at her "male impersonations," or the silly dialog that the males were saying. She may be better in a different book.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Disappointment

Great Book. Really Fantastic Performance

Another really good book by James P. Hogan. But it is the performance by Moe Egan that I really recommend. She is one of the best narraters in the industry. I will read any book that she narrates. She is that good.

Intriguing

Would you listen to Mirror Maze again? Why?

Yes

What did you like best about this story?

It was an interesting political mystery involving regular people and the few that control everything. Along the way was an interesting exposé on the effects of excessive regulation.

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Title: Eros Descending

Subtitle: Tales of the Velvet Comet, Book 3

Author: Mike Resnick

Narrator: Nancy Linari

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-12-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

The orbiting Velvet Comet is the most luxurious and expensive brothel in the galaxy. It boasts casinos, elegant restaurants, a 2-mile-long upscale shopping mall, and highly-trained prostitutes of both sexes. And it has its share of enemies, including a leading religious figure who finds himself the center of a moral conflict he never imagined possible.

Members Reviews:

Adequate Resnick Fare

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

This audiobook was a disappointment for me after the quality of the first two instalments in this series. The problem with 'Eros Descending' is that there's no protagonist; the main character is unlikeable and I couldn't find him even slightly sympathetic. The secondary characters also felt like carbon copies of characters from the first two stories.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

Whilst Resnick's writing is as good as always and the story well-constructed and appropriate for the theme, I just didn't enjoy the ending (despite seeing its necessity); it felt flat and anti-climactic and after not enjoying the book on the whole this was even more disappointing.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

Every scene was enjoyable to the extent that the reader, Nancy Linari, did such a brilliant job and the author knows how to write good fantasy. But the best scene was in fact the very, very end with the introduction of a previously entertaining character (if only she had been brought in sooner and given more story).

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Titel: Star Trek Destiny 3: Verlorene Seelen

Autor:: David Mack

Erzähler: Lutz Riedel

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 14 hrs and 21 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 11-14-12

Herausgeber: Audible Studios

Bewertung: 5 von 5 von 1 Stimmen

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

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

>> Diese ungekürzte Hörbuch-Fassung wird Ihnen exklusiv von Audible präsentiert und ist ausschließlich im Download erhältlich.

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Title: Moonstruck

Author: Edward M. Lerner

Narrator: J. D. Hart

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-13-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Will our first contact with aliens be the dawn of a new tomorrow - or the last act in human history?

The moon has suddenly acquired its own satellite: a two-mile-across starship that represents a hitherto unsuspected Galactic Commonwealth. The F'thk, a vaguely centaur-like member species for whom Earth's ecology is hospitable, have been sent to evaluate humanity for prospective membership. The F'thk are overtly friendly but very private - "Information is a trade good." As Earth's scientists struggle to understand their secretive appraisers, odd inconsistencies emerge. As troubling as those anomalies is the reemergence of a bit of insanity humanity thought it had outgrown: cold war and nuclear saber-rattling. The Galactics' arrival may signify the start of a glorious new era, or it may presage the cataclysmic end of human civilization. Which outcome do the aliens really desire.... And what will they do if humanity refuses to play its assigned role?

Members Reviews:

terrible perforamnce, ok story

Would you try another book from Edward M. Lerner and/or J. D. Hart?

Maybe

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Get someone else to read it

How could the performance have been better?

Get someone else to read it

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Moonstruck?

I would streamline the beginning of the story.

Any additional comments?

NO

Altered Carbon knockoff

What did you like best about Moonstruck? What did you like least?

The characters and the aliens are imaginative. The plot jumps around way too much and it is hard to keep track of who is who.

What could Edward M. Lerner have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Make it much shorter- it really drags in spots.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

The narrator is ok, but the volume goes up and down and I thought it was from my iPhone.

Could you see Moonstruck being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

no

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Title: Brainz, Inc.

Author: Ron Goulart

Narrator: Ray Chase

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-12-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

A dead woman hires Jake to investigate her murder.

Jake Pace is halfway through mixing a batch of cookies when his lawyer arrives with a corpse. The body in the coffin is an android, built in the shape of recently deceased electronics heiress Sylvie Kirkyard and implanted with a chip that holds Sylvies memories. Although she was only 27, Sylvie had for a long time feared for her life, and took the precaution of insuring her consciousness with Kirktronics patented Brainz, Inc. method. Upon her death, the chip was implanted in this electronic body, and the body was brought to Jake.

Luckily, as the planets smartest private detective, Jake is used to corpses - robotic and otherwise. When the dead girl awakes and asks him to find her killers, Jake doesnt blink an eye. But fulfilling her last request will be perilous, and by the time its over Jake may wish he had a spare body of his own.

Members Reviews:

Good book

I've liked Ron Goulart for decades, but this book is out of print. It is not just for the completist, but stands on its own as dystopic humour from the age of President Nixon

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Title: Act of God

Subtitle: Act of God, Book 1

Author: Eric Kotani, John Maddox Roberts

Narrator: Mike Chamberlain

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-09-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Soviet scientists discover the secret of a mysterious explosion that leveled a remote section of Siberia in 1889 and now intend to use their discovery to destroy the United States by identical, seemingly natural causes.

Members Reviews:

OK, but.........

What didnt you like about Mike Chamberlains performance?

Character voices didn't seem natural..hard to focus on storyline because of this.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

I was disappointed because the storyline was shallow and in some cases...unbelivable especially the astrophysics parts.