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Title: The Barsoom Project

Subtitle: Dream Park, Book 2

Author: Steven Barnes, Larry Niven

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-19-17

Publisher: Blackstone Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

A visionary science fiction classic from Larry Niven and Steven Barnes.

The Barsoom Project is the direct sequel to 1981's Dream Park. Eviane's first visit to the state-of-art amusement arena Dream Park ended in disaster: the special effects had seemed more real than life ...until the holograms she was shooting with live ammunition turned out to be solid flesh and blood ...and very, very dead.

Haunted by the past, rebounding from a lengthy spell in a mental hospital, she has returned to Dream Park to exorcise a nightmare that has become reality. But in Dream Park, nothing is what it seems. The Inuit mythology controlling the images is part of a "Fat Ripper Special" designed to implant new behavioral memes. The players are struggling against the game master, one another, and their own demons. And there is a killer who wants to ensure Eviane never regains her memory...no matter what it costs.

Blending together hard science fiction with virtual reality and RPG-like fantasy games, The Barsoom Project is science fiction at the cutting edge and a classic creation from two of the genre's most beloved writers.

Members Reviews:

Disappointing

Having read Dream Park many times and enjoyed it immensely with each reading, I was looking forward with great anticipation to this book.

The story line was confusing as the progress through the game (Fimbulwinter) seemed to have no connection whatsoever with the Barsoom project. Even at the final denouement the link was not clear, leaving an impression of "What was all that about?", and I would have far preferred to see a greater emphasis on the detective work of catching the bad guy than the emphasis that was on the rather feeble fantasy game.

A rather disappointing novel

I did not enjoy this book at all and really labored to finish ...

I was very excited to read this years after reading "Dream Park" and really enjoying it. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy this book at all and really labored to finish it. The game itself wasn't very interesting and neither were the characters.

5 star

Love the Dream Park series!

Good, not great

Dream Park was the reason I read this. A little too much going on and a bit hard to follow at times. Lots of characters with switching fantasy and IRL names used interchangeable

A Series Book

I really enjoyed this book. However, despite it's attempt to be a standalone it's a much better read if you have read "Dream Park". The "game" is still central to the book but it's slightly less immersive this time around and the outside view is, at times, jaring. Despite the above it is an excellent "stand alone". I do hope you read all three books in order. (I haven't read the latest book..."Moon Maze") so I can't comment there.

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Title: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Author: Dove Audio - producer, Jules Verne

Narrator: Harlan Ellison

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-17

Publisher: Blackstone Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

"The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten.... For some time past, vessels had been met by 'an enormous thing', a long object, spindle-shaped, occasionally phosphorescent, and infinitely larger and more rapid in its movements than a whale."

When Professor Aronnax agrees to investigate a series of attacks by a mysterious sea monster, he begins an incredible underwater journey that leads him from Atlantis to the South Pole. Through unforeseen dangers, surprise encounters, and exotic settings, this epic adventure is a tour-de-force of imagination and narrative grandeur. Jules Verne was remarkably successful in foretelling the wonders science held for the future. This, his most famous novel, earned him the title of "Father of Science Fiction."

Members Reviews:

The binding is nice, but the pages look like a cheap photo ...

Not what I was expecting at all. The binding is nice, but the pages look like a cheap photo copy.

Five Stars

no need to mention. still great

Tons of detail, not a good choice to read aloud

I think this was probably fascinating when it was written, but my son and I have been reading it, and it seems like Jules Verne opened an encyclopedia and copied pages and pages from it. Perhaps not a good read aloud book for that reason - if you could skim all the lengthy descriptions to just pick up the gist, then it would be probably be better.

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Title: The Crystal Crypt

Author: Philip K. Dick

Narrator: Chris Lutkin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-19-17

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

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

Publisher's Summary:

In "The Crystal Crypt", Earth and Mars are poised on the verge of war. On the last spaceship to leave Mars for Earth, law enforcement officials are looking for three fugitives who somehow made a great Martian city disappear. Unable to find the perpetrators, the officials allow the ship to disembark for Earth. A businessman named Thacher strikes up a conversation with a young woman and two men who reveal a very interesting secret to him about the mysterious case.

Members Reviews:

Great for short read.

This was my first book by this author. I find it to be interesting but to short. If only he could have wrote it longer. It would be nice to see a film adaptation.

Dont need to read the book

Product description pretty much negates having to read the book since it tells us how it ends I would not spend the money.

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Título: Crónicas Marcianas [The Martian Chronicles]

Autor: Ray Bradbury

Narrador: Germán Gijón

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 10 hrs and 11 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 10-18-17

Editor: Minotauro

Calificaciones: 5 de 5 de 6 votos

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

Resumen del editor:

Esta colección de relatos recoge la crónica de la colonización de Marte por parte de una humanidad que huye de un mundo al borde de la destrucción. Los colonos llevan consigo sus deseos más íntimos y el sueño de reproducir en el Planeta Rojo una civilización de perritos calientes, cómodos sofás y limonada en el porche al atardecer. Pero su equipaje incluye también los miedos ancestrales, que se traducen en odio a lo diferente, y las enfermedades que diezmarán a los marcianos. Conforme a su concepción de lo que debe ser la ciencia ficción, Bradbury se traslada al futuro para iluminar el presente y explorar la naturaleza humana. Escritas en la década de los cuarenta, estas deslumbrantes e intensas historias constituyen un canto contra el racismo, la guerra y la censura, destilando nostalgia e idealismo.

Ray Bradbury se consolidó como escritor con esta obra, ahora un clásico de las letras norteamericanas, con su estilo rico, inmediato y conmovedor, que le ha valido el apelativo de poeta de la ciencia ficción.

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Opiniones de los miembros:

Y aprenderemos de Marte?

Obra maestra de ciencia ficción, crítica social y con un excelente sentido del humor.

La narración es muy buena.

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Titolo: 2010: Odissea due (Odissea nello spazio 2)

Autore: Arthur C. Clarke

Narratore: Riccardo Mei

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 9 hrs and 14 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 10-13-17

Editore: Audible Studios

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

Riepilogo Editore:

Nove anni dopo il disastro, il relitto della Discovery vaga abbandonato nello spazio interplanetario, portando con sé i misteri del fallimento di quella missione. Ora, una spedizione congiunta di astronauti russi e americani ha il compito di raggiungere la nave spaziale alla deriva e scandagliare la memoria di Hal 9000, l'intelligenza artificiale deviata che ha portato la Discovery alla rovina.

Perché il computer si è ammutinato? Che fine ha fatto l'equipaggio? Cosa ne è stato del comandante Bowman? Quando anche una spedizione cinese è inviata verso il relitto, la missione di recupero si trasforma in qualcosa di più pericoloso e cruciale: in gioco c'è il futuro dell'universo, perché chi otterrà per primo le informazioni raccolte dall'equipaggio della Discovery riguardanti l'enigmatico monolite rinvenuto sotto la superficie lunare sarà destinato a governare il mondo.

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©2016 Sergio Fanucci Communications Srl. Tradotto da Fabio Gamberini (P)2017 Audible GmbH

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Titolo: 2001: Odissea nello spazio (Odissea nello spazio 1)

Autore: Arthur C. Clarke

Narratore: Riccardo Mei

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 7 hrs and 55 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 10-06-17

Editore: Audible Studios

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

Riepilogo Editore:

Quando un enigmatico monolite viene trovato sotto la superficie lunare, gli scienziati non immaginano che quell'antico e straordinario manufatto abbia più di tre milioni di anni né che, una volta riportato alla luce, cominciasse a inviare un potente segnale indirizzato verso l'orbita di Saturno. Che cos'è veramente quel monolite? A chi è rivolto quel segnale?

Per scoprirlo, la nave spaziale Discovery parte alla volta di Giapeto, satellite di Saturno. I membri dell'equipaggio, scelti tra i migliori cosmonauti, sono assistiti nella loro missione da Hal 9000, cervello e sistema nervoso dell'astronave, un computer potentissimo capace di riprodurre i meccanismi della mente e dotato di una propria coscienza. Una macchina perfetta, fin troppo umana, tanto da essere soggetta a nevrosi e impulsi omicidi.

Starà ai membri dell'equipaggio far sì che Hal 9000 non li coinvolga nella sua follia digitale: in gioco c'è la possibilità di entrare in contatto con entità sconosciute e insondabili, a cui il monolite appartiene e che potrebbero essere all'origine della civiltà stessa.

Uno dei romanzi più significativi del Novecento, che ha delineato luoghi e tempi prima sconosciuti, divenendo la pietra miliare della fantascienza.

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©2016 Sergio Fanucci Communications Srl. Tradotto da Bruno Oddera (P)2017 Audible GmbH

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Title: Triplanetary

Author: E E Smith

Narrator: Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-17

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 the classic sci-fi space opera Triplanetary.

Mankind's evolution has not been a purely natural event. There are races with powers far greater than ours that have manipulated the development of the human race as part of a power struggle to gain dominance of the known universe.

From the ancient nuclear war that sank Atlantis to the far future where mighty space fleets battle with unimaginable lasers and super beams, this exciting story will keep you listening.

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Title: The Planet Savers & The Sword of Aldones

Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley

Narrator: Andrew Garman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-25-17

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

The books that started Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series, this audiobook combines the 1958 novella Planet Savers and the 1962 novella The Sword of Aldones into the only one-volume treatment authorized by the Marion Zimmer Bradley Trust. These two short novels are a welcome addition to any SF fan's library. The Planet Savers, the first Darkover novel, introduces the listener to the now legendary world of Cottman IV.

Members Reviews:

the first Darkover novel

"The Planet Savers" is the very first Darkover novel written by Marion Zimmer Bradley. It is a rather slim volume, my copy only had 91 pages, but it tells a fairly complete story. While this novel doesn't seem to fit in with the other Darkover novels, it does help to explain a little bit about who the Trailmen are, which is never explained in any depth in other Darkover novels. Bradley also explains why this novel doesn't quite fit with the other Darkover novels and how this novel came to be in the forward to the book. It is fairly interesting to understand how Bradley conceptualized Darkover.

This short novel tells the story of the 48 year Trailmen Fever. This is a nasty plague like sickness that seems to crop up every 48 years in Darkover's history, and Darkover is about to enter into a plague year. Now that the Terrans are back on Darkover, they are determined to end the plague. But the only way to do that is to get the cooperation of the Trailmen who are immune (and might in some way be a carrier). The Trailmen are fiercely territorial and violent to trespassers. But as a young child the human (the Trailmen aren't considered completely human, I'd imagine more like Neanderthal Man) Dr Jason Allison was raised by the Trailmen and is being recruited to lead the expedition to ask for the help of the Trailment. But Dr Allison seems to suffer from multiple personalities. One is a doctor Jay Allison who is a talented Doctor, but doesn't remember the language of the Trailmen and is something of a wuss. The other is Jason, a rougher man who is fully at ease in physical situations and is still fluent in the language and culture of the Trailment. Somehow a Terran doctor is able to revert Jay to Jason and the adventure begins.

It is a decent enough novel, and it involves other characters familiar to the Darkover reader, in particular Regis Hastur, who is a major player in other novels. As a standalone Darkover novel, "The Planet Savers" isn't anything special and I would not recommend it to anyone who wasn't trying to read all of the Darkover novels (as I am).

-Joe Sherry

What MZB thought of Sword of Aldones

Yes, I knew Marion.

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Title: Madness from the Inconstant Moon

Subtitle: A Collection of Short Works from Larry Niven

Author: Larry Niven

Narrator: Bronson Pinchot

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-17

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Madness from the Inconstant Moon is a collection of early short science fiction works by Larry Niven, the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Ringworld series. This classic collection includes "The Inconstant Moon", the basis for a forthcoming film by The Arrival producer Shawn Levy.

This collection includes "All the Myriad Ways" (1968), "Passerby" (1969), "For a Foggy Night" (1968), "Wait It Out" (1968), "The Jigsaw Man" (1967), "Not Long before the End" (1969), "Unfinished Story No. 1" (1970),"Unfinished Story No. 2" (1971), "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" (essay, 1969), "Exercise in Speculation: The Theory and Practice of Teleportation" (essay, 1969), "The Theory and Practice of Time Travel" (essay, 1971), "Inconstant Moon" (1971), "What Can You Say about Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers?" (1971), and "Becalmed in Hell" (1965)

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Titre: Revival

Auteur: Stephen King

Narrateur: Lemmy Constantine

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 13 hrs and 46 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 09-18-17

Éditeur: Audible Studios

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

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Il a suffi de quelques jours au charismatique Révérend Charles Jacobs pour ensorceler les habitants de Harlow dans le Maine. Et plus que tout autre, le petit Jamie. Car l'homme et l'enfant ont une passion commune : l'électricité.

Trente ans plus tard, Jamie, guitariste de rock rongé par l'alcool et la drogue, est devenu une épave. Jusqu'à ce qu'il croise à nouveau le chemin de Jacobs et découvre que le mot "revival" a plus d'un sens... Et qu'il y a bien des façons de renaître !

Addiction, fanatisme, religion, expérimentations scientifiques... un roman électrique sur ce qui se cache de l'autre côté du miroir. Hommage à Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne et Lovecraft, un King d'anthologie.

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©2015 Albin Michel. Traduit de l'anglais par Nadine Gassie et Océane Bies (P)2017 Audible Studios

Revues par les critiques:

La presse en parle :

"On est littéralement sonné par la fin, une des meilleures de King."

Publishers Weekly

"Haletant de bout en bout. Stephen King nous surprendra toujours."

Renaud Baronian, Le Parisien

"L'écrivain nous mène bon train jusqu'en enfer."

Cécile Mury, Télérama

"Stephen King revient à ses premières amours, celles que son lectorat préfère : le roman d'épouvante."

Joël Métreau, 20 minutes

Avis des membres:

One Star

wrong language and my son already has the book!

Moyen

Peu de mystère, stefen king nous a habitué à mieux, je suis déu.

J'espère que le livre suivant sera plus captivant .