Large Library of Full Audiobooks in Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

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Title: In The Line of Duty

Subtitle: Alysha Forrest, 3

Author: M.C.A. Hogarth

Narrator: K Orion Fray

Format: Unabridged

Length: 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-08-14

Publisher: Maggie Hogarth

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

When the UAV Scattersky answers a distress call, their captain is expecting a routine rescue operation and dispatches his first commander, Alysha Forrest, to manage the transfer of personnel. But naturally, things are never as easy as they seem on the surface....

Members Reviews:

More evidence that Alysha is headed for martyrdom

In this book Alysha flagrantly disobeys direct orders from her commanding officer, with no signs that she can actually accomplish anything good by doing so, and yet she once again pulls it off. This seems bound to provide her with even more evidence that she can risk herself egregiously and always get away with it. Why is the author allowing/having her to do this to herself so irresponsibly?

Too short!

Clearly it was good, or I wouldn't be craving more, but for all that it did conflict-and-resolution, I felt like I was just starting in on the story when it finished. Still, what we got sets up some interesting things for other storylines in the series and 'verse, and it was an enjoyable read.

Visiting the Pelted

Is always fun. Alysha is my favorite of all the characters we get to meet in this 'verse. This is a fun short story documenting her sometimes suicidal grit and care for others.

I want more

Well written short story of 'classical' SF. I soon lost myself in it and I'm sure I'll read it multiple times, it left me wanting to read more about Commander Forrest, her ship-mates and the universe she lives in.

Wonderful

This is a compelling short story that is an incredibly satisfying read. Everything is explained just as much as it needs to be to create the world. You will want more from this author after reading this!

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Title: The Eternal Flame

Author: Greg Egan

Narrator: Adam Epstein

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-26-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 18 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Greg Egans The Clockwork Rocket introduced us to an exotic universe where the laws of physics are very different from our own, where the speed of light varies in ways Einstein would never allow, and where intelligent life has evolved in unique and fascinating ways. Now Egan continues his epic tale of alien beings embarked on a desperate voyage to save their world . . . .

The generation ship Peerless is in search of advanced technology capable of sparing their home planet from imminent destruction. In theory, the ship is traveling fast enough that it can traverse the cosmos for generations and still return home only a few years after they departed. But a critical fuel shortage threatens to cut their urgent voyage short, even as a population explosion stretches the ships life-support capacity to its limits.

When the astronomer Tamara discovers the Object, a meteor whose trajectory will bring it within range of the Peerless, she sees a risky solution to the fuel crisis. Meanwhile, the biologist Carlo searches for a better way to control fertility, despite the traditions and prejudices of their society. As the scientists clash with the ships leaders, they find themselves caught up in two equally dangerous revolutions: One in the sexual roles of their species, the other in their very understanding of the nature of matter and energy.

The Eternal Flame lights up the mind with dazzling new frontiers of physics and biology, as only Greg Egan could imagine them.

Members Reviews:

More mechanical than 'Clockwork Rocket'

Because this sequel is such a direct continuation of events from Book 1 in the series, I recommend reading it quickly after that novel, so that you don't suffer the same confusion I did on returning to the series after many months. Like most of Egan's work, this story is a tribute to the process of scientific discovery, using a few characters and a plot, although only by necessity. Seriously, if you removed all the mathematical and laboratory discussions, you'd only have about 30 pages or so of narrative. Nonetheless, it has interesting ideas and a fairly strong feminist theme, as did "Clockwork Rocket".

Great SF audiobook

"Eternal Flame" is the conclusion of a trilogy about a universe in which light has mass. The physics and biology of this universe are explained in great detail in the context of three stories about different sets of characters. The story ties the physics and biology problems to the lives of the characters in interesting ways. The conclusion of the story is interesting and appropriate. The performance by Adam Epstein is good.

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Title: Lies and Prophecy

Author: Marie Brennan

Narrator: Julia Farhat

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-21-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies, and prophecy.

Kim thought majoring in divination would prepare her for the future. But even with her foresight warning her of trouble, shes taken by surprise when an unknown force attacks Julian, her enigmatic classmate and friend. Her gifts cant protect him against further attacks and an inexplicable string of disappearances . . . and if shes reading the omens right, Julian isnt the only one in danger.

Kim knows she isn't ready for this. But if she wants to save Julian - and herself - she'll have to prove her own prophecies wrong.

Editorial Reviews:

Even at a cozy liberal arts college where kids are studying such odd courses as divination and ceremonial magic, the visions that begin to haunt Kim seem way out of the ordinary. And when mysterious forces attack her friend Julian, Kim realizes something much darker than her visions is afoot. Marie Brennan's Lies and Prophecy is an exciting audiobook that follows young Kim as she tries to navigate her skills of foresight to save Julian and herself from the dark forces that are overtaking the campus. Performed with a sharp and energetic delivery from veteran Julia Farhat, this is a captivating story for teens and adults alike.

Members Reviews:

Beginnings

I really enjoyed this book and really hope that the next is as good. The prequel was great and I bought the next two books. Can't wait to read the next installment.

Enjoyable fantasy

I enjoy fantasy books. This book was very good from the beginning. I wanted to keep reading to find out what happens next. My only complaint about the book was the overuse of expletives. I really did not think any of them added anything to the story. Less would be better. I look forward to reading the next book.

Five Stars

loved the books. nice character development and good story line.

I wasn't satisfied

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Kim is majoring in divination, but it doesn't mean her life is clear cut. There's signs that things aren't going smoothly, but with no way to turn, and piles of college work, Kim doesn't really have enough time to devote to her budding romance as well

I really liked the beginning pages and opening chapters of this novel. They drew me in, and kept my interest up. This hints and things were exactly as you should set up a novel. However The middle of the text felt like it was dragging somewhat, which I found annoying.

As always, the fact that this novel is set in a university for fascinating for me, and held my interest in the same way that the early Harry Potter books did. I just love learning things! I dabbled in some tarot and runes when I was younger (as well as wicca) and I think that this novel is quite accurate in its portrayal. Of course there is not enough there for a whole training in it though.

Although the majority of the text is told for Kim's point of view, some is from Julien's, which becomes more important as the text progresses. I would have found the final scenes very jarring had I not had any insight into him before. However his narration is more of a limited kind as you feel less feelings from him.

The ending was less inspiring than I had hoped.

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Title: The Sprouts of Wrath

Subtitle: Brentford Trilogy, Book 4

Author: Robert Rankin

Narrator: Robert Rankin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-29-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 19 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Amazing, but true: Brentford Town Council, in an act of supreme public-spiritedness (and a great big wodge of folding stuff from a mysterious benefactor) has agreed to host the next Olympic Games. The plans have been drawn up, contracts, money and promises are changing hands. Norman has designed some stunning kit for the home team, and even the Flying Swan's been threatened with a major refit (gasp!).

But something is very wrong... primeval forces are stirring in ancient places... dark magic is afoot in Brentford and someone must save the world from overpowering evil......Jim Pooley and John Omally, come on down! This must be the daring duo's toughest assignment yet. No longer can they weigh up the situation over a pint of large at random moments during the day.

No, this time, to save the world as we know it, the lads must contemplate - nay, undertake - the most horrible, the most terrifying, the heretofore untried - regular employment!

Robert Rankin describes himself as a teller of tall tales. The Morning Star describes him as 'The Master of Silliness', and his publisher describes him as The Master of Far Fetched Fiction. He is the author of more than 30 novels, of which he has sold millions of copies, and he makes people laugh around the world. Robert loves going on tour, signing books for readers, and his appearances at signings and conventions are legendary, often including a stand-up routine, a song (accompanied by his 'air-ukulele'), and an always-entertaining question-and-answer session.

Editorial Reviews:

For those listeners who are used to Robert Rankin, you will not be surprised to know that The Sprouts of Wrath is hilarious. Those of you who are new to Rankin: it won't take you long to find out. The listener is instantly transported to the West London town of Brentford. Here, the Town Council votes to host the Olympic Games. What follows is a laugh-out-loud series of adventures as the town prepares to host the event. Rankin is a master performer. The listener will not be able to resist his charm.

Critic Reviews:

"Stark raving genius...alarming and deformed brilliance" (Observer)

"He becomes funnier the more you read him." (Independent)

"Everybody should read at least one Robert Rankin in their life." (Daily Express)

"One of the rare guys who can always make me laugh" (Terry Pratchett)

"To the top-selling ranks of humorists such as Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, let us welcome Mr Rankin" (Tom Hutchinson, The Times)

Members Reviews:

Another good story

On form with the rest of the series. Looking forward to getting the next one

Vintage Rankin

Would you consider the audio edition of The Sprouts of Wrath to be better than the print version?

Yes, I enjoy Rankin's narration it brings an extra something to the the tale.

What did you like best about this story?

As ever the interaction between Pooley and Omalley, the genuine friendship between them.

Which character as performed by Robert Rankin was your favourite?

Pooley.

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Title: The Thing on the Doorstep

Subtitle: Fantasy and Horror Classics

Author: H.P. Lovecraft

Narrator: Mike Vendetti

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-06-13

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

The Thing on the Doorstep, another amazing tale of horror from the pen of H.P. Lovecraft. Imagine a person with a brilliant mind, but a very weak will meeting and marrying a person whose body is merely a vehicle transporting the "soul" of a very evil entity looking to trade bodies and become a man. Imagine also that this person with the weak will and brilliant mind is your best friend. Beware answering your friends knock at your door after midnight.

Members Reviews:

There where others I liked more

This could be for you or perhaps not. I didn't think i had the lasting lingering feeling when you finished it that the other stories he has dose have had. It really didn't make me think afterwards

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Title: The Last Amazon

Subtitle: John Grimes, Book 14

Author: A. Bertram Chandler

Narrator: Aaron Abano

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-23-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

John Grimes' career as a space pirate has ended, he faces his toughest assignment yet. He has been made governor of the anarchist's own planet. His first task is to stay alive with a whole world plotting his murder!

Members Reviews:

Not 1, not 2, but 4 old flames together?

After getting booted as Planet Governor Grimes with a newly acquired Masters License leaves to meet his ship, Sister Sue. Guess where, back to Sparta where his old friend Bracacus is married to a power hungry woman. Adm Damien sent him there to team with Maggie Lazanby to straighten things out, but he also meets 3 other women that he's had flings with, Cheryl and Darlene, and Penella Prune. Between the 5 of them they get things straightened out.

Grimes does it Again!

Well written story with good narration. It should go with out saying Grimes winds up with the 2 Amazons...

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Title: The Anarch Lords

Subtitle: John Grimes, Book 13

Author: A. Bertram Chandler

Narrator: Aaron Abano

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-09-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

John Grimes career as a space pirate has ended. Now he faces his toughest assignment yet. He has been made governor of the anarchists' own planet. His first task is to stay alive - with a whole world plotting his murder!

Members Reviews:

Alone on a island with a beautiful/willing woman

Taken to task after Star Loot, Grimes has his captains certificate suspended. As a reward he is made a planetary governor where endentured servants (read slaves here) are taken in from disasters anywhere in the galaxy. His job as assigned is to find a means of getting the planetary president and the local commander of star forces gone in a means that the Survey Service can come in and arrest them. They wreck his air ship which comes down on an island in the middle of a river area with lethal birds/plants/fish with little or no protection. His marooned companion is a beautiful and willing woman.

Another Very Good Book!

I am very please with this saga. For the most part it is well written with very good narration.

I'm looking foreward to the next Grimes book!

Great Adventure

Good drama

Politics as usual, totally rotten. Once Avon Adm Damien tosses his most disruptive spanner into the works!

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Title: Star Loot

Subtitle: John Grimes, Book 12

Author: A Bertram Chandler

Narrator: Aaron Abano

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-26-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

In luck and out of luck, John Grimes was a living legend of the spaceways. He had been an officer of the service, he had been the victim of a mutiny, he had discovered lost worlds, he had served under strange masters and on strange ships, but he had never turned space pirate. Until this adventure.

How it happened was a complex story to begin with, but typical Grimes luck. How he became the terror of the star lanes developed, as usual, from his own efforts to make an honest living and other's efforts to use him for devious diversions. This is the latest Grimes novela story of the loot of the stars, of how Grimes graduated from operator of a space courier ship to master of a fleet of dreaded carriers of the skull and crossbones! Publishers Weekly declared that John Grimes is "science fiction's answer to Horatio Hornblower."

Members Reviews:

Grimes Scores Again!

What else is new Grimes luck with all including woman is holding up! Fair to OK story.

SS Captain-Pirate-Old Flame-Son-Sex Slave

Grimes becomes a Servey Service Captain Reserve in order to stop Drago Kane's Piracy scam and meets an old flame and his son, has affair with Drago Kane's wife, becomes a pirate which ends in another old flame's gift saving his life. Then that old flame makes a sex-slave out of him.

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Title: Star Chase - The Lost Prince

Subtitle: Star Chase, Book One

Author: Saxon Andrew

Narrator: Joe Bronzi

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-15-13

Publisher: Saxon Andrew Publishing LLC.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 46 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

From the number one best-selling author Saxon Andrew comes the first book in his newest series, Star Chase - The Lost Prince

The worlds in the Orion Nebula had been planning rebellion against the Galactic Union for more than a hundred years. Now the rebellion has started with a sneak attack against the Royal Family on Euclid. The planetary defenses were temporarily suppressed and the attack on the Royal Palace killed everyone including half of the invaders. But one member of the Royal Family wasn't in the palace when the invaders struck. The attackers were forced to flee as the Obelisk began defeating the suppression field and began to come back on line. The attacking transports fled the planet but not before two of them were vaporized. Before they left Euclid, they determined that the Prince was no longer on the planet.

The Nebula knew that if the Prince was to return to Euclid, the main Obelisk would power all the other Obelisks on the worlds of the Union and the rebellion would be over before it began. Only a member of the Royal Family could power the Obelisks and the Nebula knew that the Prince must be found and eliminated.

The Nebula chose their most powerful warrior to find him. There was little chance of the Prince escaping the Dark Officer. He was a High Genetic and possessed unique tracking skills. The only question was how many were going to die before he was successful.

What the Nebula and Union didn't know was that all of them were at risk of being destroyed and the Prince was the only one that could save them. Would they find out in time? The action is nonstop in Star Chase, as the Prince runs to save himself and the Union

Members Reviews:

Not A bad Start

I enjoy a good solid space opera, like Lois McMasters Bujold, and although this comes nowhere near her later Miles Series I can find something in this first book, (first I've read) that does recall some of her earliest work.

The characters are not terribly well developed but there are some humorous moments. The battles are light on science but I don't think that's the point, so that was fine with me.

Overall I will try another bite and see how it tastes. Perhaps a better narrator will improve the quality.

Enjoyed

Would you listen to Star Chase - The Lost Prince again? Why?

Yes This is a light story easy on the MINE. EASY LISTENING AND LIGHT . SOME ADVENTURES, AND ROMANCE AND SURPRISES. A SWEET STORY.

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Title: A Private Little War

Author: Jason Sheehan

Narrator: Luke Daniels

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-11-13

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 17 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

The pilots of Flyboy, Inc., landed on the alien planet of Iaxo with a mission: In one year, quash an insurrection; exploit the ancient enmities of an indigenous, tribal society; and kill the hell out of one group of natives to facilitate negotiations with the surviving group all over 110 million acres of mixed terrain.

At first, the double-hush, back-burner project went well. With a ten-century technological lead on the locals, the logistical support of a powerful private military company, and aid from other outfits on the ground, it was supposed to be an easy-in, easy-out mission that would make the pilots of Flyboy, Inc., very, very rich. But the natives of Iaxo had another plan and what was once a strategic slam-dunk has become a quagmire, leaving the pilots of Flyboy, Inc., on an embattled distant planet, waiting for support and a ride home that may never come

This dark debut novel tells the tale of a secret war and the struggle to stay sane in a world that makes no sense. A Catch-22 for a new generation, A Private Little War is sure to become a science fiction classic.

Members Reviews:

An Overlooked Masterpiece

Yes, those are big words. People throw words like this around much too lightly these days. But there, I've said it. And I plan to stick with it.

The first few chapters were difficult for me; this experience is exceedingly rare for me whilst reading. The setting had been described with great dilatoriness, and the general weariness of the early portion of the book required far more attention than used to giving modern novels.

In fact, I believe that the last book to give me such a challenge was Erich Maria Remarque's "The Night in Lisbon."

In that novel, as in this, I had to gird myself for a highly detailed entreaty. And, in both cases, this work on my park paid for itself handsomely. The characters we flawed and human, whose distinct amorality ate away at their being. Not soldiers fighting for cause or country, these mercenaries were the lowest form of killer for hire, barely able to mask their own self loathing.

And at the same time they led to soaring insights into that which makes us human. When does a wrong finally become a wrong, regardless of how well we couch it in profit or survival? What are we if not a part of a society - and how can we consider ourselves whole when that society passes us by?

A quick note: I do believe Sheehan can do better. His nonfiction is still his home court. Yet he's learning to bring forward a voice in his fiction which can assuage the most voracious appetites of those brought up on William Gibson and Phillip K. Dick. Thankfully as a young author he has the time to hone his skills and style. Will students find his works required reading thirty years hence? I'd like to say its possible, but only if Jason can find a way to bring the same lightness to his SCI-fi as he's done with his exposition and autobiography.

So this is my guidance: grab a seat by the fire, a bottle of your favorite something, and work through the first 50 pages or so. You'll thank me when you do - and you'll be hooked!

Good Read, Well Developed, Different Slant than Normal Mil-Sci-Fi

I liked it. I read quite a lot of science fiction and military science fiction. This would not a 'normal' future/space military science fiction work. I liked that. The characters were pretty well developed.