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Title: Red Mars

Author: Kim Stanley Robinson

Narrator: Richard Ferrone

Format: Unabridged

Length: 23 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-04-08

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2529 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel, Red Mars is the first book in Kim Stanley Robinson's best-selling trilogy. Red Mars is praised by scientists for its detailed visions of future technology. It is also hailed by authors and critics for its vivid characters and dramatic conflicts.

For centuries, the red planet has enticed the people of Earth. Now an international group of scientists has colonized Mars. Leaving Earth forever, these 100 people have traveled nine months to reach their new home. This is the remarkable story of the world they create - and the hidden power struggles of those who want to control it.

Although it is fiction, Red Mars is based on years of research. As living spaces and greenhouses multiply, an astonishing panorama of our galactic future rises from the red dust. Through Richard Ferrone's narration, each scene is energized with the designs and dreams of the extraordinary pioneers.

Critic Reviews:

"Generously blending hard science with canny insight into human strengths and weaknesses, this suspenseful sf saga should appeal to a wide range of readers." (Library Journal)

"The ultimate in future history." (Daily Mail)

Members Reviews:

The first Mars colony

Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy is well-regarded by SF fans, but it didn't really live up to the hype for me, though it's an excellent entry in the hard SF genre. Robinson's prose is not as lyrical as Ray Bradbury's, but it's not as dry as Ben Bova's either. Red Mars seems to synthesize elements from all of Robinson's predecessors it's a Heinleinesque adventure at times, with hard SF infodumps, but actual characters, and shout-outs to every author who's ever touched Mars, including Burroughs.

Red Mars is the tale of the first Martian colony, and covers a couple of generations of history. The "First Hundred" who established the original settlement become larger-than-life, almost mythical figures to those who follow after them, but as Mars begins to be taken over by political and economic factions bringing old issues of exploitation and oppression (followed by resistance and terrorism) from Earth, the Hundred are just as conflicted and prone to squabbling and working at cross-purposes as all the other settlers.

Early on, there is a huge debate over terraforming Mars, eventually becoming a conflict between the "Reds" and the "Greens." Eventually other cultures arrive on Mars and have their own ideas of what it means to be a Martian settler. Muslims make up a substantial segment of the population, as do Russians and other nationalities, all wanting to have an equal stake in Martian society.

The ending shows the surviving members of the Hundred witnessing what happens after decades of emigration and development on Mars, with much of what has been built up brought down by an uprising among the children of Mars.

If you are a space exploration geek, and especially if you are one of those who still dreams of a Mars expedition in our lifetime, then Red Mars may fire you up with a realistic view of what emigration to Mars might actually look like.

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Title: Doomsday Book

Author: Connie Willis

Narrator: Jenny Sterlin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 26 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-28-08

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4284 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

For Oxford student Kivrin, traveling back to the 14th century is more than the culmination of her studies - it's the chance for a wonderful adventure. For Dunworthy, her mentor, it is cause for intense worry about the thousands of things that could go wrong. When an accident leaves Kivrin trapped in one of the deadliest eras in human history, the two find themselves in equally gripping - and oddly connected - struggles to survive.

Deftly juggling stories from the 14th and 21st centuries, Willis provides thrilling action - as well as an insightful examination of the things that connect human beings to each other.

Critic Reviews:

"Ms. Willis displays impressive control of her material; virtually every detail introduced in the early chapters is made to pay off as the separate threads of the story are brought together." (The New York Times Book Review)

"A stunning novel that encompasses both suffering and hope....The best work yet from one of science fiction's best writers." (The Denver Post)

Members Reviews:

Timely, beautiful, terrible and haunting

Now more than ever, I am recommending that everyone I know listen to this book. It is an amazing, satisfying, beautiful and terrible story mostly about a time traveler who is trapped in a small medieval village that is stricken by the plague. Meanwhile, current day Oxfordshire is also suffering from an especially virulent flu and attendant quarantine. The book was written in 1992 and much of the action takes place in a squalid, medieval village and yet it is all terribly timely. The characters and setting are beautifully written and this is one of the most moving books I've ever had the pleasure of reading or listening to.

Three more selling points for this great book: 1) I love a good, long book from Audible and "Doomsday" is a wonderful 26 hours and 30 minuets of listening to one of my favorite narrators, Jenny Sterlin. 2) "Doomsday won a Hugo Award in 93 and Nebula Award in 92 and 3) Connie Willis has written another book with some of the same characters that is much lighter in tone yet still very worth reading and a good way to recover from the terrible, searing beauty of "The Doomsday Book". That other book is also available on Audible :"To Say Nothing of the Dog"

Listen to "Doomsday" first, save "To Say Nothing of the Dog" to cheer you up and you can then finish off with Jerome K Jerome's sweetly funny "Three Men in a Boat". There- I've just come up with a great plan for your next 50 or hours of Audible listening. You can thank me later. After you've thoroughly enjoyed all of these amazing books.

WELL DONE...but a real bummer

I listened to this on vacation and the beach, and it promised to be pure, guilty-pleasure ear candy. I was not disappointed by the writing, the concept, or the reading (the narrator is fanTAStic).

However, I would put a warning label on this that the whole second half of the book is (vague spoiler alert) sort of a sinkhole of depressing events.

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Title: The Ghost Brigades

Subtitle: Old Man's War, Book 2

Author: John Scalzi

Narrator: William Dufris

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-11-08

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 7014 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

For the universe is a dangerous place for humanity - and it's about to become far more dangerous. Three races that humans have clashed with before have allied to halt our expansion into space. Their linchpin: the turncoat military scientist Charles Boutin, who knows the CDF's biggest military secrets. To prevail, the CDF most find out why Boutin did what he did.

Jared Dirac is the only human who can provide answers - a superhuman hybrid, created from Boutin's DNA, whose brain is uniquely able to access Boutin's electronic memories. But when the memory transplant appears to fail, Jared is given over to the Ghost Brigades.

Jared begins as one of these perfect soldiers, but as memories begin to surface, he begins to intuit the reason's for Boutin's betrayal.

As Jared desperately hunts for his "father", he must also come to grips with his own choices. Time is running out: the alliance is preparing its offensive, and some of them plan worse things than humanity's mere military defeat.

Critic Reviews:

"Solid....[Scalzi] sidesteps most of the cliches of military science fiction, delivers fast-paced scenes of combat and pays attention to the science underpinning his premise." (San Francisco Chronicle)

Members Reviews:

Starts slow but comes together in the end.

The Ghost Brigades is the second book in the Old Mans War series and although it is a relatively stand-alone story the first book provides some necessary background context and I recommend you read it first. In book 1 the main character is CDF soldier John Perry and the Special Forces play a secondary role, but in this book the Special Forces take over the main storyline and there are just a few occasional references to John Perry.

Jane Sagan returns from the first book and provides some continuity for a host of new characters, including Special Forces solider Jared Dirac. The story starts off in a disjointed way as events occur without much explanation as to why they matter, but then it all comes together in the end to set the stage for Jared to make some interesting moral choices. Scalzi reveals a lot more about the various non-human races and gives a glimpse into the galactic politics faced by humanity. As the actions of the CDF on this grand stage are slowly revealed to him, Jared has to sort out the truth from the half-truth and decide if the CDF that created him is good or bad for human-kind. Does he have an obligation to protect humanity as he was bred to do or is he just a disposable slave being used to move forward a hidden CDF agenda?

Although the book can be predictable at times it is still enjoyable science fiction and reveals just enough about the bigger picture to encourage you to move on to the next book in the series which I plan to do. William Dufris does a decent job as narrator even if though he is forced to utter he said she said a few too many times. If you enjoyed the first book then you can confidently spend a credit to give this one a listen.

Great story

This is a nice followup to Old Man's War. Scalzi again creates a great ride, that is deeply enjoyable and with great characters.

It helps to have read Old Man's War, but you could pick this one up and start here. This story takes place a few years after the events in Old Man's War. Jane Sagan is a Lt in the Ghost Brigades and assigned to the Kite.

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Title: Old Man's War

Author: John Scalzi

Narrator: William Dufris

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-07

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 13208 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce - and alien races willing to fight us for them are common. So, we fight, to defend Earth and to stake our own claim to planetary real estate. Far from Earth, the war has been going on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding.

Earth itself is a backwater. The bulk of humanity's resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force. Everybody knows that when you reach retirement age, you can join the CDF. They don't want young people; they want people who carry the knowledge and skills of decades of living. You'll be taken off Earth and never allowed to return. You'll serve two years at the front. And if you survive, you'll be given a generous homestead stake of your own, on one of our hard-won colony planets.

John Perry is taking that deal. He has only the vaguest idea of what to expect. Because the actual fight, light-years from home, is far, far harder than he can imagine. And what he will become is far stranger.

Critic Reviews:

"Scalzi's imagined interstellar arena is coherently and compellingly delineated." (The Washington Post)

Members Reviews:

I DIDN'T MIND GETTING OLD, WHEN I WAS YOUNG EITHER

This is not good, it is GREAT!!!! It's Science fiction, it's Military Sci-Fi, it's a romance, it's witty, LOL at times, it is character driven, it is everything I ask for in a novel. I think the older you are and the longer you have been happily married the more you will enjoy this. It is so nice to listen to a novel, where elders are respected. The main character was married for around 42 years, if I remember right. They had some ups and downs, but they were in love. As a man who has been married for over 37 years and who is more in love now than when I was as a youth, I feel the pain and longing of the main character.

The science fiction is cool and this platform gives Scalzi, the ability to show off his imagination. The different aliens he comes up with and how they think different then us, makes for some thought provoking and funny situations. Some other reviewers have compared it to Star Ship Troopers and I see that, but I was thinking more of Forever War by Haldeman. It may have a little of both, but it is all Scalzi.

Dufris does a great job.

Fun and Witty Military Sci-Fi

Old Mans War by John Scalzi was the first book that I downloaded with my Audible subscription as I had heard from various sources (including the Sword and Laser podcast) that it was a great read. I have to say that, after reading the novel, I agree wholeheartedly. Old Mans War was one of the best novels that Ive read all year. I would even go so far as to say its one of my favorite science fiction novels period.

From the start, I really got a kick out of the conceit of the story. In some future United States, elderly people are recruited to enlist and serve in the intergalactic military. With so many novels following a young protagonist (even many adult novels), I found it to be a very refreshing experience to read a novel where the main character was 75 years old.

In addition to that, I really enjoyed Scalzis writing style. It had just right combination of dry wit and cynicism to really resonate with me. I should also extend that compliment to William Dufris, the narrator of the audio version that I listened to.

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Title: Tyranny's Prisoner

Subtitle: Tyranny, Book 2

Author: J. A. Wilkins, R. R. Draude

Narrator: Stephanie Brush

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-14-07

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 5 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Outlaw privateer Amanda Callin craves power and revenge. Revenge for the life she believes others have forced her to live, and the power to control the colonies of Earth. Everything falls within her grasp when she kidnaps Alex Ballard, the colonies' foremost computer developer.

Members Reviews:

Couldn't finish

I found the narration to be not quite up to par and the story rather corny. I couldn't get past the first hour.

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Title: Kindred

Author: Octavia E. Butler

Narrator: Kim Staunton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-12-07

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3763 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California, Dana, an African-American woman, is suddenly and inexplicably wrenched through time into antebellum Maryland. After saving a drowning white boy there, she finds herself staring into the barrel of a shotgun and is transported back to the present just in time to save her life.

During numerous such time-defying episodes with the same young man, she realizes the challenge she's been given: to protect this young slaveholder until he can father her own great-grandmother.

Author Octavia E. Butler skilfully juxtaposes the serious issues of slavery, human rights, and racial prejudice with an exciting science-fiction, romance, and historical adventure. Kim Staunton's narrative talent magically transforms the listener's earphones into an audio time machine.

Critic Reviews:

"[Kindred] is a shattering work of art with much to say about love, hate, slavery and racial dilemmas, then and now." (Los Angeles Herald Examiner)

"Truly terrifying." (Essence)

"Butler's literary craftsmanship is superb." (The Washington Post Book World)

Members Reviews:

Great view of black Antebellum South in a novel

At first, I thought I had purchased a time travel novel for young adults. As I listened, I realized that the story presented a pretty accurate view of life in Antebellum South for the African American slave. It is presented through the eyes of a modern African American woman and it was eye opening. I've always enjoyed a touch of time travel and that was handled very well by the narrator so that you realized when you were in various times. Also, check into the authoress. She is quite famous in her own right and knowing about her added to the novel in my opinion. I definitely would consider this book. It is not preachy; it is just a good novel about someone who finds herself in the pre-Civil War south.

Felt the Experience

I had not read any work by Octavia Butler prior to her death - I wasn't really interested in Sci-Fi. This book was an enjoyable read, not traditional sci-fci but part social commentary and part history lesson. You can really feel the characters (great narrator) and feel empathy for all of them. I had a very different perspective of the time period after listening to this book.

Octavia is awesome!!

I have read many of Octavia's books so I was excited to see one of them here. Wish they had more, I would get them all. Anyway this book is very good and the reader is excellent. I didn't have any trouble keeping track of the characters even with one reader. The book is surreal and enveloping. You don't know what to think or what might happen. The book is disturbing at times because part of it occurs in the 1800s during slavery. This book is great stuff!!

Simply written, but full of wisdom

Kindred's writing style doesn't use a lot of flowery speech and metaphors, but it's enjoyable and straight to the point. It's impressive the range of topics which it covers. I actually wish that I could have been assigned this book in high school, because I'd love to get an academic take on it.

The Past of Slavery Still Moves and Wounds Us

Octavia Butler's Kindred is a terrible, fascinating, and moving novel, so vivid in its examination of the Southern slave system and its negative effects on slaves (especially) and masters (subtly).

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Title: Tight Genes

Author: David E. Flake

Narrator: Gregory Papst

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-28-07

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 12 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

In a final effort to save his job he's given an assignment to write a story about the new phenomenon, VitaChrome. While investigating the product he uncovers subtle mutations and behavior disorders that have him scrambling to his old college professor for help. While battling his own self doubt and insecurities, he follows his visceral instincts and uncovers a runaway genetic disaster occurring.

The smoking gun leads him from the corporate world to the jungles of Malaysia to uncover the truth behind the source of this genetic scam. With his job, and eventually his life on the line, Sam tries to expose the catastrophe while a murderous CEO with government connections tries to silence him forever.

Members Reviews:

Could this be the future of professional sports?

Great read. This is one on thoes books you just can't put down. Filled with suspense and a sinking feeling that this book could be a realistic step in the future of sports. Do any of us know the depth of DNA? Could this be an insite into a new sports world of the future. This book makes you stop and think very seriously about the pharmaceutical industry and what the possibility could be in this direction. Especially where $$$$$ is concerned. As for Sam Dole, and the poor athlete's that were injected with the meds only makes you hope for a sequil to Tight Genes. To me, this book is only the begining of a much bigger adventure.

M. Sparks

Menifee, California

Terrible waste of money...

This might be one of the worst, most unbelievable, book I've ever read. By un-believable, I do not mean "good." I mean it is absolutely not real - unable to be believed. Another un-believable thing is that I actually had to pay money for this. I hate to sound like a jerk, but I kept reading waiting for something to make sense. Did you ever go to a movie and think - "This can't be it. This has to tie in to something sooner or later." ??? This is a terrible mass of words thrown into a pile of garbage and put on the market. I read one book from Trident Publishing named "The Devil's Utopia" - it was a great book. They were promising another book - another fiction thriller - one in which my beloved Cubs won the World Series. I could not wait. While waiting for its release, I ordered this book. Yuck. By the time I was finished and ready to order the book about the Cubs, Trident folded - probably because of this David Flake idiot. Now I have to live without my Cubs book - The Secret League. Does anyone know if The Secret League is with another publisher now? Anyway, stay away from Tight Genes.

It kept me up all night!

If science and business can do this stuff we're all in big trouble. The main character gets in deep and I couldn't sleep until I found out what happened. It's well writen and there's enough genetic twists in there to bend your mind. With a pace that moves fast I still cared a lot for the characters and it gave me a lot to think about regarding our future as mankind. A must read if you like thriller's with a lot of suspense.

Disgruntled writer writes bad review

Dear readers, please disregrad the coments by the rejected author below. Trident Publishing rejected his poorly witten novel and he is trying to trash our books. Tight Genes has sold thousands and is a great thriller about current events. Thank you - Trident Publishing

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Title: Mind Games

Author: Alan Brudner

Narrator: Heath Kizzier

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-28-07

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Cliff Lightman's computer whiz son, Sky, has disappeared after hacking into a police database to research an old unsolved murder case. And Avery Kord, Sky's mentor and multi-billionaire boss, is implicated in the murder.

© Alan Brudner; (P)2006 Books in Motion

Members Reviews:

Great read, page turner.

Loved it! Couldnt out it down. Great suspense in our cybersecurity age.

Who's Controlling YOUR Mind?

Mind Games by Alan Brudner holds the reader hostage in a world of manipulation and mind control. The inept can empathize with technologically challenged, Cliff Lightman, as he's dumped into the world of techno-nerds, geniuses, monopolies, holographs and subliminal suggestions. Cliff isn't really interested in the computer his genius son Sky brings home for him, but attempts to learn so he can communicate by e-mail with Sky. The machine is programmed to lead him into the computer age gracefully, but neither of the men has any idea how quickly the fear of losing his son can make Cliff computer literate. Sky, a computer programmer for Avery Kord in Portland, Oregon, disappears days after setting up his father's computer in New York.

Cliff puts his new computer to use along with good old fashioned gum shoe investigation to find his son and uncovers a cesspool of technology designed to make and break governments, sway elections and influence court decisions without leaving a trace. Using the special avatar Sky programmed for him, Cliff learns how helpful, intelligent, comforting, resourceful, invasive, controlling and dangerous computer technology can be -- and maybe already is.

Mind Games is what block buster movies are made of. It kidnaps the reader's mind on the first page and reluctantly relinquishes it at the end impregnated with seeds of . . . fear, wariness, uncertainty?

Alan Brudner is the Raymond Chandler of the New Millenium!

Mind Games takes us on a warp-speed race against time. In this dazzling debut novel, virtual reality takes on a life of its own, artificial intelligence becomes a force for salvation, and enduring love overcomes corporate intrigue. Yet behind the fast-paced cyberspace pyrotechnics is a brilliantly crafted mystery novel, filled with breath-taking surprises and fascinating characters that you will want to meet again. If ever there were a book that deserves to be on the big screen, this is it.

Mind Bender! Best Suspenseful read ever!

The best read ever! I found that I was on the edge of my seat throughout the book's entirety and could not put the book down. This book is movie material. Alan Brudner's style of writing is second to none. Though the book is based on the high tech world of artificial intelligence and virtual reality it's an easy read for those of us who are computer challenged. This book has mass appeal. Sure to be a best seller.

Mind Bender! Best Suspenseful read ever!

The best read ever! I found that I was on the edge of my seat throughout the book's entirety and could not put the book down. This book is movie material. Alan Brudner's style of writing is second to none. Though the book is based on the high tech world of artificial intelligence and virtual reality it's an easy read for those of us who are computer challenged. This book has mass appeal. Sure to be a best seller.

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Title: Grass for His Pillow

Subtitle: Tales of the Otori, Book 2

Author: Lian Hearn

Narrator: Jamie Glover, Isla Blair

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-13-07

Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

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

Publisher's Summary:

In growing from boy to man, Takeo chooses a path of danger and vengeance, and learns of the prophecy that shapes his destiny. Kaede, destined to submit to a political marriage, must use her intelligence, beauty, and cunning to assert her place in a world of all-powerful men who must never know that she is carrying Takeo's child.

In the ancient Oriental lands of the Otori, Lian Hearn has created a brilliantly imagined culture that has cast its spell over thousands of readers worldwide. Here is epic storytelling whose appeal crosses genres, genders, and generations.

Critic Reviews:

"Adept at creating vivid natural settings where the supernatural feels unusually plausible, Hearn catches fresh details of trees, birds, rivers, and mountains. With quick, direct sentences like brushstrokes on a Japanese scroll, she suggests vast and mysterious landscapes full of both menace and wonder. Hearn shows that middle novels of trilogies don't have to simply fill space between an exciting opening and conclusion." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Grass for His Pillow - Delightful

Read the first in this series, Across the Nightingale Floor some years ago and found all 4 on here when selecting for a trip to China. These stories are beautifully crafted, set in ancient Japan I presume although they don't actually state it and don't call the warriors Samurai... Jamie Glover & Isla Blair narrate wonderfully, I was glued to my headphones and it passed the time before I knew it!

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Title: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Subtitle: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Book 2

Author: Douglas Adams

Narrator: Martin Freeman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-03-06

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 6052 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Among Arthur's motley shipmates are Ford Prefect, a longtime friend and expert contributor to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the three-armed, two-headed ex-president of the galaxy; Tricia McMillan, a fellow Earth refugee who's gone native (her name is Trillian now); and Marvin, the moody android who suffers nothing and no one very gladly. Their destination? The ultimate hot spot for an evening of apocalyptic entertainment and fine dining, where the food (literally) speaks for itself.

Will they make it? The answer: hard to say. But bear in mind that the Hitchhiker's Guide deleted the term "Future Perfect" from its pages, since it was discovered not to be!

Want to learn more about the new Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie? Listen to this

with Robbie Stamp, close friend of Douglas Adams and executive producer of the film.

Critic Reviews:

"What's such fun is how amusing the galaxy looks through Adams' sardonically silly eyes." (Detroit Free Press)

Members Reviews:

Great, But not as great as book one

I thought this book was great. The first one was a bit better, but that is only because it has the natural advantage of being a bit more shocking to the reader making it slightly more exciting. By now your a little more used to, as is Arthur, the impressively random and outlandish events that stretched your brain in the first book. But there are still just as many random and outlandish adventures to be had in book two.

I'm not sure why everyone thought the narrator was so awful. I thought he was fine. I had a different reader for the first HGTTG. He was fine too.

I love this book!

Would you listen to The Restaurant at the End of the Universe again? Why?

Yes, it's a classic, and listening to it aloud makes it even more fun.

What did you like best about this story?

All of the Hitchhiker books are hilarious, and this one is no exception.

What about Martin Freemans performance did you like?

I liked his voice for Marvin the paranoid android.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It made me laugh.

Any additional comments?

I hate Martin Freeman's Zaphod Beeblebrox voice. He sounds like Joe Pesci.

awesome... except for the voice of Zaphod

This book is beautifully read with the screeching halt exception of Zaphod Beeblebrox. For unknown reasons the narrator chose to read this character as a stereotypical New York thug. Think Rocky Balboa and you'll have it. Other than that, the book is excellent.

Loved it but...

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, this series is amazingI love how random it is.

Any additional comments?

I just wish that the chapters were actually marked, not how it does its own thing as in the books says that there are different chapters, but audible does not recognize them.

You'll be glad you got it

Don't be swayed by the comments about Zaphod. I thought it was an excellent performance. Martin Freeman gives Zaphod the voice that he has in the books. He is amusingly shallow and charmingly inarticulate. He has, of course, an American accent.