Simply The Best Audiobooks in Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary Popular Titles

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Title: Status: Mission Critical

Author: David J. Greene

Narrator: Matt Weight

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-03-14

Publisher: David J Greene

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

Publisher's Summary:

As the fate of the planet lies in the hands of two scientists, Dr. Vinsant and Dr. Maak develop their own opinions on what the end should hold. One scientist's loyalty to an experiment reinforces the idea of letting science take its course, while the other's love and compassion toward the planet consumes him.

Status: Mission Critical is a novella for people interested in science-fiction-oriented suspense, with an undertone of worldly appreciation. Not only is the scenery vivid and worth exploring, the storyline is sure to keep you quickly moving from one paragraph to the next - striving to delve deeper into the story until you've soaked up every last page!

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Title: Institute of Antiquities: Very Large Lizards (Episode 4)

Author: Barbara Goldstein

Narrator: Barbara Goldstein

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-26-14

Publisher: Barbara Goldstein

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Two picks from the warehouse arrive at the Institute: an ancient medallion mostly encased in granite and a map with an "X" near edge of the North American continental plate. The Institute members who stay to research the medallion need the help of a specialist and find themselves contending with a persnickety metallurgist. To get to the answer about the medallion, they break the rules, and what they discover is amazing, yet so scientically simple. Linda and Virgil have family issues.

Those diving the Atlantic face rough conditions at every turn even before reaching their destination; Cynthia almost loses her life. But they do ultimately end the "horror" they were told to expect. Relationships are explored, paving the way for a more comfortable one between the Colonel and Irina.

Members Reviews:

I can't wait to read the next installment

Would you listen to Institute of Antiquities: Very Large Lizards (Episode 4) again? Why?

Yes I would. What a hoot that something so tied to fantasy can also be hard science fiction! Institute of Antiquities has delivered yet another original science fiction story with a new concept.

What other book might you compare Institute of Antiquities: Very Large Lizards (Episode 4) to and why?

Arthur C Clarks 2010, the use of actual science leading me to believe that this is all possible.

Have you listened to any of Barbara Goldsteins other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes I have, and this one held my attention until I just could not wait till the end. The others each built up to this one, yet I was riveted by the pure and actual science used in each story.

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

I was glued to every word that was read and delighted by how actual science was used in the story.

Any additional comments?

I just can't wait for the next installment of Institute of Antiquities.

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Title: Lightning of Sangre De Cristo

Author: Devlin Church

Narrator: Tim Campbell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-19-14

Publisher: Banty Hen Publishing

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

Publisher's Summary:

Almost two years after H. G, Wells' novel The Time Machine is published in New York City, a dazed young man shows up in Ruth Lonegons hayloft.

He's lost his memory, and all he has on him are shreds of burned clothing and a handful of very curious pocket change. Only the vaguest of clues hint at who he is and - more importantly - why he's come to a small town in 1896 Colorado.

Murder, treasure hunting, and young love combine explosively when the events of the future affect the past!

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Title: The Wrong Bettor

Author: Richard Stooker

Narrator: Daniel Sattler

Format: Unabridged

Length: 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-05-14

Publisher: Gold Egg Investing, LLC

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

Publisher's Summary:

Dr. Pennell just wants his son back home. But Crain Dalton discovers the mob wants the boy to entertain the big shots by playing a virtual reality game for the ultimate stakes - his own life.

Even doctors with a trunk of hidden cash suffer when their teenage son hangs out at the local casino and takes a hooker for a girlfriend. A nice, suburban gal who will act out your most perverted fantasies.

Can Crain find Don Pennell in time to save him?

Members Reviews:

funny business

The first 10% of this book is the Wrong Bettor story represented in the title. 10%??? After that it is the beginning of a horror novel that the author provides a link to download. Yes there is a charge. So you get a very short story, and the beginning of another story, and a link to spend more money if you are dumb enough to do it. Pretty sleazy marketing.

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Title: Zorza

Author: Cody Toye

Narrator: Elizabeth Phillips

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-03-14

Publisher: Blood Moon Press

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

When the planet of Cargatia is blown to small bits of lime green rubble, it is up to Zorza to lead a rebellion against the Nephlon Race. With Brutus the Warlord hot on his tail, the band of rebels have a decision to make...fight or flee.

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Title: Without Absolution

Author: Amy Sterling Casil

Narrator: Patrice ONeill

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-23-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

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

Publisher's Summary:

Without Absolution is the first collection from science-fiction and fantasy writer Amy Sterling Casil. It contains nine stories and four poems in which a new disease causes birth defects; a father clones himself; and a lonely man uploads the personalities of his former wife and his mother, creating a horrifying "motherwife".

Members Reviews:

SF with a human heart

Amy Sterling Casil takes SF's obligatory "What if?" and makes the consequences of technological change both painfully and joyfully personal. For those familiar with Amy's work, this volume contains some well-loved favorites (such as her debut story, "Jonny Punkinhead"), as will as new works of fiction. In "Renascence of Memory," you'll meet an Alzheimer's patient whose health and memory are gradually restored. But is the miracle worth the price of memories perhaps better left forgotten? In "Motherwife," a man downloads the women in his life into his computer. Can he resist the temptation to tinker with their programming? Most especially don't miss "The Color of Time,"--an exploration of mothers and daughters, childbirth and death, love and art. This book won't teach you anything about quantum mechanics or string theory, but it just might teach you something about the person you see in the mirror every day.

Highly recommended

If you're familiar with Amy Sterling Casil's work, then you'll know what to expect here: thought-provoking, character-intense, high-class science fiction. If you're not familiar with Amy Sterling Casil's work, then you've got a treat in store for you. Of particular note is her breakout story, "Jonny Punkinhead," which originally appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

A note from the publisher

WITHOUT ABSOLUTION is the first collection from science fiction and fantasy writer Amy Sterling Casil-nine stories and four poems by the only four-time finalist and one-time winner of the Writers of the Future Contest and frequest writer for FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION. These visions take you from a far future Arles, France to the starred Mulholland night...highly recommended.

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Title: Survival

Subtitle: The Dead Road, Book 4

Author: Robert Paine

Narrator: Lee Strayer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-07-14

Publisher: Our Pack Press

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

Publisher's Summary:

Volume 4 of The Dead Road series!

It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation. It turned out to be the complete opposite...

A peaceful camping trip in the mountains of Vermont is interrupted when a group of friends discover there has been a slight interruption - a zombie outbreak.

Having barely survived the horrors in Maybridge and Stockton, the group now has a difficult decision to make: Do they risk everything and lead a rescue effort against the better-armed and better-equipped Others, or flee for safety with what little life they have left?

Can the group cover miles of dark woods on foot while trying to avoid getting overtaken by the undead or the Others?

Members Reviews:

Stockton, VT

Alex and the other two members of his group are attempting to find and free Amy. (She was kidnapped at the end of the last volume).

Alex believes she is being held on Birch Street in Stockton, Vermont, but is unsure of the exact location.

And, don't forget that the walking corpses are following the survivors searching for their next meal.

An interesting discovery is made by Alex which will assist in their escape. Actually, this is quite a unique discovery which makes perfect "sense" - especially with your sense of smell!

Highly recommended.

Four Stars

Good read!

I thought the author wrote a very good story or stories since each book had the same ...

I thought the author wrote a very good story or stories since each book had the same story in each! I'm wondering what the point of that was! 4 books and still no end! I'm very disappointed that this author just gave us a taste of these stories without an end to any of them!

Nice ending - seemed a bit rushed

I'm not sure who the "Others" are that the book description is referencing. Where I come from, I refer to them as good ol' rednecks. No insult intended, but "Others" sounds kinda paranormal-ish, you know?

In this last portion of The Dead Road, our mouthy girl Amy gets kidnapped, and our 3 city-slicker friends, having by now become expert zombie slayers, embark on a rescue mission using urine bombs and zombie bait traps. Very cool ending to the story, although it definitely seemed rushed to me.

A Zombie loving review Five stars.

I enjoyed all 4 books in the series, I am a Sci Fi fan, zombie reading was a fantastic way to put myself in a new world, these books did it for me. A total discretion of the real world. Thank you Mr. Paine I was involved in the fight the entire time.

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Title: Living a Long Life

Author: Byron Goines

Narrator: Meshelle Goines, Byron Goines

Format: Unabridged

Length: 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-07-14

Publisher: Byron Goines

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

Publisher's Summary:

Stephen Jordan Ph.D., an astrophysicist working for the National Aeronautics Space Administration, is leading a team of scientists tracking an asteroid heading towards the earth while another team of scientists are focusing on a coronal mass ejection that is happening at the same time. The results of both events wreak havoc on the Earth in more ways than one and leads to an event that changes human existence.

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Title: The Eli Event

Author: Dave Gash

Narrator: Curtis R. Sisco

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-06-14

Publisher: Dave Gash

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

LOS ANGELES VAPORIZED - 9 MILLION DIE!

2015: Los Angeles is destroyed in the ELI Event, a space-weapon catastrophe that leads to a bleak and brutal distant future for all but the privileged few - unless rogue time-travelers from the twenty-fourth century can prevent the tragedy and mend the timeline. In an attempt to protect humanity from itself, the sentient computer ELI steals the weapon's code, but unwittingly makes his only friend, fifteen-year-old Robin Kirkland, a suspect in the sabotage and the target of a military manhunt. Eli's creators, scientists Stephen Wheeler and Kelly Duncan, find a mysterious ally in Arty, a mere janitor sent from the near future to prevent the ELI Event and change history. But there is another, anonymous player: ruthless Vice Governor Lokus has also jumped upstream to stop them and thus leave his elite and entitled future world unchanged. The race is on - not just to save present-day Los Angeles, but to alter the future of mankind and its machines forever.

Members Reviews:

A wonderfully woven tale

A friend offered me this audiobook to listen to. I was a bit skeptical at first that a story with this many characters over over this many different times and locations could become interesting. But everyday, as I walked to work listening to this tale, the weaving of many wonderful characters began it's work on me. In short, I started to care.

Then I got to the point, where I became a clock-watcher at work, trying to determine how long I had to wait before my walk home from work... and the next chapter!

Dave Gash has done a mighty fine job of stringing out his yarn all along slowly, carefully, weaving it together. Like a master storyteller, it is really only at the end that you are given the view of the beautiful whole. Now on my walks to work, I continue to run through The Eli Event in my head revisiting the careful set ups and payoffs.

Curtis R. Sisco's reading of The Eli Event is like the special effects in a good Hollywood movie--they quickly become invisible. I felt like I was there. There in the laboratory with EL1, there in closet with Robin... How he can pull off that many characters and not have me get lost or confused is the mark of a natural storyteller, reader & voice actor. Well done.

Not my favorite genre.

What did you love best about The Eli Event?

Fast paced & humorous at times

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

Not so technical in computer systems.

What about Curtis R. Siscos performance did you like?

Clearly intelligible and not distracting. Would enjoy hearing him read again.

Any additional comments?

I am not a Sci-Fi fan, but wanted to try to something new. This book was adequate, but not ideally what I enjoy. Maybe I'm just not a SciFi fan, but I probably wouldn't buy another book.

Decent Time Traveling Story

I was pleasantly surprised when Dave Gash only spent a minimal time explaining how time travel was possible. At first it was a little hard to keep up with the changing of scenes and characters but it didnt take long to keep up. There is brief explanation of a traumatic event to the main character Robbie, I wish they would have explained it further or done away with it all together. I am always interested in a good revolt it is good to see the underdog fight tyranny and win. Especially one that involves computers and altering past events to change the present, or future.

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Title: The Last Stand and the Three Veils

Author: Pati Nagle

Narrator: Ginny Auer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-03-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Felisan, Governor of Alpinon, recalls the battle in which he and Jharan were certain they would be slain. On their way to Glenhallow, Eliani and her kindred must pass the battlefield at Skyruach, site of the greatest lven conflict centuries before. As she and her kin listen to her father, Felisan, tell of the battle, she ponders the difficult decisions she must make when they reach the city where Turisan awaits her. Must she accept and use the mind speech she shares with him? Should she agree to his request that they hand fast? Either way, her life will never be the same. The Last Stand was cut from the first novel of the Blood of the Kindred series, The Betrayal. The Three Shades is the story of the great waterfall near Highstone, also mentioned in The Betrayal, and first appeared in the collection Many Paths.