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- Narrated by: Angele Masters
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Senior co-administrator of the Norcoast Salmon Research Facility, Dr. Mackenzie Connor was a biologist who studied the spawning habits of salmon. Then, last season, just as she and Dr. Emily Mamani were starting their research, they were interrupted by the arrival of Brymm, the first Dhryn to set foot on Earth. And suddenly everything changed for Mac, Emily, Brymn, the human race, and all the member races of the Interspecies Union. Base was attacked, Em was kidnapped by the mysterious Ro, and Mac and brymn had to flee for their lives to the Dhryn home world.
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Love the story - 'hero's' voice not for me
- By GADFLY64 on 11-04-20
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The Very First Damned Thing
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Jodi Taylor reads the long-awaited prequel in her Chronicles of St Mary’s series, as Dr Bairstow struggles to set up St Mary’s as we know it in a world still scarred by the ravages of civil war. Ever wondered how it all began? It’s two years since the final victory at the Battersea Barricades. The fighting might be finished, but for Dr Bairstow, just now setting up St Mary's, the struggle is only beginning. How will he assemble his team? From where will his funding come?
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Wait for it on Kindle. Not the best on audio
- By Sheryl on 11-05-15
By: Jodi Taylor
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The Event
- By: Nathan Hystad
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
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Cities all around the world reported strange alien vessels descending. Some saw them as the heralds of a new age; others fired everything they had at them. All were taken as the beams lashed down and drew them into the sky. Dean was left behind, seemingly the last man on Earth. A trail of clues left by his dead wife guides Dean on a perilous journey across America and beyond to learn the truth behind the mysterious ships and save humanity from its doom.
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Did not inspire me to get the next book.
- By MD on 12-13-18
By: Nathan Hystad
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Braking Day
- By: Adam Oyebanji
- Narrated by: Ariyan Kassam
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
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It's been over a century since three generation ships escaped an Earth dominated by artificial intelligence in pursuit of a life on a distant planet orbiting Tau Ceti. Now, it’s nearly Braking Day, when the ships will begin their long-awaited descent to their new home. Born on the lower decks of the Archimedes, Ravi Macleod is an engineer-in-training, set to be the first of his family to become an officer in the stratified hierarchy aboard the ship. While on a routine inspection, Ravi sees the impossible: a young woman floating, helmetless, out in space.
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Engaging and inventive sci-fi
- By Keith D. on 11-09-23
By: Adam Oyebanji
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The Best of Us
- By: Karen Traviss
- Narrated by: Fred Tatasciore
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The West has been devastated by epidemics, bio-terrorism, war, and famine. Asia has shut its borders to keep the threats at bay, and some with power and influence have already abandoned Earth. Now an escape route a century in the making - the Nomad mission - finally offers hope to a small town and a secret research centre hidden in a rural American backwater. Shrouded in lies and concealed even from the research centre's staff, Nomad is about to fulfil its long-dead founder's vision of preserving the best of humanity to forge a new future. But who decides who's worthy?
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what the hell? not galaxys edge. total retcon.
- By Ethomas on 12-06-19
By: Karen Traviss
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Discount Armageddon
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- By: Seanan McGuire
- Narrated by: Emily Bauer
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The Price family has spent generations studying the monsters of the world, working to protect them from humanity - and humanity from them. Enter Verity Price. Despite being trained from birth as a cryptozoologist, she'd rather dance a tango than tangle with a demon, and is spending a year in Manhattan while she pursues her career in professional ballroom dance. Sounds pretty simple, right?
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I love this book!
- By a on 11-21-12
By: Seanan McGuire
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Scythe
- By: Neal Shusterman
- Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
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A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: Humanity has conquered all those things and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life - and they are commanded to do so in order to keep the size of the population under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe - a role that neither wants. These teens must master the "art" of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.
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Teenage Thumbs up
- By Lila Reading on 04-01-17
By: Neal Shusterman
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Vigilante
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When a mine owner thinks that he's above the law and continues to utilize slave labor to keep his mines running, Barnabas, a former Ranger One, must fight for justice.
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If I could I would give 10 stars..
- By Trish R. on 08-05-21
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Mars Nation: The Complete Trilogy
- Mars Trilogy, Books 1-3
- By: Brandon Q. Morris
- Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
- Length: 25 hrs and 8 mins
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NASA finally made it. The very first human has just set foot on the surface of our neighbor planet. This is the start of a long research expedition that sent four scientists into space. But the four astronauts of the NASA crew are not the only ones with this destination. The privately financed "Mars for Everyone" initiative has also targeted the Red Planet. Twenty men and women have been selected to live there and establish the first extraterrestrial settlement.
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Worth a listen
- By Chris Duemig on 09-16-20
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You're Going to Mars!
- By: Rob Dircks
- Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
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Living and slaving in Fill City One, you get used to the smell. We call it the Everpresent Stink. But every once in a while, on a spring day with a breeze, it clears away enough to remind us that there is something more out there. Most Fillers' wildest dreams would be just to get past the walls and live in the mainland. But my dream? It’s a little bigger. I’m going to Mars.
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Reviewers Choice Award, its that good
- By Midwestbonsai on 11-13-18
By: Rob Dircks
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Black Phoenix
- By: Wayne Wightman, B. V. Larson
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
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Earth’s first colony ship finally reaches the target world. The excitement of planetfall is indescribable, but quickly transforms into sick disappointment when they find the atmosphere is a roiling mass of hydrochloric acid, carbon dioxide, and other deadly poisons. They fly onward, seeking better planets. They find them, but none are ideal. The search goes on for a century, then longer still. As they move farther from Earth, aliens discover the intruding ship, and they begin to investigate humanity. They find our species unacceptable.
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Uggggh
- By JonH on 09-20-19
By: Wayne Wightman, and others
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- Jasper
- 04-28-21
Beautiful as always
I cried listening to this book, like I always do the first time through a book by Becky Chambers. Reading her books are a great way to tackle complex grief. I love her rich, thoughtful stories where the badguys are things like ignorance and systemic inequality. I really want to visit the Five Hop. I also wonder how it is that no one has purchased a little dome like that and filled it with methane instead of oxygen. It seems fairly straightforward, if not exactly easy
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- Erin Koepplinger
- 11-22-21
Give it a chance!
When I first started this book, I almost gave up on it after a couple of chapters, because I couldn't get into it. I'm so glad I didn't! After the initial character building, the story started to meld together and I fell into the story. I loved the characters and their interactions. Great listen! Give it time to build!
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- Michelle M
- 04-27-21
Beautiful and heartwarming as always
Becky Chambers has done it again! A delightful character-driven story that both warmed my heart and got me thinking about inequity and cultural exchange. I enjoyed it thoroughly - great writing, plot, characters, and worldbuilding. It's also so refreshing to read scifi that relaxes me rather than stressing me out.
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- Cheryl M Ellenwood
- 04-24-21
I love all of the GC Commons and Wayfarer Series
I love everything about this. the wayfarer series and GC Commons books are all great. My favorites that I can't stop listening to.
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- Courtne
- 11-08-21
Another masterpiece by Becky Chambers!
I love discovering new characters and touching base with old. I can’t be leave how attached to the characters I got! It was no cliff hanger but I wish the stories to never end! I wish I could follow the lives of all the characters in the book and the whole wayfairer series! Hope there will be many more ❤️❤️❤️
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- Bruce
- 10-12-22
A great Fantasy; cute and cuddly
Well written, without reliance on explosions. Faithfully encapsulates notes from dozens of classes on culture and language and maybe science; or at least it tries to sound that way. The series would be a great orientation read for incoming students who are limited to familiarity with their own family and dating legacies. Ponder and choose.
A couple distractions for me. The AI element in the story seems more like a 1990 projection that in future centuries we will have phones in our pockets. And the fantasy-beyond-belief element is the fluent embrace and the outgoing, comprehending interaction between different species, going way beyond Roddenberry. Perhaps the author should try living in a totally unfamiliar non-western culture for a while. I spent most of my adult life there.
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- M D Liz
- 10-23-22
Stars❗️ A-Mazing
For the science-fiction fan, this entire series is worthwhile. Becky Chambers is gifted. I read the first three books in the series before I chose to listen to this one on Audible. The performance made all the difference in the world . . . make that Universe. We absolutely get a chance to learn more about the non-human characters.
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- JeffreyM
- 12-10-22
Feel good
Just a breath of fresh methane. Loved it. Brought hope and comfort to my darkening mind.
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- Travis
- 07-11-23
Wokeness in space
I loved the other books in the series. I love the universe. I love the characters. I don’t love the ze zer zem agenda and it nearly ruined the book. There’s two genders. I suppose for aliens maybe there’s another but y’all…
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- Sara
- 05-19-21
painting with words
The author's weird choices invite a kind of poetry. The language is organic and colorful, thought provoking.
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