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Starliner
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- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
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Publisher's summary
The Empress of Earth, finest passenger liner in the galaxy. Brightest link in the chain that binds the starflung civilization of the 23rd century. Six thousand lives in a single hull, trembling through multiple universes to land on raw, often violent worlds, each with its own history and wonder. The Empress of Earth - neutral pawn in an interstellar war!
When hostile necessity knows no law, Ran Colville and the rest of the complement of the Empress of Earth must bring home their ship and the passengers entrusted to them. From the Captain on his bridge to the Cold Crewmen who work in conditions that differ from Hell only by name, they'll have their work cut out for them this voyage!
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War of the Spheres
- By: James Millington, B. V. Larson
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 640
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 592
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 591
When humanity reaches for the stars, our probes are destroyed. They crash into an incredibly advanced piece of technology: a massive force-field. Unknown beings have placed a barrier around our star and planets, enclosing us within. We’re locked inside a Great Sphere. Was this invisible obstacle built to imprison us - or to protect us? No one knows the truth, but it soon becomes clear the barrier has leaks. Aliens infiltrate and try to sabotage our efforts to escape our cage.
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2 out of 5 stars
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misleading summary...
- By Neil Kresl on 04-04-19
By: James Millington, and others
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Bill Baldwin's The Helmsman
- By: Bill Baldwin
- Narrated by: Steve Cumming, full cast
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 343
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 203
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 202
One of the few survivors of a League sneak attack on his poor and miserable homeworld of Carescria, Wilf Brim sets out to settle the score. Were it not for the attrition from the war that followed, Wilf would never have escaped his lower-class status and been accepted into the Academy. Now, freshly graduated, young Sublieutenant Wilf Ansor Brim, Imperial Fleet, begins his first assignment, Helmsman of the I.F.S. Truculent.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Helmsman
- By David on 05-28-04
By: Bill Baldwin
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Dark Run
- Keiko, Book 1
- By: Mike Brooks
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 178
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Story4 out of 5 stars 159
The Keiko is a ship of smugglers, soldiers of fortune and adventurers, travelling Earth's colony planets, searching for the next job. And nobody talks about their past. But when a face from Captain Ichabod Drift's former life sends them on a run to Old Earth, all the rules change. Trust will be broken, and blood will be spilled.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fun sf in a familiar setting *cough Firefly cough*
- By John on 06-12-16
By: Mike Brooks
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Last Command
- Fallen Empire, Book 0
- By: Lindsay Buroker
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,207
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,086
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,080
In the final days of the empire, Cyborg Corps Colonel Leonidas Adler plans to die in a manner befitting of an imperial officer. He will fight until his last breath, giving his life to defend Emperor Markus, as it was meant to be. But when the emperor himself summons him for a final special mission, how can he refuse?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Pretty good teaser for lighter space opera
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 10-15-21
By: Lindsay Buroker
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The Myriad
- Tour of the Merrimack, Book 1
- By: R.M. Meluch
- Narrated by: John Glouchevitch
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
The U.S.S. Merrimack was the finest battleship class spaceship in Earth's fleet, able to stand up against the best the Palatine Empire could throw at them, even able to attack and kill swarms of the seemingly unstoppable Hive. But nothing could have prepared the captain and crew of the Merrimack to face the Myriad - three colonized worlds in the midst of a globular cluster that the Hive had somehow overlooked.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great performance. Great read.
- By fistandantilus8u on 07-15-17
By: R.M. Meluch
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The Atlantis Ship
- By: A. C. Hadfield
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 431
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 405
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 405
Carson Mach, a former war hero turned freelancer, seeks the biggest payday of his life when he's tasked to hunt down a ghost ship that has echoed through the centuries. The legendary Atlantis ship has become a reality, appearing at the Commonwealth frontier and obliterating an orbital station.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Good Story, Looking Forward to the Next Book
- By Striker on 09-13-15
By: A. C. Hadfield
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Titanborn
- By: Rhett C. Bruno
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,856
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,569
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,560
After decades hunting wanted offworlders throughout the solar system, Corporate Bounty Hunter Malcolm Graves doesn't bother asking questions. So long as the pay is right, he's the man for the job. And he always works alone. But when a high-profile bombing on Earth has Pervenio Corp clamoring for answers, they force him to team up with a strange, cyber-augmented partner. A young man more interested in statistics than instinct. Their assignment: Track down a suspected group of extremists from Titan who will go to any length to free their moon from the grip of Earth's corporations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Mystery Sci-fi
- By Bryan on 02-08-19
By: Rhett C. Bruno
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The Tar-Aiym Krang
- A Pip & Flinx Adventure
- By: Alan Dean Foster
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 844
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 604
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 610
Moth was a beautiful planet, the only one with wings - two great golden clouds suspended in space around it. Here was a wide-open world for any venture a man might scheme. The planet attracted unwary travelers, hardened space-sailors, and merchant buccaneers - a teeming, constantly shifting horde that provided a comfortable income for certain quick-witted fellows like Flinx and his pet flying snake Pip.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The First of the Flinx and Pip Novels AT LAST!
- By Chris on 01-20-09
By: Alan Dean Foster
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Unfathomed
- By: Ralph Kern
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 132
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Story4 out of 5 stars 120
After months recuperating in hospital, US Marine Jack Cohen hoped a Caribbean cruise would help him recover from the horrific injuries he sustained fighting in the Middle East. Instead, when the ship is attacked, he is once again thrust into battle to protect Atlantica against the ruthless enemy hunting her, and the insidious threat already aboard.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bring me home...
- By R. J. Thorne on 07-15-17
By: Ralph Kern
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The Bayern Agenda
- Galactic Cold War, Book 1
- By: Dan Moren
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 149
Simon Kovalic, top intelligence operative for the Commonwealth of Independent Systems, is on the front line of the burgeoning Cold War with the aggressive Illyrican Empire. He barely escapes his latest mission with a broken arm and vital intel that points to the empire cozying up to the Bayern Corporation: a planet-sized bank. There’s no time to waste, but with Kovalic out of action, his undercover team is handed over to his ex-wife, Lt. Commander Natalie Taylor.
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2 out of 5 stars
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tedious
- By itinerant on 03-09-19
By: Dan Moren
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Mutineer
- Kris Longknife, Book 1
- By: Mike Shepherd
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,654
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,281
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,273
Kris Longknife is a daughter of privilege, born to money and power. Her father is the prime minister of her home planet, her mother the consummate politician's wife. She's been raised only to be beautiful and marry well. But the heritage of the military Longknifes courses through Kris' blood - and, against her parents' objections, she enlists in the Marines.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Harsh reviews seem undeserved to me
- By Jeffery on 09-29-10
By: Mike Shepherd
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A Fiery Sunset
- The Omega War, Book 1
- By: Chris Kennedy, Mark Wandrey
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 16 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 209
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 194
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 193
The plot by the Galactic Union’s Mercenary Guild against the Four Horsemen has culminated in an invasion of Earth. Faced with an overwhelming force, the human mercs had no choice. They’ve fled, leaving Sansar Enkh to go to the Mercenary Guild headquarters on Capital Planet to stand trial for humanity. On the run, Jim Cartwright and Nigel Shirazi have travelled to the Winged Hussars’ secret base of New Warsaw, in an effort to convince Alexis Cromwell to join the fight, while the other mercenaries who escaped the fall of Earth have gone to the perceived safe haven of Karma.
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1 out of 5 stars
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had a hard time finishing
- By Connie Uriarte on 05-17-20
By: Chris Kennedy, and others
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Falling Free
- Miles Vorsokigan, Book 4
- By: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,292
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,815
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,822
Leo Graf was just your average highly efficient engineer: mind your own business, fix what's wrong, and move on to the next job. But all that changed on his assignment to the Cay Habitat, where a group of humanoids had been secretly, commercially bioengineered for working in free fall. Could he just stand there and allow the exploitation of hundreds of helpless children merely to enhance the bottom line of a heartless mega-corporation?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Don't read this one first
- By Carol on 02-20-13
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- Ray Ward
- 10-27-21
Wicked good!
I enjoyed the mix of reading and listening to the book. I may do more that way!
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- Trip Williams
- 08-09-14
Not Sure WHAT To Think Really...
I'm not really sure WHAT to think about this book... I like most of what Drake writes, but this one feels a little disjointed and outright strange at times. I was left with the impression that someone had just finished a Cruise in the Caribbean, and tried to turn it into small collection of Mini-Stories set as a Sci-Fi Space-Opera... kinda left with the feeling that each different 'Island' visited on the Caribbean Cruise got turned into a different 'Planet' to make up a few Mini-Sci-Fi Stories that are kinda strung together as a whole...
Upon reflection, I got the impression of a Cruise Line Purser who suddenly turns into some sort of secret deadly agent at times. Some of the 'Mini-Stories' that make up the book don't seem to go anywhere, and the Characters that make up those mini-stories just vanish from the book with no explanations given...
I would think "Well, THAT Explains It" if someone said David had gone on a 7 day Caribbean Cruise and turned it into a set of Space Sci-Fi Stories to write the cost off as a business expense... I doubt that's the case, but that's just the"After-Impression" I have.
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- SGL
- 08-18-14
The Empress of Earth
What made the experience of listening to Starliner the most enjoyable?
I had read the book and found the tale light and very enjoyable. I quite possible would have enjoyed the audio book more if I hadn't. I find it interesting to see how different books can be simple based on change in readers.
Who was your favorite character and why?
While I liked Rand Coville ( main character) my favorite was Wade, an older felllw with great stories and fingers in every pie.
Would you listen to another book narrated by Aaron Abano?
It would really depend on the story, I came away some what ambivalent as it was a quite different experience and tale from reading it myself and I had read it a couple of times.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Not really, for Scifi it's light reading. Consequently it's easy to pick up and read in little bites without losing content or enjoyment
Any additional comments?
This is actually my favorite David Drake book. I wxpect this had more to do with my so so enjoyment. It's still a great story an easy read or listen and well worth taking the time.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- dsrtrt
- 02-03-18
Terrible story....hard to follow..
Terrible story....hard to follow..hope I can get money back! Not sure what the heck author was thinking.
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