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By: Roger Zelazny
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Ninefox Gambit
- By: Yoon Ha Lee
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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To win an impossible war, Captain Kel Cheris must awaken an ancient weapon and a despised traitor general.
Captain Kel Cheris of the Hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle against heretics. Kel Command gives her the opportunity to redeem herself by retaking the Fortress of Scattered Needles, a star fortress that has recently been captured by heretics. Cheris' career isn't the only thing at stake. If the fortress falls, the Hexarchate itself might be next.
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Just too confusing with enough context
- By Jose Alvarez on 04-02-17
By: Yoon Ha Lee
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Way Station
- By: Clifford D. Simak
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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In this Hugo Award-winning classic, Enoch Wallace is an ageless hermit, striding across his untended farm as he had done for over a century, still carrying the gun with which he had served in the Civil War. But what his neighbors must never know is that, inside his unchanging house, he meets with a host of unimaginable friends from the farthest stars.
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A very special novel that will inspire you.
- By Noe on 08-08-10
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The Big Time
- By: Fritz Leiber
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
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Have you ever worried about your memory, because it doesn't seem to recall exactly the same past from one day to the next? Have you ever thought that the whole universe might be a crazy, mixed-up dream? If you have, then you've had hints of the Change War.
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Big Time takes a long time
- By David on 07-14-08
By: Fritz Leiber
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Lord of Light
- By: Roger Zelazny
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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Earth is long since dead. On a colony planet, a band of men has gained control of technology, made themselves immortal, and now rule their world as the gods of the Hindu pantheon. Only one dares oppose them: he who was once Siddhartha and is now Mahasamatman. Binder of Demons, Lord of Light.
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How could a performance be so wrong?
- By 1st World Problems on 05-29-22
By: Roger Zelazny
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Terminal World
- By: Alastair Reynolds
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 19 hrs and 45 mins
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Spearpoint, the last human city, is an atmosphere-piercing spire of vast size. Clinging to its skin are the zones, a series of semi-autonomous city-states, each of which enjoys a different---and rigidly enforced---level of technology. Following an infiltration mission that went tragically wrong, Quillon has been living incognito, working as a pathologist in the district morgue.
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This ain't your fathers Alastair Reynolds
- By DAVID on 09-10-10
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The Black Cloud
- Valancourt 20th Century Classics
- By: Fred Hoyle
- Narrated by: David Pickering
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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Astronomers in England and America have made a terrifying discovery: an ominous black cloud the size of Jupiter is travelling straight towards our solar system. If their calculations are correct, the cloud’s path will bring it between the Earth and the Sun, blocking out the Sun’s rays and threatening unimaginable consequences for our planet.
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Interesting ideas and snapshot of the 1950s
- By Sean Brady on 05-27-23
By: Fred Hoyle
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The Colour of Magic
- Discworld, Book 1
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Colin Morgan, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
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Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place that might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different. Particularly as it’s carried though space on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown). It plays by different rules. But then, some things are the same everywhere. The Disc’s very existence is about to be threatened by a strange new blight: the world’s first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the land.
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TERRIBLE Narration!
- By Kayla I on 07-08-22
By: Terry Pratchett
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The Devil and the Deep
- Horror Stories of the Sea
- By: Ellen Datlow - Editor
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell, Mary Robinette Kowal
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
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Stranded on a desert island, a young man yearns for objects from his past. A local from a small coastal town in England is found dead as the tide goes out. A Norwegian whaling ship is stranded in the Arctic, its crew threatened by mysterious forces. In the nineteenth century, a ship drifts in becalmed waters in the Indian Ocean, those on it haunted by their evil deeds. A surfer turned diver discovers there are things worse than drowning under the sea. Something from the sea is creating monsters on land.
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Not what I expected. Only very few decent stories.
- By Mark Smith on 10-21-18
What listeners say about To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Riverworld Saga, Book 1
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- Blaine
- 12-07-08
Riverworld!
I first read this book quite a few years ago. The concept was certainly intriguing--everyone you know or know of from your lifetime or history is resurrected along the banks of a river that makes the Amazon look like spring runoff. I really enjoyed Sir Richard Francis Burton as the protagonist through the series and enjoyed appearances by other characters like Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain) and Hermann Goering. How everyone reacts to conditions both more advanced that they had known during life and also more primitive makes for an excellent series.
I hope that we get the rest of these books in the near future and that the World of Tiers series comes about, too.
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- Graham Schwartz
- 12-26-20
A product of it's time for sure
For the most part, a pretty solid story. The overt misogyny not only of the main character, but of the small things the narrator implies made it tough to finish though. Unsure if I'll pick up the rest of the series, if I do it'll be with credits.
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- Thomas II
- 08-13-23
Well thought out and original story.
As a vehicle for a challenge presented to everyone who has ever lived…and some who haven’t! Riverworld is far ahead of all others. And who better to lead the way but the true life action hero (fir better or worse) Sir Richard Burton•••and I don’t mean the actor!
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- Kim guthas
- 01-11-22
Did not enjoy this book because it was very depres
Very repressing subject. Would not recommend it to anyone. The characters were not relatable. Book is too long.
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- alison
- 04-06-24
Interesting premise But lacking somehow
I chose this book for a couple of Reasons. It had very good reviews on good reads and I thought that the premise sounded very interesting.
However it turned out to be only mildly interesting because of the execution of the idea.
I can't put my finger on What the problem was but I only kept Reading because I had already purchased the second volume in the series.
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- T99J
- 02-17-16
Good, original story
This is an interesting story with themes of dystopia and immortality. The only reason I don't give a 5 star rating is I am not compelled to go on in the series. One book is enough for now.
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- T.Stick
- 04-15-16
Sort Of, kind of liked it.
Really very silly at times yet oddly interesting.
May have to continue onto the fabulous riverboat. Maybe.
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- sportsmanlio
- 04-29-23
Worthwhile and Ecclectic
A strange but well-mixed blend of genres that makes for an excellent read. A very interesting commentary on the effect contemporary culture has on society, morality, and the individual.
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- John Battles
- 08-02-24
An interesting world
Excellent narration, interesting concept, and well written. The characters didn’t feel fully developed and the plot felt unfocused. A decent start to a series, I will check out the second book.
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- auerdoc
- 12-07-11
Fugetit
I read this as a teenager but had no recollection other than I remember enjoying it and several of the sequels. Just goes to show kids don't know much about literature.
The concept is interesting but character development is poor. If you're a feminist- I am not- this read will repulse you. This book reminds me of Robert Heinlein's general pontification and interest in free love with women with no brains. Moreover, Mr. Farmer is likely a socialist considering his apparent opinions about human motivation.
Interestingly, Hermann Goering plays a prominent role in this book. He is important in the book I'm listening to now, THE WINDS OF WAR, of course.
I might have ventured another credit on the sequels but several reader's reviews disuaded me.
There are thousands of books, including scifi and fantasy, beter worth your time.
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