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John Scalzi
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The Kaiju Preservation Society is John Scalzi's first stand-alone adventure since the conclusion of his New York Times best-selling Interdependency trilogy.
When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food-delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls “an animal rights organization”. Tom’s team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on.
What Tom doesn't tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on Earth. Not our Earth, at at least. In an alternate dimension, massive dinosaur-like creatures named Kaiju roam a warm and human-free world. They're the universe's largest and most dangerous panda, and they're in trouble.
It's not just the Kaiju Preservation Society who's found their way to the alternate world. Others have, too. And their carelessness could cause millions back on our Earth to die.
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The ultimate secret. The ultimate agent. The President's vampire. Zach Barrows is an ambitious young White House staffer whose career takes an unexpected turn when he's partnered with Nathaniel Cade, a secret agent sworn to protect the President. But Cade is no ordinary civil servant.
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- By colleen on 05-27-12
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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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Immortal
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- By: Gene Doucette
- Narrated by: Steve Carlson
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Surviving 60,000 years takes cunning and more than a little luck. But in the 21st century, Adam confronts new dangers - someone has found out what he is, a demon is after him, and he has run out of places to hide. Worst of all, he has had entirely too much to drink.
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Great story that will make you think about life!
- By MJP on 12-22-16
By: Gene Doucette
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Starfire
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On June 30, 1908, an object fell from the sky, releasing more energy than a thousand Hiroshima bombs. A Siberian forest was flattened, but the strike left no significant crater. The anomaly came to be known as the Tunguska Event, and scientists have never agreed whether it was the largest meteor strike in recorded history - or something else. Alien artifacts have been uncovered since the 1908 event, and a new star drive is discovered.
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Het
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By: B.V. Larson
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Sick
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Daniel Ash wakes after midnight to the cry of his daughter. Just a bad dream, he thinks. She's had them before. Yet he can't help but worry when she cries out again as he pads down the hallway. Stepping through her doorway, he expects to find her sitting up in bed, frightened by a nightmare. But the nightmare is his. It's real. And it's just beginning....
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Enjoyably addictive story!
- By Amanda on 12-03-13
By: Brett Battles
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Monster Hunter International
- By: Larry Correia
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Five days after Owen Zastava Pitt pushed his insufferable boss out of a 14th story window, he woke up in the hospital with a scarred face, an unbelievable memory, and a job offer. It turns out that monsters are real. All the things from myth, legend, and B-movies are out there, waiting in the shadows. Some of them are evil, and some are just hungry. Monster Hunter International is the premier eradication company in the business. And now Owen is their newest recruit.
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Suprizingly entertaining
- By Konstantin on 02-17-12
By: Larry Correia
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Dreamland
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- By: Dale Brown, Jim DeFelice
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
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Dreamland is the place where the nation's top minds come to develop artillery and aircraft that push beyond the cutting edge. And where the Air Force's top guns come to test them, on the frontlines of a new era in warfare. The fiasco of a spy's infiltration has the Pentagon looking for an excuse to close Dreamland down. To clean up the mess, and save Dreamland from the congressional chopping block, Lt. Colonel Tecumseh "Dog" Bastian is sent in.
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Really boring!
- By Cheryl on 02-22-14
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Steel World
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In the 20th century Earth sent probes, transmissions, and welcoming messages to the stars. Unfortunately, someone noticed. The Galactics arrived with their battle fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined their vast Empire. Swearing allegiance to our distant alien overlords wasn't the only requirement for survival. We also had to have something of value to trade, something that neighboring planets would pay their hard-earned credits to buy. As most of the local worlds were too civilized to have a proper army, the only valuable service Earth could provide came in the form of soldiers....
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A 14 year old boy’s idea of a “Real Man”
- By Anonymous User on 04-16-19
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One Jump Ahead
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Jon Moore wanted only to relax on the pristine planet of Macken - but Macken was the secret battleground of two megacorporations, both determined to control the local jump gate and the riches of an undeveloped world. Moore was too valuable a tool not to be used, whether or not he was willing. What the corporations didn't realize was that Moore had a mind of his own and a conscience that wouldn't let him quit until he'd righted their wrong. And Moore had Lobo - or just possibly, Lobo had Jon Moore, because this Assault Vehicle had a mind of its own,
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It's all just a beginning.
- By Anonymous User on 09-17-12
By: Mark L. Van Name
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- Snarkstress
- 03-17-22
A pop song for dark days
This book is an absolute delight — inventive, funny, and wonderfully human. As usual, Wil Wheaton does a great job of bringing Scalzi’s words to life.
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- Geo
- 03-23-22
A Great Ride!
I love John Scalzi's work, and this book was great, as expected. Fun characters, a great premise, and a lot of great humor, not to mention Wil Wheaton's great narration just made this book great to listen to.
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- Aria
- 03-22-22
Exactly the book I needed!
Everything about this book was so enjoyable! I love that the balance of sarcasm/cynicism of the characters never veers into hipster apathy. The core characters feel real and alive.
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- Bren McKenna
- 03-20-22
Thank you
Thank you Scalzi! You are my favorite author and Wil Wheaton my favorite narrator! I've been waiting for this book for a while now and I'm so glad it was fun to make! I felt connected to this weird book about Kaiju more than any other book this year.
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- Jim G.
- 03-21-22
Another winner from Scalzi
sometimes, the author can get too dark for me, but not this time. Always a good story teller and an incredible imagination, John comes up with an unlikely, but possible, story line and makes a grotesque and frightful monster loveable. Not to mention the characters- all very likeable, just wish they all could have made it. But without a little angst there isn't much of a story I guess. Anyway, one of his best, and I'm hoping he has more stories like this in his weird, fantastic brain that he's willing to share.
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- Christine
- 05-25-22
exactly what I needed to read. fun times.
Thanks, Scalzi and Wheaton, for the mental escape I so needed. If KPS is looking for any more biologists, I could use some more time away from Earth one.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-19-22
A Pop Song
In the afterward, Scalzi describes writing this in the midst of the pandemic and other difficulties — trying to write something dark and complex and realizing that instead what he needed to write was the equivalent of a pop song, something light and catchy and buoyant. Will this story change your life? Probably not. But it will probably make it more bearable.
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- Jones1981
- 07-10-22
Pretty darn good
This book was written about things that I care very little about in the real world, and I’m a science fiction fan. That said, it was well written, and despite the characters having impossibly difficult names to remember outside of John, Sanders and a few others, the characters had memorable attitudes and…character! Wil Wheaton did an extraordinary job bringing characters to life and making written comedy funny when read aloud. That’s the other thing, John Scalzi is a pretty funny guy, I really thought the band-name bit in the middle of the book was laugh out loud hilarious. Thanks for the laughs a great story!
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- Ray Trujillo
- 07-04-22
A new way to think about how giant monster get the
I was looking for something light and entertaining and this hit the spot. Maybe there are other Kaiju to write about in the future? I really enjoyed how John was able to take a concept that most people would blow off as soon as they heard it calling it ridiculous and yet soon enough convinces you that it is more than possible. Thanks for a great book!
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- Steven Erick
- 06-17-22
Wheaton IS the audio Scalzi
I have listened to all of John Scalzi’s audiobooks. The narrators are all good but the one narrator that can literally bring Scalzi to life is Will Wheaton. When I see a Scalzi book narrated by Will, I don’t even read the description. I just get it because I KNOW I will be totally immersed . I hope you enjoy the pair!!
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