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Spin
- By: Robert Charles Wilson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5,799
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,352
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,360
One night when he was 10, Tyler stood in his backyard and watched the stars go out. They flared into brilliance, then disappeared, replaced by an empty black barrier. He and his best friends, Jason and Diane Lawton, had seen what became known as the Big Blackout. It would shape their lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Listen!
- By pems-integ-tests on 03-28-08
- Spin
- By: Robert Charles Wilson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Solid Foundation
Reviewed: 07-28-16
I breezed right through this Scott Brick narrated delight. The premise is fascinating and big in a way that many many authors wrestle with following through on but this book actually delivers. If you like big idea science fiction this one's for you. Solid sci-fi with a big heart.
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Lexicon
- A Novel
- By: Max Barry
- Narrated by: Heather Corrigan, Zach Appelman
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,198
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,869
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,878
At an exclusive school somewhere outside of Arlington, Virginia, students aren't taught history, geography, or mathematics - at least not in the usual ways. Instead, they are taught to persuade. Here the art of coercion has been raised to a science. Students harness the hidden power of language to manipulate the mind and learn to break down individuals by psychographic markers in order to take control of their thoughts. The very best will graduate as "poets": adept wielders of language who belong to a nameless organization that is as influential as it is secretive.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fasten your seat belt...
- By Tango on 06-22-13
- Lexicon
- A Novel
- By: Max Barry
- Narrated by: Heather Corrigan, Zach Appelman
A powerful idea
Reviewed: 06-19-14
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Max Barry is back in top form. This entertaining musing on the power of words may go to extremes to get it's point across but in a world drowning in con men disguised as salesmen this is exactly the modern parable we should celebrate.
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Survivor
- By: Chuck Palahniuk
- Narrated by: Richard Powers
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,876
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,324
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,327
Tender Branson, the last surviving member of the so-called Creedish Death Cult, is dictating his life story into the flight recorder of Flight 2039, cruising on autopilot at 39,000 feet somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. He is all alone in the airplane, which will crash shortly into the vast Australian outback. But before it does, he will unfold the tale of his journey from an obedient Creedish child and humble domestic servant to an ultra-buffed, steroid-and-collagen-packed media messiah.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Whew...It's Over.
- By R. Flaherty on 05-02-13
- Survivor
- By: Chuck Palahniuk
- Narrated by: Richard Powers
We have just lost cabin pressure...
Reviewed: 06-19-14
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A book born to be in audio form. I read the book years ago fresh and knowing the first person format of the writing I was intrigued how this would sound. It sounds amazing. Tender Branson. He may not be the hero America wants, but he's certainly the hero we're going to get.
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The Fortress of Solitude
- By: Jonathan Lethem
- Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
- Length: 18 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 412
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 262
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Story4 out of 5 stars 265
This is the story of two boys, Dylan Ebdus and Mingus Rude. They are friends and neighbors, but because Dylan is white and Mingus is black, their friendship is not simple. This is the story of their Brooklyn neighborhood, which is almost exclusively black despite the first whispers of something that will become known as "gentrification."
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5 out of 5 stars
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A smorgasbord of language
- By J.D. Bruce on 10-21-03
- The Fortress of Solitude
- By: Jonathan Lethem
- Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
A bastion against judgment
Reviewed: 06-19-14
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This coming of age tale is something truly unique. The most fantastic aspects of the story are, funnily enough, the least engaging. The characters are never truly surprising and this is welcome because what they lack in spontaneity they drown in realism. The attention to detail and the love and care which all subjects are handled is something to be lauded. I often find books easily a number of adjectives for a good time but rarely so moving, and heartfelt as this unabashed meditation on growing up in a world without heroes.
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Ready Player One
- By: Ernest Cline
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 260,273
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 240,813
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 240,327
In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune—and control of the OASIS itself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I’m sorry I waited so long to read this book.
- By Julie W. Capell on 05-27-14
- Ready Player One
- By: Ernest Cline
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
Insert Quarter to Play
Reviewed: 06-19-14
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In one word: Entertaining. I feel like this book was written specifically to appeal to me. It's as if someone knew everything I ever watched, played, read, or experienced and then was given a full time job pandering to my sensibilities. The thing I was most scared of was Wil Wheaton narrating and this is the thing that most pleasantly surprised me. A note for those eager to dismiss Wesley Crusher; he can read the hell out of a book!
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Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone
- The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
- Length: 17 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 613
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 538
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 532
“Buy the ticket, take the ride,” was a favorite slogan of Hunter S. Thompson, and it pretty much defined both his work and his life. Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone showcases the roller-coaster of a career at the magazine that was his literary home.
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5 out of 5 stars
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If bad words offend you, don't read.
- By Robert on 07-19-12
- Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone
- The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
The Doctor Lives
Reviewed: 06-19-14
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I was downright terrified that some backwater idiot was going to read Hunters work to me in the weasel toned professorial way some of his other works have been handled. Not here. Here you'll get nothing but tough hard edging Phil Gigante being the behemoth his name implies. He channels the Doctors wit and charm and you can almost close your eyes and pretend the good Doctor never left us. Rest in Peace you doomed fool. You are gone but a man as unique as you will live on in the curses of wretched fools like Bush, Nixon, and their ilk for generations to come.
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Dune
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, and others
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 124,936
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 107,798
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 107,687
Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This classic deserves better
- By Matthew Salvo on 07-01-21
Dune: Radioplay edition
Reviewed: 06-19-14
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Dune is one of my favorite reads so it was with great caution that I picked up the audio book. This is a choice I would make again a hundred times. The presentation and care with which this work is handled is truly a labor of love and it can be heard in every performance. What you get here feels alive in a way that a Frank Herbert novel, that is normally so full of internal dialogue and exposition, never could on it's own.
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11-22-63
- A Novel
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 30 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70,555
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 63,655
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 63,511
On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? In this brilliantly conceived tour de force, Stephen King - who has absorbed the social, political, and popular culture of his generation more imaginatively and thoroughly than any other writer - takes listeners on an incredible journey into the past and the possibility of altering it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I Owe Stephen King An Apology
- By Kelly - Write Well Academy on 04-16-12
- 11-22-63
- A Novel
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
An Ode to America
Reviewed: 06-19-14
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In this love letter to the America of yesterday Stephen King captures the heart of the 60's and 70's. He shines a spotlight on the light and dark at a pivotal time in American history. You could see the seeds of today's tolerance being planted but you could see the all too real shadows of the darkness we were coming out of.
This is King at his best. Don't miss a chance to see the master weave a poignant hopeful tale with a heart as dark as night.
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The Martian
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: R. C. Bray
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 175,837
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 161,642
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Story5 out of 5 stars 161,462
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plainold "human error" are much more likely to kill him first.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Macgyver on Mars
- By Michael G Kurilla on 06-21-13
- The Martian
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: R. C. Bray
Martian Survival 101
Reviewed: 06-19-14
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This tight, tense read is every bit as entertaining as it feels educational. This is a truly rare feat. I won't drone about the plot points, I will simply say that few books seem like they were written for the audio book format, and this one is a shining example of a book made better when heard.
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