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Something Wicked This Way Comes
- By: Ray Bradbury
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,469
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,854
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,859
A carnival rolls in sometime after the midnight hour on a chill Midwestern October eve, ushering in Halloween a week before its time. A calliope's shrill siren song beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. In this season of dying, Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's so creepy
- By Midwestbonsai on 11-14-14
- Something Wicked This Way Comes
- By: Ray Bradbury
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
Scary Tale Well Told
Reviewed: 07-31-24
I like Ray Bradbury (ref The Twilight Zone) and tried this book at random. It is a story of people- the living vs the dead- written on a 1950s timeless canvas. Illustrated in colorful words, phrases, and images which reach deep into our souls.
I recommend you read this well choreographed presentation with no spoilers to spoil the fun.
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Out of the Silent Planet
- Ransom Trilogy, Book 1
- By: C. S. Lewis
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,861
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,173
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,172
Out of the Silent Planet is the first novel of the Cosmic Trilogy, considered to be C.S. Lewis' chief contribution to the science fiction genre.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Original, complex, not middle of the road
- By Phantom's Furnature on 05-27-05
- Out of the Silent Planet
- Ransom Trilogy, Book 1
- By: C. S. Lewis
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
Retro perspective on space travel
Reviewed: 06-16-23
CS Lewis book out of the silent planet is a clear example of what lies ahead for mankind in a pre-space age era. He actually describes a space ship far advanced from anything our current technology even imagines as possible for centuries into the future.
At the same time the culture and technology of 1935 is used for everything else in the story.
He uses the the story as a platform for discussing and exploring the self-centered thinking of mankind in stark contrast to a universalist view of the multi cultural (and multi species) care and concern for sentient life. Really brings so many current issues into perspective to protect the diversity of our planet and the amazing diversity of life we have right here.
Also, this book is so interesting for me personally, as it was the very first introduction to the SiFi genre 50 years ago as a pre-teen.
Well worth reading
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Science Set Free
- 10 Paths to New Discovery
- By: Rupert Sheldrake
- Narrated by: Rupert Sheldrake, Jane Collingwood, David Timson
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 551
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 480
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 474
Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's most innovative scientists, here shows the ways in which science is being constricted by assumptions that have, over the years, hardened into dogmas. Such dogmas are not only limiting, but dangerous for the future of humanity. According to these principles, all of reality is material or physical; the world is a machine, made up of inanimate matter; nature is purposeless; consciousness is nothing but the physical activity of the brain; free will is an illusion; and God exists only as an idea in human minds.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dear Science: Put up or shut up.
- By RSR on 12-15-12
- Science Set Free
- 10 Paths to New Discovery
- By: Rupert Sheldrake
- Narrated by: Rupert Sheldrake, Jane Collingwood, David Timson
An informative and liberating analysis of the scientific method
Reviewed: 05-06-23
Science Set Free is a carefully written deep dive into the scientific method and the catastrophic effects of the state of the scientific endeavor today having morphed into a dogmatic self-limiting system. The point of the book is the liberation of science from dogmatisms to re-energize the scientific pursuit of knowledge.
The author carefully analyzes the current state of affairs in science as a dogmatic pursuit of materialism that has assumed many untestable principles as facts. These assumptions are then treated as barriers to scientific investigations of the very foundations of science itself.
I urge everyone to read this book with an open mind and true scientific investigative spirit. I think you will become a better scientist in the process.
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A Fall of Moondust
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 458
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 378
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Story4 out of 5 stars 377
Time is running out for the passengers and crew of the tourist cruiser Selene, incarcerated in a sea of choking lunar dust. On the surface, her rescuers find their resources stretched to the limit by the mercilessly unpredictable conditions of a totally alien environment. A brilliantly imagined story of human ingenuity and survival, A Fall of Moondust is a tour-de-force of psychological suspense and sustained dramatic tension by the field's foremost author.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Old Fashioned Science Fiction
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 12-03-11
- A Fall of Moondust
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
Space rescue storyline with lots of tech
Reviewed: 04-15-23
A retro-sci-fi. Enjoy it wearing glasses circa 1960. From that perspective it’s very advanced technology parallel to 2001 Space Odyssey.
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The Fountains of Paradise
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,321
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,130
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,134
Vannemar Morgan's dream is to link Earth to the stars with the greatest engineering feat of all time: a 24,000-mile-high space elevator. But first he must solve a million technical, political, and economic problems while allaying the wrath of God. For the only possible site on the planet for Morgans Orbital Tower is the monastery atop the Sacred Mountain of Sri Kanda.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Hard
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 04-30-11
- The Fountains of Paradise
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
Retro-sci-fi in practical clothing
Reviewed: 04-06-23
Arthur C Clarke brings us a fanciful tale of the trials and tribulations of building the first space elevator from the perspective of the mid-1900 century. Delightful to read about future technology that was only a distant dream of his time. And the introduction of a ring world now makes much more sense.
Enjoy the ride.
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The Order of Time
- By: Carlo Rovelli
- Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,028
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,385
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,344
In lyric, accessible prose, Carlo Rovelli invites us to consider questions about the nature of time that continue to puzzle physicists and philosophers alike. For most listeners, this is unfamiliar terrain. We all experience time, but the more scientists learn about it, the more mysterious it appears. We think of it as uniform and universal, moving steadily from past to future, measured by clocks. Rovelli tears down these assumptions one by one, revealing a strange universe where, at the most fundamental level, time disappears.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rovelli is a Genius
- By Mike on 05-11-18
- The Order of Time
- By: Carlo Rovelli
- Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch
Deep and profound story
Reviewed: 12-18-22
The mystery of time is deep and profound and the author endeavors to communicate this mystery through a deep dive into philosophy, physics, quantum properties, astronomy and religion. He takes time apart into nothingness then puts time back together as fundamental to our personal existence and experience.
Definitely worth reading slowly with breaks to absorb the concepts presented.
Daniel
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Prelude to Foundation
- By: Isaac Asimov
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,122
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,695
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,696
It is the year 12,020 GE and Emperor Cleon I sits uneasily on the Imperial throne of Trantor. Here in the great multidomed capital of the Galactic Empire, 40 billion people have created a civilization of unimaginable technological and cultural complexity. Yet Cleon knows there are those who would see him fall - those whom he would destroy if only he could read the future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Trantor, capital of a galactic empire!
- By Svenghali on 11-09-12
- Prelude to Foundation
- By: Isaac Asimov
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Must read before the foundation series
Reviewed: 12-04-22
I read this 20 years ago and needed the re-read to solidify the foundation books. I hope you enjoy reading this book as much as I did.
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The Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent
- By: Larry Correia
- Narrated by: Adam Baldwin
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 29,297
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26,995
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Story4 out of 5 stars 26,988
Have you ever seen a planet invaded by rampaging space mutants from another dimension or Nazi dinosaurs from the future? Don't let this happen to you! Rifts happen, so you should be ready when universes collide. A policy with Stranger & Stranger can cover all of your interdimensional insurance needs. Rated "Number One in Customer Satisfaction" for three years running, no claim is too big or too weird for Tom Stranger to handle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Someone owes me a new keyboard
- By Aimee M on 05-24-16
Wild and wacky
Reviewed: 02-08-20
An entertaining comic book story with not a single serious point nor person. Take it like an audio version of laugh in and see what you think about this???...??? Book
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Leviathan Wakes
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 20 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 32,721
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 29,170
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 29,090
From a New York Times best-selling and Hugo award-winning author comes a modern masterwork of science fiction, introducing a captain, his crew, and a detective as they unravel a horrifying solar system wide conspiracy that begins with a single missing girl. Humanity has colonized the solar system - Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond - but the stars are still out of our reach. Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Started a love affair with hard sci fi
- By NH on 07-30-17
- Leviathan Wakes
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
Imaginative space SciFi story
Reviewed: 07-07-19
A long and compelling story of future interplanetary politics and technology. Rooted in strong personalities and a story line close enough to a potential reality that it keeps the reader engaged.
A good read!
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