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The Annihilation Score
- By: Charles Stross
- Narrated by: Elle Newlands
- Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 890
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 811
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Story4 out of 5 stars 810
Mo's latest assignment is assisting the police in containing an unusual outbreak: ordinary citizens suddenly imbued with extraordinary abilities of the superpowered kind. Unfortunately these people prefer playing superpranks instead of superheroics. The mayor of London being levitated by a dumpy man in Trafalgar Square would normally be a source of shared amusement for Mo and Bob, but they're currently separated because something's come between them - something evil.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Falls apart in all the wrong ways
- By A reader on 11-19-15
- The Annihilation Score
- By: Charles Stross
- Narrated by: Elle Newlands
Awful Divergence
Reviewed: 06-28-20
Just a terrible plot, narrator and tone. Nothing like the previous novels. Just skip this entry. It has none of the humor or fun of the previous entries, and the narrator is terrible. Bob has no role in it, and Mo becomes a cheating, humorless whiner. Hopefully, she will disappear from the future novels. If not, I'm done with this series.
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The Enigma Cube
- Alien Artifact, Book 1
- By: Douglas E. Richards
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 692
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 605
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Story4 out of 5 stars 603
Dr. Kelly Connolly is part of a top-secret team studying the most important find in human history - the Enigma Cube, an alien artifact of incomprehensible power. A cube whose technology can catapult civilization to dizzying heights - or destroy it entirely. After years of failed attempts to unlock the cube's secrets, all hell suddenly breaks loose. Kelly and a black-ops commando, Justin Boyd, are soon fighting against all odds to stay alive, and to keep the cube out of enemy hands.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Stupid
- By Kindle Customer on 05-07-20
- The Enigma Cube
- Alien Artifact, Book 1
- By: Douglas E. Richards
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
Amateurish
Reviewed: 04-30-20
How many useless adjectives and adverbs can a writer cram into a sentence? Read a few paragraphs of this book and you'll find out. It's embarrassing how many people found this book "spellbinding" and "riveting". This book would receive a C+ in a high school freshman writing course. I have to ask, "who is this guys editor"? He or she should be fired immediately.
This is what is passing for contemporary science fiction now? Pathetic.
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The Visitor
- First Contact Hard Science Fiction
- By: Tony Harmsworth
- Narrated by: Marni Penning
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 137
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Story4 out of 5 stars 128
Specialist astronaut Evelyn Slater encounters a small, badly damaged, ancient alien artifact on the first ever space junk elimination mission. Where was it from? Who sent it? International governments impose a security clampdown. Evelyn leads a team of handpicked scientists who make amazing discoveries within the alien device. Secrecy becomes impossible to maintain. When the news is finally released, she becomes embroiled in international politics, worldwide xenophobic hatred, and violence.
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1 out of 5 stars
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huge disappointment
- By William L. on 08-10-20
- The Visitor
- First Contact Hard Science Fiction
- By: Tony Harmsworth
- Narrated by: Marni Penning
Pathetic
Reviewed: 04-09-20
Don't waste a minute of your life listening to this. It is so bad in so many ways that I can't begin to list them. Most of all, this IS NOT hard science fiction. It reads like it was written by a teenager for elementary school children, and fails at that level! The only thing worse than the writing was the narrator. How does a story like this get published?
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Paradox Bound
- A Novel
- By: Peter Clines
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17,313
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 16,108
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16,082
Nothing ever changes in Sanders. The town's still got a video store, for God's sake. So why doesn't Eli Teague want to leave? Not that he'd ever admit it, but maybe he's been waiting - waiting for the traveler to come back. The one who's roared into his life twice before, pausing just long enough to drop tantalizing clues before disappearing in a cloud of gunfire and a squeal of tires. The one who's a walking anachronism, with her tricorne hat, flintlock rifle, and steampunked Model A Ford.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I tried SO hard, I really did!
- By Angela Vickery on 10-04-17
- Paradox Bound
- A Novel
- By: Peter Clines
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Dumb Storyline
Reviewed: 10-22-17
If you can suspend your disbelief upon reading the main plot concept, then go for it, but I couldn't believe that a writer that I normally enjoy reading could come up with such a preposterous idea. The American Dream is a magical spell made by an Egyptian God!? It's utterly ridiculous.
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Ancestor
- A Novel
- By: Scott Sigler
- Narrated by: Scott Sigler
- Length: 15 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,059
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 928
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 927
On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, PJ Colding leads a group of geneticists who have discovered this holy grail of medicine. By reverse-engineering the genomes of thousands of mammals, Colding's team has dialed back the evolutionary clock to re-create humankind’s common ancestor.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow Scott you did it again, home run!!!!
- By Big Daddy JMC on 03-09-15
- Ancestor
- A Novel
- By: Scott Sigler
- Narrated by: Scott Sigler
Why do authors insist on narrating their books?
Reviewed: 09-16-17
Might have been good, but narrator (Sigler) was horrible. Do not bother to buy this book, because the author is one of the worst narrators I've ever heard. It was unbearable.
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Lycan Fallout
- Rise of the Werewolf
- By: Mark Tufo
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,594
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,260
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,249
The world of man was brought to its knees with the zombie apocalypse. A hundred and fifty years have passed since man clawed and climbed his way back from the brink of extinction. Civilization has rebooted, man has begun to rebuild, creating new communities and society. It is on this fragile new shaky ground that a threat worse than the scourge of the dead has sprung... Once again, one man finds himself once thrust into the forefront of a war he wants nothing to do with and seemingly cannot win.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it! Mike Talbot Returns!!!
- By Theodore on 07-23-13
- Lycan Fallout
- Rise of the Werewolf
- By: Mark Tufo
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
Just Awful
Reviewed: 08-01-15
The author has completely run out of ideas and enthusiasm for the storyline and should have dropped it many books prior. I enjoyed his early novels, but trying to slog through this muck is impossible. He needs to find new subject matter.
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The Fold
- By: Peter Clines
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37,427
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34,610
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34,550
The folks in Mike Erikson's small New England town would say he's just your average, everyday guy. And that's exactly how Mike likes it. Sure, the life he's chosen isn't much of a challenge to someone with his unique gifts, but he's content with his quiet and peaceful existence. That is, until an old friend presents him with an irresistible mystery, one that Mike is uniquely qualified to solve.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Loved it until the last couple of hours.
- By shirley on 06-03-15
- The Fold
- By: Peter Clines
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Great Story that is by far his best effort
Reviewed: 07-15-15
So much better than the EX series. I didn't want this book to end, and I am hoping that there will be a sequel with Mike returning as the central character. This book has much more in common with 14 than the EX series and has a couple of nice surprises in the plot structure, so if you enjoyed 14, you will love this novel.
My only complaint is regarding the narrator's horrifying attempt at modifying his voice for the different characters. He has a wonderful natural voice and does a great job of holding tempo, but when he changes to the grating falsetto for the female characters, I want to scream at him to stop. He needs to learn that making minor changes in his voice is just fine when changing characters because he has zero ability to switch the timbre of his voice as many narrators do.
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The Girl with All the Gifts
- By: M. R. Carey
- Narrated by: Finty Williams
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39,659
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36,293
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36,290
Melanie is a very special girl. Dr. Caldwell calls her "our little genius". Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh. Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children's cells. She tells her favorite teacher all the things she'll do when she grows up.
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5 out of 5 stars
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FLEETWOOD MAC
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 09-04-15
- The Girl with All the Gifts
- By: M. R. Carey
- Narrated by: Finty Williams
The only intelligent "Zombie" story ever written
Reviewed: 02-26-15
Any additional comments?
This is a real story with excellent characterization, skillful writing and an outstanding narrator. As others have said, don't let the zombie concept deter you from reading this book, particularly if you have never read a "zombie" book. The character development is particularly good and kept me deeply interested in the book. Don't even hesitate one second to buy this book.
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The Atrocity Archives
- A Laundry Files Novel
- By: Charles Stross
- Narrated by: Gideon Emery
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,853
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,510
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,508
Bob Howard is a computer-hacker desk jockey, who has more than enough trouble keeping up with the endless paperwork he has to do on a daily basis. He should never be called on to do anything remotely heroic. But for some reason, he is.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great techno-spy-Lovecraftian-horror-comedy
- By A reader on 02-08-10
- The Atrocity Archives
- A Laundry Files Novel
- By: Charles Stross
- Narrated by: Gideon Emery
I really want to like this series...
Reviewed: 10-17-14
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but I just barely made it through the first book because the plot structure is disorganized and a bit hard to swallow at times. I feel like the writer can't decide whether to write this as an all out spoof of magical horror stories, or try to just barely keep it serious. I like the narrator a lot and the characters are fun, but it just never makes the jump to really keeping my interest for more than 30 minutes. I am still going to purchase the next book in the series, because it has a ton of promise and it is just so close to being really good that I have to give it another shot.
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Overlord
- By: David L. Golemon
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 19 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 399
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 359
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 358
The plans of a million years are finally ready for what has always been coming - Armageddon. Finally, the first move is set in motion and the assassinations begin, eliminating the leadership and consolidating military control of the seas and airspace of the world’s most powerful nations. Only one element in the arsenal of the world can possibly give the Earth a fighting chance at survival - a tiny being that has already saved the world once in the Arizona desert is now called upon to outthink his former masters.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Event Group trilogy conclusion
- By Michael G Kurilla on 01-18-15
- Overlord
- By: David L. Golemon
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
Embarrassed for the writer
Reviewed: 09-26-14
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This has to be one of the worst books that I have listened to/read in decades. How does someone this bad get published? The dialogue is so pathetic and the characters are so one-dimensional that at times I wondered if this was written as a parody.
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