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Walking to Aldebaran
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 407
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 358
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Story4 out of 5 stars 358
My name is Gary Rendell. I'm an astronaut. When they asked me as a kid what I wanted to be when I grew up, I said, "astronaut, please!" I dreamed astronaut, I worked astronaut, I studied astronaut. I got lucky; when a probe exploring the Oort Cloud found a strange alien rock and an international team of scientists was put together to go and look at it, I made the draw. I got even luckier. When disaster hit and our team was split up, scattered through the endless cold tunnels, I somehow survived. Now I'm lost, and alone, and scared, and there's something horrible in here. Lucky me.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Recommended
- By pamela on 10-17-19
- Walking to Aldebaran
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Great Short Sci Fi
Reviewed: 03-05-24
Wickedly good sci fi with an unexpected twist. Perfectly narrated, delightfully written. A great ‘monster’ story.
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The Anubis Gates
- By: Tim Powers
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,481
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,355
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,352
When Brendan Doyle is flown from America to London to give a lecture on Samuel Taylor Coleridge, little does he expect that he will soon be traveling through time and meeting the poet himself. But Brendan could do without being stranded penniless in the teeming, thieving London of 1810.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Yesterday… All My Troubles Seemed So Far Away
- By Doug D. Eigsti on 06-21-16
- The Anubis Gates
- By: Tim Powers
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
This was AWESOME!!
Reviewed: 05-07-23
After a dubious start of the intro, it quickly got into a historic adventure full of dark magic and great characters. I generally stick to sci-fi because it’s so hard to find fantasy that isn’t a reboot of old tropes or a romance in disguise. This had original magic, original mechanisms, and delightfully magical re-interpretations of historical figures. Highly recommend.
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Self Help
- By: Ben H. Winters
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton, Ron Perlman
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,095
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,774
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,751
Jack Diller is just one more struggling actor on the road to nowhere. He’s got an agent who barely remembers his name, his ex-girlfriend has hooked up with a Silicon Valley dude, and the milk in his fridge is so far past its sell-by date it’s historic. The only way Jack can scrape together a bare existence is by delivering food to exactly the types of successful people he wishes he could be. Then, one day, a very strange audiobook shows up on his phone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining and slightly thought provoking, overall humorous
- By Jaxon on 05-30-22
- Self Help
- By: Ben H. Winters
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton, Ron Perlman
A fun and twisted ride
Reviewed: 06-24-22
I would describe this as something of a dark comedy. Much like a fantasy revenge book, this takes the character down a path paved with foolish ambitions, obvious shortcuts and a little bit of naive stupidity. You end up liking this failed actor and his slide into an accidental life of crime. It’s full of darkly fun adventures just plausible enough to draw you into the story. Read by my FAVORITE ebook reader who doesn’t use bunch of nonsense voices or sound effects, but tells a story like an enthusiastic buddy telling you about his adventure with excitement in all the right places. Will keep this in my listen-again list.
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Heaven's River
- Bobiverse, Book 4
- By: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 16 hrs and 57 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 41,206
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 36,666
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36,503
Civil war looms in the Bobiverse in this brand-new, epic-length adventure by Audible number one best seller Dennis E. Taylor. More than a hundred years ago, Bender set out for the stars and was never heard from again. There has been no trace of him despite numerous searches by his clone-mates. Now Bob is determined to organize an expedition to learn Bender’s fate - whatever the cost. But nothing is ever simple in the Bobiverse. Bob’s descendants are out to the 24th generation now, and replicative drift has produced individuals who can barely be considered Bobs anymore.
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5 out of 5 stars
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BOB-tastic!!! 🛸
- By C. White on 09-24-20
- Heaven's River
- Bobiverse, Book 4
- By: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
A Fun Time with Real Sci Fi!
Reviewed: 09-28-20
This is a fun and sometimes action filled series that is an absolute delight for a sci-fi fan. A true geek (programmer/engineer) gets killed too soon and freezes himself into the future. He wakes up uploaded into a computer as a starship-probe brain. Most other uploads go crazy, but introvert, sci-fi geek, programmer, engineer Bob LOVES his new life.
Therein starts adventures with action, danger and space aliens!
The science is believable, consistent and well explained. The characters are 'real' and likeable. Bob is an uber-geek with high intelligence and a dry sense of humor so he's easy to like. The challenges are likely scenarios (given the Bob universe) and there is no 'hand wavy' magic-type science fiction. Bob has do deal with the realities of a light speed and resource scarce universe and build his Bob-iverse from the ground up.
If you want your sci-fi to be romance, or Clark-sian (indistinguishably from magic), or in a galaxy far far away, go somewhere else.
If you want your science fiction to actually contain science and explanations of how future tech might create space ships and colonization of other worlds, get this!
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We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
- Bobiverse, Book 1
- By: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 105,825
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 97,011
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 96,774
There's a reason We Are Legion was named Audible's Best Science Fiction Book of 2016: Its irresistibly irreverent wit! Bob Johansson has just sold his software company for a small fortune and is looking forward to a life of leisure. The first item on his to-do list: Spending his newfound windfall. On an urge to splurge, he signs up to have his head cryogenically preserved in case of death. Then he gets himself killed crossing the street. Waking up 117 years later, Bob discovers his mind has been uploaded into a sentient space probe with the ability to replicate itself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ignore the Publisher's Summary! This is Amazing!
- By PW on 04-12-17
- We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
- Bobiverse, Book 1
- By: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Explore the universe in your own spaceship!
Reviewed: 08-02-18
I have not only the first book but the whole trilogy and I have to say, Bob is great! This is fun sci-fi! The author manages to make some serious issues fun and exciting. After all, our protagonist dies in practically the first chapter! (Only to be 'born' again as an AI.) Imagine if your purpose were to explore the galaxy in your own spaceship! Or be able to copy yourself when you need a little help!
The narration on this also perfectly fits the story and gives you a believable "voice" for the main character. He manages to maintain a fun and humorous tone that makes this a great listen! This is one of the few series that I own that I started listening to again almost as soon as I finished it.
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Albatross
- By: R. A. MacAvoy, Nancy L. Palmer
- Narrated by: Tom Bishop
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Rob MacAulay has followed the flight of seabirds all his life, as well as the elusive nature of quantum field theory. He is a brilliant physicist, famed for solving the Unity Theory, a tall, gentle man with glasses and a tweed jacket. And he is framed as a terrorist. Now, on the run from the police and under the steamroller of politics, MacAulay is on a flight of his own. As the EU fractures around him, MacAulay learns that his scientific reputation means little when the world is out to get him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story. Narration needs work.
- By KatByrne on 07-23-18
- Albatross
- By: R. A. MacAvoy, Nancy L. Palmer
- Narrated by: Tom Bishop
Great story. Narration needs work.
Reviewed: 07-23-18
Good story. Good characters. Really enjoyable listen.
The narrator was over sonorous, order dramatic and over-pronunciation. I just want him to simply read me the story, not act it out. Still an enjoyable listen.
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