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Narrated by:
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Stefan Rudnicki
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By:
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Samuel R. Delany
About this listen
Given that the suns of Draco stretch almost 16 light-years from end to end, it stands to reason that the cost of transportation is the most important factor driving the 32nd century. And since Illyrion is the element most needed for space travel, Lorq von Ray is plenty willing to fly through the core of a recently imploded sun in order to obtain seven tons of it. The potential for profit is so great that Lorq has little difficulty cobbling together an alluring crew, including a gypsy musician and a moon-obsessed scholar interested in the ancient art of writing a novel. What the crew doesn't know is that Lorq's quest is actually fueled by a private revenge so consuming that he'll stop at nothing to achieve it.
In the grandest manner of speculative fiction, Nova is a wise and witty classic that casts a fascinating new light on some of humanity's oldest truths and enduring myths.
©2002 Samuel R. Delany (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc. and Skyboat Media, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...
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This two-story compiliation, read by Stefan Rudnicki, offers two stories from David Drake's popular Hammer's Slammers series. In At Any Price, Col. Alois Hammer's indomitable Slammers are called in to support human colonists against a native uprising in this novel-length adventure. But even though the natives' off-world weapons are no match for the Slammers, their ability to teleport gives them a frightening advantage! In Rolling Hot, the battle-crazed troop of recruits and vets, led by Captain Ranson, must cover 300 miles of hostile enemy territory.
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Not a cohesive story or stories
- By Jeffery on 01-19-21
By: David Drake
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- All-New Tales
- By: Neil Gaiman - author/editor, Al Sarrantonio - editor, Joe Hill, and others
- Narrated by: Anne Bobby, Jonathan Davis, Katherine Kellgren, and others
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The best stories pull readers in and keep them turning the pages, eager to discover more—to find the answer to the question: "And then what happened?" The true hallmark of great literature is great imagination, and as Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio prove with this outstanding collection, when it comes to great fiction, all genres are equal.
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Something for Everyone
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By: Neil Gaiman - author/editor, and others
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The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 4
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With tales from Laird Barron, Stephen King, John Langan, Peter Straub, and many others, and featuring Datlow’s comprehensive overview of the year in horror, now, more than ever, The Best Horror of the Year provides the petrifying horror fiction readers have come to expect - and enjoy.
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Only a few decent stories in this bunch.
- By Jerry on 12-06-14
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In 1943, when the United States learns that Germany is on the verge of a deadly innovation that could tip the balance of the war, the government turns to an unlikely source for help: the nation’s top science fiction writers. Installed at a covert military lab within the Philadelphia Naval Yard are the most brilliant of these young visionaries. The unruly band is led by Robert Heinlein, the dashing and complicated master of the genre. His “Kamikaze Group,” is tasked with transforming the wonders of science fiction into science fact....
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Pulp Perfection!
- By Jim N on 08-31-12
By: Paul Malmont
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The Eternity Fund
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- Narrated by: Imogen Church
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A futuristic noir thriller: When Jess Green is recruited by the Unit for her unusual abilities, she hopes that she’s finally found safe haven. Unfortunately, life in Department Thirteen (Crime Solutions) is anything but. A sinister brotherhood are stealing human organs, and Jess and her uncooperative handler are put on the case. Their quest takes them into the lair of a rich philanthropist and his beautiful, brilliant daughter who together run The Eternity Fund, anti-ageing as it’s never been known before.
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Very interesting futuristic dystopian story.
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Joey Harker isn't a hero. In fact, he's the kind of guy who gets lost in his own house. But then one day, Joey gets really lost. He walks straight out of his world and into another dimension. Joey's walk between the worlds makes him prey to two terrible forces: armies of magic and science who will do anything to harness his power to travel between dimensions.
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A good listen
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After more than two hundred years as a corpsicle, Jaybee Corbell awoke in someone else’s body and under threat of instant annihilation if he made a wrong move while they were training him for a one-way mission to the stars. But Corbell bided his time and made his own move. Once he was outbound, where the society that ruled Earth could not reach him, he headed his starship toward the galactic core.
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Do you know how people get old?
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Gravity's Rainbow
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Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, Gravity's Rainbow is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustively significant to the second half of the 20th century as Joyce's Ulysses was to the first. Its sprawling, encyclopedic narrative and penetrating analysis of the impact of technology on society make it an intellectual tour de force.
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"Time to touch the person next to you"
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- stimpsonjcat
- 03-08-22
I have loved this story for so long!
The reading is well done.
I have probably bought 10 paper copies of Nova over the years...strange and wonderful to hear it.
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- Gary Gray
- 02-27-21
Just as fresh as my first reading 4+ decades ago
I bought this novel by Sam Delany in the summer between high school and my first year in collage. I read it whenever I could. Lunch breaks, smoke breaks (though I didn't smoke) and even skipping TV shows to get to back to this book. It was finished in less than a week and I was hungry for more. Delany had woven a galaxy filled with places and characters that exploded with uniqueness and mystery. It ranted with adventure and revenge and it pulled itself together by way of the impossible. It had its quirky madmen, scholarly good guys, off the road vagabonds and beautiful mysterious ladies who could predict your future or call back your past. This novel was written before Star Wars was even conceived yet it had plug in technology, as seen in Matrix and Space travel as vast and exploratory as Dune. And because Delany had obviously done his science homework he took the time to fill in the blanks on how a thousand years of our future history produced the marvels spoken of in here. I've so admired this work that I've always kept a copy in my library. So, when I saw it in audible form I grab it without a second thought. What a treasure. And now my compliments to the narrator, Stefan Rudnicki, who gave every character their whole, unique and distinct personalities while living thru their experiences with familiarity and fervor. Bravo! - I've read a lot of Sci-Fi in the last 50 plus years and this one still stands out as one of the true BEST. Please, if you're a real sci-fi fan don't pass this one up. After all don't you wanna know how to dive into the heart of a star and come out alive? Ha!
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- theamazingcatherine
- 06-06-17
lovely
Really good voices! And the book was as gorgeous and highly coloured as I remembered.
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- B. Coleman
- 03-09-20
Classic
Nova is a classic for a reason. It’s inventive, creative, filled with fascinating characters. Recommended. It can also be a bit melodramatic - an element which is only heightened by the narration. It’s not bad narration, per se, but more like something my crazy uncle would provide, having convinced himself it’s something he’d be a natural at. He’s not. But still. It didn’t turn me off from listening. You might want to sample it first, though, just in case.
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- Morris Nelms
- 09-10-21
Delany is tops
This is one of his best SF novels, which means it is one of the best SF novels. It won plenty of awards when it was published, and deservedly so. Clever plot twists, silver tongued writing, and a believable story make this a great introduction to an important writer.
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- Rob
- 01-24-19
Probably need to read as well as listen
I got lost a LOT through this book. The narration is great but I think there’s a lot of subtleties and literary aspects I blew past because it was audio. The book is good. Narration is great. Just pay attention haha
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- Rhubarb Wilting Kelp
- 10-07-23
One of the greats
Moly dick in miniature with a sun for a whale and a spaceship for the pequod and the author in every character.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-17-21
An excellent narration, but story was only ok
I didn't like the story or the ending very much, however Stefan's narration was excellent and kept my interest until the end. I would likely not have finished a print version of this novel.
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- Niko Z.
- 03-19-22
Intriguing narrative and excellent reading
Most of the novel feels like a really long exposition. I kept waiting for the narrative to properly get going and suddenly it was all over. The experience made me think hard about what the point of the novel actually was and all the world building and the subtle commentary within. Don't worry, at the surface level it's not particularly difficult to follow the storyline. There are some sudden shifts but you should be alright if you pay attention to which chapter you are in.
I will probably listen to it a few more times. The reader is excellent 👌.
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- Libero Della Piana
- 08-20-23
Groundbreaking classic well delivered
Great story. Well read. I lived the noval as a teen and this rendition did not disappoint.
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