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Duncan Galloway
About this listen
Nineteen humorous sci-fi stories telling of the man who saved the world (kind of), and the man who didn’t, the laptop that discovered it is self-aware, the puzzling Christmas message from outer space, the unluckiest man on Earth, and the spur-of-the-moment decision that doomed mankind.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- By: Douglas Adams
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
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Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last 15 years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.
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HHTGH - Lightly Fried
- By J. Medany on 05-08-05
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Will Save the Galaxy for Food
- By: Yahtzee Croshaw
- Narrated by: Yahtzee Croshaw
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Space travel just isn't what it used to be. With the invention of quantum teleportation, space heroes aren't needed anymore. When one particularly unlucky ex-adventurer masquerades as famous pilot and hate figure Jacques McKeown, he's sucked into an ever-deepening corporate and political intrigue. Between space pirates, adorable deadly creatures, and a missing fortune in royalties, saving the universe was never this difficult!
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Great
- By K. F. on 03-09-17
By: Yahtzee Croshaw
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Protostar
- The Star-Crossed Saga
- By: Braxton A. Cosby
- Narrated by: Braxton A. Cosby
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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As the Torrian Alliance continues its age-old mission of hunting down Star Children, King Gregorio Derry reluctantly agrees to send his only son, William, to planet Earth on a mission to bring honor back to the royal family name. The target: Sydney, a teenage girl unaware of her alien heritage. When an accident delays the assassination, William begins to realize he is forming a connection with Sydney, and he struggles to follow through with his orders. William must make the ultimate choice between his irrevocable duty and love, sacrificing everything he believes.
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Star crossed lovers
- By Nicole MommaKauk on 04-03-16
By: Braxton A. Cosby
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The Afterlife Academy
- By: Frank L. Cole
- Narrated by: Reuben Corbett
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Fans of Adam Gidwitz and Neil Gaiman will love this middle-grade adventure about two boys, a mysterious, old book with some dark secrets, and a horde of angry demons. Nothing could go wrong, right? When Walter Prairie is struck dead by a bolt of lightning, he's fast-tracked through the Afterlife Academy and assigned as a Guardian Agent to protect a High-Level Target. Walter's HLT, Charlie Dewdle, isn't the most popular kid in school. He's a bit paranormally obsessed. And he has just found an old book that could be used to open the Gateway for demons to wreak havoc on earth.
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An Engaging Story!
- By Jessica Kramer on 04-05-18
By: Frank L. Cole
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Crash Landing
- Hyperspace High, Book 1
- By: Zac Harrison
- Narrated by: Michael Fenton Stevens
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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When John Riley gets on the wrong coach, he ends up at an elite academy on an enormous spaceship, where his classmates are aliens, the food is disgusting, and the penalty for failing exams is harsh. Can he show that he deserves a place at Hyperspace High?
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School on a Spaceship
- By Got My Book on 10-08-16
By: Zac Harrison
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Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion
- By: Jenny T. Colgan
- Narrated by: Camille Coduri
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Camille Coduri reads this brand new novelisation of the Tenth Doctor’s first adventure. Earth is under attack by power-hungry aliens. This is no time for the Doctor to be out of action. When a British space probe is intercepted by a sinister alien vessel on the eve of Christmas, it marks the beginning of an audacious invasion of the Earth by the Sycorax - horrifying marauders from beyond the stars. Within hours, a third of humanity stands on the brink of death with not a single shot fired.
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Doctor Who
- By Shannon Burns on 03-25-24
By: Jenny T. Colgan
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- By: Douglas Adams
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last 15 years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.
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HHTGH - Lightly Fried
- By J. Medany on 05-08-05
By: Douglas Adams
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Will Save the Galaxy for Food
- By: Yahtzee Croshaw
- Narrated by: Yahtzee Croshaw
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Space travel just isn't what it used to be. With the invention of quantum teleportation, space heroes aren't needed anymore. When one particularly unlucky ex-adventurer masquerades as famous pilot and hate figure Jacques McKeown, he's sucked into an ever-deepening corporate and political intrigue. Between space pirates, adorable deadly creatures, and a missing fortune in royalties, saving the universe was never this difficult!
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Great
- By K. F. on 03-09-17
By: Yahtzee Croshaw
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Protostar
- The Star-Crossed Saga
- By: Braxton A. Cosby
- Narrated by: Braxton A. Cosby
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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As the Torrian Alliance continues its age-old mission of hunting down Star Children, King Gregorio Derry reluctantly agrees to send his only son, William, to planet Earth on a mission to bring honor back to the royal family name. The target: Sydney, a teenage girl unaware of her alien heritage. When an accident delays the assassination, William begins to realize he is forming a connection with Sydney, and he struggles to follow through with his orders. William must make the ultimate choice between his irrevocable duty and love, sacrificing everything he believes.
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Star crossed lovers
- By Nicole MommaKauk on 04-03-16
By: Braxton A. Cosby
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The Afterlife Academy
- By: Frank L. Cole
- Narrated by: Reuben Corbett
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Fans of Adam Gidwitz and Neil Gaiman will love this middle-grade adventure about two boys, a mysterious, old book with some dark secrets, and a horde of angry demons. Nothing could go wrong, right? When Walter Prairie is struck dead by a bolt of lightning, he's fast-tracked through the Afterlife Academy and assigned as a Guardian Agent to protect a High-Level Target. Walter's HLT, Charlie Dewdle, isn't the most popular kid in school. He's a bit paranormally obsessed. And he has just found an old book that could be used to open the Gateway for demons to wreak havoc on earth.
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An Engaging Story!
- By Jessica Kramer on 04-05-18
By: Frank L. Cole
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Crash Landing
- Hyperspace High, Book 1
- By: Zac Harrison
- Narrated by: Michael Fenton Stevens
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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When John Riley gets on the wrong coach, he ends up at an elite academy on an enormous spaceship, where his classmates are aliens, the food is disgusting, and the penalty for failing exams is harsh. Can he show that he deserves a place at Hyperspace High?
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School on a Spaceship
- By Got My Book on 10-08-16
By: Zac Harrison
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Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion
- By: Jenny T. Colgan
- Narrated by: Camille Coduri
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Camille Coduri reads this brand new novelisation of the Tenth Doctor’s first adventure. Earth is under attack by power-hungry aliens. This is no time for the Doctor to be out of action. When a British space probe is intercepted by a sinister alien vessel on the eve of Christmas, it marks the beginning of an audacious invasion of the Earth by the Sycorax - horrifying marauders from beyond the stars. Within hours, a third of humanity stands on the brink of death with not a single shot fired.
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Doctor Who
- By Shannon Burns on 03-25-24
By: Jenny T. Colgan
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Doctor Who: The Secret in Vault 13
- By: David Solomons
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The Doctor has been summoned. The galaxy is in terrible danger, and only a Time Lord can save it. But to do so, she must break into the ancient Galactic Seed Vault. And at its heart lies a secret: Vault 13. The vault has remained unopened for millions of years and is located on a remote and frozen world - from which nobody has ever returned alive.... Can the Doctor and her friends Yaz, Ryan, and Graham uncover the shocking secret in Vault 13?
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narrator rocks!
- By S. Francis on 06-07-19
By: David Solomons
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The Sidekicks Initiative: A Comedy Superhero Adventure
- By: Barry J. Hutchison
- Narrated by: Phil Thron
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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When sworn protectors of Earth, the Justice Platoon, are all horribly killed, their former arch-enemies come crawling out of the woodwork. Outnumbered, outgunned, and out of options, the US government has no choice but to activate the Sidekicks Initiative, dragging the Platoon's middle-aged ex-sidekicks out of retirement. Now these three reluctant, out of shape former child-wonders must work together to stop the rising tide of supervillainy, avenge their former mentors' deaths, and bring the world back from the brink of destruction.
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All hail THE Butterfly King! Ummm... I mean Randy😜
- By C. White on 02-20-19
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Falling Free
- Miles Vorsokigan, Book 4
- By: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Leo Graf was just your average highly efficient engineer: mind your own business, fix what's wrong, and move on to the next job. But all that changed on his assignment to the Cay Habitat, where a group of humanoids had been secretly, commercially bioengineered for working in free fall. Could he just stand there and allow the exploitation of hundreds of helpless children merely to enhance the bottom line of a heartless mega-corporation?
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Don't read this one first
- By Carol on 02-20-13
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Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
- 4th Doctor Novelisation
- By: Douglas Adams
- Narrated by: Jon Culshaw
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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The hugely powerful Key to Time has been split into six segments, all of which have been disguised and hidden throughout time and space. Now the even more powerful White Guardian wants the Doctor to find the pieces. With the first segment successfully retrieved, the Doctor, Romana and K9 trace the second segment of the Key to the planet Calufrax. But when they arrive at exactly the right point in space, they find themselves on exactly the wrong planet - Zanak.
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great story with unexpected twists
- By Elena Georgobiani on 09-10-17
By: Douglas Adams
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Shada
- Doctor Who: The Lost Adventure
- By: Douglas Adams, Gareth Roberts
- Narrated by: Lalla Ward
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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The Doctor's old friend and fellow Time Lord Professor Chronotis has retired to Cambridge University - where nobody will notice if he lives for centuries. But now he needs help from the Doctor, Romana, and K-9. When he left Gallifrey he took with him a few little souvenirs - most of them are harmless. But one of them is extremely dangerous. The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey isn't a book for Time Tots.It must not be allowed to fall into the wrong hands.
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Like uncovering a lost treasure
- By Hedge Harbor coordinator on 05-03-12
By: Douglas Adams, and others
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Doctor Who: Twelve Doctors of Christmas
- By: Jacqueline Rayner, Colin Brake, Richard Dungworth, and others
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh, Chris Addison, Rachael Stirling, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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A new collection of Christmas adventures, starring 12 incarnations of the Doctor plus many of his friends and enemies. Inside this festive audiobook of Doctor Who stories, you'll find timey-wimey mysteries, travels in the TARDIS, monster-chasing excitement and plenty of Christmas magic. Find out what happens when the Third Doctor meets Jackie Tyler, the Seventh Doctor and Ace encounter an alien at Macy's department store, and the Ninth Doctor tries to get Rose a red bicycle for Christmas.
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A Whovian Christmas treat!
- By Stephen W Osborne on 12-15-16
By: Jacqueline Rayner, and others
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Doctor Who
- Ghosts of India
- By: Mark Morris
- Narrated by: David Troughton
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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India in 1947 is a country in the grip of chaos - a country torn apart by internal strife. When the Doctor and Donna arrive in Calcutta, they are instantly swept up in violent events. Barely escaping with their lives, they discover that the city is rife with tales of 'half-made men', who roam the streets at night and steal people away. These creatures, it is said, are as white as salt and have only shadows where their eyes should be.
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Not my favorite
- By Careena on 06-28-14
By: Mark Morris
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Doctor Who: Wetworld
- Wetworld
- By: Mark Michalowski
- Narrated by: Freema Agyeman
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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When the TARDIS makes a disastrous landing in the swamps of the planet Sunday, the Doctor has no choice but to abandon Martha and try to find help. But the tranquillity of Sunday's swamps is deceptive, and even the TARDIS can't protect Martha forever.
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Great Doctor and Martha Adventure!
- By Amber on 11-12-11
By: Mark Michalowski
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The Sheriff of Yrnameer
- A Novel
- By: Michael Rubens
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Meet Cole: hapless space rogue, part-time smuggler, on a path to being full-time dead. His sidekick just stole his girlfriend. The galaxy's most hideous and feared bounty hunter wants to lay eggs in his brain. And the luxury space yacht Cole just hijacked turns out of be filled with interstellar do-gooders, one especially loathsome stowaway, and a cargo of freeze-dried orphans.
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Fun, Light-hearted SF
- By Martin Moore on 08-30-09
By: Michael Rubens
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Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen
- 4th Doctor Novel
- By: Douglas Adams, James Goss
- Narrated by: Dan Starkey
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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An unabridged reading of the brand-new novel based on a storyline by Douglas Adams. The Doctor promised Romana the end of the universe, so she's less than impressed when what she gets is a cricket match. But then the award ceremony is interrupted by 11 figures in white uniforms and peaked skull helmets wielding bat-shaped weapons that fire lethal bolts of light into the screaming crowd. The Krikkitmen are back.
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Life, the Universe, and the Doctor
- By Anthony Pirtle on 01-19-18
By: Douglas Adams, and others
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Doctor Who: The Monsters Inside
- By: Stephen Cole
- Narrated by: Camille Coduri
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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The ‘Tardis’ takes the Doctor and Rose to a destination in deep space - Justicia, a prison camp stretched over seven planets, where Earth colonies deal with their criminals. While Rose finds herself locked up in a teenage borstal, the Doctor is trapped in a scientific labour camp. Each is determined to find the other, and soon both Rose and the Doctor are risking life and limb to escape in their distinctive styles. But their dangerous plans are complicated by some old enemies.
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Mediocre story, excellent narrator
- By Annissa on 04-02-13
By: Stephen Cole
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Doctor Who: Sick Building
- Sick Building
- By: Paul Magrs
- Narrated by: Will Thorp
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
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Tiermann's World: a planet covered in wintry woods and roamed by sabre-toothed tigers and other savage beasts. The Doctor is here to warn Professor Tiermann, his wife, and their son that a terrible danger is on its way.
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A Darker Who Adventure
- By Amber on 11-12-11
By: Paul Magrs
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Croak
- By: Gina Damico
- Narrated by: Jessica Almasy
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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Fed up with her wild behavior, 16-year-old Lex’s parents ship her off to upstate New York to live with her Uncle Mort for the summer, hoping that a few months of dirty farm work will whip her back into shape. But Uncle Mort’s true occupation is much dirtier than shoveling manure. He’s a Grim Reaper. And he’s going to teach Lex the family business. She quickly assimilates into the peculiar world of Croak, a town populated by reapers who deliver souls from this life to the next.
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Juvenile
- By Mark Faine on 09-23-13
By: Gina Damico
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The Dig
- By: Michael Siemsen
- Narrated by: Chris Patton
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
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A mysterious woven metal artifact is found at a paleontological dig in Africa. Mystified experts, confounded by the impossible timeline they get from traditional dating methods, call upon a stubborn young man with a unique talent. Matthew Turner's gift is also his curse: When he touches any object, his awareness is flooded with the thoughts and feelings of those who touched it before him. It is a talent that many covet, some fear, and almost no one understands.
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So I liked it, in a random sorta way...
- By Jan on 12-15-13
By: Michael Siemsen
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Before Tomorrowland
- By: Disney Press, Jeff Jensen, Jonathan Case, and others
- Narrated by: Katie Schorr
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
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The year is 1939. A secret society of extraordinary geniuses is about to share an incredible discovery with the world. A misguided enemy - half man, half machine - will stop at nothing to prevent the group from giving this forbidden knowledge to humanity. And a mother and son on vacation in New York City are handed a comic book infused with a secret code that will lead them straight into the crossfires of the conspiracy.
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I totally do not get this book
- By Armen Kurdian on 09-07-19
By: Disney Press, and others
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The Engineer Wizard
- The Genie and the Wizard, Book 1
- By: Glenn Michaels
- Narrated by: Commodore James, Jordan Byrne, Bennett Cousins, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
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Paul Armstead is your average American senior citizen and electrical engineer. He's 61 years old, unremarkably unattractive, and a self-proclaimed science fiction nut. He's lived the American dream in drab, typical fashion. So how does he end up fleeing from one end of the world to the other, dodging government dragnets; evil, nightmarish monsters known as the Oni; good wizards; bad wizards; beautiful women; spies; and wizardly spells? Well, it is entirely the genie's fault....
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Hurry up with the 2nd one!
- By Brody T. on 08-30-16
By: Glenn Michaels
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InterWorld
- By: Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves
- Narrated by: Christopher Evan Welch
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
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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
- By Gurmukh on 10-31-07
By: Neil Gaiman, and others
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Expendable
- League of Peoples, Book 1
- By: James Alan Gardner
- Narrated by: Christine Marshall
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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Under the benevolent leadership of the League of Peoples, there is no war, little crime, and life is sacred...unless you're an Explorer. The ugly, the flawed, the misfit, the deformed, they are the unwanted, flung to the farthest corners of the galaxy to investigate hostile planets and strange, vicious creatures. Out there, there are a thousand different - and terrible - ways to die.
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FU@@ING EXPLORERS
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 03-06-15
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Critical Dawn
- The Critical Series, Book 1
- By: Darren Wearmouth, Colin F. Barnes
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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Archaeologists Pippa Quinn and Charlie Jackson find advanced technology in undisturbed 16th-century graves. A portent, the discovery precedes thousands of giant sinkholes opening up across the globe as extreme weather threatens the population. Charlie suspects the two are related.
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Younger adult sci-if.
- By William W on 07-22-15
By: Darren Wearmouth, and others
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The Myriad
- Tour of the Merrimack, Book 1
- By: R.M. Meluch
- Narrated by: John Glouchevitch
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
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The U.S.S. Merrimack was the finest battleship class spaceship in Earth's fleet, able to stand up against the best the Palatine Empire could throw at them, even able to attack and kill swarms of the seemingly unstoppable Hive. But nothing could have prepared the captain and crew of the Merrimack to face the Myriad - three colonized worlds in the midst of a globular cluster that the Hive had somehow overlooked.
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Great performance. Great read.
- By fistandantilus8u on 07-15-17
By: R.M. Meluch
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What's a Ghoul to Do?
- A Ghost Hunter Mystery
- By: Victoria Laurie
- Narrated by: Eileen Stevens
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
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M.J., her partner Gilley, and their client, the wealthy, de-lish Dr. Steven Sable, are at his family's lodge, where his grandfather allegedly jumped to his death from the roof-although Sable says it was foul play. But the patriarch's isn't the only ghost around. The place is lousy with souls, all with something to get off their ghoulish chests. Now M.J. will have to quell the clamor-and listen for a voice with the answers...
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How A Narrator Can Ruin A Story 101
- By MJ on 03-05-12
By: Victoria Laurie
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- HeXeH
- 12-27-21
Over 15 stories!
Let me start off by saying that Duncan Galloway's narration is absolutely top notch! I mainly listen to Sci-Fi/Fantasy audiobooks and I would put him up there with Jeff Hays and even Andy Serkis! I honestly recommend giving this book a go just for his narration because there are so many short stories in here that you get to experience a whole range of characters.
The stories themself are entertaining even though some are pretty short. Some stores are more fantasy than sci-fi so that is why I gave it 4 stars over 5. It really is a great audiobook but dont expect every story to be sci-fi. Some might even lean more towards fiction. The benefit to short stories is that you wonder what else could happen in that universe and I hope that Mark Roman and Corben Duke continue these types of stories/books in the future.
In exchange for this honest review I was given this audiobook for free.
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- norman
- 12-10-21
Clever sci-fi stories
This audiobook is a collection of very clever and original short sci-fi stories. There are some thought provoking stories in this group and almost all are also humorous. Duncan Galloway gives an outstanding narration.
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- Customer
- 12-12-21
An interesting collection
The narration was good, lots of voices. The stories were varied, but most had characters that I didn't care if they fell into a black hole or not.
I was given this audiobook by the author for free and have voluntarily left this review.
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- Gabrielle
- 06-08-24
Sci - Fi Shorts
This is a nice collection of short stories. I enjoyed getting to visit many different worlds and characters. Some stories stood out more than others but as a whole this is an engaging collection. Narrator Duncan Galloway does a good job and keeps the listener interested. I was given this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.
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- Mark
- 02-06-24
Entertaining Anthology of Short Science Fiction
I love short stories, and science fiction ones tend to land the format well. Sci-Fi Short by Mark Roman and Duncan Galloway delivers nineteen stories ranging from the very short micro-fiction of 100 words to (based on a few guesses) some at around 6,000 words or thereabouts.
This was an entertaining anthology of short science fiction. Some funny, some thoughtful, one actually not science fiction at all but rather a behind-the-scenes look at a Nigerian money scammer which felt a little out of place in a sci-fi anthology.
If I had to choose my favourites from the book, I’d go with:
- The Rovers Return – A story of a repair robot trying to fix the various Mars landers/rovers and accidentally creating the god of all robots.
- We’re Back – no spoilers, but a very short story at 90 seconds long, but with an excellently fun twist.
- The Last Man on Earth – A somewhat sad tale of an elderly man whose dying wish is to be the last man alive on earth, and his robot butler that is trying to help make that come true.
- Farther Christmas – A touching story of a man being questioned by MI5 agents about a Christmas message broadcast specifically for him from 10.5 light years away. And yes, it is “Farther”.
Each chapter is self-contained so it’s easy to listen to in short bursts. The narration by Duncan Galloway was generally well done. Galloway has an easy voice to listen to and well suited the stories. A couple of chapters had issues with the production, where some background noises/shuffling sounds were audible, but for the most part the rest of the stories were clean.
Overall, a great collection of short stories. I’d love to have more of these!
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- Helen
- 04-23-24
Something Here for Everyone
I received this free audiobook from the author.
Please see my five-star review of Sci-Fi Shorts, Book 2, which I purchased myself.
I really enjoyed the clever stories created by the authors.
Everyone seems to have their favorites. For me, they are:
Tree Hugger
Flies, Damned Flies...
The Jinx
I Laptop
Dialogue is the strong suit in this collection, and I especially love the dialogue in
"Tree Hugger" and "The Jinx." The character voices are hilarious.
What didn't work for me, personally, was the very short stories.
The stories were great, but I thought they needed to be read
to get the full impact, rather than listening to them.
With that said, we all have different tastes, and there is something
here for everyone. Overall, it's a wonderfully, entertaining listen.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-09-22
Interesting collection of short stories
Disclaimer: I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. An interesting collection of short stories. Some of them are quite funny, while others are touching while some explored ideas that are the kind of ideas that you'll get sometimes and think to yourself that they are ridiculous. I like the twists in some of them too, as the story reveals more as it moves forward, and they wound up being really funny. My favourite story is still the Christmas message one, that was simply beautiful. Narration by Duncan Galloway is nice, his different interpretation of how each characters would sound like is wonderful, very fitting and suitable for the nature of this book.
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- Aurora Dawn
- 02-02-22
A Collection of Very Entertaining S.F. Shorts
I really enjoyed this collection of science fiction short stories. They cover everything from alien penal colonies to Nigerian lawyers acting for a minister's wife who needs help getting her husband's money out of the country. Because they're short, they're perfect for those times when you only have a few minutes at a time.
Guaranteed to make a science fiction fan smile.
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- grammatoni
- 12-06-21
Sci-Fi Shorts
This is a wonderful audio. A series of short stories dealing a wide variety of sy-fy scenes. A few are comical and others can cause deep thought. My favorite is the one about golfing aliens!
Duncan Galloway is a wonderful narrator. His voice as to the stories.
Fantastic audio and stories!
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