The Human Blend
Tipping Point, Book 1
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David Colacci
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Alan Dean Foster
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The Human Blend is a science-fiction adventure centered around a group of thieves living in a future in which physical alterations and enhancements are a common occurrence. If you could take on a body with any features you wanted, what would it look like? And what would you do with them - human or otherwise?
Given his name because radical surgery and implants have reduced him to preternatural thinness, Whispr is a thug. His partner in crime, Jiminy Cricket, has also been physically altered with nanocarbonic prosthetic legs and high-strength fast-twitch muscle fibers that give him great jumping abilities. In a dark alley in Savannah, Whispr and Jiminy murder what they take to be a random tourist in order to amputate and then fence his sophisticated artificial hand. But the hapless victim also happens to be carrying an unusual silver thread that appears to be some kind of storage medium....
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Altered Carbon
- By: Richard K. Morgan
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 17 hrs and 10 mins
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In the 25th century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. Now, assuming one can afford the expensive procedure, a person's consciousness can be stored in a cortical stack at the base of the brain and easily downloaded into a new body (or "sleeve") making death nothing more than a minor blip on a screen.
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Altered Carbon
- By Jake Williams on 09-22-07
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I, Robot
- To Protect
- By: Mickey Zucker Reichert
- Narrated by: Alma Cuervo
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
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The best-selling author of the popular Renshai series, Mickey Zucker Reichert pens I, Robot: To Protect - the first in a trilogy inspired by the Isaac Asimov classic I, Robot. It’s the year 2035, and robot psychologist Dr. Susan Calvin is beginning her residency at a teaching hospital where patients are being injected with diagnostic nanobots. Before long, Susan realizes that the injections portend dire consequences - and that the nanobots are being used to facilitate a deadly scheme.
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An old friend
- By Joshua Guttman on 11-16-12
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Up Against It
- By: M. J. Locke
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
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Geoff and his friends live in Phocaea, a distant asteroid colony on the Solar System's frontier. They're your basic high-spirited young adults, enjoying such pastimes as hacking matter compilers to produce dancing skeletons that prance through the low-gee communal areas, using their rocket-bikes to salvage methane ice shrapnel that flies away when the colony brings in a big (and vital) rock of the stuff, and figuring out how to avoid the ubiquitous surveillance motes.
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Very old school SF, in ways good and bad
- By A reader on 06-19-12
By: M. J. Locke
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I, Robot
- By: Isaac Asimov
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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They mustn't harm a human being, they must obey human orders, and they must protect their own existence...but only so long as that doesn't violate rules one and two. With these Three Laws of Robotics, humanity embarked on a bold new era of evolution that would open up enormous possibilities, and unforeseen risks.
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Thank you
- By Fredrik on 06-11-04
By: Isaac Asimov
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In the Matter of Nikola Tesla
- By: Anthony Flacco
- Narrated by: Bernard Clark
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
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This fictionalized story of the true-life genius Nikola Tesla - arguably the most influential inventor in history - offers a "young-to-old" portrayal in the form of "A Romance of the Mind". It reveals his impassioned inner life and his secret love for Karina, the muse no one else can see who brings him life-altering inspirations.
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Excellent fictionalization
- By C. Elliott on 06-17-13
By: Anthony Flacco
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Reviver
- A Novel
- By: Seth Patrick
- Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
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Jonah Miller is a Reviver, able to temporarily revive the dead so they can say goodbye to their loved ones - or tell the police who killed them. Jonah works in a department of forensics created specifically for Revivers, and he’s the best in the business. For every high-profile corpse pushing daisies, it’s Jonah’s job to find justice for them. But while reviving the victim of a brutal murder, he encounters a terrifying presence. Something is on the other side watching. Waiting.
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Original premise, exciting story
- By Dr Dionne P Joseph on 02-04-14
By: Seth Patrick
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City of Light
- By: Keri Arthur
- Narrated by: Mia Barron
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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The first in an all-new futuristic fantasy series from Keri Arthur - the New York Times best-selling author of the Souls of Fire novels. When the bombs that stopped the species war tore holes in the veil between this world and the next, they allowed entry to the Others - demons, wraiths, and death spirits who turned the shadows into their hunting grounds. Now, 100 years later, humans and shifters alike live in artificially lit cities designed to keep the darkness at bay....
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Variety of Supernatural Beings
- By Midwestbonsai on 07-26-18
By: Keri Arthur
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Odd Girl Out
- By: Timothy Zahn
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
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When former government agent Frank Compton steps back into his apartment after his tangle with the Modhri - a coral-like group mind - he finds a young woman with his gun in her hands waiting for him. Her little sister's life is in danger and Compton is the only one who can help. After retrieving his gun and kicking her out, he finds himself falsely accused of her murder. With a little help, he posts bail, gets a new identity, and begins the search for the little girl.
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Good Book, Love the Frank Compton Books
- By David on 02-03-10
By: Timothy Zahn
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A Clean Kill in Tokyo
- A John Rain Novel
- By: Barry Eisler
- Narrated by: Barry Eisler
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
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Half American, half Japanese, expert in both worlds but at home in neither, John Rain is the best killer money can buy. You tell him who. You tell him where. He doesn’t care about why... Until he gets involved with Midori Kawamura, a beautiful jazz pianist - and the daughter of his latest kill.
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Intelligent, engaging, clever, and instructive
- By Cholmondeley on 07-04-16
By: Barry Eisler
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Ramsey's Gold
- By: Russell Blake
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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When a forgotten journal materializes decades after Drake Ramsey's father vanished in the Amazon jungle, Drake decides to follow in his footsteps and search for the legendary treasure of the Inca empire hidden in the lost Inca city of Paititi.
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Entertaining, but very cliched and derivative
- By Berkley on 12-07-16
By: Russell Blake
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Dark Run
- Keiko, Book 1
- By: Mike Brooks
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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The Keiko is a ship of smugglers, soldiers of fortune and adventurers, travelling Earth's colony planets, searching for the next job. And nobody talks about their past. But when a face from Captain Ichabod Drift's former life sends them on a run to Old Earth, all the rules change. Trust will be broken, and blood will be spilled.
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Fun sf in a familiar setting *cough Firefly cough*
- By John on 06-12-16
By: Mike Brooks
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A Question of Will
- Aliomenti Saga, Book 1
- By: Alex Albrinck
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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Will Stark is a self-made multibillionaire, happily married, and a proud father. He arrives home to find his house destroyed and his family murdered and is himself rescued from certain death by a mysterious trio. His rescuers are part of a splinter faction of a centuries-old secret society that has developed incredible technological advances and unlocked the method to release humanity's innate potential. Will was mistakenly believed to be a key dissident and fugitive, on the run from the primary group, known as the Aliomenti.
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WOW! What a great creative story!
- By Allen Anthony on 06-18-16
By: Alex Albrinck
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- sharon a johnson
- 06-22-18
Loved the book!
Looking forward to sequels. Became more and more involved in the mystery while becoming unable to solve
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- Fred
- 07-13-12
What happened to Book 2?
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It's bad enough to end Book 1 in a cliffhanger. What makes it particularly galling is that Book 2 is not even available. Are you suggesting we buy the print version if we want to continue the story?
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- florence
- 01-02-11
Very well done and excellently narrated...loved it
This was a great listen. Well narrated and kept you thinking as well as guessing all the way through. I am patiently waiting for the second book in the series and it can't come soon enough for me. Definately recomended.
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- Dan
- 11-26-10
Spy Novel for The Borg
This looks like the start of an interesting series. It's kinda like a Borg spy novel. I give it a 4½. One of the characters is also interesting; a cold blooded murderer with a heart of gold. The author seems to be doing his best to depict him as a sympathedic character; but, I can't help wondering, 'Who mourns Lefty?'
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- Misty Ernspiker
- 09-05-24
The augmentation of the humans was very interesting
I always love Alan Dean Foster. This was a very fun listen about the future human condition
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- Christopher Kittrell
- 06-30-16
Awful Ending
I love Foster's books. I get the impression sometimes he's off reading about topics that are future science based and he using those topics for his books. Usually it works really well since he weaves together a great story.
*Spoiler Alert*
Not so this time. The Human Blend seems to focus solely on a slow buildup about what it means to be human as humanity's technology 200 years into the future with the advent of meld technology.
The main characters uncover a mystery and attempt to solve it while bad guys chase them. That's essentially the whole book.
But the ending is pointless, nothing else gets resolved. No mystery is answered, we never know anything about what happens to the main characters, or even really who the bad guys are truly. It's like Foster gave up somewhere or had to turn in an unfinished book to meet a deadline with the publisher. Where is the real ending???
Foster, I love your books but please finish this book.
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- S. Katz
- 03-29-13
I feel cheated
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
I have loved Alan Dean Foster's books for many years. In fact, his Flinx and Pip series took over 30 years to finish but every book had an ending. The Human Blend was very interesting and a good read for as much as there was. However, there were no completions of anything. The book had one main thread (to those of you who have read this, sorry about the thread reference) and that thread did not go anywhere. The author could have published all three books as one and still been a reasonable length, but that would not have generated as much income as three separate but incomplete books. If you want to read this series, and I suggest you do, wait until all three are available on audio and then get them. There is no indication when that will be.By the way, I feel that David Colacci did an exceptional job of reading this book.
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- PerfectStorm
- 06-18-15
Too long for a story that goes nowhere . . .
The characters could be interesting, but they have no depth, nothing to make them resonate. Even though this is the first book in a series, I expected something of importance to happen. Instead it's just, "creepy guy has stolen something valuable, but he doesn't know what, so he meets with other characters to help him figure it out, then runs and leaves them to get beaten up or killed. Over and over and over. No big revelations, no relationship forming with the woman who decides to accompany him - - and foot the bill - - just blah, blah, blah. It seems like this story should have been a single book, not a series. I won't waste a credit to learn if the story gets better in the second book. Disappointing, as this author's work is usually highly entertaining.
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- BikeVON
- 03-24-11
A cliff hanger
First I do not like cliff hangers. Saying that...the book had a slow start. Foster went into a lot of detail to establish the characters but the main point of the novel, what is the sliver thread, is an unanswered question. The world Forster created is interesting but many things have not been explained because this book is the start of a series.
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