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The Kaiju Preservation Society

By: John Scalzi
Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
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The Kaiju Preservation Society is John Scalzi's first stand-alone adventure since the conclusion of his New York Times best-selling Interdependency trilogy.

When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food-delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls “an animal rights organization”. Tom’s team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on.

What Tom doesn't tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on Earth. Not our Earth, at at least. In an alternate dimension, massive dinosaur-like creatures named Kaiju roam a warm and human-free world. They're the universe's largest and most dangerous panda, and they're in trouble.

It's not just the Kaiju Preservation Society who's found their way to the alternate world. Others have, too. And their carelessness could cause millions back on our Earth to die.

©2022 John Scalzi (P)2021 Audible, Inc. Adventure Fiction First Contact Science Fiction Funny Witty Feel-Good Suspenseful

Editor's Pick

Do monsters deserve rights?
Ever since Godzilla rose out of the sea in the 1950s, the kaiju (Japanese for ''strange beast'') genre has stricken fear, awe, and fascination into the hearts of moviegoers and pulp fiction junkies alike. In John Scalzi’s latest work of science fiction, the ''giant monster'' formula is flipped on its head. This time, they need our help. While a few installments in the Godzilla or King Kong series have flirted with this inversion, I have never seen or heard anything quite like Scalzi’s interpretation! He infuses themes of nature preservation, animal rights, and human greed, creating a unique spin on this well-trodden genre. Two monster-sized thumbs up! —Seth H., Audible Editor

Fun Escapism • Creative Premise • Enthusiastic Delivery • Relatable Characters • Humorous Dialogue • Perfect Tone Match
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This book is an absolute delight — inventive, funny, and wonderfully human. As usual, Wil Wheaton does a great job of bringing Scalzi’s words to life.

A pop song for dark days

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I love John Scalzi's work, and this book was great, as expected. Fun characters, a great premise, and a lot of great humor, not to mention Wil Wheaton's great narration just made this book great to listen to.

A Great Ride!

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Everything about this book was so enjoyable! I love that the balance of sarcasm/cynicism of the characters never veers into hipster apathy. The core characters feel real and alive.

Exactly the book I needed!

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Thank you Scalzi! You are my favorite author and Wil Wheaton my favorite narrator! I've been waiting for this book for a while now and I'm so glad it was fun to make! I felt connected to this weird book about Kaiju more than any other book this year.

Thank you

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sometimes, the author can get too dark for me, but not this time. Always a good story teller and an incredible imagination, John comes up with an unlikely, but possible, story line and makes a grotesque and frightful monster loveable. Not to mention the characters- all very likeable, just wish they all could have made it. But without a little angst there isn't much of a story I guess. Anyway, one of his best, and I'm hoping he has more stories like this in his weird, fantastic brain that he's willing to share.

Another winner from Scalzi

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Thanks, Scalzi and Wheaton, for the mental escape I so needed. If KPS is looking for any more biologists, I could use some more time away from Earth one.

exactly what I needed to read. fun times.

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In the afterward, Scalzi describes writing this in the midst of the pandemic and other difficulties — trying to write something dark and complex and realizing that instead what he needed to write was the equivalent of a pop song, something light and catchy and buoyant. Will this story change your life? Probably not. But it will probably make it more bearable.

A Pop Song

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I have listened to all of John Scalzi’s audiobooks. The narrators are all good but the one narrator that can literally bring Scalzi to life is Will Wheaton. When I see a Scalzi book narrated by Will, I don’t even read the description. I just get it because I KNOW I will be totally immersed . I hope you enjoy the pair!!

Wheaton IS the audio Scalzi

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This book was written about things that I care very little about in the real world, and I’m a science fiction fan. That said, it was well written, and despite the characters having impossibly difficult names to remember outside of John, Sanders and a few others, the characters had memorable attitudes and…character! Wil Wheaton did an extraordinary job bringing characters to life and making written comedy funny when read aloud. That’s the other thing, John Scalzi is a pretty funny guy, I really thought the band-name bit in the middle of the book was laugh out loud hilarious. Thanks for the laughs a great story!

Pretty darn good

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I was looking for something light and entertaining and this hit the spot. Maybe there are other Kaiju to write about in the future? I really enjoyed how John was able to take a concept that most people would blow off as soon as they heard it calling it ridiculous and yet soon enough convinces you that it is more than possible. Thanks for a great book!

A new way to think about how giant monster get the

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