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Infinite – Audiobook Review
The Details: Author: Jeremy Robinson Narrator: R.C. Bray Genre: Romance/Medley (Sci-Fi) Runtime: 10h 21m Summary: You awaken from a cryopod out in the deep reaches of space heading to colonize a new world to save humanity, and you are murdered. Congratulations. Welcome to the beginning of William Chanokh’s journey toward the Infinite. William has some things to worry about. A murderer on the ship, faulty systems, isolation, despair, and the fact that he is immortal and will never die. William’s death-count goes into the double-digits by book’s end and only adds to the growing desperation as his ship, the Galahad, plies through the universe. The only other survivor, Capria Dixon and…
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Ready Player One – Audiobook Review
The Details Author: Ernest Cline Narrator: Wil Wheaton Genre: Sci-Fi Runtime: 15h, 46m Summary Have you seen the movie? Cool. Ignore it for now. Time to discuss the source material 🙂 Wade Watts is a poor kid living in the stacks, a trailer-park district where mobile homes are stacked atop each other. To ignore the dour mood of the stacks, the generally abysmal conditions of earth and life in general Wade lives in the Oasis – a global VR simulator that hosts everything from schools to business districts to your general MMO gameplay. Like in real life, Wade’s character Parzival, is a 3rd level character with no special equipment,…
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For We Are Many (Bobiverse Book 2)
The Details Author: Dennis Taylor Narrator: Ray Porter Producer: Audible Studios Runtime: 8h, 58m Genre: Sci-Fi/Drama Summary: If you thought there weren’t enough Bobs before? We Are Many focuses on, among other things, the second and third generation of Bobs (Bob, Bill, Riker and Howard to name a few). It begins with Bob’s continued study of the Deltans and becoming more entranced with, and brought into, the Deltan culture as the only Bob to have found sentient life. Riker continues navigating the difficult scenario on Earth with anti-space terrorists beginning to sabotage Riker’s efforts to get the remnants of Earth off-world. Howard suffers his own crisis having to mediate newcomers vying for…
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The Fifth Season – Audiobook Review
Name: The Fifth Season – Book 1 of the Broken Earth Series. Author: N.K. Jemisin Narrator: Robin Miles Publisher: Hachette Audio Runtime: 15h 27m Genre: Fantasy Summary Welcome to Broken Earth. This earth is a dangerous place to live as natural disasters are commonplace. Earthquakes (the most common), volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, all occur regularly on the one supercontinent in the world known among it’s people as “The Stillness”. The people of the Stillness believe that “Father” Earth hates them and is actively trying to destroy them. The worst of these disasters triggers a ‘season’, a period of near apocolyptic conditions that kill thousands. As the book tells you: “This isn’t…
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We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
Author: Dennis Taylor Narrator: Ray Porter Producer: Audible Studios Runtime: 9h 31m Genre: Science Fiction/Drama Summary Robert Johannson had it all. His software company had just been sold and he was ready to live in the payout. A recent innovation in cryostasis offered people the chance, upon death or serious illness, to be cryogenically frozen until they could be saved. Robert (Bob) happily indulged in the belief that he could live forever. When he was hit by a drunk driver at a convention his investment paid off, both in a way he always dreamed but in a way he could never conceive. He awoke 100 years later as an AI…
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14 by Peter Clines, Audiobook Review
Author: Peter Clines Narrator: Ray Porter Runtime: 12h 34m Genre: Sci-Fi/Mystery Summary Nate Tucker is at a dead end data entry job and needs a new place to live. He like so many others in LA had dreams of Hollywood life but it didn’t pan out. With roommates moving out Nate needs a place to live and hears about an apartment complex waaaay to cheap for LA. 500 a month, all utilities paid. He moves in with some odd neighbors. Zeela, a waitress/painter who frequently sunbathes naked on the roof. “Veek”, a slim pasty Asian girl who controls the building Wi-Fi and has a very powerful computer system linked to…
