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To Open The Sky

by Robert Silverberg ...

Narrated by Craig Abbott ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Silverberg Classics
Unabridged

7 hours 44 min

From Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Robert Silverberg comes, To Open The Sky.The Atom was their God—but there was something stronger…At the beginning of the 22nd century, Earth colonies were established on Mars and Venus. But the ultimate dream - to travel to the stars - was still an impossibility.Cults, fads, madnesses of various kinds swept the population. The maddest--and so far the most ... Read more

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From Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Robert Silverberg comes, To Open The Sky.The Atom was their God—but there was something stronger…At the beginning of the 22nd century, Earth colonies were established on Mars and Venus. But the ultimate dream - to travel to the stars - was still an impossibility.Cults, fads, madnesses of various kinds swept the population. The maddest--and so far the most
... Read more

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Hawksbill Times Two

by Robert Silverberg ...

Narrated by Phillip Polite ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Silverberg Classics
Unabridged

6 hours 39 min

Travel back in time a billion years to Hawksbill Station -- twice.Join in this haunting tale of time travel, loss, betrayal, and redemption through both versions of Silverberg's Hawksbill Station in the same volume.Includes the original novella and full-length novel versions of 'Hawksbill Station' plus an introduction and afterword, describing how each version came to be written.Jim Barrett, once ... Read more

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Travel back in time a billion years to Hawksbill Station -- twice.Join in this haunting tale of time travel, loss, betrayal, and redemption through both versions of Silverberg's Hawksbill Station in the same volume.Includes the original novella and full-length novel versions of 'Hawksbill Station' plus an introduction and afterword, describing how each version came to be written.Jim Barrett, once
... Read more

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Brain Wave

by Poul Anderson ...

Narrated by Daniel Thomas May ...

Unabridged

6 hours 43 min

From the multiple Hugo and Nebula award–winning author: "A panoramic story of what happens to a world gone super intelligent" (Astounding Science Fiction).With "wonderfully logical detail . . . exciting storytelling and moving characterization" (Anthony Boucher), science fiction master Poul Anderson explores what happens when the next stage of evolution is thrust upon humanity and animals. As ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

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From the multiple Hugo and Nebula award–winning author: "A panoramic story of what happens to a world gone super intelligent" (Astounding Science Fiction).With "wonderfully logical detail . . . exciting storytelling and moving characterization" (Anthony Boucher), science fiction master Poul Anderson explores what happens when the next stage of evolution is thrust upon humanity and animals. As
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The Dark Light Years

by Brian W. Aldiss ...

Narrated by Liam Gerrard ...

Unabridged

4 hours 53 min

A strange alien species forces us to question our definition of civilization in this biting satire from the Grand Master of Science Fiction.What would intelligent life-forms on another planet look like? Would they walk upright? Would they wear clothes? Or would they be hulking creatures on six legs that wallow in their own excrement? Upon first contact with the Utod—intelligent, pacifist beings ... Read more

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A strange alien species forces us to question our definition of civilization in this biting satire from the Grand Master of Science Fiction.What would intelligent life-forms on another planet look like? Would they walk upright? Would they wear clothes? Or would they be hulking creatures on six legs that wallow in their own excrement? Upon first contact with the Utod—intelligent, pacifist beings
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The Stars Are Also Fire

by Poul Anderson ...

Narrated by James Fouhey ...

Series series Harvest of Stars
Unabridged

21 hours 9 min

Humans and their genetically altered descendants struggle to find their place in a universe controlled by a benevolent artificial intelligence in this brilliant classic of future speculation.On a far-future Earth, a linked system of artificial intelligences called the cybercosm runs the planet and the universe far more efficiently than any flesh and blood ruler ever could, in essence rendering the ... Read more

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Humans and their genetically altered descendants struggle to find their place in a universe controlled by a benevolent artificial intelligence in this brilliant classic of future speculation.On a far-future Earth, a linked system of artificial intelligences called the cybercosm runs the planet and the universe far more efficiently than any flesh and blood ruler ever could, in essence rendering the
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Thorns

by Robert Silverberg, Gabrielle de Cuir ...

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki ...

Unabridged

6 hours 20 min

Duncan Chalk is a monstrous media mogul with a vast appetite for other people’s pain. He feeds off it and carefully nurtures it in order to feed it to the public. It is inevitable that Chalk should home in on Minner Burris, a space traveler whose body was taken apart by alien surgeons and then put back together again—differently. Burris’ pain is constant. And so is that of Lona Kelvin, used by ... Read more

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Duncan Chalk is a monstrous media mogul with a vast appetite for other people’s pain. He feeds off it and carefully nurtures it in order to feed it to the public. It is inevitable that Chalk should home in on Minner Burris, a space traveler whose body was taken apart by alien surgeons and then put back together again—differently. Burris’ pain is constant. And so is that of Lona Kelvin, used by
... Read more

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The Earthling's Brother

by Earik Beann ...

Narrated by Jeff Harding ...

Unabridged

8 hours 47 min

Sam never knew his parents. In fact, he’s never met another human—or seen a sunrise, smelled a flower, or eaten a regular meal. All of that is about to change. It’s night in the desert, but he doesn’t feel the cold. There is a building ahead. Other people will be inside. His heart skips a beat as he takes a step forward, the rocks crunching under his bare feet. He has dreamed of this moment for as ... Read more

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Sam never knew his parents. In fact, he’s never met another human—or seen a sunrise, smelled a flower, or eaten a regular meal. All of that is about to change. It’s night in the desert, but he doesn’t feel the cold. There is a building ahead. Other people will be inside. His heart skips a beat as he takes a step forward, the rocks crunching under his bare feet. He has dreamed of this moment for as
... Read more

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The Domino Pattern

by Timothy Zahn ...

Narrated by Kevin T. Collins ...

Series series Quadrail
Unabridged

12 hours 23 min

The Chahwyn created the Spiders to keep their intra-galactic transportation system, the Quadrail, safe and running smoothly, and contracted ex-security agent Frank Compton to protect its integrity. So far, Compton and his half-human, half-Chahwyn partner, Bayta, have had their hands full keeping this essential link between occupied worlds open and preventing the evil collective intelligence called ... Read more

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The Chahwyn created the Spiders to keep their intra-galactic transportation system, the Quadrail, safe and running smoothly, and contracted ex-security agent Frank Compton to protect its integrity. So far, Compton and his half-human, half-Chahwyn partner, Bayta, have had their hands full keeping this essential link between occupied worlds open and preventing the evil collective intelligence called
... Read more

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Trinity Sight

A Novel

by Jennifer Givhan ...

Narrated by January LaVoy ...

Unabridged

10 hours 30 min

Winner of the 2020 Southwest Book Award*“Our people are survivors,” Calliope’s great-grandmother once told her of their Puebloan roots—could Bisabuela’s ancient myths be true?*Anthropologist Calliope Santiago awakens to find herself in a strange and sinister wasteland, a shadow of the New Mexico she knew. Empty vehicles litter the road. Everyone has disappeared—or almost everyone. Calliope, heavy ... Read more

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Winner of the 2020 Southwest Book Award*“Our people are survivors,” Calliope’s great-grandmother once told her of their Puebloan roots—could Bisabuela’s ancient myths be true?*Anthropologist Calliope Santiago awakens to find herself in a strange and sinister wasteland, a shadow of the New Mexico she knew. Empty vehicles litter the road. Everyone has disappeared—or almost everyone. Calliope, heavy
... Read more

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Needle in a Timestack

And Other Stories

by Robert Silverberg ...

Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

Unabridged

24 hours 6 min

Needle in a Timestack is Robert Silverberg at his very best—intelligent, inventive, and visionary. This collection showcases his talent for thought-provoking science fiction, ranging in themes from time travel to space travel, the media to mortality.In the titular story—under development as a feature film by Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley—a jealous ex-husband warps time in a vindictive ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

Needle in a Timestack is Robert Silverberg at his very best—intelligent, inventive, and visionary. This collection showcases his talent for thought-provoking science fiction, ranging in themes from time travel to space travel, the media to mortality.In the titular story—under development as a feature film by Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley—a jealous ex-husband warps time in a vindictive
... Read more
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Nova

by Samuel R. Delany, Claire Bloom ...

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki ...

Unabridged

8 hours 41 min

Given that the suns of Draco stretch almost sixteen light years from end to end, it stands to reason that the cost of transportation is the most important factor driving the thirty-second 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 ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

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Given that the suns of Draco stretch almost sixteen light years from end to end, it stands to reason that the cost of transportation is the most important factor driving the thirty-second 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
... Read more

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Dakiti

by EJ Fisch ...

Narrated by Carly Landry ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Ziva Payvan
Unabridged

9 hours 19 min

The distant world of Haphez is located on the edge of populated space. The planet's native superhuman race is feared and respected by neighboring civilizations. Their military and police forces are unmatched.Lieutenant Aroska Tarbic is an agent with the revered Haphezian Special Police. He’s lost a lot in a short period of time; the other members of his squad were killed in a tragic accident, and ... Read more

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The distant world of Haphez is located on the edge of populated space. The planet's native superhuman race is feared and respected by neighboring civilizations. Their military and police forces are unmatched.Lieutenant Aroska Tarbic is an agent with the revered Haphezian Special Police. He’s lost a lot in a short period of time; the other members of his squad were killed in a tragic accident, and
... Read more

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