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Ugly Dogs Don't Cry
- Jacaranda Twenty in 2020
- By: DD Armstrong
- Narrated by: Richie Campbell
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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Best friends Kyle and Sideeq are beginning their first year of college in West London. Sideeq, a talented aspiring artist, spends his time perfecting his artwork and hanging out with his friends while having to learn how to process the harrowing events of his past. Kyle's ambitions are to become a rapper and a successful businessman. Though the deep bond of friendship formed between Kyle and Sideeq puts them on a path to achieve their dreams, college soon brings with it serious teenage social politics and a bully that terrorises their friend group.
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let down
- By nwyzdbcbrec on 13-02-21
- Ugly Dogs Don't Cry
- Jacaranda Twenty in 2020
- By: DD Armstrong
- Narrated by: Richie Campbell
Outstanding narration brings this story to life
Reviewed: 25-11-21
A powerful and thought-provoking message brilliantly written by DD Armstrong. A shout out to Richie for bringing the characters to life with his narration. Highly recommended.
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Project Hail Mary
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
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Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
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A return to form
- By Amazon Customer on 06-05-21
- Project Hail Mary
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Embrace your inner science-nerd
Reviewed: 07-06-21
The narrator really brings this book to life 🧬 and as an avid sci-fi fan I thoroughly enjoyed the premise of this story. Enjoyed it all.
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Abaddon's Gate
- Expanse, Book 3
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 18 hrs and 34 mins
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For generations the solar system--Mars, the moon, the asteroid belt--was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The alien artefact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has emerged to build a massive structure outside the orbit of Uranus: a gate that leads into a starless dark. Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artefact. But behind the scenes, a complex plot is unfolding, with the destruction of Holden at its core.
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Another enjoyable romp
- By T on 08-06-15
- Abaddon's Gate
- Expanse, Book 3
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
A bit slower paced than Book 2 but still great!
Reviewed: 10-05-21
Outstanding narration as always. Book 3 introduces new characters and deepens the already rich tapestry of this series. Looking forward to Book 4!
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Caliban's War
- The Expanse, Book 2
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 21 hrs
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For someone who didn't intend to wreck the solar system's fragile balance of power, Jim Holden did a pretty good job of it.While Earth and Mars have stopped shooting each other, the core alliance is shattered. The outer planets and the Belt are uncertain in their new - possibly temporary - autonomy. Then, on one of Jupiter's moons, a single super-soldier attacks, slaughtering soldiers of Earth and Mars indiscriminately and reigniting the war.
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Excellent sequel to Leviathan Wakes
- By Steve on 18-08-15
- Caliban's War
- The Expanse, Book 2
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
Stunning. Ridiculously good.
Reviewed: 27-02-21
An excellent second entry in a brilliant saga. Narration by Jefferson Mays superb - particularly the way he brings Avasarala to life.
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Dark Matter
- By: Blake Crouch
- Narrated by: Jon Lindstrom
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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'Are you happy in your life?' Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he wakes to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before the man he's never met smiles down at him and says, 'Welcome back, my friend.' In this world he's woken up to, Jason's life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible.
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WOW - This was a weird one
- By Jules on 26-10-16
- Dark Matter
- By: Blake Crouch
- Narrated by: Jon Lindstrom
Gripping stuff
Reviewed: 14-10-20
Thoroughly enjoyed this book and also the fantastic narration. It was an added bonus that my wife's name is Daniela. 🙂
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Dune
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, and others
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
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Shortlisted for the Audiobook Download of the Year, 2007.
Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.
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A superb production of a sci fi classic!
- By Peter on 21-07-07
A true masterpiece
Reviewed: 18-09-20
Read this book as a young man and it changed my worldview. Such a pleasure to revisit many years later as an audiobook.
Great performance all round.
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Hitch-22
- A Memoir
- By: Christopher Hitchens
- Narrated by: Christopher Hitchens
- Length: 17 hrs and 29 mins
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In this long-awaited and candid memoir, Hitchens re-traces the footsteps of his life to date, from his childhood in Portsmouth, with his adoring, tragic mother and reserved Naval officer father; to his life in Washington DC, the base from which from he would launch fierce attacks on tyranny of all kinds. Along the way, he recalls the girls, boys and booze; the friendships and the feuds; the grand struggles and lost causes; and the mistakes and misgivings that have characterised his life.
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Honest but difficult listening
- By Penny on 18-06-16
- Hitch-22
- A Memoir
- By: Christopher Hitchens
- Narrated by: Christopher Hitchens
Stunning
Reviewed: 08-10-18
Hitch's mind was truly one of the greatest ever housed in a primate's skull. So extremely lucid and with the most incredible command of language he gives a thought-provoking backstory to how he accumulated an almost super-natural like body of wisdom in relation to our shared humanity. Privileged to have listened to this book and recommend that you do too.
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Consider Phlebas
- Culture Series, Book 1
- By: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins
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The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction - cold-blooded, brutal, and worse, random. The Idirans fought for their Faith; the Culture for its moral right to exist. Principles were at stake. There could be no surrender. Within the cosmic conflict, an individual crusade....
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A Truly Great Sci-Fi Novel
- By scotty on 09-04-12
- Consider Phlebas
- Culture Series, Book 1
- By: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
Epic and grand. Iain M Banks' at his best
Reviewed: 16-07-18
This was the first Iain M Banks novel I read many years back which turned me into a life-long fan of his work. So it was a delight to find this as an audiobook to be revisited in a different format. Highly recommended.
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Alien: Out of the Shadows
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Tim Lebbon, Dirk Maggs
- Narrated by: Rutger Hauer, Corey Johnson, Matthew Lewis, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
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As a child, Chris Hooper dreamed of monsters. But in deep space, he found only darkness and isolation. Then, on planet LV178, he and his fellow miners discovered a storm-scoured, sand-blasted hell - and trimonite, the hardest material known to man. When a shuttle crashes into the mining ship Marion, the miners learn that there was more than trimonite deep in the caverns. There was evil, hibernating and waiting for suitable prey.
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Fantastic!!!
- By Chris on 27-04-16
- Alien: Out of the Shadows
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Tim Lebbon, Dirk Maggs
- Narrated by: Rutger Hauer, Corey Johnson, Matthew Lewis, Kathryn Drysdale, Laurel Lefkow, Andrea Deck, Mac McDonald
Loved it!
Reviewed: 02-05-18
Made mincemeat of the London commute... outstanding on all levels from writing through to production and voice acting.
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Waking Up
- By: Sam Harris
- Narrated by: Sam Harris
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
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For the millions of people who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris’s new book is a guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice informed by neuroscience and psychology. From bestselling author, neuroscientist, and “new atheist 17 Sam Harris, Waking Up is for the increasingly large numbers of people who follow no religion, but who suspect that Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history could not have all been epileptics, schizophrenics, or frauds.
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This is Important.
- By Lucas on 15-02-15
- Waking Up
- By: Sam Harris
- Narrated by: Sam Harris
Brilliant in every way
Reviewed: 24-01-17
This book, along with Sam's accompanying Waking Up podcast, is an incredible contribution to humanity which I suspect history will look back on with much respect and favour.
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