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  • The Spaceship Next Door

  • Written by: Gene Doucette
  • Narrated by: Steve Carlson
  • Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (108 ratings)

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The Spaceship Next Door

Written by: Gene Doucette
Narrated by: Steve Carlson
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Publisher's Summary

The world changed on a Tuesday.

When a spaceship landed in an open field in the quiet mill town of Sorrow Falls, Massachusetts, everyone realized humankind was not alone in the universe. With that realization everyone freaked out for a little while.

Or almost everyone. The residents of Sorrow Falls took the news pretty well. This could have been due to a certain local quality of unflappability, or it could have been that in three years the ship did exactly nothing other than sit quietly in that field, and nobody understood the full extent of this nothing the ship was doing better than the people who lived right next door.

Sixteen-year-old Annie Collins is one of the ship's closest neighbors. Once upon a time she took every last theory about the ship seriously, whether it was advanced by an adult or by a peer. Surely one of the theories would be proven true - if not several of them - the very minute the ship decided to do something. Annie is starting to think this will never happen.

One late August morning, a little over three years since the ship landed, Edgar Somerville arrived in town. Ed's a government operative posing as a journalist, which is obvious to Annie - and pretty much everyone else he meets - almost immediately. He has a lot of questions that need answers, because he thinks everyone is wrong: The ship is doing something, and he needs Annie's help to figure out what that is.

Annie is a good choice for tour guide. She already knows everyone in town, and when Ed's theory is proven correct - something is apocalyptically wrong in Sorrow Falls - she's a pretty good person to have around.

As a matter of fact, Annie Collins might be the most important person on the planet. She just doesn't know it.

The Spaceship Next Door is the latest novel from Gene Doucette, best-selling author of The Immortal Trilogy, Fixer, The Immortal Chronicles, and Immortal Stories: Eve.

©2015 Gene Doucette (P)2016 Gene Doucette
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good listen

I enjoyed the story as well as the naration.
It was not a complicated confusing multistory all at the same time.
It was just one story that made it a nice one to listen to.
Aliens space probes military and zombies where a girl is the hero not some hulk with a gun.

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Timely

Nice little time travel story. Well threshed out with solid likeable characters. Always happy with plots that come full circle. Thanks

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ok

I almost gave up on this book but stuck with it. I liked the characters of Annie and Ed and the narration but wouldn't recommend spending the credit.

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Surprised & delighted

I listen for distraction & escape. This filled the bill perfectly. It was unexpected & a really great listen.:-)

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Norman Rockwell meets Twilight Zone

Almost a science fiction parody, I found the pace slow in places and the main character too glib. But I was also strangely compelled to keep listening and I'm glad I did since the interesting science fiction concepts come out late in the story.

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Enjoyed somewhat..

Narrator was very good. Struggled to finish. Interesting but dragged on to much for my liking.

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The Spaceship Nexr door

A very imaginative story. It starts off like it might be a comedy and changes into a possible alien invasion but the main character is a very smart young girl with an attitude and she Carrie’s the story forward.

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Angry alien a friendly alien a hero teen the Army

Great family friendly book PG13 ish?
really well written book with couple of very interesting story twists that no one could guess.
The narrator did a great job at keeping the story moving not losing the listeners attention.

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Make this a movie!!

This book needs to be a movie! Loved it!! Great storyline, lots of twists and feel good without being maudlin.

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Thoroughly Captivating!

It took me a while to get into it, as the story starts out fairly slowly, letting you get to know the characters and the setting. But you'll be richly rewarded if you don't give up on it. The reader makes the story absolutely sparkle with humour and affection for Annie, the main character. I've already ordered the second in the series and can't wait to dive, or should I say, wade into it!

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