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Infinite
- Narrateur(s): R.C. Bray
- Durée: 10 h et 21 min
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Roadkill
- Auteur(s): Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrateur(s): Ray Porter
- Durée: 8 h et 58 min
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Jack Kernigan is having a bad day...a bad year...a bad life. After being booted out of MIT, he’s back in his Ohio hometown, working for the family business, facing a life of mediocrity. Then one day, out on a delivery, his truck hits...something. Something big...something furry...something invisible. And, it turns out, something not of this Earth. Fate can play funny tricks. Which is why Jack suddenly finds himself the planet’s best hope to unravel a conspiracy of galactic proportions that could spell the end of the human race.
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Entertaining, but Dennis E Taylor formulaic
- Écrit par H. Scott Elliott le 2022-08-06
Auteur(s): Dennis E. Taylor
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Outland
- Quantum Earth, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrateur(s): Ray Porter
- Durée: 10 h et 29 min
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When an experiment to study quantum uncertainty goes spectacularly wrong, physics student Bill Rustad and his friends find that they have accidentally created an inter-dimensional portal. They connect to Outland - an alternate Earth with identical geology, but where humans never evolved. The group races to establish control of the portal before the government, the military, or evildoers can take it away. Then everything changes when the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts in an explosion large enough to destroy civilization and kill half the planet.
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Excellent!
- Écrit par Maggie Reid le 2019-05-28
Auteur(s): Dennis E. Taylor
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Columbus Day
- Expeditionary Force, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Craig Alanson
- Narrateur(s): R.C. Bray
- Durée: 16 h et 23 min
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We were fighting on the wrong side of a war we couldn't win. And that was the good news. The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the native Americans in 1492. Over the horizon come ships of a technologically advanced, aggressive culture, and BAM! There go the good old days, when humans only got killed by each other. So, Columbus Day. It fits. When the morning sky twinkled again, this time with Kristang starships jumping in to hammer the Ruhar, we thought we were saved.
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Easily one of the better books I've read..
- Écrit par jesse cornelious le 2018-10-31
Auteur(s): Craig Alanson
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Convergence
- Convergence, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Craig Alanson
- Narrateur(s): R.C. Bray
- Durée: 16 h et 56 min
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My name is Kazimir Wolfe. People call me "Kaz", except they don’t. I never use my real name; it’s too dangerous, for me and for anyone I meet. I’m on the run from the law, who think I killed my aunt, and from whoever did kill her, because they want to finish the job. So, I move around a lot, working construction or whatever job I can find. It’s a lonely life. I don’t let anyone get close...people who get close to me end up dead. Why? I’m a wizard. The world’s only wizard, as far as I know.
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I wanted to like this book.
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2022-09-24
Auteur(s): Craig Alanson
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Fear the Sky
- The Fear Saga, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Stephen Moss
- Narrateur(s): R.C. Bray
- Durée: 20 h et 17 min
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From the Audie-nominated narrator of The Martian. In eleven years' time, a million members of an alien race will arrive at Earth. Years before they enter orbit, their approach will be announced by the flare of a thousand flames in the sky, their ships' huge engines burning hard to slow them from the vast speeds needed to cross interstellar space. These foreboding lights will shine in our night sky like new stars, getting ever brighter until they outshine even the sun, casting ominous shadows and banishing the night until they suddenly blink out.
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But of a mix
- Écrit par C. Obonsawin le 2020-02-03
Auteur(s): Stephen Moss
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Aftermath
- Expeditionary Force, Book 16
- Auteur(s): Craig Alanson
- Narrateur(s): R.C. Bray
- Durée: 21 h et 6 min
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The Aftermath of a stunning victory—especially an unexpected, complete, and final victory—should be high-fives all around, listening to politicians give boring congratulatory speeches, and a well-deserved rest for the Merry Band of Pirates. Yes, the galaxy is still a freakin' mess, but that is nothing new, and for a change, that can be someone else's problem. Until, you know, something really bad happens, and only the Pirates can deal with the problem... Or not.
Auteur(s): Craig Alanson
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Roadkill
- Auteur(s): Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrateur(s): Ray Porter
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Jack Kernigan is having a bad day...a bad year...a bad life. After being booted out of MIT, he’s back in his Ohio hometown, working for the family business, facing a life of mediocrity. Then one day, out on a delivery, his truck hits...something. Something big...something furry...something invisible. And, it turns out, something not of this Earth. Fate can play funny tricks. Which is why Jack suddenly finds himself the planet’s best hope to unravel a conspiracy of galactic proportions that could spell the end of the human race.
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Entertaining, but Dennis E Taylor formulaic
- Écrit par H. Scott Elliott le 2022-08-06
Auteur(s): Dennis E. Taylor
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Outland
- Quantum Earth, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrateur(s): Ray Porter
- Durée: 10 h et 29 min
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When an experiment to study quantum uncertainty goes spectacularly wrong, physics student Bill Rustad and his friends find that they have accidentally created an inter-dimensional portal. They connect to Outland - an alternate Earth with identical geology, but where humans never evolved. The group races to establish control of the portal before the government, the military, or evildoers can take it away. Then everything changes when the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts in an explosion large enough to destroy civilization and kill half the planet.
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Excellent!
- Écrit par Maggie Reid le 2019-05-28
Auteur(s): Dennis E. Taylor
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Columbus Day
- Expeditionary Force, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Craig Alanson
- Narrateur(s): R.C. Bray
- Durée: 16 h et 23 min
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We were fighting on the wrong side of a war we couldn't win. And that was the good news. The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the native Americans in 1492. Over the horizon come ships of a technologically advanced, aggressive culture, and BAM! There go the good old days, when humans only got killed by each other. So, Columbus Day. It fits. When the morning sky twinkled again, this time with Kristang starships jumping in to hammer the Ruhar, we thought we were saved.
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Easily one of the better books I've read..
- Écrit par jesse cornelious le 2018-10-31
Auteur(s): Craig Alanson
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Convergence
- Convergence, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Craig Alanson
- Narrateur(s): R.C. Bray
- Durée: 16 h et 56 min
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My name is Kazimir Wolfe. People call me "Kaz", except they don’t. I never use my real name; it’s too dangerous, for me and for anyone I meet. I’m on the run from the law, who think I killed my aunt, and from whoever did kill her, because they want to finish the job. So, I move around a lot, working construction or whatever job I can find. It’s a lonely life. I don’t let anyone get close...people who get close to me end up dead. Why? I’m a wizard. The world’s only wizard, as far as I know.
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I wanted to like this book.
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2022-09-24
Auteur(s): Craig Alanson
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Fear the Sky
- The Fear Saga, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Stephen Moss
- Narrateur(s): R.C. Bray
- Durée: 20 h et 17 min
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From the Audie-nominated narrator of The Martian. In eleven years' time, a million members of an alien race will arrive at Earth. Years before they enter orbit, their approach will be announced by the flare of a thousand flames in the sky, their ships' huge engines burning hard to slow them from the vast speeds needed to cross interstellar space. These foreboding lights will shine in our night sky like new stars, getting ever brighter until they outshine even the sun, casting ominous shadows and banishing the night until they suddenly blink out.
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But of a mix
- Écrit par C. Obonsawin le 2020-02-03
Auteur(s): Stephen Moss
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Aftermath
- Expeditionary Force, Book 16
- Auteur(s): Craig Alanson
- Narrateur(s): R.C. Bray
- Durée: 21 h et 6 min
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The Aftermath of a stunning victory—especially an unexpected, complete, and final victory—should be high-fives all around, listening to politicians give boring congratulatory speeches, and a well-deserved rest for the Merry Band of Pirates. Yes, the galaxy is still a freakin' mess, but that is nothing new, and for a change, that can be someone else's problem. Until, you know, something really bad happens, and only the Pirates can deal with the problem... Or not.
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The Other Place
- The Glass, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Nathan Hystad
- Narrateur(s): R.C. Bray
- Durée: 12 h et 52 min
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Drake, a retired police detective, receives a call in the dead of night from an alien-obsessed podcaster. He hastily departs for Montana the following morning. The phenomenon continues all over the globe. What are they? What do they mean? Britt is on assignment for a digital magazine when she encounters one of the Glass in a tragic boating accident, leaving her no choice but to follow the lead. Panic ensues as mysterious creatures are sighted.
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Amazing story telling
- Écrit par mike ertl le 2022-09-20
Auteur(s): Nathan Hystad
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Hell Divers
- Hell Divers Series, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Nicholas Sansbury Smith
- Narrateur(s): R.C. Bray
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More than two centuries after World War III poisoned the planet, the final bastion of humanity lives on massive airships circling the globe in search of a habitable area to call home. Aging and outdated, most of the ships plummeted back to Earth long ago. The only thing keeping the two surviving lifeboats in the sky are Hell Divers - men and women who risk their lives by skydiving to the surface to scavenge for parts the ships desperately need.
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Cool premise, great action and it's not steampunk
- Écrit par Mau Orozco le 2018-09-13
Auteur(s): Nicholas Sansbury Smith
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The Singularity Trap
- Auteur(s): Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrateur(s): Ray Porter
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Dennis E. Taylor, author of the best-selling Bobiverse trilogy, explores a whole different, darker world in this sci-fi stand-alone. Determined to give his wife and children a better life back home, Ivan Pritchard ventures to the edge of known space to join the crew of the Mad Astra as an asteroid miner. He's prepared for hard work and loneliness—but not the unthinkable. After coming into contact with a mysterious alien substance, Pritchard finds an unwelcome entity sharing his mind, and a disturbing physical transformation taking place.
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Ray Porter is quickly becoming a favourite.
- Écrit par Schills le 2018-06-20
Auteur(s): Dennis E. Taylor
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The Last Hunter: Collected Edition
- Auteur(s): Jeremy Robinson
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This collected edition of the Antarktos Saga includes all five books in the series - Descent, Pursuit, Ascent, Lament, and Onslaught.
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awesome narration
- Écrit par Nodd le 2021-02-27
Auteur(s): Jeremy Robinson
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Wool
- The Silo Saga, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Hugh Howey
- Narrateur(s): Edoardo Ballerini
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The world outside has grown toxic, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. The remnants of humanity live underground in a single silo. But there are always those who hope, who dream. These are the dangerous people, the residents who infect others with their optimism. Their punishment is simple. They are given the very thing they want: They are allowed to go outside.
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Different from the show. Enjoyed it!
- Écrit par kushal.geesawor le 2023-06-30
Auteur(s): Hugh Howey
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Ruins of the Earth
- Ruins of the Earth, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Christopher Hopper, J. N. Chaney
- Narrateur(s): R.C. Bray
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A secret buried in the Antarctic. A puzzle unsolved for thousands of years. And a Brooklyn-born master gunnery sergeant who's royally pissed that he has to babysit the researchers sent to figure it all out. But when Patrick "Wic" Finnegan finally sees what the team has uncovered, he can't believe his eyes, nor is he prepared for the violence to come. Soon, the portal opens and unleashes a storm of unbridled fury upon humanity.
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Impressively bland
- Écrit par Reid Wallace le 2021-10-11
Auteur(s): Christopher Hopper, Autres
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- Auteur(s): Peter Clines
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There are some odd things about Nate’s new apartment. Of course, he has other things on his mind. He hates his job. He has no money in the bank. No girlfriend. No plans for the future. So while his new home isn’t perfect, it’s livable. The rent is low, the property managers are friendly, and the odd little mysteries don’t nag at him too much. At least, not until he meets Mandy, his neighbor across the hall, and notices something unusual about her apartment. And Xela’s apartment. And Tim’s. And Veek’s.
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I enjoyed this audio book very much.
- Écrit par John le 2019-02-28
Auteur(s): Peter Clines
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Space Force
- Auteur(s): Jeremy Robinson
- Narrateur(s): Jeffrey Kafer, Emily Woo Zeller, Machelle Williams
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Five years ago, the US Space Force became a reality. And while those writing the checks took things very seriously, the other military branches did not. As a result, Space Force was populated by undesirables. My name is Captain Ethan Stone, a decorated member of SEAL Team Six turned Space Force "recruit". Flash forward five years and between tenses. President West is in office. Power has shifted. And Space Force is defunded. With just a handful of us still living on base, we find ourselves being evicted. But before all of us can leave, aliens invade.
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Writing lacking
- Écrit par Joe Alonso le 2023-07-15
Auteur(s): Jeremy Robinson
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Steel World
- Undying Mercenaries, Book 1
- Auteur(s): B. V. Larson
- Narrateur(s): Mark Boyett
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In the 20th century Earth sent probes, transmissions, and welcoming messages to the stars. Unfortunately, someone noticed. The Galactics arrived with their battle fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined their vast Empire. Swearing allegiance to our distant alien overlords wasn't the only requirement for survival. We also had to have something of value to trade, something that neighboring planets would pay their hard-earned credits to buy. As most of the local worlds were too civilized to have a proper army, the only valuable service Earth could provide came in the form of soldiers....
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A fun read
- Écrit par Peter le 2018-01-28
Auteur(s): B. V. Larson
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We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
- Bobiverse, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrateur(s): Ray Porter
- Durée: 9 h et 56 min
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There's a reason We Are Legion was named Audible's Best Science Fiction Book of 2016: Its irresistibly irreverent wit! Bob Johansson has just sold his software company for a small fortune and is looking forward to a life of leisure. The first item on his to-do list: Spending his newfound windfall. On an urge to splurge, he signs up to have his head cryogenically preserved in case of death. Then he gets himself killed crossing the street. Waking up 117 years later, Bob discovers his mind has been uploaded into a sentient space probe with the ability to replicate itself.
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Didn't think I'd like it, but I loved it
- Écrit par Eli le 2018-01-11
Auteur(s): Dennis E. Taylor
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The Kaiju Preservation Society
- Auteur(s): John Scalzi
- Narrateur(s): Wil Wheaton
- Durée: 8 h et 2 min
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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, dinosaur-like creatures named Kaiju roam a warm and human-free world.
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Strong Sunday School energy.
- Écrit par Andrew le 2022-05-16
Auteur(s): John Scalzi
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Island 731
- Auteur(s): Jeremy Robinson
- Narrateur(s): R.C. Bray
- Durée: 10 h et 46 min
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Mark Hawkins, former park ranger and expert tracker, is out of his element, working onboard the Magellan, a research vessel studying the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. But his work is interrupted when, surrounded by 30 miles of refuse, the ship and its high-tech systems are plagued by a series of strange malfunctions and the crew is battered by a raging storm. When the storm fades and the sun rises, the beaten crew awakens to find themselves anchored in the protective cove of a tropical island...and no one knows how they got there.
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It Was A Difficult Write, But An Incredible Listen
- Écrit par Vikki Holmberg le 2022-12-29
Auteur(s): Jeremy Robinson
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Searching for a new home....
The Galahad, a faster-than-light spacecraft, carries 50 scientists and engineers on a mission to prepare Kepler 452b, Earth's nearest habitable neighbor at 1400 light years away. With Earth no longer habitable and the Mars colony slowly failing, they are humanity's best hope.
After 10 years in a failed cryogenic bed - body asleep, mind awake - William Chanokh's torture comes to an end as the fog clears, the hatch opens, and his friend and fellow hacker, Tom, greets him...by stabbing a screwdriver into his heart. This is the first time William dies.
It is not the last.
When he wakes from death, William discovers that all but one crew member - Capria Dixon - is either dead at Tom's hands, or has escaped to the surface of Kepler 452b. This dire situation is made worse when Tom attacks again - and is killed. Driven mad by a rare reaction to extended cryo-sleep, Tom hacked the Galahad's navigation system and locked the ship on a faster-than-light journey through the universe, destination: nowhere. Ever.
Mysteriously immortal, William is taken on a journey with no end, where he encounters solitary desperation, strange and violent lifeforms, a forbidden love, and the nature of reality itself.
...he discovers the infinite.
Jeremy Robinson, the master of fast-paced and highly original stories seamlessly blending elements of horror, science fiction, and thrillers, tackles his most ambitious subject matter to date: reality itself. An amalgam of the works of J.J. Abrams and Ridley Scott, Infinite is a bold science fiction novel exploring the vastness of space and a man's desire to exist, find love, and alter the course of his life.
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- daniel
- 2018-05-14
Excellent Excellent Excellent
I don't understand the negative reviews. This book is epic. A thrilling cerebral hidden love story. Very thought provoking and leaves you wanting more. I was thinking about it days after I finished. Fine writing.
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- Willy Nilly
- 2018-06-29
One of the best SciFi stories ever written!!
As a lifelong SciFi fan whose favorite authors include the likes of Issac Asimov, Larry Niven and Dennis E. Taylor, I simply cannot express how wonderful this story is. Beautifully written, expertly narrated and inescapable in it's breadth and scope. A true masterpiece!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-02-20
Brilliant.
A wonderful story of existentialism coasting on a mix of comedy, sci-fi and and the fall of humanity.
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- Scott Duncan
- 2018-11-20
Interesting plot twists.
I almost gave up on this after a few chapters. But I read the reviews and went back in. Turned out to be a really good novel with lots of plot twists.
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- Rick
- 2018-03-30
Not what I was expecting
I bought this on sale not expecting it to be too great... but was pleasantly surprised.
The story isn’t too dense, just a nice easy listen but without being stupid like some lighter sci-fi feels (IMO at least)... yet once you’re done reading it provokes some thought.
My only dislike was the main characters’s immortality. This never really sat right for me, but sometimes you just have to go with it.
If you’re in the mood for something a bit light then this is a good listen. For me this was a nice break between reading/listening to far more dense sci-if novels but was still satisfying.
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- Jason
- 2019-04-28
What an ending!!!!
Holy cow. Great book.
I never knew where it was going. 10/10 great book.
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- David Hogendoorn
- 2018-10-12
very surprising
if you like sci fi with some adventure, danger, and comedy you'll absolutely LOVE this
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- Jody Plank
- 2018-05-04
Amazing simulated reality
Loved it. Just to short is my only complaint. Hopefully 3 book is out. I'm off to look for it now
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- Ryan B.
- 2017-11-15
Good story, nothing groundbreaking.
I enjoyed the story overall, nothing ground breaking and a bit predictable at times, but never the less a good book to listen to as you are passing the time. RC Bray does a great job preforming as always.
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- Michael
- 2020-04-22
Enjoyable
A great twist take on timeless questions. This gave me multiple ideas of where to start numerous other stories. Imaginative, believable, worth the time.
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- Midwestbonsai
- 2017-12-26
a rather complex science fiction story
“Infinite” is a well-crafted, complex, romantic, science fiction story that is so much more than what it seems at first glance. It is written by Jeremy Robinson, who at the time of this review has nearly fifty books available on Audible. The audiobook edition is exceptionally well narrated by none other than R. C. Bray. Mr. Bray is ranked as one of the best narrators and he has a few quite popular titles under his belt; including “The Martian” by Andy Wier. I mention this because the book, for me, felt, like a bit like “The Martian”, along with parts from the movie “Inception” and sprinkle in a few ideas from the movie “The 13th Floor”. If you enjoy science fiction books that have a fair amount of action, mystery, artificial intelligence, along with time and space dilemmas, I recommend you pick up this book and give it a listen.
I will admit that the book was a bit confusing at the start. You are dropped into a rather complicated and confusing scene with no real background allowing you to digest it. A few chapters into the book, it opens up like a budding flower and you are able to see all the beauty of the story holds within. There were a few additional bumps along the way where I thought I had missed something, but the author was able to get me back on track rather quickly. Often this seemed like a writing technique the author implemented on purpose giving the listener a more unsettled feeling. As stated earlier, the book had a feel of “The Martian” on a spaceship instead of taking place on Mars. That simplifies the story and background, but knowing this you will have a better idea of what you are in for when you listen. Like with that story, there were plenty of times the main character narrowly escapes death, has to perform undesirable tasks, and often just wants to survive this long and lonely trip in one piece.
What I liked was the author’s ability to blend many different genres without focusing too much on one. Don’t get me wrong, this is a piece of science fiction, however, is also includes aspects of mystery, intrigue, romance, and endurance. At times the book feels weighty and even a bit gloomy based on its backstory details, but the author is able to throw in pieces of humor so the story does not feel too overwhelming. There was a fair amount of physics and space/time travel discussion I the book, but one does not need to be a rocket scientist to understand it; but if you are, you may enjoy it even more. The author provides you with all the necessary concepts along the way so anyone understand it. Things like the difference in time for someone on earth compared to time observed by a person in a ship traveling faster than the speed of light (FTL). I felt the research as solid, believable and informative. I enjoyed how the story unfolded and provided hints or clues on why such a tragedy occurred during the opening scene.
The narration of the book by R. C. Bray was what I would have expected from a veteran in his trade. The book was professionally voiced across the many different characters and I do not remember any audio artifacts while listening; swallowing, page turns, etc. The audio volume was consistent throughout the book. I have never been disappointed by any narration done by Mr. Bray.
For parents and young readers, this book does at times have a fair amount of vulgar language. There are also some quite graphic and violent scenes which may not be appropriate for younger readers. The book has some storyline focused on romance; but nothing I can recall that was overly explicit or sexual. There are a few scenes containing anti-religious pokes, but again, I do not feel the author was using this to get across some hidden agenda.
To summarize, I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a rather complex science fiction story involving artificial intelligence and time/space. However, being in space is only one small part of the overarching message that I think others will enjoy. There is quite a bit that will appeal to lovers of SciFi, but I would recommend it also to those who aren’t into science fiction but enjoy being challenged by a well-written story. If you feel lost at the start, that is not a bad thing. Stick with the book and buckle up as you will enjoy the flight.
Audiobook was purchased for review by ABR.
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- shanaynay
- 2018-01-11
I really liked this book. If you like “the matrix” or “off to be the wizard”, or “we are legion (we are Bob)” check this one out
Not perfect but pretty dang good. I was hooked and binge listened until it was over. Lol. I like stories that touch on how people act when they’re stranded by themselves and often wonder how I’d react in similar situations. This book took a unique path, as our protagonist had some unique circumstances and I think I might have taken a similar path in the same situation. Hard to say, but it was quite entertaining to read about Will’s adventure. The guy reading it did a fantastic job.
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- Melissa and Josh
- 2017-11-22
An existential bombshell!
- Josh here
This book came to my attention through the narrator’s Facebook page, R.C. Bray. Needless to say, I had to listen to it for the sheer fact that he was selected as the book’s narrator.
This book left me with several moments of questioning my own reality, reflecting on my own thoughts surrounding the very nature of our existence, and wondering about how we define our own reality. What started out as a space-based post-apocalyptic story quickly delved into areas that have fascinated me for quite some time, immortality and simulation theory. Mr. Robinson wrote a book that dragged me in and kept me hooked throughout the duration of the story.
I was immediately drawn to Will and his plights as he struggled with what to do given his new-found situation. I mean, what does a person do when they find out they are unable to die through traditional means? We quickly watched Will develop throughout the story, along with GAL, as Doubty McKnowitall/FB was thrust into some very unique situations.
I will say that I had the ending figured out about an hour prior to it arriving, but that still did not detract from any of the story/encounters. The plot was very well developed and the characters were relatable. I even found myself emotional at various points such as when the situation with Will’s brother (Steven) came up along with Will’s revelation later in the story.
The real impact of the story hit me around chapter 35 and highlights the nature of the title for my review. Again, the primary theory discussed in this book is one that has fascinated me all of my life.
R.C. Bray, per the norm, did a wonderful job with the narration. I could not imagine a better selection for this story.
This is an easy 5/5 book and one I am trying to get my wife to listen to. Give this one a listen, you will not be disappointed.
...engage!
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- josh
- 2017-11-25
Suprised this book isn’t more popular!
I just listened to this book in one sitting. As I finish it feels like I’m coming out of a trance back to reality. This book had me completely engrossed from start to finish, which is pretty rare for me these days. I’d highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys science fiction, horror, and thrillers and the books description details. I did find it to be predictable at times but that didn’t stop me from enjoying it.
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- Thylacine
- 2018-04-13
Waste of time and money. Utterly mediocre
What disappointed you about Infinite?
The premise of this book is hackneyed and trite. It tries to tackle some "big ideas" but doesn't do them justice. It lurches from scene to scene and the "surprise ending" can be spotted a mile away. There is so much better science fiction out there that there's no need to waste your time on this. It's not interesting or well written.
What do you think your next listen will be?
Maybe something by John Scalzi. Better science fiction, better ideas, better humor.
What three words best describe R.C. Bray’s performance?
Adequate. Professional. Workmanlike.
Any additional comments?
Just bad. I rarely feel compelled to write reviews, but the fact that this has so many good reviews is a real head scratcher. It's the only reason I bought it and I feel ripped off. Honestly it seems pretty fishy.
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- Michael Hayden
- 2018-04-03
Its a tough one.
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I would not. Great imagination. Not a lot of science at play.
What do you think your next listen will be?
Something with less gore and less heart ache
Have you listened to any of R.C. Bray’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Unique voice. A+
Did Infinite inspire you to do anything?
Love my wife more.
Any additional comments?
Good imagination. I listened to the whole thing even though at times I wanted to stop. Its like there was no solid backbone.
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- Robert
- 2018-01-24
Not my favorite
The narrator does a great job and makes this pleasant to listen to. Honestly I thought the story was mediocre and the characters lacked depth. The book spent a lot of time explaining future technology and the love plot was a bit of a male teenage fantasy. I still finished it, though so there’s something to the premise.
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- Tim Spangler
- 2021-01-05
OMG!!!
Wow, Amazing!! It will have you second guessing your own reality! Does this review even matter, is this just a simulation?
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- Thomas J Moore
- 2018-05-03
Terrible Cheap Unnecessary
This book is just weak. Deus ex machina exists on multiple levels. It is so incredibly lazy it is boring. The first half of the book is just plain depressing. The second half gets slightly more interesting, but there are so many cheap plot devices to move things forward that it is virtually impossible to care.
In some ways it is like We Are Bob by Dennis E. Taylor. In some ways it is similar to Ready Player One or even Ender's Game. However, it pales in comparison to all three. The prose is just so plain. All three of those books are written with a prose that pulls you along. This is written like a report that you have to read in order to perform some task.
You know who I really blame for this? Audible. Why did they recommend this terrible book. I want my credit back for this month.
Get We Are Bob. Much better series.
Good luck if you get it.
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- Trent
- 2018-04-06
A Real Mindbender
A very imaginative story and great narrator. Lots of humor, mood, action, plot twists, and lots of fun.
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