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2040, une planète habitable est découverte. La France décide d'envoyer dans l'espace une équipe constituée de scientifiques de pointe et... de chômeurs en fin de droits. Mais une idiote erreur de pilotage tue sur le coup les astronautes, laissant les novices aux manettes. Ah oui, et en plus ils ne vont plus dans la bonne direction. Mais ça, sur Terre, tout le monde s'en tape.

Starship Captain George Cottonhammer (Will Forte), bored by his job, stops his ship in middle space and floats, doing nothing.

Nancy Kranich (played by Emmy-nominated actress Natasha Lyonne of Russian Doll and Orange Is the New Black) is a night nurse on an orbiting space station. But Nancy hates her job, is sick of space, and longs to find adventure and a safe place to smoke cigarettes that won’t blow everyone up. But when Nancy gets caught up in an outer-space conspiracy involving President Kennedy, former vice-president Richard Nixon, and an intergalactic object that could change the course of history, she gets way more adventure than she bargained for.

In the year 2038, there’s only one destination that can play host to the world’s wealthiest adventure seekers: the Pengalaman Island Resort and Virtual Reality Theme Park. Located on a private South Pacific island, guests here live out their wildest fantasies in custom-made virtual reality simulations while also enjoying the usual amenities of an exclusive five-star getaway. All is relatively breezy until famed billionaire and avid guest, Mr. Wagner, goes missing within a virtual simulation. His only hope? A daring rescue led by Derek Ambrose and his ragtag search party.

With the age of heroic star pilots and galactic villains completely killed by quantum teleportation, the ex-star pilot currently named Dashford Pierce is struggling to find his identity in a changing universe. Then, a face from his past returns and makes him an offer he can't refuse: take part in just one teeny weeny, slightly illegal, daring heist, and not only will he have the means to start the new life he craves, but also save his childhood hero from certain death.

Put on Roborockalypse, turn it all the way up, and rock out to the show that’s like all the futuristic parts of The Terminator, except with way more electric guitar.

Sheltered is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi sitcom, starring Gemma Whelan, Sindhu Vee, Rufus Hound and Marek Larwood. It’s been centuries since Armageddon and no one has ever left the bunker that has sustained what remains of civilised human life.... When innocent simpleton Gary and social climber Veronica are sent to explore the world outside, they soon regret ever leaving the safety, soft furnishings and quilted toilet paper of Fallout Shelter 7421.

Paul Steele, known to the world as Baron Steele, isn’t your average masked crimefighter. As a matter of fact, he doesn’t even wear a mask. And he doesn’t even fight crime anymore. That’s for the guys with too much brawn and not enough brain. No, Steele works in consulting. After having his license revoked by the Guild of Masked Crimefighters, he decided he would scout talent instead. Match up heroes with their villainous counterparts, help the young bucks and buckettes discover their talents and abilities. That sort of thing.

Master Lecture Series: History of the Third Robot War is a future history lecture so epic it will knock your digital socks off! In this satirical Audible Original that turns The Great Courses on its head, Professor Tirannous Rexavier Shepard guides you through the multiverse-shattering events of the war, from the opening "pyew pyews" through Le Battle Finale. Master Lecture Series pays homage to the Sci-Fi and Fantasy genres with gut-busting (and circuit-bending) whimsy. 

More than a year after she helped save the world from the Sparnaxian invasion, Andrea Vernon is in a good place. Her boss is giving her greater responsibility and she’s getting to travel a lot (although her fill-in is hopeless at making coffee); things could be getting even more serious with her 8’ 4” superhero boyfriend, The Big Axe; and she has a really fun new BFF, Never More. Small issue, though, with that last item - Never More is a supervillain bent on world domination, and it looks as if nothing can stop her.

Whether he’s underwriting for an overlord, or wearing a pocket protector in a pocket universe, Tom Stranger has just one policy: providing Quality Customer Service. No alien menace is too menacing, no galactic rift too rifty for the multiverse’s most-trusted Interdimensional Insurance Agent in these three brand-new adventures and two classic escapades.

The supervillains of DESTRON have conquered the country, The Big Axe has been imprisoned, and the heroes of the Corporation for UltraHuman Protection have been reduced to hiding behind a force field surrounding New York City. And if that's not enough, Andrea Vernon is pregnant. With a Little Axe. But Andrea’s not one to sit on the sidelines. She has to make a plan to save the country, rescue her boyfriend, and figure out what exactly people do with babies.

Living and slaving in Fill City One, you get used to the smell. We call it the Everpresent Stink. But every once in a while, on a spring day with a breeze, it clears away enough to remind us that there is something more out there. Most Fillers' wildest dreams would be just to get past the walls and live in the mainland. But my dream? It’s a little bigger. I’m going to Mars.

Bob Johansson recién vendió su compañía de software por una pequeña fortuna y le ilusiona vivir la vida en grande. Lo primero en su lista de pendientes: gastar su nuevo dinero. En un derroche, contrata un servicio para preservar su cabeza en criogenia, en caso de muerte. Momentos después, pierde la vida al cruzar una calle. Al despertar, 117 años después, Bob descubre que su mente ha sido cargada a una sonda espacial inteligente, con la habilidad de replicarse a sí misma.  

Saubere Luft als Mangelware, Roboter mit Existenzängsten, sprechende Pflanzen - "Wenn wir morgen sagen" nimmt uns mit auf eine rasante Zeitreise in die Zukunft eines Planeten, dessen Ressourcen wir gnadenlos ausgenutzt haben. Zwischen Utopie und Dystopie, Horror und Comedy werden in dieser Hörspielserie fünf Zukunftsszenarien entworfen, die unterschiedlicher kaum sein könnten, und sich doch alle mit den zentralen Fragen unserer Zeit beschäftigen: Was wird aus uns werden? Wie werden wir leben?

Fantasy, Comedy und ein Schuss Romantik: Quanten Camper Calamari von Aljoscha Jelinek, gelesen von Uve Teschner, begeistert mit brillantem Wortwitz und einer rasanten Story voll überraschender Wendungen. An Bord: die schöne Malika, Nerd Andy und ein verzauberter Tintenfisch. Game-Designer Andy Pinch tritt beruflich und privat auf der Stelle. Da begegnet er der Tramperin Malika und ihrem sprechenden Tintenfisch Humbi. Bezaubert von ihrem Banjo-Spiel, folgt Andy ihr auf eine fantastische Reise durch Raum und Zeit.

Wer hat Schwein, um die Welt zu retten? Justine Time erzählt in "Apocalypse Deluxe - Reboot der Erde" ein ungewöhnliches Abenteuer - von fünf Menschen und einem klugen Hausschwein, die den Weltuntergang gemeinsam rückgängig machen müssen. Könnte funktionieren - wenn sie sich nur einig wären... Ella ist am Ziel ihrer Träume: Als Influencerin bewirbt sie die besten Produkte, reist um die Welt, wird zu Galas geladen - und will mit Fußballprofi David ihr Leben genießen.

Dying is easy. It’s the Apocalypse that’s hard. Before the outside world devolved into a fiery pit of hell, Noel and Julia hosted a successful and wonderfully pretentious community radio show. Now their basement studio is their survival bunker, and they find themselves completely alone. With no escape and nothing left except an increasingly eclectic selection of questionable records, Noel and Julia proudly debut their new show: Is Anyone Alive Out There?. How could they create a stellar show when they really just need to survive?  

Wenn man in Fill City 1 lebt und schuftet, gewöhnt man sich an den Gestank. Wir nennen ihn den Ewigen Mief. Aber hin und wieder, wenn an einem Frühlingstag eine Brise weht, verzieht er sich ein wenig und wir erinnern uns daran, dass es da draußen noch etwas anderes gibt. Die meisten Filler träumen allerhöchstens davon, die Mauern zu überwinden und auf dem Festland zu leben. Aber mein Traum? Der ist ein bisschen größer. Ich fliege zum Mars.

Eis essen mit einem Brontosaurus? Ein Basketball-Match mit Michael Jordan? Alles kein Problem im Virtual-Reality-Resort Pangalaman Island. Derek, Sohn der Besitzerin, konnte seine kühnsten Träume schon als Kind ausleben. Nun hat er das ganze Imperium geerbt–und steht vor einem Problem: Der Promi Mr. Wagner ist in einem virtuellen Abenteuer verschwunden.