Science Fiction audiobooks

Ringworld

By: Larry Niven

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novel, Ringworld remains a favorite among science fiction readers.The artifact is a vast circular ribbon of matter, some 180 million miles across, with a sun at its center. Pierson’s puppeteers—strange, three-legged, two-headed aliens—discovered this “Ringworld” in a hitherto unexplored part of... Read more

Callahan’s Key

By: Spider Robinson

Narrated by: Barrett Whitener

Length: 12 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Nobody blends good science with bad puns as brilliantly as Spider Robinson, as his legion of devoted fans will attest. Now he's back with the latest chapter of the Callahan saga—an improbable tale of impending doom, a road trip, space, drugs, and rock 'n' roll.The universe in is desperate peril. Due to a cluster of freakish phenomena, the United... Read more

Primary Inversion

By: Catherine Asaro

Narrated by: Anna Fields

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

The Skolian Empire rules a third of the civilized galaxy through its mastery of faster-than-light communication. But war with the rival empire of the Traders seems imminent, a war that can only lead to slavery for the Skolians or the destruction of both sides. Destructive skirmishes have already occurred, and a desperate attempt must be made to... Read more

The Radiant Seas

By: Catherine Asaro

Narrated by: Anna Fields

Length: 15 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

In the continuing saga that began with the acclaimed Primary Inversion, star-crossed lovers Sauscony and Jaibriol, each the heir to an interstellar empire, become entangled again in the machinations of the Skolian Empire. Having faked their own deaths and secretly married, they are beginning to pick up what’s left of their lives in exile on a... Read more

The Last Hawk

By: Catherine Asaro

Narrated by: Anna Fields

Length: 13 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Catherine Asaro, a physicist who combines believable hard science with first-rate storytelling, exploded onto the science fiction scene with her stellar debut novel, Primary Inversion. Now, she brings us the third tale of the Skolian Empire, which AudioFile calls "a classic tale of power and conflict, with a twist."When Kelric, a scion of the... Read more

The Curse of Chalion

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 18 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Lord Cazaril has been, in turn, courtier, castle-warder, and captain; now he is but a crippled ex-galley slave seeking nothing more than a menial job in the kitchens of the Dowager Provincara, the noble patroness of his youth. But Cazaril finds himself promoted to the exalted and dangerous position of tutor to Iselle, the beautiful, fiery sister... Read more

A Time of Changes

By: Robert Silverberg

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in the distant future, when human beings populate a variety of planets, A Time of Changes examines the society of Borthan. For thousands of years, Borthan has been ruled by a covenant that teaches that the individual self is to be despised. The sharing of personal thoughts and feelings with another represents the most heinous crime.Kinnall... Read more

Starswarm

By: Jerry Pournelle

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 10 hours

Abridged: No

Kip has a secret. A young boy who lives with his uncle at Starswarm Station research outpost on planet Paradise, he has heard a voice in his head for as long as he can remember. The voice guides him in all his decisions, helping him through situations with useful information and helpful insight.One day, finally daring to ask the voice some tough... Read more

Perelandra

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

C. S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy, of which Perelandra is the second volume, stands alongside such works as Albert Camus’s The Plague and George Orwell’s 1984 as a timely parable that has become timeless, beloved by succeeding generations as much for the sheer wonder of its storytelling as for the significance of the moral concerns.Readers who fall in... Read more

Frankenstein - Abridged

By: Mary Shelley

Narrated by: Richard Pasco

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The epic battle between man and monster reaches its greatest pitch in the famous story of Frankenstein. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor himself to the very brink. How he tries to destroy his creation, as... Read more

Lord Jim - Abridged

By: Joseph Conrad

Narrated by: Joss Ackland

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

‘Who could tell what forms, what visions, what faces, what forgiveness he could see in the glow of the west!’ Jim is a well-bred young romantic who takes to the seas with hopes of adventure and the aspiration to prove his mettle. When the boat he sails in threatens to sink, Jim abandons ship in fear in order to... Read more

Lost Lake

By: Phillip Margolin

Narrated by: Deborah Hazlett

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

It's a beautiful summer night in Portland, Oregon. Ami Vergano, a young attorney and single mother, arrives at her son Ryan's little league game with their tenant and new friend, Dan Morelli. When the assistant coach calls in sick, Morelli seems happy to help out.But then one player roughly blocks another and a fight erupts.Before the game ends,... Read more

The Rock Rats

By: Ben Bova

Narrated by: Amanda Karr & Ira Claffey

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Book Two in the Asteroid Wars-continuing the saga of the struggle for the wealth of the Solar System
Visionary space industrialist Dan Randolph is dead-but his protégé, pilot Pancho Barnes, now sits on the board of his conglomerate. She has her work cut out for her-for Randolph's rival, Martin Humphries, still wants to control Astro and still... Read more

Mercury

By: Ben Bova

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Arte Johnson & Moira Quirk

Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A tale of revenge and technological endeavor set on our solar system's most desolate stage

Despite Mercury's desolateness, there are still those who hope to find diamonds in the rough. Saito Yamagata thinks Mercury's position will make it an ideal orbit point for satellites that could someday create enough power to propel starships into deep... Read more

Jupiter

By: Ben Bova

Narrated by: Christian Noble & David Warner

Length: 12 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

A "leading light of hard SF and space advocacy" (Booklist) turns his sights to the largest planet in our solar system
Grant Archer merely wanted to study astrophysics, to work quietly as an astronomer on the far side of the Moon. But the forces of the "New Morality," the coalition of censoriuous do-gooders who run 21st century America, have other... Read more

Ender's Shadow

By: Orson Scott Card

Narrated by: Scott Brick & Gabrielle de Cuir

Length: 15 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

The novel that launched the bestselling Ender's Shadow series—available for the first time on unabridged cd

The human race is at War with the "Buggers," an insect-like alien race. As Earth prepares to defend itself from total destruction at the hands of an inscrutable enemy, all focus is on the development of military geniuses who can fight such... Read more

The Angel Experiment - Abridged

By: James Patterson

Narrated by: Evan Rachel Wood

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Max soars above the world . . . but in James Patterson's thrilling adventure, fantasy can come crashing down to reveal the nightmares of the Angel Experiment.

Maximum Ride and her "flock" -- Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel -- are just like ordinary kids, only they have wings and can fly. It may seem like a dream come true to some, but their... Read more

Pegasus in Space

By: Anne McCaffrey

Narrated by: Sharon Williams

Length: 14 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

For an overpopulated Earth, whose resources are strained to the breaking point, there is only one place to look for relief: straight up. With the successful completion of the Padrugoi Space Station, humanity has at last achieved its first large-scale permanent presence in space. Additional bases are feverishly being built on the Moon and on... Read more

The Adventures of Luther Arkwright (Unabridged)

By: Bryan Talbot & Mark Wright

Narrated by: David Tennant, Paul Darrow, Siri O'Neal & Rober...

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

England, in a parallel world. A second Civil war is brewing - its aim to bring Prince Charles to the throne - and Luther Arkwright must help to ensure that the right side wins - not just for the sake of this world, but for all worlds... Read more

Shadow of the Giant

By: Orson Scott Card

Narrated by: David Birney & Scott Brick

Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The Ender Saga continues with Shadow of the Giant, which parallels the events of Ender's Game from a different character’s point of view.

Bean's past was a battle just to survive. He first appeared on the streets of Rotterdam, a tiny child with a mind leagues beyond anyone else. He knew he could not survive through strength; he used his tactical... Read more

Lost Lake - Abridged

By: Phillip Margolin

Narrated by: Sutherland Kristine

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

It's a beautiful summer night in Portland, Oregon. Ami Vergano, a young attorney and single mother, arrives at her son Ryan's little league game with their tenant and new friend, Dan Morelli. When the assistant coach calls in sick, Morelli seems happy to help out.But then one player roughly blocks another and a fight erupts.Before the game ends,... Read more

The Rising

By: Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins

Narrated by: Richard Ferrone

Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

With the first book of a set of prequels to the Left Behind series, Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins give listeners a glimpse into the lives of Rayford Steel, Buck Williams, and others before the Rapture. It also shows how Nicolae Carpathia comes into power. Filled with drama and suspense, The Rising continues the best-selling inspirational... Read more

The Rising - Abridged

By: Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins

Narrated by: Steve Sever

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Rising is a Left Behind series that will give you a glimpse into the lives of your favorite characters before the Rapture. Have you ever wondered what life was like before the Rapture for Rayford, Irene, and Chloe Steele, Bruce Barnes, Buck Williams, and Tsion Ben Judah? Plus, see why Viv Ivins plays such a pivotal role in Nicolae... Read more

Doctor Who: The Gunfighters

By: Donald Cotton

Narrated by: Shane Rimmer, Full Cast, Peter Purves & William...

Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

'So come, you coyotes, and howl at the moon 'til there's blood upon the sawdust in The Last Chance Saloon...' It's 1881 and, in the Wild West settlement of Tombstone, there are three strangers in town: 'Doctor Caligari', 'Steven Regret', and 'Miss Dodo Dupont'. They've arrived in a 20th Century blue police box, and they're about to wander into... Read more