![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Lani People - J. F. Bone In the far future, a veterinarian fresh out of school is hired to care for a small flock of valuable alien animals on an out-of-the-way world. But why so high a salary? There must be some catch to it.... This unjustly forgotten 1962 science fiction novel has undergone a small renaissance since coming into the public domain (and escaping its rather memorable cover). Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Science Fiction Downloads: 6,813 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | "The Creature from Cleveland Depths" - Fritz Leiber Every time Gusterson dropped a new free idea into the fad-ridden mainstream world of underground cities and cozy crowds, it crystallized into something really strange, and things got out of hand. So he shouldn't have mentioned the reminder machine.... Keywords: Science fiction; dystopia; humor; Horror Downloads: 614 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Machine Stops - E. M. Forster The Machine Stops is a short science fiction story. It describes a world in which almost all humans have lost the ability to live on the surface of the Earth. Each individual lives in isolation in a 'cell', with all bodily and spiritual needs met by the omnipotent, global Machine. Most humans welcome this development, as they are skeptical and fearful of first-hand experience. People forget that humans created the Machine, and treat it as a mystical entity whose needs supersede their own... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; science fiction; e. m. forster; machine stops Downloads: 9,720 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Anthem - Ayn Rand LibriVox's Anthem by Ayn Rand. Read by Chere Theriot. Anthem is a dystopic science fiction story taking place at some unspecified future date. Mankind has entered another dark age as a result of what Rand saw as the weaknesses of socialistic thinking and economics. Technological advancement is now carefully planned (when it is allowed to occur, if at all) and the concept of individuality has been eliminated (for example, the word "I" has disappeared from the language)... Keywords: librivox; audiobooks; literature; philosophy; science fiction Downloads: 48,865 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Asteroid - Emmerichk Keywords: Mexico; electronic; Discos Konfort; minimal Downloads: 3,499 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Land that Time Forgot - Edgar Rice Burroughs The Land That Time Forgot is a science fiction novel, the first of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ “Caspak” trilogy. His working title for the story was “The Lost U-Boat.” Starting out as a harrowing wartime sea adventure, the story ultimately develops into that of a fantastical lost world. (Adapted from Wikipedia.) Keywords: librivox; adventure; action; science-fiction; burroughs; literature; caspak series Downloads: 9,854 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Greener Than You Think - Ward Moore LibriVox recording of Greener Than You Think by Ward Moore. Read by Lee Elliott. Do you remember reading a panic-mongering news story a while back about genetically engineered “Frankengrass” “escaping” from the golf course where it had been planted? That news story was foreshadowed decades previously in the form of prophetic fiction wherein a pushy salesman, a cash-strapped scientist, and a clump of crabgrass accidentally merge forces with apocalyptic consequences... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; science fiction Downloads: 2,627 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Cosmic Computer - H. Beam Piper LibriVox recording of The Cosmic Computer, by H. Beam Piper. Read by Mark Nelson. Conn Maxwell returns from Terra to his poverty-stricken home planet of Poictesme, "The Junkyard Planet", with news of the possible location of Merlin, a military super-computer rumored to have been abandoned there after the last war. The inhabitants hope to find Merlin, which they think will be their ticket to wealth and prosperity... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; sci-fi; piper Downloads: 19,019 Average rating: (5 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Deathworld - Harry Harrison LibriVox recording of Deathworld, by Harry Harrison. Read by Gregg Margarite. Harry Harrison (1925 - ) is best known for his Stainless Steel Rat stories and the novel Make Room! Make Room! which was adapted for film as Soylent Green. Deathworld is the first in a series of novels begun in 1960 and originally serialized in Astounding Science Fiction Magazine. It’s the story of Jason dinAlt a professional gambler with psionic skills who finds himself on Pyrrus the deadliest planet to be colonized... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; science fiction; harry harrison Downloads: 4,715 Average rating: (4 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Incognito Traveller EP - The Incognito Traveller Downloads: 42,595 Average rating: (5 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Little Fuzzy - H. Beam Piper The planet Zarathustra is going through a dry spell. Land-prawns, ecologists, and scared bureaucrats are coming out of the woodwork. But there's more trouble to come. The cutest little alien critter you've ever seen: Little Fuzzy. This book is widely regarded as a minor sf classic, and is much loved. Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Science Fiction Downloads: 14,428 Average rating: (5 reviews) |