Science Fiction audiobooks

Darwin's Radio - Abridged

By: Greg Bear

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 5 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Darwin's Radio— a cross between the chilling scientific credibility of Michael Crichton and the cutting-edge technology of William Gibson— a terrifying disease forces scientists to race against time to save civilization— if it is not too late. The discovery of concealed remains in a mass grave in Russia... Read more

Vulcan's Heart - Abridged

By: Josepha Sherman & Susan Shwartz

Narrated by: Tim Russ

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

2329: Now a diplomat for the United Federation of Planets, Spock agrees to a bonding with Commander Saavik. More than a betrothal, less than a wedding, the sacred Vulcan rite is attended by both Spock's father, Sarek, and a nervous young Starfleet lieutenant named Jean-Luc Picard.
2344: Ambassador Spock receives a top-secret communication from... Read more

Dark Victory - Abridged

By: William Shatner

Narrated by: William Shatner

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

For three full decades, on television and in film, actor William Shatner has portrayed one of the legendary heroes of science fiction: James Tiberius Kirk, captain of the Starship Enterprise™. Although Kirk was believed to have perished at the conclusion of Star Trek® Generations™, his amazing literary resurrection led to an acclaimed trilogy of... Read more

Left Behind: An Experience in Sound and Drama - Abridged

By: Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When the trumpet sounds, where will you be? Passengers in an airborne Boeing 747 find out in this riveting novel by renowned Christian speaker Tim LaHaye and master storyteller Jerry Jenkins. Without any warning, passengers mysteriously disappear from their seats. Terror and chaos slowly spread not only through the plane but also worldwide as... Read more

The 34th Rule - Abridged

By: David R. George III & Armin Shimerman

Narrated by: Armin Shimerman

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: Yes

Quark's biggest deal -- by the actor who brings him to life!
For once, business is going well for Quark, not that anyone on Deep Space Nine™ truly appreciates his genius for finding profit in the most unlikely of circumstances. Quark is even looking forward to making the deal of a lifetime -- when he suddenly finds himself stuck right in the... Read more

Left Behind - Abridged

By: Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Just like any other day. Riding the bus, listening to a ballgame, flying across the Atlantic… Normal... Then, in a fraction of a second, this day becomes like no other day in history.Take your imagination on a journey. What would it be like if hundreds of thousands just disappeared off the face of the earth? The bus driver, the center fielder,... Read more

We Could Do Worse

By: Martin Greenberg, Howard Waldrop, Gregory Benfo...

Narrated by: Richard McGonagle, Gordon Thompson, Stefan Rudn...

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Fascinating “ What If?” stories from Hugo and Nebula award-winning masters of altnerate history!What would the world be like if Teddy Roosevelt had fought in World War I? If the space race started during World War II? If Joseph McCarthy had been elected President? These and other questions are answered in this collection... Read more

Flight of the Bumble Bee

By: Larry Weiner

Narrated by: Marina Sirtis & Full Cast

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The struggle between the Amalgamation and the evil Consortium heats up as rebels assault the planet Quatro Cinco. Lieutenant Nancy Coy (Marina Sirtis, 'Counselor Troi',"Star Trek: The Next Generation") is assigned to rehabilitate Kurk Manly, once the greatest and most handsome startup pilot in the Galaxy, now reduced to a staggering drunk-and... Read more

Star Trek: Insurrection - Abridged

By: J.M. Dillard

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Star Trek: The Next Generation® is the most popular, longest-running series in science fiction history. Now, after the spectacular worldwide success of Star Trek: First Contact® Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Starship Enterprise™ return to the big screen in a thrilling new adventure that captures all the fun and excitement of Star... Read more

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Triangle: Imzadi II - Abridged

By: Peter David

Narrated by: Robert O'Reilly

Length: 3 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Imzadi"—to the people of the planet Betazed, including Counselor Deanna Troi of the Starship Enterprise, it means "beloved" and denotes a special closeness that can never be truly broken. Or can it?

In his acclaimed earlier novel, Imzadi, bestselling author Peter David explored the special bond between Deanna Troi and Commander William T. Riker.... Read more

Pathways - Abridged

By: Jeri Taylor

Narrated by: Robert Picardo

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In her acclaimed novel Mosaic, Jeri Taylor explored the previously unrevealed past of Captain Kathryn Janeway. Now, Pathways traces the winding roads that have led Janeway's fellow officers and closest friends to what may be the greatest crisis of their long journey home.

A deadly encounter with hostile aliens has left Captain Janeway's crew... Read more

Spectre - Abridged

By: William Shatner

Narrated by: William Shatner

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Shatner has once again brought his unique blend of talents as actor, writer, director, and producer to continue the saga of Jim Kirk's remarkable second life, as an insidious menace from his past threatens a new generation of heroes...

Retired and in a happy relationship, Kirk believes his adventuring days are over. But as he returns to... Read more

Dust - Abridged

By: Charles Pellegrino

Narrated by: Jay O. Sanders

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The good news: the bugs are all dead.
The bad news: we're next.

The change begins silently, imperceptibly, inexorably. One natural effect topples into the next, like an array of dominoes that stretches to every corner of the globe. Before anyone can realize it, the earth's ecology has utterly transformed itself. And the days of the old... Read more

Stealer of Souls

By: Larry Weiner

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Katey Sagal ("Peg Bundy" on TV's Married With Children, and "Leela" from Futurama) makes a special guest appearance in this hilarious horror about a wickedly bad soul who tries to swipe the essence of innocents, leaving them with a blank look and an overwhelming desire to watch Maury Povich. The only opposition is a fumbling English professor... Read more

Red Prophet - Abridged

By: Orson Card

Narrated by: Nana Visitor

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The second installment of Orson Scott Card' s best-selling series The Tales of Alvin Maker.In the first tale of Alvin Maker— Seventh Son— listeners are introduced to a pioneer America where magic works and special talents are utilized in marvelous ways. In this second installment in the Tales of Alvin Maker,... Read more

Heartfire - Abridged

By: Orson Card

Narrated by: Nana Visitor

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The fifth installment of Orson Scott Card' s best-selling series The Tales of Alvin MakerPeggy Guester is a Torch, whose power is so great that she can follow the paths of each person's future and know their most intimate secrets. From the moment of Alvin's birth, Peggy has protected him. Now they are married, but their destinies... Read more

Legends of the Ferengi - Abridged

By: Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe

Narrated by: Armin Shimmerman

Length: 1 hour 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A collection of the guiding principles of the galaxy's most successful entrepreneurs, using coveted Ferengi wisdom and recounting legendary tales of profit.

For centuries the famous Ferengi "Rules of Acquisition" have been the guiding principles of the galaxy's most successful entrepreneurs. But the wisdom behind them was not won without a high... Read more

Ship of Line - Abridged

By: Diane Carey

Narrated by: Kevin Conway

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Starship Enterprise 1701-D has been destroyed, and Captain Jean-Luc Picard finds himself without a command. While waiting for his new ship, Captain Picard has gone with Lieutenant Worf on a delicate diplomatic mission to the Cardassian Empire.

As Picard conducts high-level negotiations for the return of Federation prisoners of war, the... Read more

Men in Black - Abridged

By: Steve Perry & Ed Soloman

Narrated by: David Dukes

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

While much of the world watches and waits for signs of extraterrestrial life, a select group of individuals know the truth: alien beings are already here and walking among us in human form. Members of a top-secret agency— an organization known only as “ Men in Black” — are dedicated to tracking and... Read more

The Menace from Earth, and Other Stories

By: Robert A. Heinlein

Narrated by: Rob McQuay

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From a master of science fiction comes eight startling stories of time and space.In “The Year of the Jackpot,” a statistician charts a curve of unusual happenings throughout the earth, only to find that his facts and figures prove the approach of the end of the world.In “By His Bootstraps,” a man steps thirty thousand years into time and is... Read more

The New Frontier - Abridged

By: Peter David

Narrated by: Joe Morton

Length: 4 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sector 221-G: For the whole of Federation history, this large
area of space has been controlled by the Thallonians, a cruel,
militaristic race of which little is knownexcept that they rule
the other races in their sector with vicious iron hand.

Now the Thallonian Empire has collapsed and the systems it once
ruled are in chaos. Old hatreds are... Read more

Star Trek: The Original Series: Vulcan's Forge - Abridged

By: Josepha Sherman & Susan Shwartz

Narrated by: Leonard Nimoy

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Just over a year ago, Captain James T. Kirk was lost to the Nexus while saving the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-B from destruction. Aboard the science ship Intrepid II, Captain Spock, commanding some of his old crewmates, must face the loss of his closest friend. But while still in mourning for one friend, he must come to the aid of another. Decades... Read more

Contact - Abridged

By: Carl Sagan

Narrated by: Jodie Foster

Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Grammy Award Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album!

The future is here...in an adventure of cosmic dimension.

In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who -- or what -- is out there? In Cosmos, Carl Sagan explained the universe. In Contact, he predicts its future -- and our own. Read more

Star Trek: Avenger - Abridged

By: William Shatner

Narrated by: William Shatner

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Although Kirk appeared to perish at the conclusion of Star Trek® Generations™, the big national bestseller, The Return, revealed the amazing story of Kirk's resurrection. Now, William Shatner brings his distinctive blend of talents as an actor, writer, director, and producer to continue the saga of Jim Kirk's second life -- and to reunite one of... Read more