Science Fiction audiobooks

Kahless - Abridged

By: Michael Jan Friedman

Narrated by: Kevin Conway

Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For 1500 years, the Klingons have revered him as their first emperor, the legendary warrior who united their people and taught them the meaning of honor, but the truth of his incredible life has been shrouded in myth and fables... until now.

A clone of the original Kahless now reigns as emperor, but the discovery of an ancient scroll throws the... Read more

Stranger in a Strange Land

By: Robert A. Heinlein

Narrated by: Christopher Hurt

Length: 16 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Stranger in a Strange Land is the epic saga of an earthling, Valentine Michael Smith, born and educated on Mars, who arrives on our planet with “psi” powers—telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, telekinesis, teleportation, pyrolysis, and the ability to take control of the minds of others—and complete innocence regarding the mores of man.After... Read more

Star Trek - Abridged

By: William Shatner

Narrated by: William Shatner

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Just after the events of Star Trek Generations, on the planet Veridian III, ambassador Spock comes to the humble cairn, or stones, that marks the grave of James Kirk. But he is not granted time to ponder the passing of his best friend. The Borg and the Romulan Empire have a use for Kirk, and with some mysterious alien science they resurrect the... Read more

Garson Krebs Private Eye

By: Larry Weiner

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 3 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A tongue-in-cheek private detective with all the answers... and all the problems! This hilarious sleuth show combines the best of old time radio acting with modern sound effects, music recording and editing. From his search for a lady's husband (Whom he thinks is better off lost) to a crook with a sweet tooth and a sour personality, Garson Krebs... Read more

The Invisible Man - Abridged

By: H.G. Wells

Narrated by: Edward Herrmann

Length: 4 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This disturbing and insightful novel explores the question of morality when a man is free to do as he pleases without risk of being caught. This masterpiece of science fiction depicts the fascinating story of a young scientist's experiments that allow him to become invisible. Much to his anger and dismay, he realizes his condition is... Read more

Crossover - Abridged

By: Michael Jan Friedman

Narrated by: Jonathan Frakes

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ambassador Spock continues his mission to unify the Romulan and Vulcan peoples, but is captured by a Romulan spy. Starfleet dispatches its best ship, the U.S.S. EnterpriseTM 1701-D, and its most respected captain, Jean-Luc Picard, to secure the release of the ambassador. Ambassador McCoy, now over 140 years old, is also sent to assist in the... Read more

Raptor Red - Abridged

By: Robert T. Bakker

Narrated by: Megan Gallagher

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A stunning debut in the blockbuster tradition of Jurassic Park -- enhanced with dramatic sound effects.

A pair of fierce but beautiful eyes look out from the undergrowth of conifers. The eyes follow every movement in the great herd of plant-eating dinosaurs that mills around the open meadows, moving back and forth with the rapid scanning of a... Read more

Star Trek: Ashes of Eden - Abridged

By: William Shatner

Narrated by: William Shatner

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Captain Kirk, facing retirement and the end of his adventurous career, accepts the offer of a mysterious woman to undertake a voyage to an uncharted planet, where a serious threat to the fragile peace between the Federation and the Klingons may be brewing. There he also finds a nearly irresistible temptation -- a chance to recapture his faded... Read more

Star Trek: Envoy - Abridged

By: L.A. Graf

Narrated by: George Takei

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

While on the U.S.S. Excelsior, Captain Sulu receives top priority orders to proceed by shuttlecraft to Starbase Three. He is to act as the Federation's envoy to a historic peace ceremony between the Krikiki and the Den-Kai -- the two dominant, warring races in that sector. Sulu's role is to hand over a young Krikiki prince to the Den-Kai as a... Read more

Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Warped - Abridged

By: K.W. Jeter

Narrated by: Rene Auberjonois

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Political tensions on Bajor are once again on the rise, and the various factions may soon come to open conflict. In addition, a series of murders has shaken everyone on board the station. While Security Chief Odo investiages the murders, Commander Sisko finds himself butting up against a new religious faction that plans to take over Bajor and... Read more

From Time to Time - Abridged

By: Jack Finney

Narrated by: Campbell Scott

Length: 4 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jack Finney's beloved sequel to his classic, New York Times bestselling illustrated novel Time and Again.

Simon Morley, whose logic-defying trip to the New York City of the 1880s in Time and Again has enchanted readers for twenty-five years, embarks on another trip across the borders of time. This time Reuben Prien at the secret,... Read more

Time and Again - Abridged

By: Jack Finney

Narrated by: Campbell Scott

Length: 4 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The 50th anniversary edition of the beloved classic that Stephen King has called “THE great time-travel story.” Featuring a brand-new introduction by the New York Times bestselling author of Recursion, Blake Crouch.

When advertising artist Si Morley is recruited to join a covert government operation exploring the possibility of time travel, he... Read more

Caretaker - Abridged

By: L.A. Graf

Narrated by: Robert Picardo

Length: 2 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Captain Kathryn Janeway and the crew of the Starship VoyagerTM are transported by alien technology to the other side of the galaxy, years away from the Federation and everything they call home. There an enigmatic being known as the Caretaker kidnaps two crew members and transports them to a people known as the Ocampa. Captain Janeway must rescue... Read more

The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death

By: Daniel Pinkwater

Narrated by: Daniel Pinkwater

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Combine a crime, a criminal, a fat man in a fez, and a guy named "Chicken Man," and you get a zany sci-fi adventure that defies gravity. As Wizard of Comedy Daniel M. Pinkwater transports the Snarkout Boys and the Rat through the tunnel under North Aufzoo Street to the warmth of Beanbenders, you'll meet some strange characters and learn much... Read more

The Girl Who Heard Dragons - Abridged

By: Anne McCaffrey

Narrated by: Constance Towers

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From Anne McCaffrey comes a collection of captivating short stories that focuses on everything from spaceship adventure and shifting time-storms to ghosts and romance. The title story, set in the world of the Dragonriders of Pern series, tells of Aramina, a teenage girl who hears dragons and is relentlessly pursued for her ability. Aramina's... Read more

Star Trek Generations - Abridged

By: J.M. Dillard

Narrated by: John de Lancie

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The story begins with the launching of the U.S.S. EnterpriseTM NCC-1701-B and the mysterious disappearance of Captain James T. Kirk. Then, seventy-eight years later, Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D receives a distress call from a remote scientific observatory.

Picard learns that a newly developed superweapon has been... Read more

Federation - Abridged

By: Judith Reeves-Stevens

Narrated by: Mark Lenard

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This thrilling Star Trek adventure spanning time and space features both of the famous crews of the USS Enterprise led by Captain Kirk and Captain Picard.

Captain Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 are faced with their most challenging mission yet—rescuing renowned scientist Zefram Cochrane from captors who want to use his skills to... Read more

Star Trek: Cacophony - Abridged

By: J.j. Molloy

Narrated by: George Takei & Simon Jones

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

On the planet Stentor, silence is not only golden; it is the key to maintaining peace in world devastated by a great war. But that calm is shattered when a group known as the Ghazi create a new technology that intercepts old Earth radio signals and rebroadcasts them across the planet. Each day the din grows more deafening. When Captain Sulu and... Read more

The Ship Who Won - Abridged

By: Anne McCaffrey & Jody Lynn Nye

Narrated by: Constance Towers

Length: 3 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Carialle was born so physically disadvantaged that her only chance for life was as a shellperson. As the brain, Carialle, is a bodiless human wired into a spaceship, while her human partner, Keff, is the brawn. Their mission: to search the galaxy for intelligent beings. Intelligent life is thin on the galactic ground, so when Carialle and Keff... Read more

Q-Squared - Abridged

By: Peter David

Narrated by: John de Lancie

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In all of his travels Captain Jean-Luc Picard has never faced an opponent more powerful that Q, a being from another continuum that Picard encountered on his very first mission as Captain of the Starship Enterprise™. In the years since, Q has returned again and again to harass Picard and his crew. Sometimes dangerous, sometimes merely obnoxious,... Read more

All Good Things... - Abridged

By: Michael Jan Friedman

Narrated by: Jonathan Frakes

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Seven years ago, Captain Jean-Luc Picard first faced the judgment of the Q Continuum -- a race of beings with God-like powers over time and space who presumed to gauge humanity's fitness to exist in the galaxy. Seven years ago they suspended judgment, but now a decision has been reached: The human race will be eliminated, not only in the... Read more

Dragonsinger - Abridged

By: Anne McCaffrey

Narrated by: Adrienne Barbeau

Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the world of Pern, Harpers are more powerful than kings, for the music they play can control the minds of others. Harper Hall is a type of music conservatory for harpers (minstrels/educators) and other music professionals. For young Menolly, her dreams of becoming a Harper have nothing to do with power, but rather her love of music. But as... Read more

Crystal Line - Abridged

By: Anne McCaffrey

Narrated by: Adrienne Barbeau

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Killashandra, one of the most gifted singers on Ballybran, is drawn like a magnet to the song of crystal. In order to work with crystal, singers are infected with a symbiotic life form that heals them and gives them near eternal life—but slowly destroys their memories. Since crystal singing brings Killashandra ecstasy, she doesn't mind the... Read more

Fallen Heroes - Abridged

By: Dafydd ab Hugh

Narrated by: Rene Auberjonois

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When a troop of alien warriors demands the return of an imprisoned comrade -- a prisoner no one on Deep Space NineTM knows anything about -- Commander Benjamin Sisko has a deadly fight on his hands. Under sudden attack from the heavily armed warriors, Sisko and his crew struggle desperately to repel the invaders and save the lives of everyone on... Read more