Science Fiction audiobooks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Adventures of the Brooke Sisters

By: Larry Weiner

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Clone Miss Marple, give'em a heavy dose of nitrous oxide, and you've got the Brooke Sisters! Two lovely, wacky little old ladies keep finding themselves bloomers-deep in murder and mystery in this hilarious series from the Radio Repertory Company of America. Four great stories feature our heroines as inmates, contestants, linebackers and... Read more

Star Trek Borg - Abridged

By: Hillary Bader

Narrated by: Howard McGillin & John de Lancie

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this thrilling adventure, you will be dropped deep into
another spectacular culture - the Borg, the strange and powerful
race eager to assimilate the Federation.

Cadet Qaylan Furlong's father was killed by the Borg in the
battle of Wolf 359. Now, ten years later, the Borg are attacking
again, and Starfleet won't allow Cadet Furlong to stay aboard... Read more

Star Trek: First Contact - Abridged

By: J.M. Dillard

Narrated by: Gates McFadden

Length: 3 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The official novelization of the widely acclaimed major motion picture based on Star Trek: The Next Generation!

From the deepest, darkest reaches of space came the greatest threat the United Federation of Planets had ever faced: the Borg, a half-organic, half-mechanical species relentlessly bent on conquering and “assimilating” all intelligent... Read more

Star Trek: Klingon - Abridged

By: Hillary Bader

Narrated by: Robert O'Reilly & Michael Dorn

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Master the Klingon Way of the Warrior -- as you undergo
Starfleet's training in the language, culture and warfare of the
Federation's most lethal adversary: the Klingons.

Star Trek: Klingon is a frighteningly realistic episode that
tests your mastery of Klingon phrases, customs, body language,
and even the proper cooking of gagh. Survive the crucial... Read more

The Klingon Way - Abridged

By: Marc Okrand

Narrated by: Michael Dorn & Roxann Dawson

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Revenge is a dish best served cold."

-- Klingon proverb

For many years, Klingons have been the premier warriors in the galaxy. Regarded across known space with fear and awe, few beings understand the true depth and greatness of the Klingon culture.

"Four thousand throats may be cut in one night by a running man."

-- Klingon proverb

Noted Klingon... Read more

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Abridged

By: Jules Verne

Narrated by: Harlan Ellison

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This classic adventure story chronicles a fantastic voyage from the lost continent of Atlantis to the South Pole. Professor Aronnax begins his incredible underwater journey with his faithful servant Conseil and a Canadian harpooner, Ned Land. They set out on a hazardous voyage to rid the seas of a little-known and terrifying sea monster. After... Read more

Mosaic - Abridged

By: Jeri Taylor

Narrated by: Kate Mulgrew

Length: 2 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Discover the fascinating life story of Captain Kathryn Janeway of Star Trek: Voyager—a compelling tale of bravery, loyalty, tragedy, and triumph.

Deep in the unexplored reaches of the Delta Quadrant, a surprise attack by a fierce Kazon sect leaves Captain Janeway fighting a desperate battle on two fronts: while she duels the Kazon warship in the... Read more

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