Recommended Science Fiction Audiobooks

The Charisian Empire, born in war, has always known it must fight for its very survival. What most of its subjects don't know even now, however, is how much more it's fighting for. Emperor Cayleb, Empress Sharleyan, Merlin Athrawes, and their...

Earth is conquered. The Shongairi have arrived in force, and humanity's cities lie in radioactive ruins. In mere minutes, over half the human race has died.Now Master Sergeant Stephen Buchevsky, who thought he was being rotated home from his...

Throughout the galaxy, it was believed that Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker–the Chosen One–had died on Coruscant during the siege of the Jedi Temple. And, to some extent, that was true. Anakin was dead.From the site of Anakin...

Frank Herbert's Dune ended with Paul Muad'Dib in control of the planet Dune. Herbert's next Dune book, Dune Messiah, picked up the story several years later after Paul's armies had conquered the galaxy. But what happened between Dune and Dune...

Now the battle for the soul of the planet Safehold has begun.The Kingdom of Charis and the Kingdom of Chisholm have joined together, pledged to stand against the tyranny of a corrupt Church. The youthful Queen Sharleyan of Chisholm has wed...

In Star Wars: Dark Empire, the Rebel Alliance once again fought and defeated the forces of the Empire. Or did they? As Luke Skywalker searches the galaxy for clues to the history of the Jedi, Han and Leia lead the Alliance against a terrible new...

This posthumously published collection compiles a number of short writings by Adams, some fiction and some nonfiction, along with the title piece, an unfinished version of the the otherwise unpublished third volume in the Dirk Gently series.

The first thing that one asks of an adventure story is that the adventure should be various and exciting; in this respect Mr. Tolkien's invention is unflagging, and, on the primitive level of wanting to know what happens next, 'The Fellowship of the...

PAfter centuries of stasis, the island kingdom of Charis began to defy the edicts of the Church of God Awaiting—egged on, some say, by the mysterious warrior-monk Merlin Athawes. Now, in the wars and intrigues that have cascaded from Charis's...

THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY is not just a book--it's a phenomenon. IIt's based on a BBC radio series that also spawned four other books, a TV series, a 2005 film, a text-based computer adventure game, and a website. As the story begins,...

The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads--so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the white killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total...

Tempe, Arizona is as far removed from paranormal activity as is possible. And that's where Atticus O'Sullivan, rare book salesman, herb peddler, and 2,000 year old Druid – the last of his kind – has decided to set up shop. He's been on the run,...

Following the bestselling, widely-praised Venus and Jupiter, Ben Bova offers a new adventure of solar system discovery like nothing previously imaginedIn the bestselling novels Venus and Jupiter, Ben Bova dramatized the latest discoveries...

Fred is an agent who is so far undercover, even his boss doesn't know his true identity. Because his job requires him to ingest drugs, he has developed a split personality named Bob who has a thriving career dealing an addictive substance which makes...

When a brute of a man tramples an innocent girl, apparently out of spite, two bystanders catch the fellow and force him to pay reparations to the girl's family. The brute's name is Edward Hyde. A respected lawyer, Utterson, hears this story and...

In this, the final chapter in the New Jedi Order series, the Yuuzhan Vong have splintered the rebellion, scattered the heroes, and are about to claim complete victory, unless something can stem the tide of evil....

Director Dirk Maggs reunited the original cast of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio show for this adaptation of Douglas Adams's LIFE, THE UNIVERSE, AND EVERYTHING, the third book in the Hitchhiker's series. Using clever audio sampling, both...

It is eighty-Three years after the last of the thinking machines were destroyed in the Battle of Corrin, after Faykan Butler took the name of Corrino and established himself as the first Emperor of a new Imperium. Great changes are brewing that will...

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...

After 25 years of peaceful coexistence on the planet Doona, humans and Hrrubans are brought to the brink of war by selfish saboteurs. Some of the most respected citizens on the planet have been framed for vicious crimes in an attempt to nullify the...

This Hugo and Nebula Award winner tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the 'spice of spices.' Melange is...

The bestselling science fiction series of all time continues! This second installment explores new developments on the desert planet Arrakis, with its intricate social order and its strange threatening environment. 'Dune Messiah' picks up the story...

To make his biggest score, Han's ready to take even bigger risks.But even he can't do this job solo.  Han Solo should be basking in his moment of glory. After all, the cocky smuggler and captain of the Millennium Falcon just played a key...