New Reviews: Science Fiction

A bevy of talented narrators delivers an iconic science fiction anthology. Ellison's legendary short stories once kicked off a new sub-genre known as New Wave Science Fiction. Thirty-three stories from thirty-two legends in the sci-fi genre are narrated by a selection of talented narrators. A few standouts include Mara Wilson and Edoardo Ballerini. Jim Meskimen shoulders most... Read More

Narrator Joel de la Fuente brings listeners to Space Habitat Altaire for the 25th reunion of the exclusive Rochford Institute's Class of 2064. While the prep school classmates compare their potential eligibility for Mars colonization, and generally hook up as much as possible, the staff of the luxury resort, almost all immigrants to the U.S., scheme to reclaim Earth and space... Read More

Narrators Andrea Emmes and Tim Fannon take listeners on an action-packed journey through time and space. From her ship in orbit, Lieutenant Selene Genji has a horrific view of Earth's destruction, brought about by decades of factionalism over alien contact. When she awakens in a strange ship to discover she's been hurled back in time by the blast, she realizes she may change... Read More

Sunny Lu, Keong Sim, and Charlie Thurston narrate a mesmerizing thriller about a woman who must confront the unreliability of her own memory. Hope's memories of her life before her time at a facility designed to reconsolidate lost memories are spotty. Each treatment is slow to bring order to the chaotic remnants of her past. But as secrets come to light, she begins to doubt the... Read More

Gabra Zackman performs this ambitious novel, which attempts to turn the legend of King Arthur on its head. In an alternative future 11 thousand years from now, an orphan boy named Ariel chooses not to pull the sword from the stone. Instead, he finds a different sword, an ancient artifact that carries with it a sentient AI that tells him of times past. From there, Ariel starts... Read More

Ray Porter performs a Lovecraftian take on a military science-fiction thriller. When an entire space station orbiting around Jupiter vanishes, its inhabitants find themselves trapped in a realm of cosmic horror. The only way home involves a legendary weapon and spaceships that require dead pilots. Porter narrates in a gleefully theatrical tone. Monsters' and villains' voices... Read More

Adrian Tchaikovsky again proves himself a double threat. Not only has the British author written a wide variety of science fiction over the past two decades, he's also quite effective serving as his own narrator. His latest audiobook is set in a dystopian future Britain in which humans are dying off because robots have taken over doing everything that is meaningful. This allows... Read More

In one of the most delightful science fiction stories of the year, Katharine Chin performs an Indiana Jones-like adventure that's perfect for lovers of great heist stories. After ten years of stealing artifacts across the galaxy, Maya Hoshimoto has retired to Earth to be a graduate student in anthropology. But when her best friend asks her to do one last job, she reluctantly... Read More

Eva Tavares provides a warm narration of this dystopian novella. She brings drama and empathy to her depiction of 19-year-old Reid Graham, who is chronically ill as she sets out on a quest to find the postapocalyptic safe haven she's heard about. To get there, she must battle the climate-ravaged terrain of the Alberta Rockies. When at last she reaches the near-mythical "dome"... Read More