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Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Lone Star Planet Author: H. Beam Piper,John J. McGuire Narrator: Mark Nelson Length: 3 hrs 24 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2011 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction Publisher's Summary: New Texas: its citizens figure that name about says it all. The Solar League ambassador to the Lone Star Planet has the unenviable task of convincing New Texans that a s'Srauff attack is imminent, and dangerous. Unfortunately it's common knowledge that the s'Srauff are evolved from canine ancestorsand not a Texan alive is about to be scared of a talking dog! But unless he can get them to act, and fast, there won't be a Texan alive, scared or otherwise! (Summary from the text)

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Character Building Author: Booker T. Washington Narrator: Luke Sartor Length: 6 hrs 40 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2011 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness Publisher's Summary: Character Building is a compilation of speeches, given by Mr. Booker T. Washington, to the students and staff of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (now known as Tuskegee University). Booker T. Washington was one of the most prominent leaders in advancing African-American civil rights. Born into slavery and freed as a young boy, he rose through the ranks of education to eventually earn his position as principal of Tuskegee. Under his guidance, the school was built, by students and for students, to give them a deeply meaningful education. Mr. Washington stressed the importance of developing oneself for life-long success. He strived to imbue in his students the highest personal standards, and these speeches represent the core messages he gave. (Originally published by Doubleday, Page & Co., NY, in 1902. Summary by Luke Sartor)

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Repairman Author: Harry Harrison Narrator: Phil Chenevert Length: 1 hr 34 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction Publisher's Summary: This is a collection of 3 of Harry Harrison marvelous early stories that were published in Galaxy, Analog and Fantastic Universe. The Repairman (1958) is a straight fun SF story of a man getting a job done. It is most typical of his later style in series like the Stainless Steel Rat; Toy Shop (1962), a short piece exploring bureaucratic blindness and one ingenious way around it and The Velvet Glove (1956), my favorite for its writing style, fun perspective, sly social commentary on the scene in 1956 and just plain delightful imagination. And he manages to pack excitement and mystery in at the same time.

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: British Barbarians Author: Grant Allen Narrator: Ruth Golding Length: 5 hrs 3 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction Publisher's Summary: After Civil Servant Philip Christy crosses paths with the mysterious Bertram Ingledew in the respectable suburb of Brackenhurst, Philip and his sister Frida, married to the wealthy Scot Robert Monteith, become friends with the stranger. Bertram has some unconventional concepts about society, and as the story unfolds, his beliefs and actions cause much disruption in the family and the neighbourhood. Who is Bertram? Where does he come from? Allen explores some interesting ideas about society, some of which are curiously relevant today. The story is preceded by an introduction which, although it may appear to have no connection with the story itself, the reader is earnestly besought by the author to read. The introduction begins as a diatribe against publishers, and develops into a philosophical justification of Allen's writing, and may, if desired, be omitted by the listener who is only interested in the story. (Summary by Ruth Golding)

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet Author: Harold L. Goodwin Narrator: Mark Nelson Length: 5 hrs 39 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction Publisher's Summary: "Foster, Lieutenant, R. I. P.," blared the voice horn, and five minutes later Rip Foster was off into space on an assignment more exciting than any he had ever imagined. He could hardly believe his ears. Could a green young Planeteer, just through his training, possibly carry out orders like these? Sunny space, what a trick it would be! From the moment Rip boards the space ship Scorpius there is a thrill a minute. He and his nine daring Planeteers must cope with the merciless hazing of the spacemen commanding the ship, and they must outwit the desperate Connies, who threaten to plunge all of space into war. There are a thousand dangers to be faced in high vacuumand all of this while carrying out an assignment that will take every reader's breath away. - Summary by Original book cover

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Life in a Thousand Worlds Author: William Shuler Harris Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Length: 5 hrs 46 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction Publisher's Summary: A jolly romp, which could be perhaps be described as Gullivers Travels Through Our Solar System and Beyond, as written by a great admirer of C. S. Lewis, on a rainy Sunday afternoon, after one too many mugs of cocoa. Includes some thought on alien philosophies and how to apply them to moral and social problems here on Planet Earth. Unrelated to the book, this was also the one-thousandth project to be started at LibriVox. (Non-summary by Cori Samuel.)

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Wandl the Invader Author: Ray Cummings Narrator: Mark Nelson Length: 5 hrs 19 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction Publisher's Summary: There were nine major planets in the Solar System and it was within their boundaries that man first set up interplanetary commerce and began trading with the ancient Martian civilization. And then they discovered a tenth planet--a maverick! T his tenth world, if it had an orbit, had a strange one, for it was heading inwards from interstellar space, heading close to the Earth-Mars spaceways, upsetting astronautic calculations and raising turmoil on the two inhabited worlds. But even so none suspected then just how much trouble this new world would make. For it was WANDL THE INVADER and it was no barren planetoid. It was a manned world, manned by minds and monsters and traveling into our system with a purpose beyond that of astronomical accident! - Summary by Original Gutenberg text

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Short Science Fiction Collection 024 Author: Various Authors Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Length: 5 hrs Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction Publisher's Summary: Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the authors contemporary world. The stories often represent philosophical thought experiments presented in entertaining ways. Protagonists typically think rather than shoot their way out of problems, but the definition is flexible because there are no limits on an authors imagination. The reader-selected stories presented here were written prior to 1962 and became US public domain texts when their copyrights expired. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Short Science Fiction Collection 040 Author: Various Authors Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Length: 5 hrs 50 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction Publisher's Summary: Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the authors contemporary world. The stories often represent philosophical thought experiments presented in entertaining ways. Protagonists typically think rather than shoot their way out of problems, but the definition is flexible because there are no limits on an authors imagination. The reader-selected stories presented here were written prior to 1962 and became US public domain texts when their copyrights expired. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Thuvia, Maid of Mars (Version 3) Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs Narrator: Mark Nelson Length: 5 hrs 1 min Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction Publisher's Summary: The fourth book of the Barsoom series, Thuvia, Maid of Mars takes up the story of Thuvia, now Princess of Ptarth, and Carthoris, son of John Carter and Dejah Thoris. Thuvia is betrothed to Kulan Tith, Jeddak of Kaol in an arranged marriage. She spurns the advances of a suitor, Astok of Dusar, who then plots to abduct Thuvia, and frame Carthoris for the crime, igniting a war between Kaol, Ptarth and Helium. (Summary by Mark Nelson)

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Beyond Lies the Wub & The Skull Author: Philip K. Dick Narrator: Phil Chenevert Length: 1 hr 10 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction Publisher's Summary: Two stories in the inimitable Philip Dick style. What is a Wub? A 400 pound slovenly, fat, ungainly, drooling animal that looks like a cross between a walrus and an enormous hog? Well, yes that is pretty much what he looks like and for 50 cents, a good bargain no matter how he tastes. The hungry spaceship crew expect to find out. Of course the Wub may not entirely agree but it doesn't have much to say about it. The second story, The Skull, is a skilful mesh of time travel, unscrupulous governments, prisoners, and religion. With an assassin thrown in for good measure. Enjoy! (summary by Phil Chenevert)

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Warlord of Mars (Version 3) Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs Narrator: Mark Nelson Length: 5 hrs 42 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction Publisher's Summary: After the horrendous battle at the end of the previous book, which ended with the destruction of the religion of Issus, John Carter's wife and two other women were locked in a slowly rotating prison attached to the Temple of the Sun, each of whose hundreds of cells are only open to the outside world once every year. In the meantime, Carter's friend Xodar has become the new Jeddak (chief or king) of the black Martian First Born, and those white Martian therns who reject the old religion likewise gain a new unnamed leader, but there are still some who wish to keep the old discredited religion going, including the therns' erstwhite leader, the Holy Hekkador Matai Shang. John Carter discovers that a First Born named Thurid knows the secret of the Temple of the Sun and he and Matai Shang want to rescue the Holy Thern's daughter Phaidor, who has been imprisoned with Dejah Thoris and another Barsoomian princess, Thuvia of Ptarth, in the Temple jail for several hundred days. Unfortunately, Thurid, to spite Carter, gets Matai Shang to also take Dejah Thoris and Thuvia along with them. Carter follows them in the hope of liberating his beloved wife. - Summary by Wikipedia

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: World That Couldn't Be Author: Clifford D. Simak Narrator: Gregg Margarite Length: 1 hr 31 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction Publisher's Summary: Layard was a curiosity to sociologists. The planet supported thriving tribes of natives but they were genderless. How could tribes form without families? But Gavin Duncan didn't care. He had come to Layard to farm vua plants. Their berries cured mental illnesses and were one of the most expensive commodities in the galaxy. He was going to make his fortune if he could just keep the Cytha at bay, a big, dumb animal that could munch through 10 rows of vua in a night. Despite native superstitions he was going to have to hunt and kill the pest if he was to protect his crop. It was a dim-witted beast. How hard could it be? - "The World That Couldn't Be" was first published in the January 1958 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction magazine. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Collected Public Domain Works of Stanley G. Weinbaum Author: Stanley G. Weinbaum Narrator: Gregg Margarite Length: 4 hrs 33 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction Publisher's Summary: Stanley G. Weinbaum is best known for his short story A Martian Odyssey which has been influencing Science Fiction since it was first published in 1934. Weinbaum is considered the first writer to contrive an alien who thought as well as a human, but not like a human. A Martian Odyssey and its sequel are presented here as well as other Weinbaum gems including 3 stories featuring the egomaniacal physicist Haskel van Manderpootz and his former student, playboy Dixon Wells. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Wonderful Visit Author: H. G. Wells Narrator: Mary Bard Length: 4 hrs 59 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction Publisher's Summary: An other-worldly creature visits a small English village, and H. G. Wells uses humour and satire to convey some of the imperfections of Victorian society, as angel and humans view each other with equal incomprehension.( summary by Mary Bard)

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: On the Trail of the Space Pirates Author: Carey Rockwell Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Length: 5 hrs 43 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction Publisher's Summary: Tom Corbett is the main character in a series of Tom Corbett Space Cadet stories that were depicted in television, radio, books, comic books, comic strips, and other media in the 1950s. The stories followed the adventures of Corbett and other cadets at the Space Academy as they train to become members of the Solar Guard. The action takes place at the Academy in classrooms and bunkrooms, aboard their training ship the rocket cruiser Polaris, and on alien worlds, both within our solar system and in orbit around nearby stars. This book describes the exciting adventures of our young heroes as they seek to track down and destroy the powerful and evil space pirates that are causing havoc among the space lanes. Have the boys met their match in these ruthless killers? Will the hard-boiled professional murderers of innocent people be too much for our lads? Only time will tell but one thing is absolutely sure: no matter how much danger there is, the Space Cadets will always go in, risking their own lives to protect the people depending on them. - Summary by Phil Chenevert

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Tedric Author: E. E. Smith Narrator: Phil Chenevert Length: 53 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction Publisher's Summary: This is a wonderful combination of far future science fiction with Conan like sword and sorcery; lots of blood, gore, honor and evil. The immensely powerful hero, Tedric, is a man's man who refuses to accept the cruel human sacrifices demanded by the 'god' Sarpedion and is set on destroying him. To do this he needs some secrets of metallurgy that future social scientists are willing to give him. He manages to overcome all obstacles until of course he meets the dazzlingly lovely Lady Rhoaan who stops him cold. A great story written by the incomparable E. E. "Doc" Smith, author of the Lensman series. And there is a great sequel to this story which will be added to the catalog in the near future. It is called Lord Tedric.

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Misplaced Battleship Author: Harry Harrison Narrator: Phil Chenevert Length: 1 hr 11 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction Publisher's Summary: "It might seem a little careless to lose track of something as big as a battleship ... but interstellar space is on a different scale of magnitude. But a misplaced battleship-in the wrong hands!-can be most dangerous." The world class con man and thief known as the Stainless Steel Rat (diGriz) has another very big problem to solve and this science fiction novella by the great Harry Harrison will see if he can solve it and perhaps four or five more like it before this fascinating and funny tale is finished. 'Use a thief to catch a thief' sounds great but it sometimes has unexpected results. (Summary from the book and Phil Chenevert)

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Machine that Saved the World Author: Murray Leinster Narrator: Phil Chenevert Length: 1 hr 36 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Classics Publisher's Summary: They were broadcasts from nowhere--sinister emanations flooding in from space--smashing any receiver that picked them up. What defense could Earth devise against science such as this? In the far future of 1972, on a secret military installation, Staff Sergeant Bellews is an expert on the latest scientific discovery: a way for ordinary machines like vacuums and lawnmowers to gather experience in their jobs, becoming error free over time. Then the strange broadcasts began to blow up transmitters everywhere. Were they from space? Enemies? the future? He didn't care until they started messin' with his machines. Then he took it personally. (summary from the first chapter and Phil Chenevert)

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Thuvia, Maid of Mars (Version 2) Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs Narrator: Thomas A. Copeland Length: 5 hrs 17 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction Publisher's Summary: John Carter's son, Carthoris, falls in love with his father's true friend, Thuvia of Ptarth, but she has been promised to another and is kidnapped by a third! Carthoris, suspected of the crime, spends the entire novel in efforts to rescue her and restore her to her fiancé. The adventures introduce to us a philosophical system or fringe science that challenges our conception of the nature of reality itself. (Summary by Thomas Copeland)