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Featured Article: The Best Sci-Fi Horror Audiobooks of All Time
Sci-fi and horror are two genres that just make sense together. Swap haunted mansions for abandoned space ships, ghosts for virus-created zombies and experiments gone wrong, and the eerie darkness of the woods for the deep vastness of space, and it’s easy to see why these two genres make for a classic, thrilling combination. Here are our picks for some of the best sci-fi horror audiobooks of all time.
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Area X
- The Southern Reach Trilogy - Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance
- By: Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick, Bronson Pinchot, Xe Sands
- Length: 26 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5,203
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4,733
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 4,744
Dive into the mysteries of Area X, a remote and lush terrain that has inexplicably sequestered itself from civilization....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Book 1: intriguing! Book 2: Zzzz. Book 3: WTF!
- By KR on 02-03-15
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Area X
- The Southern Reach Trilogy - Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance
- Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick, Bronson Pinchot, Xe Sands
- Series: The Southern Reach Series, Book 1-3
- Length: 26 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 12-02-14
- Language: English
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Absolution
- The Southern Reach Trilogy, Book 4
- By: Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 130
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Story4 out of 5 stars 127
Ten years after the publication of Annihilation, the surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer’s blockbuster Southern Reach Trilogy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely
- By R. Benko on 11-23-24
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Absolution
- The Southern Reach Trilogy, Book 4
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Series: The Southern Reach Series, Book 4
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 10-22-24
- Language: English
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Ambergris
- City of Saints and Madmen, Shriek, Finch
- By: Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot, Cassandra Campbell, Oliver Wyman
- Length: 43 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 310
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 262
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 262
Before Area X, there was Ambergris. Now, for the first time ever, the story of the sprawling metropolis of Ambergris is collected into a single volume, including City of Saints and Madmen, Shriek: An Afterword, and Finch....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Entrancing “weird” novel
- By Joe on 12-04-20
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Ambergris
- City of Saints and Madmen, Shriek, Finch
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot, Cassandra Campbell, Oliver Wyman
- Series: The Ambergris Series
- Length: 43 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 12-01-20
- Language: English
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Annihilation
- Southern Reach Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6,755
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 6,108
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6,110
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great story, bad narrator
- By Julian P. on 01-26-16
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Annihilation
- Southern Reach Trilogy, Book 1
- Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick
- Series: The Southern Reach Series, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 02-04-14
- Language: English
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Absolution
- A Southern Reach Novel
- By: Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
When the Southern Reach Trilogy was first published a decade ago, it was an instant sensation. And yet, for Jeff VanderMeer there was never full closure to the story of Area X. There were a few mysteries that had gone unsolved, some key points of view never aired. There were stories left to tell.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bat ship crazy (in a good way)
- By DrEHarris on 10-27-24
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Absolution
- A Southern Reach Novel
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Series: The Southern Reach Series, Book 4
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 10-22-24
- Language: English
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Acceptance
- The Southern Reach Trilogy, Book 3
- By: Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick, Bronson Pinchot, Xe Sands
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,053
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 940
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Story4 out of 5 stars 938
In the final installment of the Southern Reach Trilogy, the mysteries of Area X may have been solved, but their consequences and implications are no less profound—or terrifying.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Nice continuation, terrible production value.
- By Joe Mieczkowski on 10-30-14
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Acceptance
- The Southern Reach Trilogy, Book 3
- Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick, Bronson Pinchot, Xe Sands
- Series: The Southern Reach Series, Book 3
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 09-02-14
- Language: English
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City of Saints and Madmen
- The Ambergris Series, Book 1
- By: Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 26
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 26
In City of Saints and Madmen, Jeff VanderMeer has reinvented the literature of the fantastic. You hold in your hands an invitation to a place unlike any you’ve ever visited - an invitation delivered by one of our most audacious and astonishing literary magicians....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good book, okay narrator
- By P Grace on 02-11-24
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City of Saints and Madmen
- The Ambergris Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Series: The Ambergris Series, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 01-11-22
- Language: English
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Authority
- Southern Reach Trilogy, Book 2
- By: Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,454
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,304
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,303
The bone-chilling, hair-raising second installment of the Southern Reach Trilogy....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another surreal expedition into the uncanny
- By Samuel Montgomery-Blinn on 05-12-14
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Authority
- Southern Reach Trilogy, Book 2
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Series: The Southern Reach Series, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 05-06-14
- Language: English
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Shriek: An Afterword
- The Ambergris Series, Book 2
- By: Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
An epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambergris, Shriek: An Afterword relates the scandalous, heartbreaking, and horrifying secret history of two squabbling siblings and their confidantes, protectors, and enemies....
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Shriek: An Afterword
- The Ambergris Series, Book 2
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Bronson Pinchot
- Series: The Ambergris Series, Book 2
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 01-11-22
- Language: English
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Annihilation
- The Southern Reach Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 43
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Story4 out of 5 stars 43
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. This is the 12th expedition, and their group is made up of four women with a mission....
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1 out of 5 stars
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The worst audiobook I've ever listened to
- By David on 07-13-18
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Annihilation
- The Southern Reach Trilogy, Book 1
- Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick
- Series: The Southern Reach Series, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs
- Release date: 04-17-18
- Language: English
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Authority
- The Southern Reach Trilogy, Book 2
- By: Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4 out of 5 stars 23
For 30 years, a secret agency called the Southern Reach has monitored expeditions into Area X - a remote and sequestered spot away from civilization. After the twelfth expedition, the Southern Reach is in disarray, and John Rodriguez (a.k.a. "Control") is the team's newly appointed head...
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good listen
- By Richard on 08-26-20
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Authority
- The Southern Reach Trilogy, Book 2
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Series: The Southern Reach Series, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 04-17-18
- Language: English
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Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
- By: Thomas Ligotti, Jeff VanderMeer - foreword
- Narrated by: Jon Padgett, Linda Jones
- Length: 21 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 69
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 69
Thomas Ligotti’s debut collection, Songs of a Dead Dreamer, and his second, Grimscribe, permanently inscribed a new name in the pantheon of horror fiction....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible!
- By Erik McHatton on 02-27-23
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Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
- Narrated by: Jon Padgett, Linda Jones
- Length: 21 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 02-21-23
- Language: English
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A Peculiar Peril
- The Misadventures of Jonathan Lambshead
- By: Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill
- Length: 22 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 156
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 134
A Peculiar Peril is a head-spinning epic about three friends on a quest to protect the world from a threat as unknowable as it is terrifying, from the Nebula Award-winning and New York Times best-selling author of Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A book with "all the things in it"
- By Bruce on 01-25-21
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A Peculiar Peril
- The Misadventures of Jonathan Lambshead
- Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill
- Series: The Misadventures of Jonathan Lambshead, Book 1
- Length: 22 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 07-07-20
- Language: English
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The Strange Bird
- A Borne Story
- By: Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 298
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 266
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 265
The Strange Bird is a new kind of creature, built in a laboratory - she is part bird, part human, part many other things. But now the lab in which she was created is under siege....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful but depressing
- By Nessa Rae on 01-06-21
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The Strange Bird
- A Borne Story
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Series: Borne, Book 2
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 08-15-17
- Language: English
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Wildlife
- Trespass Collection
- By: Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrated by: Jess Nahikian
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 159
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 142
Nature offers sanctuary for a woman with a violent past. But anything can happen when borderlands are crossed in a short story about the menace next door by a New York Times bestselling author....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mysterious!
- By Victoria JD. on 02-28-22
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Wildlife
- Trespass Collection
- Narrated by: Jess Nahikian
- Series: Trespass collection
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Release date: 02-24-22
- Language: English
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Absolution
- Southern Reach, Book 4
- By: Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrated by: Bronson Pichot
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 7
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 7
Structured in three parts, each recounting a new expedition, there are some long-awaited answers here, to be sure, but also more questions, and profound new surprises. Absolution is a brilliant, beautiful, and ever-terrifying plunge into unique and fertile literary territory.
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3 out of 5 stars
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hard to follow the complex writing in audio form
- By Alistair B. on 10-28-24
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Absolution
- Southern Reach, Book 4
- Narrated by: Bronson Pichot
- Series: The Southern Reach Series, Book 4
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 10-22-24
- Language: English
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Borne
- By: Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,671
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,502
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,501
In Borne a young woman named Rachel survives as a scavenger in a ruined city half destroyed by drought and conflict. The city is dangerous, littered with discarded experiments....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Bizarre and Bracing!
- By The Casual Nerd on 02-08-18
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Borne
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Series: Borne, Book 1
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 04-25-17
- Language: English
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This World Is Full of Monsters
- A Tor.com Original
- By: Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 155
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 131
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Story4 out of 5 stars 131
An alien invasion comes to one man’s doorstep in the form of a story-creature, followed by death and rebirth in a transformed Earth....
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5 out of 5 stars
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weird weird weird... so good
- By Ryan on 09-18-19
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This World Is Full of Monsters
- A Tor.com Original
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Release date: 08-27-19
- Language: English
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Veniss Underground
- A Novel
- By: Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrated by: Ron Butler, Scott Brick, Emily Woo Zeller, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4 out of 5 stars 13
From the New York Times bestselling author of Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer’s first novel, Veniss Underground, takes listeners on a journey to a labyrinthine city of tunnels, and the dangers lurking behind each turn....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great follow up to Ambergris
- By Emmitt on 08-06-23
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Veniss Underground
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Ron Butler, Scott Brick, Emily Woo Zeller, Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 04-11-23
- Language: English
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Annihilation
- Southern Reach, Book 1
- By: Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 319
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 284
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Story4 out of 5 stars 285
If J.J. Abrams and Margaret Atwood collaborated on a novel, it might look something like Annihilation, the first in an extraordinary trilogy....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Didn't like the narrator
- By Amazon Customer on 04-12-17
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Annihilation
- Southern Reach, Book 1
- Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick
- Series: The Southern Reach Series, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs
- Release date: 02-27-14
- Language: English
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