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He had learned that close-held secrets could often be cracked by going all the way to the top and there making himself unbearably unpleasant. He knew that such twisting of the tiger's tail was dangerous, for he understood the psychopathology of great power.
Robert A. Heinlein
Stranger in a Strange Land
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As the category of great page-to-screen storytelling continues to grow, we scoured our libraries, grilled audiophiles and cinephiles, and vetted the entire Audible catalog for the 100 greatest screen adaptations for watchers and listeners alike. These are the stories that inspired some of the greatest on-screen stories of all time, from Academy Award winners and cult classics to must-see TV. They're well worth the price of admission.
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100 of the World's Greatest Short Stories
- Detective and Science Fiction. Selections from Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, Dorothy L. Sayers, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Robert A. Heinlein, and Others
- By: Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, Dorothy L. Sayers, and others
- Narrated by: Peter Coates, Mark Bowen
- Length: 55 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Featuring a carefully curated selection of classic and influential tales, this collection showcases the very best of detective fiction and science fiction from some of the most celebrated authors of all time.
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100 of the World's Greatest Short Stories
- Detective and Science Fiction. Selections from Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, Dorothy L. Sayers, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Robert A. Heinlein, and Others
- Narrated by: Peter Coates, Mark Bowen
- Length: 55 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 03-12-26
- Language: English
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Stranger in a Strange Land
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: Christopher Hurt
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11,187
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Performance8,842
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Story8,871
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....
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We live in the world this book made
- By W. Seligman on 02-26-04
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Stranger in a Strange Land
- Narrated by: Christopher Hurt
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 12-15-99
- Language: English
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Starship Troopers
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,249
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Performance2,989
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Story2,989
In Robert A. Heinlein’s controversial Hugo Award-winning bestseller, a recruit of the future goes through the toughest boot camp in the Universe—and into battle against mankind’s most alarming enemy.
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The definitive version!
- By Kristopher G. Hesson on 10-03-24
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Starship Troopers
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 10-01-24
- Language: English
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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 1, 1929-1964
- The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction Writers of America
- By: Robert A. Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, and others
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman, L. J. Ganser, Richard Ferrone
- Length: 28 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,540
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Performance1,332
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Story1,331
This book contains 26 of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. They represent the considered verdict of the Science Fiction Writers of America....
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CHAPTER LIST to Help Find Stories
- By Lance on 06-07-18
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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 1, 1929-1964
- The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction Writers of America
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman, L. J. Ganser, Richard Ferrone
- Series: Science Fiction Hall of Fame Series, Book 1
- Length: 28 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 12-19-17
- Language: English
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11,180
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Performance9,191
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Story9,208
In what is considered one of Heinlein's most hair-raising, thought-provoking, and outrageous adventures, the master of modern science fiction tells the strange story of an even stranger world....
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Heinlein's Masterpiece
- By Peter on 12-04-06
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 10-11-06
- Language: English
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Variable Star
- By: Robert A. Heinlein, Spider Robinson
- Narrated by: Spider Robinson
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall738
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Performance492
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Story495
Here is a powerful and passionate tale of two young lovers driven apart by pride, power, and the vastness of interstellar time and space....
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Spider WHO
- By Randall on 04-25-09
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Variable Star
- Narrated by: Spider Robinson
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 06-01-07
- Language: English
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The Roads Must Roll
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance8
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Story8
The Roads Must Roll is a 1940 science fiction short story by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. It was selected for The Science Fiction Hall of Fame,...
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One of My Favorite Heinlein Stories
- By Gilbert M. Stack on 03-25-26
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The Roads Must Roll
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
- Release date: 04-04-25
- Language: English
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For Us, the Living
- A Comedy of Customs
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall214
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Performance183
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Story184
July 12, 1939: Perry Nelson is driving along the palisades when another vehicle swerves into his lane, a tire blows out, and his car careens off the road and over a bluff....
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The only Heinlein I didn't enjoy
- By Randall on 07-07-11
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For Us, the Living
- A Comedy of Customs
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 01-17-11
- Language: English
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Between Planets
- Narrated by: Andrew Eiden
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 02-21-17
- Language: English
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The Pursuit of the Pankera
- A Parallel Novel about Parallel Universes
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin, Jennifer Jill Araya, Richard Ferrone, and others
- Length: 21 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall502
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Performance442
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Story440
And here it finally is: Robert A. Heinlein's audacious experiment. A fitting farewell from one of the most inventive science fiction writers to have ever lived: a parallel novel about parallel universes, as well as a great adventure pitting the forces of good versus evil....
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Stupid production
- By Arthur W. Smart on 06-21-20
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The Pursuit of the Pankera
- A Parallel Novel about Parallel Universes
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin, Jennifer Jill Araya, Richard Ferrone, Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 21 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 03-24-20
- Language: English
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Double Star
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,048
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Performance953
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Story950
One minute, down-and-out actor Lorenzo Smythe is, as usual, in a bar, drinking away his troubles while watching his career circle the drain. The next thing Smythe knows, he has the most difficult role of his career: impersonating an important politician who has been kidnapped....
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Hugo Award Well Deserved. A+
- By Margaret Pierce on 07-27-20
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Double Star
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 07-14-20
- Language: English
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Time for the Stars
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,569
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Performance1,390
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Story1,398
Travel to other planets is now a reality, and with overpopulation stretching the resources of Earth, the necessity of finding habitable worlds is growing ever more urgent....
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My First Heinlein
- By DJM on 01-27-11
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Time for the Stars
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 01-25-11
- Language: English
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Orphans of the Sky
- The Future History Series
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,584
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Performance1,421
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Story1,416
Hugh had been taught that, according to the ancient sacred writings, the Ship was on a voyage to faraway Centaurus....
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Amazing....
- By MarkKnight999 on 08-21-18
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Orphans of the Sky
- The Future History Series
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 09-19-17
- Language: English
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Blowups Happen
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance7
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Story7
Blowups Happen is a 1940 science fiction short story by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. It is one of two stories in which Heinlein, using only ...
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Virtual voice. UGH.
- By Curucahm on 09-17-25
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Blowups Happen
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
- Release date: 04-10-25
- Language: English
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Misfit
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance10
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Misfit is a science fiction short story by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. It was originally titled "Cosmic Construction Corps" before being renamed...
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Heinlein's Second Published Story
- By Gilbert M. Stack on 12-22-25
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Misfit
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 47 mins
- Release date: 03-31-25
- Language: English
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The Door into Summer
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,616
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Performance1,192
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Story1,212
Dan Davis, an electronics engineer, had finally made the invention of a lifetime: a household robot that could do almost anything....
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classic
- By Greg on 04-05-09
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The Door into Summer
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 10-11-06
- Language: English
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Starman Jones
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: Paul Michael Garcia
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,804
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Performance2,305
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Story2,310
Max finds himself adrift in a downtrodden land - until an unexpected, ultimate adventure carries him away as a stowaway aboard an intergalactic spaceship....
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A typical Heinlein Juvenile
- By Jeanene on 08-22-08
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Starman Jones
- Narrated by: Paul Michael Garcia
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 08-21-08
- Language: English
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To Sail Beyond the Sunset
- The Life and Loves of Maureen Johnson (Being the Memoirs of a Somewhat Irregular Lady)
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall924
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Performance815
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Story825
Maureen Johnson, the somewhat irregular mother of Lazarus Long, wakes up in bed with a man and a cat....
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Don't Dilly Dally, Dolly
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 04-17-14
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To Sail Beyond the Sunset
- The Life and Loves of Maureen Johnson (Being the Memoirs of a Somewhat Irregular Lady)
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 09-27-11
- Language: English
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Friday
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 05-08-08
- Language: English
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Dimension X: Future Tense
- By: Ray Bradbury, George Lefferts, Robert Heinlein
- Narrated by: Les Damon, Joan Alexander, Santos Ortega
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall19
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Performance15
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Story15
Whether men are on Earth or Mars or in the deepest reaches of space, morality, curiosity, justice, romance, and rebellion are universal....
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Real Time Travel
- By EUHEMERUS on 04-22-21
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Dimension X: Future Tense
- Narrated by: Les Damon, Joan Alexander, Santos Ortega
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 12-03-15
- Language: English
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