Monthly Archives: April 2017

An Audio-Book Review: What Do You Mean, “IF the Insurance Companies Owned the World?”

Posted on April 30, 2017 by jonathanfeinstein

Preferred Risk By Frederik Pohl and Lester Del Rey (writing as Edson McCann) Published by Librivox.org Read by Nick Bulka   The Book: Here’s another piece of classic 1950’s science fiction and written by a classic pair of science fiction … Continue reading →

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An Audio-Book Review: Gasp!

Posted on April 23, 2017 by jonathanfeinstein

Let ‘Em Breathe Space By Lester Del Rey Published by Librivox.org Read by Gregg Margarite   The Story: This is an interesting bit of classic science fiction combined with a murder mystery that was first published in 1953. In some … Continue reading →

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An Audio-Book Review: An Infinite Earth with Finite People

Posted on April 16, 2017 by jonathanfeinstein

The Long Utopia By Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter Published by Harper Audio Read by Michael Fenton Stevens   The Book: This series started out well enough, but somewhere along the line it lost something. The “world” of the “Long … Continue reading →

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An Audio-Book Review: Where the Heck Are We?

Posted on April 9, 2017 by jonathanfeinstein

Abandoned By Jules Verne Translated by William Henry Giles Kingston Published by Librivox.org Read by Mach1, fiddlesticks, David Lodes, Oxygen, Anton, Thomas May, Kevin Powell, Jon Smith, merelyseoneil, Xiph, CPvoice, pyfeman43 and deongines   The Book: This is the middle … Continue reading →

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An Audio-Book Review: A Possible Glimpse of the Future

Posted on April 2, 2017 by jonathanfeinstein

Anchorite By Randall Garrett Published by Librivox.org Read by Phil Chenovert   The Book: According to my on-line dictionary, an “Anchorite” is a religious hermit, one who has retired from the world. I tried to see if that applied here … Continue reading →

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