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George MacDonald

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Darrell Taylor

Open the antique desk, find the hidden fairy, and cross the threshold into a world where dreams are fatal and shadows come alive.On the morning of his twenty-first birthday, Anodos opens an ancient secretary desk and unwittingly unlocks a portal to Fairy Land. Suddenly, his waking life is washed away by a mystical river, and he is thrust into a sprawling, surreal wilderness. Here, the flora and fauna are sentient, and beauty is inextricably tangled with mortal dang...

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Jules Verne

Narrated by

Darrell Taylor

Audiobook 2 -

From the Earth to the moon; and, round the moon

Step into the original space race and embark on a harrowing journey beyond the atmosphere!In the direct sequel to From the Earth to the Moon, President Barbicane, Captain Nicholl, and the flamboyant Frenchman Michel Ardan find themselves sealed inside a hollow aluminum shell, fired from a colossal cannon directly at the lunar surface. But from the moment of ignition, their mathematically precise mission derails into a fight for survival. Enduring the crush...

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Ray Cummings

Narrated by

Darrell Taylor

Three worlds plunge into chaos as simultaneous assassinations spark an interplanetary war for the ultimate prize: eternal life.The year is 2430. Jac Hallen, an ambitious news-gatherer, stands in the bustling mega-city of Greater New York when the President of the Anglo-Saxon Republic is murdered before his very eyes. Within the hour, the rulers of Earth, Venus, and Mars are also assassinated. A ruthless dictator from the icy wastelands of Venus—the cunning and char...

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Edward Elmer Smith

Narrated by

Darrell Taylor

A hijacked spaceliner. A ruthless mastermind in a cloaked fortress. And a horrifying new alien threat that could devour the solar system.Aboard the interplanetary luxury cruiser Hyperion, disaster strikes without warning. A lethal gas attack drops the passengers, and the vessel is forcefully dragged off course by an invisible pirate fleet. Unbeknownst to the attackers, undercover Triplanetary Secret Service Agent Conway Costigan, veteran Captain Bradley, a...

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Carey Rockwell

Narrated by

Darrell Taylor

Stranded in the lethal jungles of Venus, the famed Polaris unit must outrun a towering tyrannosaurus—only to stumble into a conspiracy that could shatter the entire solar system!In the distant year of 2353, Space Cadets Tom Corbett, Astro, and Roger Manning look forward to a thrilling summer vacation hunting rogue dinosaurs on the misty frontier planet of Venus. But the perilous Venusian wildlife is the least of their worries. A shadowy, militaristic organization k...

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George MacDonald

Narrated by

Darrell Taylor

Hidden deep within the hollows of the mountain, a monstrous goblin army plots revenge against the sunlit kingdom above.Princess Irene has always lived a sheltered life in her majestic mountain home, completely unaware of the subterranean horrors lurking below her feet. But when she accidentally ventures out after dark, she discovers a terrifying reality: grotesque, scheming goblins who are furiously tunneling upward to unleash a sinister plot against humanity. Her ...

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Algernon Blackwood

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Darrell Taylor

Nature is not merely wild; it is watching, waiting, and relentlessly hungry.When two friends embark on a scenic canoe trip down the remote, untamed reaches of the Danube River, they expect a peaceful communion with the elements. But after pitching their tent on a shifting, desolate island overgrown with countless, swaying willow bushes, an uncanny dread takes hold. The river is violently rising, the wind howls like a living beast, and their fragile camp is besieged...

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H. G. Wells

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Darrell Taylor

What if the greatest discovery of your life was hidden behind a simple green door you could never find again?In The Door in the Wall, and Other Stories, reality is a fragile tapestry waiting to be unraveled. In the titular tale, a prominent politician is haunted by the childhood memory of a mystical garden, forcing him to choose between worldly success and the pursuit of an elusive utopia. But the journey doesn't end there. Brace yourself for cataclysmic e...

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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Darrell Taylor

A visionary prophecy of humanity's final days, where political ambition, tragic romance, and an unstoppable plague seal the fate of the world.In the late 21st century, England has cast off its monarchy to become a republic, ushering in an era of precarious peace. Lionel Verney, an orphaned outcast living a wild and lawless life, finds his world forever changed when he is taken in by Adrian, the brilliant and sensitive former Earl of Windsor. As Lionel is introduced...

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John Wood Campbell

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Darrell Taylor

Outgunned. Outmatched. Invaded by an enemy faster than light itself. Can one rogue scientist save the solar system?Buck Kendall is a billionaire genius slumming it as a lieutenant in the Interplanetary Patrol—until his tiny six-man cruiser encounters a colossal, impossible warship. The invaders are the Mirans, a terrifyingly advanced extraterrestrial race armed with invisible neutron beams, magnetic vortexes, and rays that crumble solid tungsten to dust. As this un...

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Abraham Merritt

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Darrell Taylor

A hidden valley. A legion of lost ancient warriors. And an unearthly intelligence made of living, thinking metal.Follow botanist Dr. Walter Goodwin as he ventures into the remote and uncharted Trans-Himalayas, seeking peace but finding a living nightmare. Along with young adventurer Dick Drake and the stranded Ventnor siblings, Goodwin is plunged into a desperate game of survival. Hunted by the bloodthirsty, armored legions of ancient Persia, their only salvation l...

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Donald Allen Wollheim

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Darrell Taylor

Someone—or something—is draining the lifeblood of the Sun, and humanity has only two years before the solar system goes up in flames.While on an archaeological expedition in the high Andes, high school senior Burl Denning makes a terrifying discovery: a bizarre, alien-built "Sun-tap" station siphoning Earth's solar energy. When an accidental shock from the alien machinery alters Burl’s biology, he becomes the only human alive capable of shutting down the otherworld...