14 must-read audiobook books like Sci-Phi: Science Fiction as Philosophy by David Kyle Johnson

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Sci-Phi: Science Fiction as Philosophy

By: David Kyle Johnson

4.30

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

13 hours and 31 minutes The science fiction genre has become increasingly influential in mainstr…

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1. The Demolished Man

By: Alfred Bester

3.97

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

In a world in which the police have telepathic powers, how do you get away with murder? Ben Reic… read more

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"The mind is the reality. You are what you think."

-Alfred Bester, The Demolished Man

"İnsana fazla güç verip bunları kullanmasına engel olan işlevini kaybetmiş kusurlarını ortadan kaldırmayan, aman bilmez evrim gücüne öfkelenmişti."

-Alfred Bester, The Demolished Man

"It was not exasperation.... It was anger for the relentless force of evolution that insisted on endowing man with increased powers without removing the vestigial vices that prevented him from using t…"

-Alfred Bester, The Demolished Man

"Here were the somatic messages that fed the cauldron; cell reactions by the incredible billion, organic cries, the muted drone of muscletone, sensory sub-currents, blood-flow, the wavering superheter…"

-Alfred Bester, The Demolished Man

Cover of How Great Science Fiction Works (The Great Courses, #2984) by Gary K. Wolfe

2. How Great Science Fiction Works (The Great Courses, #2984)

By: Gary K. Wolfe

3.44

Format: 198 pages, Audiobook

Robots, spaceships, futuristic megacities, planets orbiting distant stars. These icons of science f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • literary criticism
  • audiobook
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3. Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The definitive history of the military's decades-long investigation into mental powers and phenomen… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
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4. An Introduction to Greek Philosophy (Great Courses #4477)

By: David Roochnik

3.66

Format: 176 pages, Audio CD

24 lectures | 30 minutes per lecture The first philosophers in Western history--the ancient Greeks-… read more

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  • history
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • audiobook

5. The Early Middle Ages

By: Philip Daileader

4.20

Format: None pages, Audiobook

We often call them the "Dark Ages," he era which spanned the decline and fall of Rome's western emp… read more

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6. A History of Hitler's Empire (The Great Courses, #805)

By: Thomas Childers

3.71

Format: 76 pages,

Know thy enemy. That's what the wisdom of history teaches us. And Adolf Hitler was surely the great… read more

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7. How to Listen to and Understand Great Music (Great Courses, #700)

By: Robert Greenberg

3.59

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Great music is a language unto its own, a means of communication of unmatched beauty and genius. An… read more

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8. Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong

By: Paul A. Offit

3.21

Format: 192 pages,

What happens when ideas presented as science lead us in the wrong direction? History is filled with… read more

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9. The Great Courses: Forensic History: Crimes, Frauds, and Scandals

By: Elizabeth A. Murray

4.46

Format: 192 pages,

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10. The Science of Sci-Fi: From Warp Speed to Interstellar Travel

By: Erin Macdonald

3.93

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

Science fiction allows listeners to go places they can only dream of seeing—other worlds, distant s… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • audiobook
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11. History's Greatest Voyages of Exploration

By: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius

4.23

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

12 hours and 59 minutes Mutiny. Disease. Starvation. Cannibals. From the ancient wayfarers to mo… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • science
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12. England: From the Fall of Rome to the Norman Conquest

By: Jennifer Paxton

4.28

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Great Courses Plus Dr. Jennifer Paxton is Assistant Director of the University Honors Program and … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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13. Secrets of the Occult

By: Richard B. Spence

3.91

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

From spirituality to politics and science, the occult has had an astonishing influence on the human… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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14. A History of Video Games

By: Jeremy Parish

3.67

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Since their arrival in the mid-20th century, video games have become a sprawling, multi-billion dol… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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15. The World of J.R.R. Tolkien

By: Dimitra Fimi

4.14

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Though there has been some contention over the title, J.R.R. Tolkien is regarded by many as the fat… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • literary criticism
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16. Optimizing Brain Fitness: Course Guidebook

By: Richard Restak

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Brain plasticity is one of the most revolutionary discoveries in modern neuroscience. Scientists us… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • audiobook
Cover of Sci-Phi: Science Fiction as Philosophy by David Kyle Johnson

17. Sci-Phi: Science Fiction as Philosophy

By: David Kyle Johnson

4.30

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

13 hours and 31 minutes The science fiction genre has become increasingly influential in mainstr… read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • history
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • literary criticism
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18. A Day's Read

By: Arnold Weinstein

3.89

Format: 19 pages, Audible Audio

Join three literary scholars and award-winning professors as they introduce you to dozens of short … read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • literary criticism
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19. How Horror Works in Books and Film

By: Shannon Scott

3.75

Format: 4 pages, Audiobook

Why are we scared of ghosts, zombies, vampires, demons, and monsters, when we know they are not rea… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. Learning How to Learn

By: Tesia Marshik

3.74

Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio

Education can be enriching and transformative. It can also be downright excruciating—even demoraliz… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • education
  • audiobook
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21. Esther Perel's Where Should We Begin?: The Arc of Love

By: Esther Perel

4.24

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins For her latest Audible Original, Where Should We Begin?: The Arc of Lo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

10 must-read history books like Sci-Phi: Science Fiction as Philosophy by David Kyle Johnson

Transform Your Habits

How Great Science Fiction Works (The Great Courses, #2984)

Gary K. Wolfe

3.44

Transform Your Habits

Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis

Annie Jacobsen

4.05

Transform Your Habits

An Introduction to Greek Philosophy (Great Courses #4477)

David Roochnik

3.66

Transform Your Habits

History's Greatest Voyages of Exploration

Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius

4.23

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Alfred Bester

3.97

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Clifford D. Simak

4.03

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