10 audiobooks for fans of Children of the Mind
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Ender's Shadow
Ender's Shadow • Book 1
Narrated by Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir, full cast
★ 4.59 ABR Score (194.4K ratings)★ 4.32 Goodreads (180.6K) ★ 4.76 Audible (13.8K)More about this pick
Bean's parallel journey through Battle School gets full-cast treatment, with Scott Brick and Gabrielle de Cuir leading voices that capture both his genius and vulnerability.
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Ender's Game
The Ender Saga • Book 1
Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison, Gabrielle de Cuir
★ 4.59 ABR Score (1.5M ratings)★ 4.31 Goodreads (1.5M) ★ 4.63 Audible (44.6K)More about this pick
Child genius Ender Wiggin's military training at Battle School prepares him for humanity's war against alien "buggers" in this complex moral examination.
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Shadow of the Hegemon
The Shadow • Book 2
Narrated by David Birney, Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir
★ 4.19 ABR Score (90.1K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (81.7K) ★ 4.49 Audible (8.4K)More about this pick
Card's post-war political maneuvering follows Battle School graduates as they become pawns in Earth's power games, with multiple narrators handling the global scope effectively.
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Cruel Miracles
Maps in a Mirror • Book 4
Narrated by Grover Gardner, John Rubinstein, Stefan Rudnicki
★ 3.71 ABR Score (548 ratings)★ 3.78 Goodreads (519) ★ 4.48 Audible (29)More about this pick
Card's science fiction collection including 'An Eye for an Eye' plus author autobiography. Three veteran narrators including Rudnicki bring weight to these moral complexity tales.
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Speaker for the Dead
The Ender Saga • Book 2
Narrated by David Birney, Stefan Rudnicki
★ 4.37 ABR Score (294.6K ratings)★ 4.11 Goodreads (272.3K) ★ 4.56 Audible (22.3K)More about this pick
Three thousand years after xenocide, Ender travels to a colony world where humans and alien pequeninos face a crisis that could repeat history's mistakes. David Birney and Stefan Rudnicki handle the complex philosophical discussions about redemption, xenobiology, and cultural understanding with appropriate gravity.
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Shadows in Flight
The Shadow • Book 5
Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki, Emily Janice Card, Scott Brick
★ 4.11 ABR Score (26.5K ratings)★ 3.82 Goodreads (21.7K) ★ 4.55 Audible (4.8K)More about this pick
Bean flees Earth with three children sharing his engineered genes, seeking a cure for their shortened lifespans among the stars. Stefan Rudnicki, Emily Janice Card, and Scott Brick create distinct voices for this family's space odyssey.
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Pathfinder
Pathfinder • Book 1
Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki, Kirby Heyborne, Don Leslie, Kristoffer Tabori, Scott Brick
★ 4.03 ABR Score (30.9K ratings)★ 4.01 Goodreads (25.1K) ★ 4.32 Audible (5.7K)More about this pick
Rigg discovers he can see the paths people have walked through time—and potentially change history itself. The full-cast production featuring Stefan Rudnicki and others adds layers to Card's intricate time-manipulation plot.
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Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
Pastwatch • Book 1
by Orson Scott Card
Narrated by Scott Brick, Christopher Cazenove, Gabrielle de Cuir, Arte Johnson, Moira Quirk, Stefan Rudnicki, Orson Scott Card
★ 3.97 ABR Score (17.6K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (15.8K) ★ 4.33 Audible (1.8K)More about this pick
The ensemble cast handles Card's ambitious time-travel narrative, where future scientists attempt to prevent Columbus's voyage and its devastating consequences for indigenous peoples.
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The Worthing Saga
Worthing #1-3
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 3.73 ABR Score (10.4K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (9.2K) ★ 4.07 Audible (1.2K)More about this pick
Scott Brick narrates this complete collection of Jason Worthing stories, from Capitol's Somec-enabled elite living one year for every ten, to Jason's eventual colonization efforts. The science that promises near-immortality comes with devastating social costs.
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More of the Best of Science Fiction and Fantasy
by Richard Curtis, Arthur C. Clarke, Siddig El Fadil, Karen Joy Fowler, Joe Haldeman, Roger Zelazny, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Nana Visitor, Orson Scott Card, Robert Silverberg, Robin Curtis, John Varley, Claudia Christian, Lawrence Watt-Evans
Narrated by Roddy McDowall, Terry Farrell, Wil Wheaton, other stars of
★ 3.50 ABR Score (210 ratings)★ 3.7 Goodreads (57) ★ 3.65 Audible (153)More about this pick
Star Trek veterans and other genre luminaries perform ten journeys through imaginative worlds crafted by science fiction and fantasy's finest writers.
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