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  • Phasers on Stun!

    How the Making (and Remaking) of Star Trek Changed the World

    by Ryan Britt ...
    **An Esquire Best Book of 2022!Written with inside access, comprehensive research, and a down-to-earth perspective, Phasers on Stun! chronicles the entire history of Star Trek, revealing that its enduring place in pop culture is all thanks to innovative pivots and radical change.**For over five decades, the heart of Star Trek’s pro-science, anti-racist, and inclusive messaging has been its ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Spice Must Flow

    The Story of Dune, from Cult Novels to Visionary Sci-Fi Movies

    by Ryan Britt ...
    Geek-culture expert Ryan Britt takes us behind the pages and scenes of the science-fiction phenomenon Dune, charting the series' life from cult sci-fi novels to some of the most visionary movies of all time.Using original, deep-access reporting, extensive research, and insightful commentary, The Spice Must Flow brings the true popularity of Dune out into the light for the very first time. With ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Luke Skywalker Can't Read

    And Other Geeky Truths

    by Ryan Britt ...
    The perfect gift for anyone who embraces the joy of fandom and geeking out, this collection of essays celebrates the fans of Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes, Lord of the Rings, and much more.Pop Culture and sci-fi guru Ryan Britt has never met a monster, alien, wizard, or superhero that didn’t need further analysis.Essayist Ryan Britt got a sex education from dirty pictures of ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Phasers on Stun!

    How the Making (and Remaking) of Star Trek Changed the World

    by Ryan Britt ...
    Narrated by Ryan Britt ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 53 min

    **An Esquire Best Book of 2022!Written with inside access, comprehensive research, and a down-to-earth perspective, Phasers on Stun! chronicles the entire history of Star Trek, revealing that its enduring place in pop culture is all thanks to innovative pivots and radical change.**For over five decades, the heart of Star Trek’s pro-science, anti-racist, and inclusive messaging has been its ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Spice Must Flow

    The Story of Dune, from Cult Novels to Visionary Sci-Fi Movies

    by Ryan Britt ...
    Narrated by Ryan Britt ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 14 min

    Geek-culture expert Ryan Britt takes us behind the pages and scenes of the science-fiction phenomenon Dune, charting the series' life from cult sci-fi novels to some of the most visionary movies of all time.Using original, deep-access reporting, extensive research, and insightful commentary, The Spice Must Flow brings the true popularity of Dune out into the light for the very first time. With ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Luke Skywalker Can't Read

    And Other Geeky Truths

    by Ryan Britt ...
    Narrated by Eric Michael Summerer ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 58 min

    Essayist Ryan Britt got a sex education from dirty pictures of dinosaurs, made out with Jar Jar Binks at midnight, and figured out how to kick depression with a Doctor Who Netflix binge. Alternating between personal anecdote, hilarious insight, and smart analysis, Luke Skywalker Can't Read contends that Barbarella is good for you, that monster movies are just romantic comedies with commitment ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    The City on the Edge of Forever

    by Harlan Ellison, Gabrielle de Cuir, D. C. Fontana1 ...
    Narrated by Harlan Ellison, Gabrielle de Cuir, LeVar Burton, Jean Smart, Scott Brick, John Rubinstein, Stefan Rudnicki, Robert Forster, David Gerrold0, Orson Scott Card2, Bonnie MacBird3, Paul Boehmer4, Ryan C. Britt5, Richard Gilliland6, Alex Hyde-White7, Richard McGonagle8, Jim Meskimen9, Larry Nemecek0, Veronica Scott1, Judy Young2, a full cast3, Christian O’Connell4, Richard Brewer5 ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 1 min

    The original teleplay that became the classic Star Trek episode, with an expanded introductory essay by Harlan Ellison, The City on the Edge of Forever has been surrounded by controversy since the airing of an “eviscerated” version—which subsequently has been voted the most beloved episode in the series’ history. In its original form, The City on the Edge of Forever won the 1966–67 Writers Guild ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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    The Source

    How Rivers Made America and America Remade Its Rivers

    by Martin Doyle ...
    Narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 32 min

    In this fresh and powerful work of environmental history, Martin Doyle explores how rivers have often been the source of arguments at the heart of the American experiment?over federalism, taxation, regulation, conservation, and development.Doyle tells the epic story of America and its rivers, from the U.S. Constitution's roots in interstate river navigation, the origins of the Army Corps of ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

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    Family of Origin

    A Novel

    by CJ Hauser ...
    Narrated by Kristen Sieh ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 39 min

    ***BONUS: Includes the viral essay sensation "The Crane Wife"*"An innovative work of climate fiction, a nuanced and empathic family story, and, for my money, the summer's best novel thus far."--NPR.org"The most oddly enticing novel you will read this year...Keenly satirical yet unashamedly tender."--Wall Street Journal"Reminiscent of the family explorations of Rick Moody, Jennifer Egan, and Lauren ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    The Dream of Enlightenment

    The Rise of Modern Philosophy

    by Anthony Gottlieb ...
    Narrated by Anthony Gottlieb ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 4 min

    The author of the classic The Dream of Reason vividly explains the rise of modern thought from Descartes to Rousseau. ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Sister Aimee

    The Life of Aimee Semple McPherson

    by Daniel Mark Epstein ...
    Narrated by Tom Parks ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 54 min

    The true story of America's first superstar evangelist that "fills a significant gap in the history of revivalism" (The New York Times Book Review).Once she answered the divine calling, Aimee Semple McPherson rose fast from unfulfilled housewife in Rhode Island to "miracle woman"—the most enigmatic, pioneering, media-savvy Christian evangelist in the country. She preached up and down the United ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    CEO of the Sofa, The

    by P. J. O'Rourke ...
    Narrated by Dick Hill ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 27 min

    Experience a year in the life of a cranky couch potato—also known as "the funniest writer in America" (The Wall Street Journal).Touching on topics from technological change to the United Nations, this is a chronicle of the day-to-day home life and frequent harangues of a New York Times-bestselling humorist. Over the course of the year, in between rants, he does occasionally leave the sofa and ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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