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[kribban]

I feel like we're in the golden age of audio books.

I cancelled Spotify three weeks ago and don't miss it, but the one subscription I'm keeping is my audio book app (Storytel).

I've written here before how much I appreciate the run of Star Trek books narrated by Robert Petkoff. They're unabridged (as far as I know; they're about 10-11 hours long) and My God, I hear his voice more often than most other people's! :D

The one thing I dislike about Storytel is — it's kind of hard which ones are in a series and which order they're in?

The ones I've listened to lately:

Shadows Have Offended by Cassandra Rose Clarke — TNG, kind of Betazoid centric with some weird computer AI B-plot I've already forgotten. (Not Worf-centric despite the cover.)

Collateral Damage by David Mack — TNG, part Picard stands trial, part Captain Worf (which I thoroughly enjoyed.) Okona is a central character, and Robert Petkoff made me like him! It also helps that Okona is in his sixties, keeps losing/getting beaten up, and is constantly prepared to kill himself just to end the misery. The most amazing line in the whole book comes from adult Naomi Wildman recounting all the sordid, filthy Holodeck-programs she witnessed growing up on Voyager. 

Living Memory by Christopher L Bennet — this is the one I'm currently listening to and it's a Uhura-centric, mysterious phenomenon /  super soldier type story. So far it has dad!Sulu and Demora calling Chekov "Uncle Pavel" and McCoy conspiring to set Jim up with the peace activist he's conspiring against, so so far it's a win.