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Gate Crashers

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Alyssa Bresnahan
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Ratings
Book
16
Narrator
12
Release Date
June 26, 2018
Duration
15 hours 22 minutes
Summary
The only thing as infinite and expansive as the universe is humanity’s unquestionable ability to make bad decisions.

 

Humankind ventures further into the galaxy than ever before … and immediately causes an intergalactic incident. In their infinite wisdom, the crew of the exploration vessel Magellan, or as she prefers, “Maggie,” decides to bring the alienstructure they just found back to Earth. The only problem? The aliens are awfully fond of that structure.

 

A planet full of bumbling, highly evolved primates has just put itself on a collision course with a far wider, and more hostile, galaxy that is stranger than anyone can possibly imagine.

 

“A well-drawn ensemble cast of scientists, soldiers, and aliens enriches this quirky first-contact tale.”—Kirkus
Reviews
Profile Avatar Kasper J. May 2026

Great read

Profile Avatar Roger L. Jun 2025

Very engaging story and semi-humorous plot. I really enjoyed this and will be looking for more from Tomlinson in the near future, like Starship Repro! Narration was very good and matched the tone of the story very well.

Profile Avatar Philip H. Jan 2024

I enjoyed this story as the technologies and political strategies were believable and allowed the author to focus on character development. The author makes certain assumptions about alien intelligence and technologies, like listening to Neil de Grasse Tyson, so I could relate to the challenges and ingenuity of the characters. I think the story description in Audiobooks has a few incorrect statements, but essentially okay. The narrator is good, but could be better if she developed more unique voices for each character.

Profile Avatar Anonymous Jan 2024

exciting and funny.

Profile Avatar Thorn Jun 2023

Once i cottoned on to the humor, liked it very much

Profile Avatar Rico S. Sep 2022

Excellent book and storyline. Loved the humor - and if you'd enjoyed "A Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy" by Douglas Adams and/or "Excession" by Iain M. Banks you'll enjoy this one as well :-)

Profile Avatar Marissa Vicich Mar 2021

A fun sci-fi first contact adventure!

Profile Avatar Linda R. Feb 2021

Liked the book - would have been.better if the narrator could have read the characters voices a bit more different from each other. Sometimes I had to play back a part of the book to try to understand who the characters were because the author jumped around a lot in the story. The story was good . But Almost too many characters and was a bit hard to remember who they all were. I loved that his main character was a woman and her AI was so human like.

Gate Crashers

Gate Crashers

Author: Patrick S. Tomlinson
Read by: Alyssa Bresnahan
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