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Read By: Lindsey Dorcus Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 3.00 hours at 1.5x Speed 2.25 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: March 2023 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9798212246989

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

27

Longest Chapter Length:

18:05 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

03:25 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

09:53 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

4

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Publisher Description

The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set on Jupiter, by Malka Older, author of the critically-acclaimed Centenal Cycle.

On a remote, gas-wreathed outpost of a human colony on Jupiter, a man goes missing. The enigmatic Investigator Mossa follows his trail to Valdegeld, home to the colony’s erudite university―and Mossa’s former girlfriend, a scholar of Earth’s pre-collapse ecosystems.

Pleiti has dedicated her research and her career to aiding the larger effort towards a possible return to Earth. When Mossa unexpectedly arrives and requests Pleiti’s assistance in her latest investigation, the two of them embark on a twisting path in which the future of life on Earth is at stake―and, perhaps, their futures, together.

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“Older has created a wonderfully sci-fi take on the gaslamp mystery. Add in the wry depiction of academia and the warmly authentic portrayal of a relationship in the process of rekindling, and this is exactly my kind of story!”

— Freya Marske, bestselling author of A Marvellous Light 

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  • “Reading this novella was an absolute delight.”

    — Locus
  • “Packs a punch…Combining an old-timey aesthetic and a powerful message, this sapphic genre bender is a treat.”

    — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
  • “A novel that attempts to have equal footing in two genres―never mind three…[and] The Mimicking of Known Successes, a work of speculative fiction, a traditional mystery, and a romance, is a walloping success.”

    — First Clue (starred review)
  • “[A] quiet yet compelling whodunit.”

    — Booklist (starred review)
  • “Combining planetary resettlement SF with steampunk, mystery, climate fiction, and a touch of romance.”

    — Library Journal
  • “Lindsey Dorcus narrates a sci-fi mystery loosely inspired by the Sherlock Holmes mythos…Dorcus’s performance is invigorating and keeps the plot moving briskly along.”

    — AudioFile
  • “A rousing, fist-pumping adventure…An utter triumph.”

    — Charlie Jane Anders, author of Victories Greater Than Death
  • “A far-flung speculative winner that is as much hard science fiction as it is gritty xenobiological noir, with characters you want to see get closer…to the possible killer and each other.”

    — Fran Wilde, author of The Ship of Stolen Worlds
  • “A magnificently imaginative setting, a nicely developed and satisfyingly resolved mystery, a beautifully understated central romance, and a lot of thought-provoking ideas make this an immensely satisfying read.”

    — K. J. Charles, author of the Will Darling Adventures series

The Mimicking of Known Successes Listener Reviews

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Narration: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 (4.00)
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  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 Narration Rating: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 Story Rating: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    — Rick O, 3/11/2023

About Malka Older

Malka Older is a writer, aid worker, and sociologist. Her science-fiction political thriller Infomocracy was named one of the best books of 2016 by the Washington Post, BookRiot, and Kirkus Reviews. Her writings can be found in the New York Times, The Nation, and Foreign Policy, among others. She is a faculty associate at Arizona State University’s School for the Future of Innovation in Society and teaches in the genre fiction program at Western Colorado University.

About Lindsey Dorcus

Chelsea Stephens is an experienced voice actor with a talent for mystery, sci-fi, and YA novels. She won an AudioFile Earphones Award for her narration of Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Anne Porter. She has a longtime love and appreciation for the performing arts, with experience in onstage acting, singing, and voice-over. Her love for reading books and the pursuit of the story led her to narration. She enjoys unfolding characters and bringing listeners into new worlds.