Space: 1972

by Bill Oakley, Natasha Lyonne (Narrator), Full Cast (Narrator)

In an alternate America, JFK survived—and didn’t just win the Space Race. He never stopped.

Now it’s 1972, and JFK’s ever-expanding space empire is ripping holes in space-time itself—erasing people, places, and entire histories from existence.

The only ones who might be able to stop him? Nancy Kranick (Emmy nominee Natasha Lyonne), a former moon nurse lying low in Hoboken, New Jersey… and Richard Nixon, tangled in a conspiracy so bizarre it stretches from the Moon to a Shakey’s Pizza to a parallel-universe Watergate.

As JFK tightens his grip on an Empire of the Stars, Nancy and Nixon must reunite and track down the fragments of a mysterious, reality-warping metal—hidden across space, time, and alternate dimensions—before history is rewritten for good.

From Emmy-winning writer Bill Oakley (The Simpsons, Futurama, Portlandia), 1972 is a bigger, stranger, and more gloriously off-the rails sequel to the hit Audible Original 1969.

Available in Dolby Atmos on Audible.

8 pages, Audible Audio

Published June 11, 2026

About the author

William Douglas Oakley was a letterer for numerous comic books from Marvel, DC, and other companies.
(source: Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Frank Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

No further comments. This was as much fun as the first.

[Dan Stefanovich · Rating 3 out of 5]

1969 did not need a sequel, and Bill Oakley's "Space: 1972" quickly and repeatedly jumps the proverbial shark - but so long as you know what you're getting yourself into (and I assume you do if you're reading this book) - then it doesn't really matter, because it's just as quick witted, wise cracking, and incredibly performed as you want it to be - even if it requires a bit more knowledge of political history than its predecessor.

[Carol Yarbrough · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kudos to the production team for playing Mahler at the very end you know the part in the mall are symphony with all the French Horn stand up and blow their faces off playing loud and amazingly? Yeah, that also kudos for the author for making me laugh through these not so laughable days.

[Mark · Rating 1 out of 5]

It's unique and quirky, but it doesn't interest me.

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great fun!

I do feel the need to note that Nixon did enact price controls and it didn't go so well.

[Lyda McCartin · Rating 5 out of 5]

As entertaining as the second one. Not sure if I’d love it so much without Natasha Lyonne narrating but love her so much in this!

[Jessi · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 ⭐️