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Wandl the Invader by Ray Cummings ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Mar 22, 2023

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Wandl the Invader by Ray Cummings audiobook.

Genre: scifi

There were nine major planets in the Solar System and it was within their boundaries that man first set up interplanetary commerce and began trading with the ancient Martian civilization. And then they discovered a tenth planet--a maverick! This tenth world, if it had an orbit, had a strange one, for it was heading inwards from interstellar space, heading close to the Earth-Mars spaceways, upsetting astronautic calculations and raising turmoil on the two inhabited worlds. But even so none suspected then just how much trouble this new world would make. For it was WANDL THE INVADER and it was no barren planetoid. It was a manned world, manned by minds and monsters and traveling into our system with a purpose beyond that of astronomical accident!

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:14:15) Chapter 02

(00:41:09) Chapter 03

(00:59:20) Chapter 04

(01:24:52) Chapter 05

(01:51:24) Chapter 06

(02:05:53) Chapter 07

(02:29:56) Chapter 08

(02:41:52) Chapter 09

(02:59:15) Chapter 10

(03:16:26) Chapter 11

(03:30:04) Chapter 12

(03:39:50) Chapter 13

(03:52:34) Chapter 14

(04:15:14) Chapter 15

(04:32:19) Chapter 16

(04:44:50) Chapter 17

(04:56:17) Chapter 18

(05:09:45) Chapter 19

(05:15:03) Chapter 20

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Unwise Child by Randall Garrett ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Mar 22, 2023

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Unwise Child by Randall Garrett audiobook.

Genre: scifi

In a future New York where street gangs carry vibroblades and advanced electronics are as common as cigarettes, power designer Michael Raphael Gabriel, known on the job as Mike the Angel, expects danger to come with the territory. What he does not expect is to be targeted twice in a single morning, then abruptly reassigned as engineering officer aboard an experimental spacecraft with one secret mission: get an extraordinary machine off Earth before it becomes an existential threat. That machine is Snookums, a super-robot with a childlike personality and a terrifying new talent for invention, and he travels under the anxious supervision of Dr. Fitzhugh, his creator, and Leda Crannon, a child psychologist pressed into the role of nursemaid. Once the ship is underway, a string of frightening incidents turns the voyage into a locked-room puzzle in zero gravity: systems fail, nerves fray, and a crew member is murdered, with suspicion falling where no one wants it to fall. Caught between official duty and personal survival, Mike must untangle sabotage, motive, and machine logic before fear, secrecy, and a brilliant 'child' of metal doom them all.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:08:04) Chapter 02

(00:17:13) Chapter 03

(00:29:56) Chapter 04

(00:40:53) Chapter 05

(00:51:06) Chapter 06

(01:07:31) Chapter 07

(01:26:35) Chapter 08

(01:50:11) Chapter 09

(02:08:52) Chapter 10

(02:21:51) Chapter 11

(02:39:53) Chapter 12

(03:02:27) Chapter 13

(03:27:37) Chapter 14

(03:42:54) Chapter 15

(04:01:10) Chapter 16

(04:08:16) Chapter 17

(04:18:13) Chapter 18

(04:35:19) Chapter 19

(04:48:03) Chapter 20

(04:55:59) Chapter 21

(05:16:41) Chapter 22

(05:19:13) Chapter 23

(05:38:30) Chapter 24

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The Man Who Hated Mars by Randall Garrett ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Mar 22, 2023

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The Man Who Hated Mars by Randall Garrett audiobook.

Genre: scifi

Ron Clayton has spent fifteen bitter years in exile on Mars - a punishment sold as 'freedom' for criminals Earth no longer wants. Trapped in the thin air, dependent on oxidation pills, and driven half-mad by the planet's relentless cold, Clayton storms into the Terran Rehabilitation Service and begs Lieutenant Phoebe Harris for the one thing he never expected to want: a prison cell back on Earth. She refuses, and Clayton is forced to accept that the system is designed to keep men like him off-world forever. citeturn1view0 When a Space Transport Service ship drops in, opportunity arrives in the form of Herbert 'Parks' Parkinson, a talkative crewman with a nose oxygen rig and a careless streak. One desperate night later, Clayton gambles everything on a stolen uniform, a borrowed identity, and a plan to slip past steel walls, security routines, and suspicious officers. citeturn3view1turn3view2 But survival aboard the ship demands more than hiding his name: Clayton must work, improvise, and keep his fear in check while Mars' harsh rules echo in his muscles and his mind. Tight, tense, and morally thorny, Randall Garrett's classic tale asks what exile does to a man - and whether escape is ever the same as redemption. citeturn0search1

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:36:23) Chapter 02

(01:26:05) Chapter 03

(01:53:09) Chapter 04

(02:04:31) Chapter 05

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That Sweet Little Old Lady by Randall Garrett ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Mar 21, 2023

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That Sweet Little Old Lady by Randall Garrett audiobook.

Genre: mystery

Randall Garrett had this story first published in Astounding Science Fiction September and October of 1959. His twisted sense of humor and gift for the bizarre situation with believable characters shines here. In the not too distant future, Ken Malone, young but promising FBI agent , is given the most important and difficult assignment of his career: find a spy who is stealing information from the Ultra Top Absolute Secret project to develop a non-rocket space ship at Yucca Flats Labs in Nevada. But this is not a normal spy, this spy laughs at the FBI and all attempts to find him or her because they use an unknown new method to steal the information directly from the minds of the scientists. And then of course, there is the Sweet Little Old Lady who is immortal and the stunning nurse and the Las Vegas gangsters and ... well, you had better listen to the story to find out the details

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:29:19) Chapter 2

(00:59:53) Chapter 3

(01:48:52) Chapter 4

(02:14:38) Chapter 5

(02:46:07) Chapter 6

(03:24:30) Chapter 7

(03:44:30) Chapter 8

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Quest of the Golden Ape by Randall Garrett ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Mar 21, 2023

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Quest of the Golden Ape by Randall Garrett audiobook.

Genre: scifi

A lonely, forbidden mansion hidden in the backwoods has repelled curious visitors for a century, guarded by uncanny psychological barriers that feel stronger than iron. But John Pride, a steady middle-aged lawyer bound by an old family promise, forces his way through on the one night the barriers weaken and finds an impossibly ancient man clinging to life, desperate for a final duty to be fulfilled. Far across space on the planet Tarth, rival nations converge on the empty Plains of Ofrid to witness the end of a legend: an indestructible tower built by Portox, the vanished scientist of a slaughtered people, and a great clock counting down one hundred years to an awakening and an avenger. When the clock tolls, violence and politics ignite at once, and the shockwave reaches Pride's secret vault on Earth, where a powerful young man rises with a perfect body, a fractured mind, and only echoes of terror and vengeance where a past should be. Pulled between two worlds, he must piece together who he is, why he was hidden, and what price Tarth will demand when old crimes come due.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:05:33) Chapter 02

(00:14:15) Chapter 03

(00:22:16) Chapter 04

(00:31:59) Chapter 05

(00:45:47) Chapter 06

(00:56:08) Chapter 07

(01:04:44) Chapter 08

(01:25:10) Chapter 09

(01:33:45) Chapter 10

(01:44:06) Chapter 11

(01:58:22) Chapter 12

(02:15:51) Chapter 13

(02:45:10) Chapter 14

(03:00:59) Chapter 15

(03:15:08) Chapter 16

(03:37:48) Chapter 17

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Nor Iron Bars A Cage. by Randall Garrett ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Mar 21, 2023

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Nor Iron Bars A Cage. by Randall Garrett audiobook.

Genre: scifi

In a near-future New York where hypoguns and inertia-drive aircraft are everyday tools, Inspector Royall faces a problem no amount of manpower can solve: the repeat violent offender who cycles through the courts until someone gets hurt again. Royall is part of a controversial pilot program that offers an alternative to iron bars - not by locking criminals away, but by reshaping what they fear. Under the guidance of Dr. Brownlee and his team, convicted predators, arsonists, and reckless killers can be diverted from prison into psychiatric therapy that installs powerful, specific inhibitions: a firebug who cannot bear the sight of flame, a brawler who is terrified his fists will shatter, a drunk whose first sip of alcohol becomes unthinkable. When Chief Inspector Acrington, a visiting British aristocrat and senior lawman, comes to investigate the program, Royall must defend its spotless record while a brutal child-murder case and a newly captured offender force the city to confront the hardest questions. Is preventing harm worth tampering with a mind? And when safety depends on conditioning, who decides how much of a person can be taken away in the name of justice?

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:18:09) Chapter 2

(00:39:42) Chapter 3

(00:58:03) Chapter 4

(01:17:21) Chapter 5

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Damned If You Don’t by Randall Garrett ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Mar 21, 2023

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Damned If You Don’t by Randall Garrett audiobook.

Genre: scifi

We've all heard of the wonderful invention that the Big Corporation or the Utilities suppressed? The one that would revolutionize society with it's simplicity? Well usually, that Wonderful Invention won't work, actually. But what if there really was one or two like that? Would the oil industry, or the power conglomerates, or the auto monopolies actually be nasty enough to suppress something that would help the rest of the world just so they could go on making profits? Well of course they would, silly! But then there is another possibility, one that is explored in the uniquely wonderful way of Randall Garrett. And one that you may not suspect. And one that may even change your opinions just a bit so watch out.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:39:17) Chapter 02

(01:10:05) Chapter 03

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But, I Don’t Think by Randall Garrett ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Mar 21, 2023

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But, I Don’t Think by Randall Garrett audiobook.

Genre: scifi

The title is obscure and a bit unsettling I admit; what could it possible mean? Randall Garrett wrote a story here that had me blissfully going in the wrong direction until he quietly yanked the rug from under my feet and made me fume a bit with irritation and amazement. I loved it and hated it because it did not end the way I wanted it to but the way it obviously should. The society and culture in the galaxy he has presupposed is as fascinating as the story itself and I can only hope he expanded on it in other books somewhere. The publisher quotes another story by R. Phillip Dachboden to indicate what he meant 'As every thinking man knows, every slave always yearns for the freedom his master denies him...

But, gentlemen,' said the Physician, 'I really don't think we can consider any religion which has human sacrifice as an integral part as a humane religion.' 'At least,' added the Painter with a chuckle, 'not as far as the victim is concerned.' The Philosopher looked irritated. 'Bosh! What if the victim likes it that way?'

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:27:11) Chapter 02

(00:50:12) Chapter 03

(01:18:05) Chapter 04

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Anything You Can Do by Randall Garrett ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Mar 21, 2023

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Anything You Can Do by Randall Garrett audiobook.

Genre: scifi

When a damaged alien craft crashes into the Siberian tundra, the survivor is not a little green diplomat but the Nipe - a centipede-like being with terrifying strength, speed, and a mindset that treats humanity as both obstacle and resource. citeturn2view0 The first witness, forester Wang Kulichenko, can only watch in horror as the incident becomes the opening move in a global emergency. citeturn2view0 As the Nipe slips away and leaves a trail of panic, Earth's leaders face a grim calculation: killing the intruder might be easy, but letting it live could unlock knowledge that would reshape human science. citeturn0search2 Their solution is as audacious as it is ethically fraught - build a human who can match the alien. Inside a tightly controlled Institute, a handpicked candidate is pushed through extreme conditioning and biological enhancement, only to discover that becoming humanity's answer to the Nipe comes with unsettling gaps in memory, shifting loyalties, and the creeping fear that the project is changing more than just muscle and reflexes. citeturn2view0 As the world waits for its engineered champion to be ready, the central question sharpens: how far can humans remake themselves to win, without losing what makes them human in the first place?

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:09:41) Chapter 02

(00:22:08) Chapter 03

(00:29:07) Chapter 04

(00:52:44) Chapter 05

(01:13:26) Chapter 06

(01:42:19) Chapter 07

(01:54:51) Chapter 08

(02:14:54) Chapter 09

(02:32:32) Chapter 10

(02:35:48) Chapter 11

(02:51:17) Chapter 12

(03:04:52) Chapter 13

(03:18:42) Chapter 14

(03:23:25) Chapter 15

(03:47:13) Chapter 16

(04:10:29) Chapter 17

(04:16:15) Chapter 18

(04:34:15) Chapter 19

(05:05:23) Chapter 20

(05:19:18) Chapter 21

(05:27:38) Chapter 22

(05:53:31) Chapter 23

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Anchorite by Randall Garrett ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Mar 21, 2023

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Anchorite by Randall Garrett audiobook.

Genre: scifi

Randall Garrett sticks a sharp needle into our government and society in this wonderful story. He projects the current trends towards paternalistic government into the future. Yes, we have attained a world government and everyone is equal whether they want to be or not; everyone is taken care of no matter how incompetent, stupid or sleazy they are and everyone is out to undermine everyone else. The author predicts (sadly only too well) what the trends of today will eventually produce if allowed to continue. But wait! there is hope in the asteroid belt where jerks and incompetents are weeded out by hard physical laws and only those who possess common sense and the ability to actually survive are allowed to govern. But will the Earth government allow this to continue? Of course not. Listen to this great story to have a peek into the future.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:43:19) Chapter 02

(01:27:57) Chapter 03

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