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Sand Doom by Murray Leinster ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Mar 06, 2023

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Sand Doom by Murray Leinster audiobook.

Genre: scifi

Senior Colonial Survey officer Bordman expects a routine assignment: ride the freighter Warlock down to Xosa II, inspect a minerals colony that should be nearly complete, and file the report that will open the planet to regular traffic. Instead, the Warlock brakes into orbit under emergency rockets and dumps its only two passengers, Bordman and the sharp-witted Aletha Redfeather, into a cramped landing boat. On the ground, the explanation is as impossible as it is simple: a colossal sandstorm has buried the colony's landing grid - along with much of the steel and equipment needed to finish it - under a new-made sand plateau. With no grid to bring ships down safely, the Warlock cannot land its vital cargo. With the ship trapped close to an Earth-gravity world, it cannot use its drive to leave and fetch help. And without imported supplies and power, the colonists face heat, thirst, and starvation on a planet that is nothing but wind-carved desert. Forced to abandon paperwork for pragmatism, Bordman clashes and bonds with project engineer Ralph Redfeather, the booming Dr. Chuka, and a multicultural crew of settlers as they hunt for one workable break in a perfectly circular disaster - before time and sand finish the job.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:27:16) Chapter 02

(00:49:20) Chapter 03

(01:22:04) Chapter 04

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Planet of Dread by Murray Leinster ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Mar 06, 2023

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Planet of Dread by Murray Leinster audiobook.

Genre: scifi

Humans have expanded to myriads of worlds throughout the galaxies but they have found that the only way for colonies to be self sustaining, was to reproduce the total ecology of their home world; the original Earth. This meant bringing the entire ecosystem, the good, the bad and the ugly. Viruses as well as grass, goats as well as stink bugs and allowing the whole mixture to ultimately produce an inhabitable world for humans. But what happens when this system is not properly supervised? Moran and the others in the space yacht Nadine find a world where strange things have been brewing for over a hundred years and may or may not survive an environment gone mad.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:33:35) Chapter 2

(01:12:25) Chapter 3

(01:41:32) Chapter 4

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Pariah Planet by Murray Leinster ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Mar 06, 2023

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Pariah Planet by Murray Leinster audiobook.

Genre: scifi

When the blue plague appeared on the planet of Dara, fear struck nearby worlds. The fear led to a hate that threatened the lives of millions and endangered the Galactic peace. But the Med Service ship Aesculapius 20 with Calhoun and Murgatroyd the Tormal aboard are on the job and have stumbled into the horrible mess caused by unreasoning hatred, quarantine, mass starvation and worse. Calhoun must use all his medical knowledge and significant skills to even understand the situation here in neglected Sector 12. Can he and Murgatroyd untangle this Gordian's knot and live to tell the tale? Maybe and maybe not. Listen and find out.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:33:27) Chapter 2

(01:00:48) Chapter 3

(01:28:47) Chapter 4

(01:58:18) Chapter 5

(02:32:28) Chapter 6

(03:04:35) Chapter 7

(03:36:36) Chapter 8

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Operation - Outer Space by Murray Leinster ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Mar 06, 2023

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Operation - Outer Space by Murray Leinster audiobook.

Genre: scifi

In a crowded, restless future where every rooftop is a recreation deck and every job feels precarious, television producer Jed Cochrane has learned to sell spectacle for a living. So when he is abruptly pulled into a hush-hush government project, he expects another staged event to package for the masses. Instead, a strange therapeutic experiment led by psychiatrist Dr. William Holden and centered on a brilliant, troubled scientist named Dabney pushes technology toward an unthinkable breakthrough: the first voyage beyond the Solar System. The catch is that the mission is financed the only way big money can be justified - by turning it into a broadcast, complete with sponsors, publicity, and ratings pressure. As Cochrane scrambles to make deep space 'good television,' the crew must face the practical hazards of the unknown, the politics of who controls discovery, and the moral cost of treating exploration like content. By turns tense, witty, and sharply satirical, Operation: Outer Space asks what happens when humanity's greatest leap forward is planned like a show - and whether wonder can survive the commercials.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:53:44) Chapter 02

(01:30:27) Chapter 03

(02:08:47) Chapter 04

(02:47:25) Chapter 05

(03:18:05) Chapter 06

(04:03:04) Chapter 07

(04:34:31) Chapter 08

(05:15:52) Chapter 09

(05:57:43) Chapter 10

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Med Ship Man by Murray Leinster ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Mar 06, 2023

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Med Ship Man by Murray Leinster audiobook.

Genre: scifi

On the interstellar frontier, the Interstellar Medical Service sends its Med Ships where no one else will go: to backward worlds, tense border systems, and isolated colonies whose problems can spread faster than any plague. Calhoun, a young physician assigned to the Med Ship Aesclipus Twenty, is trained to treat both bodies and societies, but his most important tool is not a scalpel - its judgment. With his small ship, a mobile hospital, and the company of Murgatroyd, a sharp-eyed and strangely lovable companion creature, Calhoun follows cryptic calls for aid that rarely match the official reports. Each stop becomes a test of medicine under pressure: suspicious authorities hiding outbreaks, communities gripped by fear and rumor, and political rivalries that turn public health into a weapon. As Calhoun navigates quarantine protocols, ethical choices, and the limits of trust, he must prove that saving lives can mean confronting the story a planet tells about itself. Med Ship Man blends fast-moving missions with thoughtful questions about responsibility, compassion, and the fragile threads that hold civilizations together in the vastness of space.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:19:24) Chapter 02

(00:38:23) Chapter 03

(00:59:39) Chapter 04

(01:17:25) Chapter 05

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Creatures of the Abyss by Murray Leinster ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Mar 06, 2023

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Creatures of the Abyss by Murray Leinster audiobook.

Genre: scifi

Orejas de ellos, 'the things that listen', whispered the superstitious fishermen when the strange occurrences began off the Philippine coast. How else explain the sudden disappearance of a vessel beneath a mysterious curtain of foam? The writhings of thousands of maddened fish trapped in a coffin-like area of ocean? What monsters gorged at the bottom of the Luzon Deep and what were their plans? Radar expert Terry Holt and the crew of the Esperance had to devise a weapon against the horrifying creatures which threatened mankind with extinction. Here are terror, excitement, and the clutch of cold death as combined by a master hand in the field of science fiction.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:37:33) Chapter 2

(01:14:47) Chapter 3

(01:49:57) Chapter 4

(02:24:22) Chapter 5

(02:59:44) Chapter 6

(03:35:06) Chapter 7

(04:10:41) Chapter 8

(04:45:20) Chapter 9

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A Thousand Degrees Below Zero by Murray Leinster ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Mar 01, 2023

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A Thousand Degrees Below Zero by Murray Leinster audiobook.

Genre: scifi

The War to End All Wars has ended and the world has taken a deep breath and is trying to recover normal life in 1919. But a super Villan intent on ruling the entire world has other ideas. In his super fast helicopter (the Black Flyer) he sorties out to block the major ports and rives of the world until all nations with icebergs made by his fiendishly clever devices until they admit his supremacy and kneel before his might. The might of nations are helpless before him but he does not count on our hero, a scientist specializing in low temperatures who was also a gunner in WWI. Teamed with a daring pilot flying the latest fastest bi plane in the army, they tangle with this brilliant but deranged person and might be able to bring him down. Do they? Listen and find out in this thrilling adventure where planes zoom at up to 200 mph!!!!

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:12:43) Chapter 02

(00:29:29) Chapter 03

(00:40:27) Chapter 04

(00:55:16) Chapter 05

(01:11:18) Chapter 06

(01:25:36) Chapter 07

(01:41:14) Chapter 08

(01:56:37) Chapter 09

(02:13:30) Chapter 10

(02:29:06) Chapter 11

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A Matter of Importance by Murray Leinster ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Mar 01, 2023

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A Matter of Importance by Murray Leinster audiobook.

Genre: scifi

The importance of a matter is almost entirely a matter of your attitude. And whether you call something 'a riot' or 'a war' ... well, there is a difference, but what is it? Someone steals a space ship? The local police know how to handle that. A broken down freighter in a far distant solar system? That's their normal job too. A bunch of idiots want to start a war? Just another days' work for the boys in blue. The twisted mind of Murray Leinster takes on an Earth empire of thousands of planets and that has moved beyond armies or navies. No need for 'em any more when you have an experienced police force, eh? They've seen it all and everything is routine to the guys and gals of the Empire Police.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:25:02) Chapter 02

(00:48:52) Chapter 03

(01:13:22) Chapter 04

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Lady’s Life on a Farm in Manitoba by Mrs. Cecil Hall ~ Full Audiobook [biography] Mar 01, 2023

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Lady’s Life on a Farm in Manitoba by Mrs. Cecil Hall audiobook.

Genre: biography

In 1881, Mrs. Cecil Hall's brother went to Manitoba to farm. In 1882, she went out for a visit of some two months, and followed that visit with a long sojourn in Colorado, returning to England as the snows began to fall. While there, she had to give up her 'Lady's ways' and help on the farm in many ways she'd never stoop to at home. She makes hay, cooks, paints the barn roof, and cleans. Through it all, the newness helped her keep her temper, and these letters home show an insight into the settlement of Western Canada. These letters have a feel of 'Little House on the Prairie' from an English lady's point of view.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:02:42) Chapter 02

(00:05:55) Chapter 03

(00:12:05) Chapter 04

(00:15:35) Chapter 05

(00:22:10) Chapter 06

(00:28:17) Chapter 07

(00:33:30) Chapter 08

(00:37:07) Chapter 09

(00:43:21) Chapter 10

(00:45:40) Chapter 11

(00:58:48) Chapter 12

(01:01:53) Chapter 13

(01:08:18) Chapter 14

(01:16:09) Chapter 15

(01:25:00) Chapter 16

(01:27:36) Chapter 17

(01:31:33) Chapter 18

(01:44:48) Chapter 19

(01:48:19) Chapter 20

(01:52:47) Chapter 21

(02:16:50) Chapter 22

(02:21:29) Chapter 23

(02:26:10) Chapter 24

(02:28:30) Chapter 25

(02:34:25) Chapter 26

(02:39:44) Chapter 27

(02:40:45) Chapter 28

(02:48:30) Chapter 29

(02:49:47) Chapter 30

(02:53:55) Chapter 31

(02:56:36) Chapter 32

(02:59:32) Chapter 33

(03:03:54) Chapter 34

(03:06:51) Chapter 35

(03:09:58) Chapter 36

(03:13:37) Chapter 37

(03:17:16) Chapter 38

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The House by the Lock by Mrs. C. N. Williamson ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Mar 01, 2023

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The House by the Lock by Mrs. C. N. Williamson audiobook.

Genre: mystery

What secrets lay within the walls of the house by the lock? What secrets, if any, are held by the man who owns that mysterious house?

A body is found in a backwater creek not far from the house by the lock, but what leads Noel Stanton on a quest to determine who the killer might be is more than merely the disappearance of his American friend Harvey Farnham. He has reason to believe that the wealthy and influential owner of the house, Carson Wildred, might somehow be implicated in the coincidental disappearance and murder. But as Stanton's search progresses, he learns that his friend is safe and sound back in the U.S. and he therefore must learn more about the house itself with its peculiar construction, it's hidden passageways, and the peculiar smoke occasionally seen rising from its inaccessible areas. But everything is accounted for by the police, the servants, and Mr. Wildred during his investigation, leaving a most strange mystery left for Stanton to unravel.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:14:20) Chapter 02

(00:26:02) Chapter 03

(00:35:26) Chapter 04

(00:45:27) Chapter 05

(01:04:50) Chapter 06

(01:21:56) Chapter 07

(01:29:37) Chapter 08

(01:40:01) Chapter 09

(01:50:16) Chapter 10

(01:59:09) Chapter 11

(02:19:35) Chapter 12

(02:25:31) Chapter 13

(02:39:33) Chapter 14

(02:43:08) Chapter 15

(02:51:39) Chapter 16

(03:02:06) Chapter 17

(03:18:48) Chapter 18

(03:30:00) Chapter 19

(03:43:52) Chapter 20

(04:06:51) Chapter 21

(04:21:31) Chapter 22

(04:26:19) Chapter 23

(04:36:14) Chapter 24

(04:44:52) Chapter 25

(04:53:32) Chapter 26

(05:21:48) Chapter 27

(05:30:08) Chapter 28

(05:39:31) Chapter 29

(05:55:38) Chapter 30

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