Friday, May 31, 2019
Oedipus Rex ♦ By Sophocles ♦ (Myths - Legends) ♦ Audiobook
Oedipus Rex ♦ By Sophocles ♦ (Myths - Legends) ♦ Audiobook
Title: Oedipus Rex or Oedipus the King
Author: SOPHOCLES (497 BCE - 406 BCE)
Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, General Fiction, Plays
Language: English
Dramatic Version
Librivox Recording
Oedipus the King (often known by the Latin title Oedipus Rex) is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed c. 429 BC. It was the second of Sophocles's three Theban plays to be produced, but it comes first in the internal chronology, followed by Oedipus at Colonus and then Antigone. Over the centuries, it has come to be regarded by many as the Greek tragedy par excellence. (Summary by Wikipedia)
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The Colors of Space ♦ By Marion Zimmer Bradley ♦ (Science Fiction) ♦ Aud...
The Colors of Space ♦ By Marion Zimmer Bradley ♦ (Science Fiction) ♦ Audiobook
Title: The Colors of Space
Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley
Genre(s): General Fiction, Science Fiction
Language: English
Read By: Mark Nelson
Librivox Recording
Young Bart Steele’s father is dead. A mysterious stranger tells him his life is in danger and hands him a ticket aboard a Lhari star cruiser to an unknown destination. He gets on, not knowing where he is going, or why... A fantastic kid’s adventure from sci-fi master Marion Zimmer Bradley. ( Summary by Mark Nelson )
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Gun For Hire ♦ By Mack Reynolds ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook
Gun For Hire ♦ By Mack Reynolds ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook
Title: Gun For Hire
Author Mack Reynolds
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Language: English
A Gun For Hire explores in a light-hearted but painful way, the fact that hired guns are just that: hired.
About the Author
Dallas McCord "Mack" Reynolds (1917 - 1983) was an American science fiction writer. His pen names included Dallas Ross, Mark Mallory, Clark Collins, Dallas Rose, Guy McCord, Maxine Reynolds, Bob Belmont, and Todd Harding. His work focused on socioeconomic speculation, usually expressed in thought-provoking explorations of utopian societies from a radical, sometimes satiric perspective. He was a popular author from the 1950s to the 1970s, especially with readers of science fiction and fantasy magazines. Reynolds was the first author to write an original novel based upon the 1966-1969 NBC television series Star Trek. The book, Mission to Horatius (1968), was aimed at young readers.
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The Tongue-Cut Sparrow ♦ By Yei Theodora Ozaki ♦ Japanese Fairy Tales ...
The Tongue-Cut Sparrow ♦ By Yei Theodora OZAKI ♦ Japanese Fairy Tales ♦ Audiobook
Japanese Fairy Tales Story 1
Title: The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
Author: Yei Theodora OZAKI (1871 - 1932)
Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales
Language: English
Read By: Wina Hathaway
Librivox Recording
First published in 1908, this is a book of "beautiful legends and fairy tales of Japan" that were collected, translated and retold by the author, Yei Theodora Ozaki, who states: "...in telling them I have also found that they were still unknown to the vast majority, and this has encouraged me to write them for the children of the West." In part, the project was the result of a suggestion made by her friend Andrew Lang, another collector of fairy stories, who printed his stories in the many Colored Fairy Books. (Summary by not.a.moose)
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Thursday, May 30, 2019
My Lord Bag Of Rice ♦ By Yei Theodora OZAKI ♦ Japanese Fairy Tales ♦ A...
My Lord Bag Of Rice ♦ By Yei Theodora OZAKI ♦ Japanese Fairy Tales ♦ Audiobook
Japanese Fairy Tales Story 1
Title: My Lord Bag Of Rice
Author: Yei Theodora OZAKI (1871 - 1932)
Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales
Language: English
Read By: John Rose
Librivox Recording
First published in 1908, this is a book of "beautiful legends and fairy tales of Japan" that were collected, translated and retold by the author, Yei Theodora Ozaki, who states: "...in telling them I have also found that they were still unknown to the vast majority, and this has encouraged me to write them for the children of the West." In part, the project was the result of a suggestion made by her friend Andrew Lang, another collector of fairy stories, who printed his stories in the many Colored Fairy Books. (Summary by not.a.moose)
"My Lord Bag of Rice" (or "Tawara Tōda" (「俵藤太」)) is a Japanese fairy tale about the titular hero aka Fujiwara no Hidesato who killed a giant centipede (mukade) at the request of a dragon-serpent from the underwater Ryūgū-jō (龍宮城) "Dragon Palace". The hero was entertained at the palace and received rewards, which included an inexhaustible bag of rice.[
The story has precedence in the otogi-zōshi version Tawara Tōda monogatari dating to the Edo Period or earlier, and is also given an account in the Taiheiki (14th century).
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Herrmanns Book of Magic ♦ By Alexander Herrmann ♦ (Performing Arts) ♦ Fu...
Herrmann's Book of Magic ♦ By Alexander Herrmann ♦ (Performing Arts) ♦ Full Audiobook
Title: Herrmann's Book of Magic
Author: Alexander Herrmann
Genre(s): Crafts & Hobbies, Performing Arts
Language: English
Black Art Fully Exposed. A complete and practical guide to drawing-room and stage magic for professionals and amateurs, including a complete exposure of the black art. (Summary by Prof. Herrmann)
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The Odysseys of Homer ✦ BOOK 19 ✦ AUDIOBOOK CLASSICS
The Odysseys of Homer ✦ BOOK 19 ✦ AUDIOBOOK CLASSICS
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The Odysseys of Homer
HOMER (c. 8th cen - c. 8th cen), translated by George Chapman (c. 1559 - 1634)
Genre(s): Classics (Antiquity), Epics
Language: English
The Odysseys are a collection of stories about Ulysses' journey home from the war at Troy purportedly written in the 8th century BCE by Homer, a blind poet thought to have lived in the Greek colonies in Asia Minor, possibly at Smyrna. The events described are thought to have occurred centuries before being recorded by Homer, handed down orally since the twelfth century BCE, the golden era of the Greek Bronze Age when the world was populated by heroic mortals and often visited by the Gods. This verse translation in couplets by George Chapman was originally published in 1616, the first translation from the ancient Greek directly to English, although likely influenced by previous Latin translations. Chapman's translation has been admired by many, including John Keats and others. Many of these stories are familiar to us, Ulysses and the Sirens, Circe turning his crew to swine, their escape from the Cyclops on the bellies of his sheep, but Chapman's version includes violent episodes and suggestive innuendo that I don't recall from my childhood days. (Introduction by Fritz)
The epic poem of Odysseus begins ten years after the capture of Troy in Ithaca, his homeland. In his palace a large group of suitors have arrived and taken up residence to court Penelope, Odysseus’s wife. She, however, does not wish to remarry and makes them wait while her son Telemachus searches for just cause and a good reason to banish them from their home. All the while, Antinous plots to kill Telemachus and remove his opposition in the palace.
However, lost in the Mediterranean is Odysseus still trying to return home. Trapped on the island of Ogygia by the nymph Calypso, he wishes to return to his family but does not have the means to as he has lost his crew and ship. The Gods of Olympus continue to debate what they shall do about Odysseus, but Athena takes the initiative to visit and help his son, Telemachus. She arrives and convinces Telemachus to censure the suitors for their behavior and convinces him to travel to Pylos and Sparta. He learns while there that Odysseus is still alive and trapped by Calypso. While Telemachus prepares to return, Antinous puts his plans in motion to kill him.
Zeus finally decides to rescue Odysseus from Calyspo’s island and sends Hermes to convince Calypso to let him leave. He finally sets sail home, but is quickly shipwrecked again by Poseidon, the God who he had angered when Odysseus blinded his son Polyphemus, the Cyclops. Athena steps in to save Odysseus and brings him to the island of Scheria where he is found by Nausicaa, Princess of the Phaeacians. He reveals who he is to the King and Queen here and they immediately agree to help him return home. They first want to hear his story though.
Odysseus thus describes the months of travel that led him to the island of Calypso and then to Scheria. He begins with his trip to the Land of the Lotus Eaters, followed by the trip and battle of wits with Polyphemus, Poseidon’s Cyclops son. He describes the time he spent with Circe and their love affair as well as the journey past the Sirens and their tempting call. He continues to describe how he traveled to the underworld to speak with Tiresias the prophet and the fight with Scylla, the sea monster. Finally, after his tale is complete, Odysseus returns to Ithaca.
Odysseus arrives at the palace as a beggar and is immediately treated poorly. His nurse, Eurycleia recognizes him but does not reveal that she knows. Penelope also notes the beggar’s appearance and believes he might be her long lost husband. However, she is not sure, so she puts together an archery contest, the winner of which will be allowed to marry her. Whoever can string Odysseus’s bow and fire an arrow through twelve axes will be declared the winner. Only Odysseus was ever able to do so in the past. The suitors all fail before Odysseus is able to accomplish the feat. He then turns the bow on the suitors and kills every one of them.
Finally, Odysseus reveals his identity and reunites with his family. He then visits his father Laertes and after successfully repelling the angered families of the suitors he killed, Athena arrives and peace is restored to Ithaca with the epic coming to a close. (This summary by wikisummaries: http://www.wikisummaries.org/wiki/The_Odyssey
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Apology By Plato ♦ (Greek & Latin Antiquity) ♦ Full Audiobook
Apology By Plato ♦ (Greek & Latin Antiquity) ♦ Full Audiobook
Title: Apology
Author: PLATO (ΠΛΆΤΩΝ) (c. 428 BCE - c. 347 BCE)
Translated by: Benjamin JOWETT (1817 - 1893)
Genre(s): Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity), Philosophy
Language: English
Read By: Phil Chenevert
The Apology is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defended himself in 399 BC against the charges of "corrupting the young, and by not believing in the gods in whom the city believes, but in other daimonia that are novel" . "Apology" here has its earlier meaning of speaking in defense of a cause or of one's beliefs or actions. The general term apology, in context to literature, defends a world from attack (opposite of satire-which attacks the world).the text is written in the first person from Socrates' point of view, as though it were Socrates' actual speech at the trial. During the course of the speech, Socrates twice mentions Plato as being present. There is, however, no real way of knowing how closely Socrates' words in the Apology match those of Socrates at the actual trial, even if it was Plato's intention to be accurate in this respect - Summary by Wikipedia
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Tuesday, May 28, 2019
...And It Comes Out Here ♦ By Lester del Ray ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Au...
...And It Comes Out Here ♦ By Lester del Ray ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook (Short Story)
Title: ...And It Comes Out Here
Author: Lester del Ray
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Language: English
From the quirky mind of famous SF writer Lester del Ray comes this story. There is one fact no sane man can quarrel with ... everything has a beginning and an end. But some men aren't sane; thus it isn’t always so!
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Treasure Island ♦ Robert Louis Stevenson ♦ Action & Adventure ♦ Full Aud...
Treasure Island ♦ Robert Louis Stevenson ♦ Action & Adventure ♦ Full Audiobook
Title: Treasure Island
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure
Language: English
Read By: Adrian Praetzellis
A mysterious map, pirates, and pieces of eight! When young Jim Hawkins finds a map to pirates’ gold he starts on an adventure that takes him from his English village to a desert island with the murderous Black Dog, half-mad Ben Gunn, and (of course) Long John Silver. Arr Jim lad! R.L. Stevenson (1850-1894) was born in Scotland and traveled extensively in California and the South Pacific. (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis)
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Inside Earth ♦ By Poul Anderson ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook
Inside Earth ♦ By Poul Anderson ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook
Title: Inside Earth
Author: Poul William Anderson
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Language: English
Read By: Phil Chenevert
This story takes place in the not so distant future. Earth has been conquered and is a subjugated planet, the much too humanoid new rulers now extract heavy taxes, control industry and reproduction and interfere in every aspect of life. Rumors of their brutality and vicious massacres increase every day. Obviously, they must be thrown out and rebellion seethes among the patriots. But on the other hand, others are not so eager to get rid of the overlords: the terrible nationalistic wars have been stopped, famine is long gone and health care is almost universally available. Still, the elite intellectual portion of the earth's population plot to remove the heavy heel of the oppressors from their necks and let earth be free again. But time and again the attempts for freedom have been crushed the Valgolians mainly because national, ethnic, religious and racial prejudices and hatred among the earthlings keep the conspirators from working together. Obviously, no conqueror wants his subjects to revolt against his rule. Obviously? This one would go to any lengths to start a rebellion!
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Monday, May 27, 2019
Herbert West: Reanimator ♦ By H. P. LOVECRAFT ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full A...
Herbert West: Reanimator ♦ By H. P. LOVECRAFT ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook
Title: Herbert West: Reanimator
Author: H. P. LOVECRAFT (1890 - 1937)
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Language: English
Read By: Phil Chenevert
"Herbert West—Reanimator" is a story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft that was first serialized in February through July 1922 in the amateur publication Home Brew. The story was the basis of the 1985 horror film Re-Animator and its sequels, in addition to numerous other adaptations in various media. You want zombies? Listen to this because Lovecraft was one of the very first and he got zombies right: scary, evil, implacable and out to get you. (Summary by Phil Chenevert)
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Sunday, May 26, 2019
Alice's Adventures Underground ♦ By Lewis Carroll ♦ Full Audiobook ♦ (Fa...
Alice's Adventures Underground ♦ By Lewis Carroll ♦ Full Audiobook ♦ (Fantasy Fiction)
Title: Alice's Adventures Underground
Author: Lewis Carroll (1832 - 1898)
Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Fantastic Fiction
Language: English
Read By: Phil Chenevert
This is the handwritten book that Carroll wrote for private use before being urged to develop it later into Alice in Wonderland. It was generously illustrated by Carrol and meant to entertain his family and friends. When a sick child in a hospital enjoyed it so much, the mother wrote him saying it had distracted her for a bit from her pain and led eventually to Carroll expanding the story. The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and the Reverend Robinson Duckworth rowed in a boat, on 4 July 1862, up the Isis with the three young daughters of Henry Liddell, (the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University and Dean of Christ Church) : Lorina Charlotte Liddell (aged 13, born 1849); Alice Pleasance Liddell (aged 10, born 1852); Edith Mary Liddell (aged 8, born 1853). The journey began at Folly Bridge near Oxford and ended five miles away in the village of Godstow. During the trip the Reverend Dodgson told the girls a story that featured a bored little girl named Alice who goes looking for an adventure. The girls loved it, and Alice Liddell asked Dodgson to write it down for her. He began writing the manuscript of the story the next day, although that earliest version no longer exists. The girls and Dodgson took another boat trip a month later when he elaborated the plot to the story of Alice, and in November he began working on the manuscript in earnest. To add the finishing touches he researched natural history for the animals presented in the book, and then had the book examined by other children—particularly the MacDonald children. He added his own illustrations but approached John Tenniel to illustrate the book for publication, telling him that the story had been well liked by children. On 26 November 1864 he gave Alice the handwritten manuscript of Alice's Adventures Under Ground, with illustrations by Dodgson himself, dedicating it as "A Christmas Gift to a Dear Child in Memory of a Summer's Day". Some, including Martin Gardner, speculate there was an earlier version that was destroyed later by Dodgson when he printed a more elaborate copy by hand. (Summary by wikipedia and Phil Chenevert)
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Medal Of Honor ♦ By Mac Reynolds ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook
Medal Of Honor ♦ By Mack Reynolds ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook
Title: Medal of Honor
Author: Mack Reynolds
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Language: English
Read By: Phil Chenevert
Mack Reynolds. Medal of Honor is an intriguing look into the mind of someone who is above the law; who cannot commit a crime. How will he act? especially if he is a self-centered drunk?
While Reynolds' fiction spans an array of science fiction elements including time travel, alien visitation, world computers, Amazonian cultures, and intergalactic spy adventures, his radical interrogation of socioeconomic systems sets him apart from other science fiction writers. Accordingly, many of Reynolds' original contributions to science fiction exist in the form of sociological predictions, some of which have come to pass: the credit-card economy, a worldwide computer network with information available at one's fingertips, a "Common Europe," a basic guaranteed income for every citizen, mobile cities, or global societies with a universal religion and an Esperanto-based common language. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_Reynolds
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Bill Nye's Funniest Thoughts ♦ By Bill Nye ♦ (Humor) ♦ Full Audiobook
Bill Nye's Funniest Thoughts ♦ By Bill Nye ♦ (Humor) ♦ Full Audiobook
Title: Bill Nye's Funniest Thoughts
Author: Bill NYE (1850 - 1896)
Genre(s): Humor
Language: English
Read By: Phil Chenevert
Bill Nye was a famous American humor columnist in the middle 1800's. He said "We can never be a nation of snobs so long as we are willing to poke fun at ourselves." And he did exactly that in hundreds of newspaper columns that were later collected into books. This is a selection of just 35 of the most humorous, wry and downright funny cogitations of his, written of course in the somewhat convoluted style common in the 19th century which just adds to their flavor in my opinion. The selection process was rigorous: only those that made me laugh, giggle or snort are included. (Summary by phil Chenevert)
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Saturday, May 25, 2019
Initiative Psychic Energy ♦ By Warren Hilton ♦ Full Audiobook ♦ (Self-He...
Initiative Psychic Energy ♦ By Warren Hilton ♦ Full Audiobook ♦ (Self-Help) (Psychology)
Title: Initiative Psychic Energy
Author: Warren HILTON (1874 - 1958)
Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Psychology, Self-Help
Language: English
Read By: Andrea Fiore
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Learn how to accomplish your goals through increasing your mental power, avoiding energy drains, and becoming more mentally efficient. Chapter I. 4 Mental Second Wind Chapter II. 16 Reserves of Power Chapter III. 32 The Initiative Energy of Success Chapter IV. 43 How to Avoid Wastes That Drain the Energy of Success Chapter V 68 The Secret of Mental Efficiency 68 Sticking to the Job Are you an unusually persevering and persistent person? Or, like most of us, do you sometimes find it difficult to stick to the job until it is done? What is your usual experience in this respect? Is it not this, that you work steadily along until of a sudden you become conscious of a feeling of weariness, crying “Enough!” for the time being, and that you then yield to the impulse to stop? The Lagging Brain Assuming that this is what generally happens, does this feeling of fatigue, this impulse to rest, mean that your mental energy is exhausted? Suppose that by a determined effort of the will you force your lagging brain to take up the thread of work. There will invariably come a new supply of energy, a “second wind,” enabling you to forge ahead with a freshness and vigor that is surprising after the previous lassitude. Nor is this all. The same process may be repeated a second time and a third time, each new effort of the will being followed by a renewal of energy. Reserve Supplies of Power Many a man will tell you that he does his best work in the wee watches of the morning, after tedious hours of persevering but fruitless effort. Instead of being exhausted by its long hours of persistent endeavor, the mind seems now to rise to the acme of its power, to achieve its supreme accomplishments. Difficulties melt into thin air, profound problems find easy solution. Flights of genius manifest themselves. Yet long before midnight such a one had perhaps felt himself yield to fatigue and had tied a wet towel around his head or had taken stimulants to keep himself awake. The existence of this reserve supply of energy is manifested in physical as well as mental effort. Men who work with their heads and men who work with their hands, scholars and Marathon runners, must alike testify to the existence of reserve supplies of power not ordinarily drawn upon.
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The Leather Funnel ♦ By Arthur Conan Doyle ♦ Audiobook ♦ (Short Story)
The Leather Funnel ♦ By Arthur Conan Doyle ♦ Audiobook ♦ (Short Story)
Tales of Terror and Mystery
Story 2.
Title: The Leather Funnel
Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930)
Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Detective Fiction, Short Stories
Language: English
Read By: Dominic Moore
Tales of Terror and Mystery is a volume collecting 12 short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle and first published in 1922
Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his detective stories, he also wrote other short stories which are masterpieces of mystery and suspense. In some of the stories in "Tales of Terror and Mystery", a suppressed uneasiness gradually builds up and evolves into sheer terror. In others, the story line unexpectedly changes and comes to a horrific conclusion.
Sit back in the comfort of your armchair and let yourself be transported to the strange but compelling world created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Friday, May 24, 2019
The Odysseys of Homer ✦ BOOK 18 ✦ AUDIOBOOK Classics
The Odysseys of Homer ✦ BOOK 18 ✦ AUDIOBOOK CLASSICS
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The Odysseys of Homer
HOMER (c. 8th cen - c. 8th cen), translated by George Chapman (c. 1559 - 1634)
Genre(s): Classics (Antiquity), Epics
Language: English
The Odysseys are a collection of stories about Ulysses' journey home from the war at Troy purportedly written in the 8th century BCE by Homer, a blind poet thought to have lived in the Greek colonies in Asia Minor, possibly at Smyrna. The events described are thought to have occurred centuries before being recorded by Homer, handed down orally since the twelfth century BCE, the golden era of the Greek Bronze Age when the world was populated by heroic mortals and often visited by the Gods. This verse translation in couplets by George Chapman was originally published in 1616, the first translation from the ancient Greek directly to English, although likely influenced by previous Latin translations. Chapman's translation has been admired by many, including John Keats and others. Many of these stories are familiar to us, Ulysses and the Sirens, Circe turning his crew to swine, their escape from the Cyclops on the bellies of his sheep, but Chapman's version includes violent episodes and suggestive innuendo that I don't recall from my childhood days. (Introduction by Fritz)
The epic poem of Odysseus begins ten years after the capture of Troy in Ithaca, his homeland. In his palace a large group of suitors have arrived and taken up residence to court Penelope, Odysseus’s wife. She, however, does not wish to remarry and makes them wait while her son Telemachus searches for just cause and a good reason to banish them from their home. All the while, Antinous plots to kill Telemachus and remove his opposition in the palace.
However, lost in the Mediterranean is Odysseus still trying to return home. Trapped on the island of Ogygia by the nymph Calypso, he wishes to return to his family but does not have the means to as he has lost his crew and ship. The Gods of Olympus continue to debate what they shall do about Odysseus, but Athena takes the initiative to visit and help his son, Telemachus. She arrives and convinces Telemachus to censure the suitors for their behavior and convinces him to travel to Pylos and Sparta. He learns while there that Odysseus is still alive and trapped by Calypso. While Telemachus prepares to return, Antinous puts his plans in motion to kill him.
Zeus finally decides to rescue Odysseus from Calyspo’s island and sends Hermes to convince Calypso to let him leave. He finally sets sail home, but is quickly shipwrecked again by Poseidon, the God who he had angered when Odysseus blinded his son Polyphemus, the Cyclops. Athena steps in to save Odysseus and brings him to the island of Scheria where he is found by Nausicaa, Princess of the Phaeacians. He reveals who he is to the King and Queen here and they immediately agree to help him return home. They first want to hear his story though.
Odysseus thus describes the months of travel that led him to the island of Calypso and then to Scheria. He begins with his trip to the Land of the Lotus Eaters, followed by the trip and battle of wits with Polyphemus, Poseidon’s Cyclops son. He describes the time he spent with Circe and their love affair as well as the journey past the Sirens and their tempting call. He continues to describe how he traveled to the underworld to speak with Tiresias the prophet and the fight with Scylla, the sea monster. Finally, after his tale is complete, Odysseus returns to Ithaca.
Odysseus arrives at the palace as a beggar and is immediately treated poorly. His nurse, Eurycleia recognizes him but does not reveal that she knows. Penelope also notes the beggar’s appearance and believes he might be her long lost husband. However, she is not sure, so she puts together an archery contest, the winner of which will be allowed to marry her. Whoever can string Odysseus’s bow and fire an arrow through twelve axes will be declared the winner. Only Odysseus was ever able to do so in the past. The suitors all fail before Odysseus is able to accomplish the feat. He then turns the bow on the suitors and kills every one of them.
Finally, Odysseus reveals his identity and reunites with his family. He then visits his father Laertes and after successfully repelling the angered families of the suitors he killed, Athena arrives and peace is restored to Ithaca with the epic coming to a close. (This summary by wikisummaries: http://www.wikisummaries.org/wiki/The_Odyssey
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Planet Of The Damned ♦ By Harry Harrison ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook
Planet Of The Damned ♦ By Harry Harrison ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook
Title: Planet of the Damned
Author: Harry HARRISON (1925 - 2012)
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Language: English
Read By: Phil Chenevert
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Planet of the Damned is a 1962 science fiction novel by American writer Harry Harrison. It was serialized in 1961 under the title Sense of Obligation and published under that name in 1967. It was nominated for the Hugo Award.
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Planet of the Damned follows Brion Brandd, a character who lives on the planet Anvhar, which, due to an elliptical orbit, experiences a year with a long cold winter and a short hot summer, to which the population have become adapted. To avoid social problems during the winter period, Anvhar has initiated a planet-wide series of mental and physical games called the Twenties. The novel starts with Brandd winning the Twenties. As he recovers from the games, Brandd meets Ihjel, a previous winner of the Twenties, who asks him to join a mission on the desert planet of Dis. The ruling class of Dis, the magter, have threatened to transport cobalt bombs onto a neighboring planet if they refuse to surrender. As a result, the planet is being blockaded and under threat of a pre-emptive nuclear strike.
In the novel, Brandd travels to Dis with Ihjel and a scientist from Earth called Lea, but on arrival, the trio are attacked and Ihjel is killed. After encounters with the local population and other humans, Brandd starts to put together the reason for the magter's seemingly suicidal aggression. Brandd learns that most life on Dis survives the extremes of the planet by using symbiosis. The magter, though, have been infected by a parasite that destroys the higher functions of their brains. Eventually Brandd locates the cobalt bombs and disables the transmission mechanism, allowing him to return home. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_Damned
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Thursday, May 23, 2019
The Defenders ♦ By Philip K. Dick ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Audiobook
The Defenders ♦ By Philip K. Dick ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Audiobook
Title: The Defenders
Author: Philip K. Dick
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Language: English
Read By: Tom Weiss
This early work by Philip K. Dick was originally published in 1953 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Defenders' is a short story about the aftermath of a nuclear war. Philip Kindred Dick was born on December 16 1928, in Chicago, Illinois. Dick and his family moved to the Bay Area of San Francisco when he was young, and later on to Washington Dc following his parents divorce. Dick attended Elementary school and then a Quaker school before the family moved back to California. It was around this time that Dick began to take an active interest in the science fiction genre, reading his first magazine 'Stirring Science Stories', at age twelve. Dick married five times between 1959 and 1973, and had three children. He sold his first story in 1951 and from that point on he wrote full-time, selling his first novel in 1955. In addition to 44 published novels, Dick wrote an estimated 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his lifetime. In addition to 44 published novels, Dick wrote an estimated 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his lifetime. After his death, many of his stories made the transition to the big screen, with blockbuster films such as Blade Runner, Total Recall and Minority Report being based on his works.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019
The Tomb ♦ By H. P. Lovecraft ♦ Horror ♦ Audiobook
The Tomb ♦ By H. P. Lovecraft ♦ Horror ♦ Audiobook
Title: The Tomb
Author: H. P. LOVECRAFT (1890 - 1937)
Genre(s): Science Fiction, Single Author Collections
Language: English
Read By: Phil Chenevert
"The Tomb" tells of Jervas Dudley, a confessed daydreamer. While still a child, he discovers the padlocked entrance to a mausoleum belonging to the Hyde family, whose nearby mansion had burnt down many years previously. Jervas attempts to break the padlock, but is unable. Dispirited, he takes to sleeping beside the tomb. Eventually, inspired by reading Plutarch's Lives, Dudley decides to patiently wait until it is his time to gain entrance to the tomb.
One night, several years later, Jervas falls asleep once more beside the mausoleum. He awakes suddenly in the late afternoon, and fancies that as he awoke, a light had been hurriedly extinguished inside the tomb. Jervas then returns to his home, where he goes directly to the attic, to a rotten chest, and therein finds the key to the tomb. Once inside the tomb, Jervas discovers an empty coffin with the name "Jervas" inscribed upon the plate. He begins to sleep in the empty coffin each night, but something makes people spying on him see that he is sleeping outside only. Jervas also develops a fear of thunder and fire, and is aware that he is being spied upon by one of his neighbours.
Against his better judgement, Jervas sets out for the tomb at night, with a storm looming. He sees the Hyde mansion restored to its former state; there is a party in progress, which he joins, abandoning his former quietude for blasphemous hedonism. During the party, lightning strikes the mansion, and it burns. Jervas loses consciousness, having imagined himself being burnt to ashes in the blaze. He next finds himself screaming and struggling, being held by two men with his father in attendance. A small antique box is discovered, having been unearthed by the recent storm. Inside is a porcelain miniature of a man, with the initials "J.H." Jervas fancies its face to be the mirror image of his own. It seems that Jervas was the reincarnation of Jervas Hyde, who came back to be laid with his ancestors in the family tomb, as he was not when his ashes blew away in all directions.
Jervas begins jabbering that he has been sleeping inside the tomb. His father, saddened by his son's mental instability, tells him that he has been watched for some time and has never gone inside the tomb, and indeed, the padlock is rusted with age. Jervas is removed to an asylum, presumed mad. He asks his servant Hiram, who has remained faithful to him despite his current state, to explore the tomb – a request which Hiram fulfills. After breaking the padlock and descending with a lantern into the murky depths, Hiram returns to his master and informs him that there is, indeed, a coffin with a plate which reads "Jervas" on it. Jervas then states that he has been promised burial in that coffin when he dies.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019
The Tunnel Under The World ♦ By Frederik Pohl ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Audiobook
The Tunnel Under The World ♦ By Frederik Pohl ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Audiobook
Title: The Tunnel Under the World
Author: Frederik Pohl
Genre: Science Fiction
Read By: Gregg Margarite
"The Tunnel under the World" is a science fiction short story by American writer Frederik Pohl. It was first published in 1955 in Galaxy magazine. It has often been anthologized, appearing in, among others, The Golden Age of Science Fiction, edited by Kingsley Amis (1981).
Guy and Mary Burckhardt wake up in their house in Tylerton on June 15, having both had terrible nightmares, but they cannot recall the events of their dreams. Guy dismisses the dream and goes to work as usual, the downtown offices of Contro Chemicals, which operates a highly automated and robot-staffed petrochemicals plant. But something is not right; he is surrounded everywhere by loud and all-pervasive advertising jingles for everything from cigarettes to freezers.
A colleague named Swanson tries to speak to him but apparently does not get the desired reaction from Burckhardt and leaves. Burckhardt goes home, but the next morning, he realizes he has had the same nightmare and the date is still June 15. He knows what will happen when he gets to the office and that Swanson will again try to speak to him. This in fact happens.
That evening, Burckhardt discovers that his cellar has seemingly been dismantled and "rebuilt", in a way he does not recognize. The next morning is June 15 again. He mentions this when Swanson again tries to speak to him. Swanson hustles him away to the empty halls of the chemical plant. Hiding in a room at the end of a long tunnel, he explains his theory that they have all been tampered with and that an invader has taken over the town for unknown reasons.
Neither of them is correct. In actuality, the chemical plant had exploded, and all the inhabitants of Tylerton were killed by the explosion or the chemical fumes. A ruthless advertising executive, Dorchin, took over the ruins and rebuilt them in miniature. The people were rebuilt as minuscule robots and are being used as captive subjects for testing high-pressure advertising campaigns. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tunnel_under_the_World
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions ★ By Edwin A. Abbott ★ Science Fiction Audiobook
Title: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Author: Edwin A. Abbott (1838 - 1926)
Genre(s): General Fiction, Satire, Science Fiction
Language: English
Read by: Ruth Golding
Summary:
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 science fiction novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott. As a satire, Flatland offered pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions; in a foreword to one of the many publications of the novella, noted science writer Isaac Asimov described Flatland as "The best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensions." As such, the novella is still popular amongst mathematics, physics and computer science students. (Summary by Wikipedia)
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The Machine Stops ★ By E. M. Foster ★ Science Fiction ★ Full Audiobook
Title: The Machine Stops
Author: E. M. FORSTER (1879 - 1970)
Genre: Science Fiction
Language: English
Read by: Phil Chenevert
"The Machine Stops" is a science fiction story by E. M. Forster. After initial publication in 1909 the story was republished in Forster's The Eternal Moment and Other Stories in 1928. After being voted one of the best novellas up to 1965, it was included that same year in the populist anthology Modern Short Stories. In 1973 it was also included in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two. The story is particularly notable for predicting new technologies such as instant messaging and the Internet. In the preface to his Collected Short Stories (1947), Forster wrote that "The Machine Stops is a reaction to one of the earlier heavens of H. G. Wells." Although not all Wells's stories were optimistic about the future, this implies Forster was concerned about human dependence on technology. - Summary by Wikipedia
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The Status Civilization ★ By Robert Sheckley ★ Science Fiction ★ Full Audiobook
Title: The Status Civilization
Author: Robert Sheckley (1928 - 2005)
Genre: Science Fiction
Language: English
Read by: Gregg Margarite
Will Barrent awakes without memories just before being deposited on Omega, a planet for criminals where the average life expectancy is 3 years. He’s listed as a murderer and released into the illicit society as a “peon” the lowest class imaginable. A mysterious girl gives him a weapon that starts him on his path to status, a path that requires constant brutality. But it must be borne if our hero is to discover the reason for his imprisonment; A reason that pits him against himself, and involves the sardonically similar but devoutly different creeds of Omega and Earth. - The Status Civilization was first published as “Omega!” in the August and September 1960 issues of Amazing Science Fiction Stories Magazine. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)
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Frankenstein ★ By Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ★ (Horror) ★ Full Audiobook
Title: Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus
Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797 - 1851)
Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Language: English
Frankenstein begins in epistolary form, documenting the correspondence between Captain Robert Walton and his sister, Margaret Walton Saville. Walton sets out to explore the North Pole and expand his scientific knowledge in hopes of achieving fame and friendship. The ship becomes trapped in ice, and, one day, the crew sees a dog sled in the distance, on which there is the figure of a giant man. Hours later, the crew finds a frozen and emaciated man, Victor Frankenstein, in desperate need of sustenance. Frankenstein had been in pursuit of the gigantic man observed by Walton's crew when all but one of his dogs died. He had broken apart his dog sled to make oars and rowed an ice-raft toward the vessel. Frankenstein starts to recover from his exertion and recounts his story to Walton. Before beginning his story, Frankenstein warns Walton of the wretched effects of allowing ambition to push one to aim beyond what one is capable of achieving. In telling his story to the captain, Frankenstein finds peace within himself. (Introduction by Wikipedia)
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Little Fuzzy ★ By H. Beam Piper ★ Science Fiction ★ Full Audiobook
Title: Little Fuzzy
Author: H. Beam Piper (1904 - 1964)
Genre: Science Fiction
Language: English
Read by: tabithat
Jack Holloway, a prospector on the planet Zarathustra discovers small furry creatures. These creatures are obviously intelligent, but are they animals or are they sapient? If they are sapient the planet will be declared a protected zone and the company that is developing the planet commercially will lose their exclusive rights to the resources... (Summary by tabithat)
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The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow ♦ By Washington Irving ♦ Gothic fiction Short Story ♦ Audiobook
Title: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Author: Washington Irving (1783 - 1859)
Genre: Short Stories, Horror, Gothic fiction
Language: English
Read by: Phil Chenevert
Everyone knows the story of the Headless Horseman but perhaps you, like me, did not remember what a marvelous storyteller Washington Irving was. He observed human nature closely and like any good humorist, lets us laugh at our own silly and superstitious sides through the joy of having strangers be the ones to display them. If you, like me, have only vague and muddy memories of this story, you owe it to yourself to listen and laugh along with the rest of the world. My High School English teacher who could never interest me in 'literature', would be proud.
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Science Fiction Short Story ★ Missing Link ★ By Frank Herbert ★ Audiobook
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Title: Missing Link
By: Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986)
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Language: English
Read by: Phil Chenevert
Missing Link is a science fiction short story by Frank Herbert published in Astounding Science Fiction in1959.
Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was an American science fiction writer best known for the 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he became famous for his long novels of fantasy, he was also a newspaper journalist, photographer, short story writer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and lecturer.
The Dune saga, set in the distant future, and taking place over millennia, deals with complex themes, such as human survival and evolution, ecology, and the intersection of religion, politics, and power. Dune is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time, and the whole series is widely considered to be among the classics of the genre. Summary by Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Herbert
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Science Fiction Short Story ★ Operation Haystack ★ By Frank Herbert ★ Audiobook
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Title: Operation Haystack
By: Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986)
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Language: English
Read by: Phil Chenevert
Operation Haystack is a science fiction short story by Frank Herbert published in Astounding Science Fiction in1959.
Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was an American science fiction writer best known for the 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he became famous for his long novels of fantasy, he was also a newspaper journalist, photographer, short story writer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and lecturer.
The Dune saga, set in the distant future, and taking place over millennia, deals with complex themes, such as human survival and evolution, ecology, and the intersection of religion, politics, and power. Dune is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time, and the whole series is widely considered to be among the classics of the genre. Summary by Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Herbert
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Science Fiction Short Story ★ Old Rambling House ★ By Frank Herbert ★ Audiobook
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Title: Old Rambling House
By: Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986)
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Language: English
Read by: Phil Chenevert
"Old Rambling House" is a short story by American science fiction author Frank Herbert which first appeared in Galaxy magazine in 1958 and later in Herbert's 1985 short story collection The Worlds of Frank Herbert. It features a dystopian multiverse in which no hope of freedom is left, which is atypical for Herbert's works.
Having decided to leave their old life behind and to settle down to raise their child, Ted and Martha Graham put their trailer house on sale. Over a phone call they are offered a house in exchange for their trailer, and are shortly after lead to the tour of the house by its owners Clint and Raimee Rush. Although suspicious of the deal, as the house is worth several times more and of the Rushes themselves who claim to be foreigners (Basque), they still decide to go forward with the deal.
As soon as they said yes, the Rushes disappeared and a strange man entered their new home informing them that they are now under the Rojac sovereignty. Rushes, aliens from another planet, have cleverly realized that the only way to be free from Rojac is to find willing substitutes for their position in the sovereignty, a position of taxcollectors in a house that travels around galaxies. However, because of Martha's pregnancy, they realize that the child did not agree to the exchange. They are compelled to contact the Rojac, realizing that this will bring Earth, a world yet unknown to them under Rojac's domain. Summary by Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Rambling_House
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Science Fiction Short Story ★ Vital Ingredient ★ By Gerald Vance ★ Audiobook
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Title: Vital Ingredient
Gerald VANCE (1916 - 2013)
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Language: English
Read by: Phil Chenevert
This is a Science Fiction story by the great Gerald Vance: Vital Ingredient, takes the listener far into the future when the sport of boxing still has two muscled opponents battling it out in a ring, but they are simply puppets, every muscle, feint and jab controlled by ringside 'managers'; ex-fighters who have moved up. The story asks the question: is this how champions are made? and answers it of course in a most satisfying manner. Summary by Phil chenevert
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Science Fiction Short Story ★ Larsons Luck ★ By Gerald Vance ★ Audiobook
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Title: Larson's Luck
Gerald VANCE (1916 - 2013)
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Language: English
Read by: Phil Chenevert
This is a Science Fiction story by the great Gerald Vance: In Larson's Luck, Vance takes us on a light-hearted jaunt into a hotshot space ship pilots, piracy and the good part of breaking the rules. Summary by Phil Chenevert
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Science Fiction Short Story ★ Monsoons of Death ★ By Gerald Vance ★ Audiobook
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Title: Monsoons of Death
Gerald VANCE (1916 - 2013)
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Language: English
Read by: Phil Chenevert
This is a Science Fiction story by the great Gerald Vance: Monsoons of Death is a very nice blend of horror story and a study of true bravery on the planet Mars. A newly commissioned lieutenant finds out a lot about both! Summary by Phil Chenevert
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Project Mastodon ♦ By Clifford D. SIMAK ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook
Title: Project Mastodon
Author: Clifford D. SIMAK (1904 - 1988)
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Language: English
Read by: Gregg Margarite
Clifford Simak deals with the implications of time travel in his own unique way in this story. What if a group of guys did it on their own, without any help from the government or industry? On a shoestring, so to speak? Would anyone believe them? What would you do if you could go back 150,000 years to a time when mastodons and saber-toothed tigers roamed North America? And what happens when they run out of money? All these questions are explored in the usual humorous, wry Simak way in this story.
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