Pygmalions Spectacles ♦ By Stanley G. Weinbaum ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full ...

Pygmalions Spectacles ♦ By Stanley G. Weinbaum ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  Pygmalion’s Spectacles



Author: Stanley G. Weinbaum



Genre(s): Science Fiction



Language: English



Read By: Gregg Margarite



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Summary:

You drink, ' said the elfin, bearded face, 'to make real a dream. Is it not so? Either to dream that what you seek is yours, or else to dream that what you hate is conquered. You drink to escape reality, and the irony is that even reality is a dream.'



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Mish-o-sha The Magician ♦ American Indian Fairy Tales ♦ Audiobook ♦ Shor...

Mish-o-sha The Magician ♦ American Indian Fairy Tales ♦ Audiobook ♦ Short Story



American Indian Fairy Tales



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Title:  Mish-o-sha, The Magician



Authors: William Trowbridge Larned  and Henry R. Schoolcraft



Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Short Stories



Language: English



Read By;  Chip



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With no written language, Native Americans living in the Lake Superior region passed their cultural identity down through the generations by way of stories. Far more than mere tales to amuse children, they passed along the collective wisdom of the tribes. In the 1830s, government Indian Agent and ethnologist Henry R Schoolcraft learned the language of these people and went out to collect and preserve their stories before the tribes disappeared under the westward rush of American civilization. Though these stories were recast as children’s fairy tales in the 1920s, they contain much of the old wisdom of a culture which has largely disappeared. (Summary by Chip)



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Werewolves and Exorcism ♦ by Elliott O'Donnell ♦ Supernatural, Gothic ♦ ...

Werewolves and Exorcism ♦ by Elliott O'Donnell ♦ Supernatural, Gothic ♦ Audiobook



Title: Werewolves and Exorcism



Author:  Elliott O'Donnell



Genre(s): Gothic Fiction, Horror, Supernatural



Language: English



Read By: vinemadder



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The wolf is not the only animal whose shape, it is stated, man may possess the power of assuming; and it may be of some interest to inquire briefly into the varying branches of lycanthropy, comparing them with the one already under discussion. In Orissa, the power of metamorphosing into a tiger is asserted by the Kandhs to be hereditary, and also to be acquired through the practice of magic; many who have traveled in this country have assured me that there is a very great amount of truth in this assertion; and that although there are, without doubt, a number of impostors among those designated were-tigers, there are most certainly many who are genuine. As with the werewolf, so with the were-tiger, the metamorphosis is usually dependent on the hour of the day, and generally occurs contemporaneously with the setting of the sun. But the lycanthropy of the were-tiger differs from that of the werewolf inasmuch as there is a definite god or spirit, in the shape of a tiger, that is directly responsible for the bestowal of the property. This tiger deity is looked upon and worshipped as a totem or national deity—that is to say, as a divine being that has the welfare of the Kandh nation especially at heart. It is communed with at home, but more particularly in the wild dreariness of the jungle, where, on the condition that the prayers of its devotees are sufficiently concentrated and in earnest, it confers—as an honor and privilege—the power of transmutation into its own shape.



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Daughters of Doom ♦ By H. B. Hickey ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook

Daughters of Doom ♦ By H. B. Hickey ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  Daughters of Doom



Author:  H. B. Hickey



Genre(s): Science Fiction



Language: English



Read By: Corinna Schultz



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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent philosophical thought experiments presented in entertaining ways. Protagonists typically “think” rather than “shoot” their way out of problems, but the definition is flexible because there are no limits on an author’s imagination. The reader-selected stories presented here were written prior to 1962 and became US public domain texts when their copyrights expired. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)



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Daughters of Doom ♦ By H. B. Hickey ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  Daughters of Doom



Author:  H. B. Hickey



Genre(s): Science Fiction



Language: English



Read By: Corinna Schultz



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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent philosophical thought experiments presented in entertaining ways. Protagonists typically “think” rather than “shoot” their way out of problems, but the definition is flexible because there are no limits on an author’s imagination. The reader-selected stories presented here were written prior to 1962 and became US public domain texts when their copyrights expired. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)



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Rumpelstiltskin ♦ Grimms' Fairy Tales ♦ Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends

Rumpelstiltskin ♦ Grimms' Fairy Tales ♦ Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends



Grimms' Fairy Tales



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Title:  Rumpelstiltskin



Author:  Jacob & Wilhelm GRIMM



Genre(s):  Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language:  English



Read By: Paula Berinstein



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Plot:

In order to appear superior, a miller lies to the king, telling him that his daughter can spin straw into gold (some versions make the miller's daughter blonde and describe the "straw-into-gold" claim as a careless boast the miller makes about the way his daughter's straw-like blond hair takes on a gold-like lustre when sunshine strikes it). The king calls for the girl, shuts her in a tower room filled with straw and a spinning wheel, and demands she spin the straw into gold by morning or he will cut off her head (other versions have the king threatening to lock her up in a dungeon forever). When she has given up all hope, an imp-like creature appears in the room and spins the straw into gold in return for her necklace (since he only comes to people seeking a deal/trade). When next morning the king takes the girl to a larger room filled with straw to repeat the feat, the imp once again spins, in return for the girl's ring. On the third day, when the girl has been taken to an even larger room filled with straw and told by the king that he will marry her if she can fill this room with gold or execute her if she cannot, the girl has nothing left with which to pay the strange creature. He extracts from her a promise that she will give him her firstborn child and so he spins the straw into gold a final time (In some versions, the imp appears and begins to turn the straw into gold, paying no heed to the girl's protests that she has nothing to pay him with; when he finishes the task, he states that the price is her first child, and the horrified girl objects because she never agreed to this arrangement).



Two illustrations by Anne Anderson from Grimm's Fairy Tales (London and Glasgow 1922)

The king keeps his promise to marry the miller's daughter. But when their first child is born, the imp returns to claim his payment: "Now give me what you promised." She offers him all the wealth she has to keep the child, but the imp has no interest in her riches.



He finally consents to give up his claim to the child if she can guess his name within three days (some versions have the imp limiting the number of daily guesses to three and hence the total number of guesses allowed to a maximum of nine).



Her many guesses fail, but before the final night, she wanders into the woods (in some versions, she sends a servant into the woods instead of going herself in order to keep the king's suspicions at bay), searching for him and comes across his remote mountain cottage and watches, unseen, as he hops about his fire and sings. In his song's lyrics, "tonight tonight, my plans I make, tomorrow tomorrow, the baby I take. The queen will never win the game, for Rumpelstiltskin is my name'", he reveals his name.



When the imp comes to the queen on the third day, after first feigning ignorance, she reveals his name, Rumpelstiltskin, and he loses his temper and their bargain. Versions vary about whether he accuses the devil or witches of having revealed his name to the queen. In the 1812 edition of the Brothers Grimm tales, Rumpelstiltskin then "ran away angrily, and never came back". The ending was revised in an 1857 edition to a more gruesome ending wherein Rumpelstiltskin "in his rage drove his right foot so far into the ground that it sank in up to his waist; then in a passion he seized the left foot with both hands and tore himself in two". Other versions have Rumpelstiltskin driving his right foot so far into the ground that he creates a chasm and falls into it, never to be seen again. In the oral version originally collected by the Brothers Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin flies out of the window on a cooking ladle. Summary by Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumpelstiltskin



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A Martian Odyssey ♦ By Stanley G. Weinbaum ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audi...

A Martian Odyssey ♦ By Stanley G. Weinbaum ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook



Title: A Martian Odyssey



Author: Stanley G. Weinbaum



Genre(s): Science Fiction



Language: English



Read By: Gregg Margarite



Librivox Recording



Early in the 21st century, nearly twenty years after the invention of atomic power and ten years after the first lunar landing, the four-man crew of the Ares has landed on Mars in the Mare Cimmerium. A week after the landing, Dick Jarvis, the ship's American chemist, sets out south in an auxiliary rocket to photograph the landscape. Eight hundred miles out, the engine on Jarvis' rocket gives out, and he crash-lands into one of the Thyle regions. Rather than sit and wait for rescue, Jarvis decides to walk back north to the Ares. Just after crossing into the Mare Chronium, Jarvis comes across a tentacled Martian creature attacking a large birdlike creature. He notices that the birdlike Martian is carrying a bag around its neck, and recognizing it as an intelligent being, saves it from the tentacled monstrosity. The rescued creature refers to itself as Tweel. Tweel accompanies Jarvis on his trip back to the Ares, in the course of which it manages to pick up some English, although Jarvis is unable to make any sense of Tweel's language. At first, Tweel travels in tremendous, city-block-long leaps that end with its long beak buried in the ground, but upon seeing Jarvis trudge along, walks beside him.



Upon reaching Xanthus, a desert region outside the Mare Cimmerium, Jarvis and Tweel find a line of small pyramids tens of thousands of years old made of silica bricks, each open at the top. As they follow the line, the pyramids slowly become larger and newer. By the time the pyramids are ten feet high, the travelers reach the end of the line and find a pyramid that is not open at the top. As they watch, a creature with gray scales, one arm, a mouth and a pointed tail pushes its way out of the top of the pyramid, pulls itself several yards along the ground, then plants itself in the ground by the tail. It starts exhaling bricks from its mouth at ten-minute intervals and using them to build another pyramid around itself. Jarvis realizes that the creature is silicon-based rather than carbon-based; neither animal, vegetable nor mineral, but a little of each. The strange combination of a creature produces the solid substance silica and builds itself in with the by-product, then sleeps for an unknown length of time.



As the two approach a canal cutting across Xanthus, Jarvis is feeling homesick for New York City, thinking about Fancy Long, a woman he knows from the cast of the Yerba Mate Hour show. When he sees Long standing by the canal, he begins to approach her, but is stopped by Tweel. Tweel takes out a gun that fires poisoned glass needles and shoots Long, who vanishes, replaced by one of the tentacled creatures that Jarvis rescued Tweel from at their first meeting. Jarvis realizes that the tentacled creature, which he names a dream-beast, lures its prey by projecting illusions into their minds.



As Jarvis and Tweel approach a city on the canal bank, they are passed by a barrel-like creature with four legs, four arms, and a circle of eyes around its waist. The barrel creature is pushing an empty, coppery cart; it pays no attention to Jarvis and Tweel as it goes by them. Another goes by, then a third. Jarvis stands in front of the third, which stops. Jarvis says, "We are friends," and the cart creature repeats the phrase from a diaphragm atop its body, "We are v-r-r-riends," before pushing past him. The next cart creature repeats the phrase as it goes by, and the next.



Jarvis and Tweel follow the cart creatures to their destination, a mound with a tunnel leading down below it. Jarvis soon becomes lost in the network of tunnels, and hours or days pass before he and Tweel find themselves in a domed chamber near the surface. There they find the cart creatures depositing their loads beneath a wheel that grinds the stones and plants into dust. Some of the cart creatures also step under the wheel themselves and are pulverized. Beyond the wheel is a shining crystal on a pedestal. When Jarvis approaches it he feels a tingling in his hands and face, and a wart on his left thumb dries up and falls off. He speculates that the crystal emits some form of radiation that destroys diseased tissue but leaves healthy tissue unharmed.



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The Spirits Of Werewolves ♦ by Elliott O'Donnell ♦ Supernatural, Gothic ...

The Spirits Of Werewolves ♦ by Elliott O'Donnell ♦ Supernatural, Gothic ♦ Audiobook



Title: The Spirits Of Werewolves



Author:  Elliott O'Donnell



Genre(s): Gothic Fiction, Horror, Supernatural



Language: English



Read By: David Wales



Librivox Recording



THE wolf is not the only animal whose shape, it is stated, man may possess the power of assuming; and it may be of some interest to inquire briefly into the varying branches of lycanthropy, comparing them with the one already under discussion. In Orissa, the power of metamorphosing into a tiger is asserted by the Kandhs to be hereditary, and also to be acquired through the practice of magic; many who have travelled in this country have assured me that there is a very great amount of truth in this assertion; and that although there are, without doubt, a number of impostors among those designated wer-tigers, there are most certainly many who are genuine. As with the werwolf, so with the wer-tiger, the metamorphosis is usually dependent on the hour of the day, and generally occurs cotemporaneous with the setting of the sun. But the lycanthropy of the wer-tiger differs from that of the werwolf inasmuch as there is a definite god or spirit, in the shape of a tiger, that is directly responsible for the bestowal of the property. This tiger deity is looked upon and worshipped as a totem or national deity—that is to say, as a divine being that has the welfare of the Kandh nation especially at heart. It is communed with at home, but more particularly in the wild dreariness of the jungle, where, on the condition that the prayers of its devotees are sufficiently concentrated and in earnest, it confers—as an honour and privilege—the power of transmutation into its own shape.



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THE BADGER AND THE BEAR ♦ By ZITKALA-SA ♦ American Indian Legends ♦ Audi...

THE BADGER AND THE BEAR ♦ By ZITKALA-SA ♦ American Indian Legends ♦ Audiobook



Title: THE BADGER AND THE BEAR



Author:  ZITKALA-SA



Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language: English



Read By: Robert Scott



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Old Indian Legends by Native American ( Dakota ) Author Zitkala-sa. These Legends feature the exploits of Iktomi the Native American Trickster god.



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Bodies Piled Up ♦ By Dashiell Hammett ♦ Detective Fiction ♦ Audiobook S...

Bodies Piled Up ♦ By Dashiell Hammett ♦ Detective Fiction  ♦ Audiobook Short Story



Title:  Bodies Piled Up



Author:  Dashiell HAMMETT



Genre(s): Detective Fiction



Language: English



Read By: Winston Tharp



Librivox Recording



Before Sam Spade chased the black bird in The Maltese Falcon and Nick and Nora Charles stirred their first martinis in The Thin Man, the Continental Op walked early twentieth century San Francisco’s mean streets for the Continental Detective Agency. Dashiell Hammett used his own experiences as a Pinkerton operative to lend realistic detail to this creation. These first five stories were published in Black Mask magazine in 1923. - Summary by Winston Tharp



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A Scientific and Practical Treatise on American Football for Schools and...

A Scientific and Practical Treatise on American Football for Schools and Colleges



Authors: Henry L. WILLIAMS and Amos Alonzo STAGG



Genre(s): Sports & Recreation



Language: English



Ever wondered how football has changed over the years? Look no further! This selection of rules, positions, and explanations of how football was played in the late 1800s is sure to leave you with a greater knowledge of the evolution of the sport. (Summary by Campbell Schelp)



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Briar Rose ♦ Grimms' Fairy Tales ♦ Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends

Briar Rose ♦ Grimms' Fairy Tales ♦ Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends



Grimms' Fairy Tales



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Title:  The Willow-Wren and the Bear



Author:  Jacob & Wilhelm GRIMM



Genre(s):  Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language:  English



Read By: R. Francis Smith



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The Brothers Grimm included a variant of Sleeping Beauty, Little Briar Rose, in their collection (1812). Their version ends when the prince arrives to wake Sleeping Beauty and does not include the part two as found in Basile's and Perrault's versions.



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How To Become a Werewolf ♦ By Elliott O'Donnell ♦ Audiobook

How To Become a Werewolf ♦ By Elliott O'Donnell ♦ Audiobook



Title: How To Become A Werewolf



Author:  Elliott O'Donnell



Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Short Stories



Language: English



Read By:  David Wales



Librivox Recording



THE wolf is not the only animal whose shape, it is stated, man may possess the power of assuming; and it may be of some interest to inquire briefly into the varying branches of lycanthropy, comparing them with the one already under discussion. In Orissa, the power of metamorphosing into a tiger is asserted by the Kandhs to be hereditary, and also to be acquired through the practice of magic; many who have traveled in this country have assured me that there is a very great amount of truth in this assertion; and that although there are, without doubt, a number of impostors among those designated wer-tigers, there are most certainly many who are genuine. As with the werewolf, so with the wer-tiger, the metamorphosis is usually dependent on the hour of the day, and generally occurs contemporaneous with the setting of the sun. But the lycanthropy of the wer-tiger differs from that of the werewolf inasmuch as there is a definite god or spirit, in the shape of a tiger, that is directly responsible for the bestowal of the property. This tiger deity is looked upon and worshipped as a totem or national deity—that is to say, as a divine being that has the welfare of the Kandh nation especially at heart. It is communed with at home, but more particularly in the wild dreariness of the jungle, where, on the condition that the prayers of its devotees are sufficiently concentrated and in earnest, it confers—as an honor and privilege—the power of transmutation into its own shape.



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The Boy Who Snared The Sun ♦ American Indian Fairy Tales ♦ Audiobook ♦ S...

The Boy Who Snared The Sun ♦ American Indian Fairy Tales ♦ Audiobook ♦ Short Story



American Indian Fairy Tales



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Title:  The Boy Who Snared The Sun



Authors: William Trowbridge Larned  and Henry R. Schoolcraft



Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Short Stories



Language: English



Read By;  Chip



Librivox Recording



With no written language, Native Americans living in the Lake Superior region passed their cultural identity down through the generations by way of stories. Far more than mere tales to amuse children, they passed along the collective wisdom of the tribes. In the 1830s, government Indian Agent and ethnologist Henry R Schoolcraft learned the language of these people and went out to collect and preserve their stories before the tribes disappeared under the westward rush of American civilization. Though these stories were recast as children’s fairy tales in the 1920s, they contain much of the old wisdom of a culture which has largely disappeared. (Summary by Chip)



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Frigid Fracas ♦ By Mack Reynolds ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook

Frigid Fracas ♦ By Mack Reynolds ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  Frigid Fracas



Author: Dallas McCord REYNOLDS (1917 - 1983)



Genre(s): Science Fiction



Language: English



Read By:  Dale Grothmann



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In any status-hungry culture, the level a man is assigned depends on what people think he is—not on what he is. And that, of course, means that only the deliberately phony has real status! - Summary by Mack Reynolds



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The Chicago Race Riots, July 1919 ♦ By Carl Sandburg ♦ Non-Fiction ♦ Ful...

The Chicago Race Riots, July 1919 ♦ By Carl Sandburg ♦ Non-Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook



Title: The Chicago Race Riots, July 1919



Author: Carl SANDBURG



Genre(s): *Non-fiction



Language: English



Read By: KevinS



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Carl Sandburg's succinct reporting on and reflections upon the race riots that broke out In Chicago in July 1919. - Summary by KevinS



The Chicago race riot of 1919 was a major racial conflict of violence committed by ethnic white Americans against black Americans that began in Chicago, Illinois, on July 27, 1919, and ended on August 3. During the riot, thirty-eight people died (23 black and 15 white) and over five hundred were injured. It is considered the worst of the approximately 25 riots during the Red Summer, so named because of the violence and fatalities across the nation The combination of prolonged arson, looting, and murder made it the worst race riot in the history of Illinois.



The sociopolitical atmosphere of Chicago was one of ethnic tension caused by competition among many new groups. With the Great Migration, thousands of African Americans from the South had settled next to neighborhoods of European immigrants on Chicago's South Side, near jobs in the stockyards and meatpacking plants. The Irish had been established first, and fiercely defended their territory and political power against all newcomers. Post World War I tensions caused frictions between the races, especially in the competitive labor and housing markets. Overcrowding and increased African American militancy by veterans contributed to the visible racial frictions. Also, a combination of ethnic gangs and police neglect strained the racial relationships. According to official reports, the turmoil came to a boil after the murder of Eugene Williams, an African-American youth who had accidentally drifted into a swimming area at an informally segregated beach. Tensions between groups arose in a melee that blew up into days of unrest.



William Hale Thompson was the Mayor of Chicago during the riot and a game of brinksmanship with Illinois Governor Frank Lowden may have exacerbated the riot since Thompson refused to ask Lowden to send in the National Guard for four days, despite Lowden ensuring that the guardsmen were in Chicago and ready to intervene. Although future mayor Richard J. Daley never officially acknowledged being part of the violence, at age 17 he was an active member of the Irish Hamburg Athletic Club, which a post-riot investigation named as instigators in attacks on black Americans. In the following decades, Daley continued to rise in politics to become the city's mayor for twenty-one years.



United States President Woodrow Wilson and the United States Congress attempted to promote legislation and organizations to decrease racial discord in America. Illinois Governor Frank Lowden took several actions at Thompson's request to quell the riot and promote greater harmony in its aftermath. Sections of the Chicago economy were shut down for several days during and after the riots, since plants were closed to avoid interaction among bickering groups. Mayor Thompson drew on his association with this riot to influence later political elections. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_race_riot_of_1919



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The Man with the Watches ♦ By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ♦ Short Story ♦ Aud...

The Man with the Watches ♦ By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ♦ Short Story ♦ Audiobook



Title:  The Story of The Man with the Watches



Author:  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle



Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Detective Fiction, Short Stories



Language: English



Read By:  Marta Kornowska



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From The Tales of Terror and Mystery Series



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 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.

Like "The Story of the Lost Special", "The Story of the Man with the Watches" appeared in the Strand (in 1898), and later in Round the Fire Stories and Tales of Terror and Mystery. It follows the same pattern; the mystery this time surrounds the appearance of a dead man in a railway carriage, with six pocket watches in his jacket. An explanation is offered by an amateur detective but the narrator notes it is flawed, as it doesn't take into account all the facts. A man involved in the accidental murder of the victim writes a letter to the detective, saying that it was a "mighty clever solution" but entirely incorrect and continues to share the true events of that day. It shares the same backing for categorizing as a Sherlock Holmes story as "The Story of the Lost Special", and appears in French anthologies. The story was adapted for BBC Radio 4 in 2009 as "The Thirteen Watches", in an episode from The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The number of watches was changed because the new title came from a reference (in the Holmes story "The Noble Bachelor") to Holmes' involvement with the watches incident.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_of_Sherlock_Holmes



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The War Of The Worlds ♦ By H. G. Wells ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook

The War Of The Worlds ♦ By H. G. Wells ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  The War of the Worlds



Author:  H. G. WELLS



Genre(s): Science Fiction



Language: English



Read By:  Cori Samuel



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No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that the Earth was being scrutinized and studied from across the gulf of space. With infinite complacency, humanity went about its little affairs, serene in its assurance of its empire over matter. It is possible that the micro-organisms we watch under a microscope, do the same. Few people gave thought to the idea of life on other planets, and none imagined that it could be so vastly superior in intellect to ourselves. No one considered the possibility of extra-terrestrial danger. Yet the eyes that regarded our planet were envious and unsympathetic, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. (Cori Samuel, adapted from Chapter One.)



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Time and Time Again ♦ By H. Beam Piper ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook

Time and Time Again ♦ By H. Beam Piper ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  Time and Time Again



Author:  H. Beam Piper



Genre(s): Science Fiction



Language: English



Read By: Bellona Times



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Science fiction luminary H. Beam Piper was fascinated with the idea of time travel, and it is a theme that appears frequently in his work. This early short story tells the tale of a wounded soldier who awakes after suffering a profound injury on the battlefield.



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Animal Ghosts ♦ By Elliott O'Donnell ♦ (Paranormal) ♦ Full Audiobook

Animal Ghosts ♦ By Elliott O'Donnell ♦ (Paranormal) ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  Animal Ghosts



Author:  Elliott O'Donnell



Genre(s): General Fiction, Horror & Supernatural Fiction



Language: English



Read By:   Allyson Hester



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This is a collection of ghost stories in which the antagonists are various animals. Divided up into chapters of ghost sightings by each group of animals, you will hear of hauntings by dogs, cats, birds, jungle animals, etc. (Summary by Allyson Hester)



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The Cats of Ulthar ♦ By H. P. Lovecraft ♦ (Horror) ♦ Full Audiobook

The Cats of Ulthar ♦ By H. P. Lovecraft ♦ (Horror) ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  The Cats of Ulthar



Author:  H. P. Lovecraft



Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Short Stories



Language: English



Read By:  jpontoli



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An unnamed narrator, while gazing upon his pet cat, begins to reminisce about a law in the town of Ulthar which forbids the killing of cats and relates the story of how this law came to be. The tale begins with the introduction of an old cotter and his wife who delight in trapping and violently killing any cats who venture onto their property. The people of the town are too afraid of the couple to speak against these acts, so they instead focus their efforts on keeping their felines from approaching the cotter's house. One night a caravan of travelers from a distant land arrives and passes through the village. They bring with them an orphan named Menes who, having lost his family to a plague, has only a small, black kitten to keep him company. After being unable to find his kitten on the third day of his stay, Menes hears the stories of the old cotter and his wife, and decides to take action.



Menes spends time meditating prior to unleashing a prayer that affects the shapes and movements of the clouds in the sky. The caravan leaves Ulthar that night, shortly before the townspeople notice that all of their cats have gone missing. The townspeople suspect both the old couple and the wanderers, but the innkeeper's son Atal witnesses the felines circling the property of the cotter. The next morning, the cats have returned to their owners well-fed, but the cotter and his wife have vanished. When the townspeople explore their abandoned house, they discovered nothing more than two skeletons that have been picked clean. The local burgesses, after reviewing the evidence and stories of the townspeople, decide to pass a law that forbids the killing of cats in Ulthar. Summary by wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cats_of_Ulthar



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Grasshopper ♦ American Indian Fairy Tales ♦ Audiobook Short Story

Grasshopper ♦ American Indian Fairy Tales ♦ Audiobook Short Story



American Indian Fairy Tales



Title:  Grasshopper



Authors: William Trowbridge Larned  and Henry R. Schoolcraft



Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Short Stories



Language: English



Read By;  Chip



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With no written language, Native Americans living in the Lake Superior region passed their cultural identity down through the generations by way of stories. Far more than mere tales to amuse children, they passed along the collective wisdom of the tribes. In the 1830s, government Indian Agent and ethnologist Henry R Schoolcraft learned the language of these people and went out to collect and preserve their stories before the tribes disappeared under the westward rush of American civilization. Though these stories were recast as children’s fairy tales in the 1920s, they contain much of the old wisdom of a culture which has largely disappeared. (Summary by Chip)



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Equation of Doom ♦ By Gerald Vance ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook

Equation of Doom ♦ Gerald Vance ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  Equation of Doom



Author:  Gerald VANCE



Genre(s): Science Fiction



Language: English



Read By:  Phil Chenevert



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A world weary space pilot on the lam from earth for crimes unspecified; the most beautiful (earthly) tri-D woman in the universe who is determined to be the most powerful too; a planet of crafty and unscrupulous giant frogs intent on kicking out all aliens; and finally beings who live outside of time. Mix them all together and some very interesting things happen. Very interesting. And disastrous. But there's more! Why did 3000 worlds across the galaxy suddenly blossom almost simultaneously with very similar life and intelligence? Could there have been a common ancestor? Well, give or take a million years, simultaneously. The answer to all these questions is in this story. Listen and find out what happens in Equation of Doom.



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The Willow-Wren and the Bear ♦ Grimms' Fairy Tales ♦ Children's Fiction,...

Grimms' Fairy Tales



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Title:  The Willow-Wren and the Bear



Author:  Jacob & Wilhelm GRIMM



Genre(s):  Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language:  English



Read By: vlooi



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Summary:

THE WILLOW-WREN AND THE BEAR: The story concerns a rift between the animals of the forest and the willow-wrens, called the royal birds of the forest. The Bear insults the Willow-Wrens children, thus starting a war. This was a simplistic story and was not really that interesting. It was child friendly, just not my thing. MORAL: Parents should defend their children. Family bonds are unbreakable. Blood is thicker than water.



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The Devil in Iron ✦ Robert E Howard ✦Science Fiction ✦ Audiobook

The Devil in Iron ✦ Robert E. Howard ✦Science Fiction ✦ Audiobook



Title:  The Devil in Iron



Author: Robert E. HOWARD



Genre(s): Science Fiction



Language: English



Read By:  Phil Chenevert



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Conan's lustful desires again get him into a whole pile of trouble. This time the beautiful, golden haired, noble born Octavia, lures him into a fiendish trap set by his most powerful enemies and from which there seems to be no escape. But on the long deserted island of Xapur where he goes to capture this crafty beauty, it is not just mortal enemies that await him; Khosatral Khel a demon that crawled up from the abyss many eons ago and is of a substance as hard as iron has been awakened and is intent on crushing Conan and the woman like bugs for it's amusement. Conan is up against a being immensely stronger than he is and which he cannot kill with normal weapons. Will his mighty thews and muscles finally be crushed beneath the iron fists of this devil? Will Conan finally meet his match in this fierce but scantily clad woman or will she finally yield to his powerful kisses? Listen and discover the answer to these questions. (Summary by Phil Chenevert)



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The Odysseys of Homer ✦ BOOK 24 ✦ AUDIOBOOK CLASSICS

The Odysseys of Homer ✦ BOOK 24 ✦ 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



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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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Vanishing Point ♦ By C. C. Beck ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Audiobook

Vanishing Point ♦ By C. C. Beck ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Audiobook



Title:  Vanishing Point



Author:  C. C. Beck



Genre(s):  Science Fiction, Anthologies



Language:  English



Read By:  Zarnaz



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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent philosophical thought experiments presented in entertaining ways. Protagonists typically “think” rather than “shoot” their way out of problems, but the definition is flexible because there are no limits on an author’s imagination.





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The Goose Girl ♦ Grimms' Fairy Tales ♦ Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends

Grimms' Fairy Tales



Title: The Goose Girl



Author: Jacob & Wilhelm GRIMM



Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language: English



Read By:  Kara Shallenberg



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Summary:

A widowed queen sends her daughter to her bridegroom in a faraway land. She sends her with a waiting maid. The princess's horse is named Falada, and he is magic so he can speak. The princess is given a special charm by her mother that will protect her as long as she wears it.



The princess and her servant travel for a time, then the princess grows thirsty. She asks the maid to go and fetch her some water, but the maid simply says: "If you want water, get it for yourself. I do not want to be your servant any longer." So the princess has to fetch herself water from the nearby stream. She wails softly: "What will become of me?" The charm answers: "Alas, alas, if your mother knew, her loving heart would break in two." After a while, the princess gets thirsty again. So she asks her maid once more to get her some water. But again the evil servant says, "I will not serve you any longer, no matter what you or your mother say." The servant leaves the poor princess to drink from the river by her dainty little hands. When she bows to the water her charm falls out of her bosom and floats away.



The maid takes advantage of that. She orders the princess to change clothes with her and the horses as well. She threatens to kill the princess if she doesn't swear never to say a word about this reversal of roles to any living being. Sadly, the princess takes the oath. The maid servant then rides off on Falada, while the princess has to mount the maid's nag. At the palace, the maid poses as princess and the "princess servant" is ordered to guard the geese with a little boy called Conrad. The false bride orders Falada to be killed, as she fears he might talk. The real princess hears of this and begs the slaughterer to nail Falada's head above the doorway where she passes with her geese every morning.



The next morning the goose girl addresses Falada's head over the doorway: "Falada, Falada, thou art dead, and all the joy in my life has fled", and Falada answers " Alas, Alas, if your mother knew, her loving heart would break in two." On the goose meadow, Conrad watches the princess comb her beautiful hair and he becomes greedy to pluck one or two of her golden locks. But the goose girl sees this and says a charm: "Blow wind, blow, I say, take Conrad's hat away. Do not let him come back today until my hair is combed today." And so the wind takes his hat away, and he cannot return before the goose girl has finished brushing and plaiting her hair.



Conrad angrily goes to the king and declares he will not herd geese with this girl any longer because of the strange things that happen. The king tells him to do it one more time, and the next morning hides and watches. He finds everything as Conrad has told. That evening, he asks the princess to tell him her story. But she refuses to say anything because of her oath. The king suggests that she might tell everything to the iron stove. She agrees, climbs into the stove and tells her story while the king listens from outside.



As the king is convinced she has told the truth he then has her clad in royal clothes, he tricks the false princess into "choosing her own punishment". While each choice is different in each version of the story, in the classic version, she tells the king that a false servant should be dragged through town naked in a barrel with internal spikes. As a result, she is punished that way until she dies.



After that, the prince and the true princess are married and reign over their kingdom for many years. Summary by Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goose_Girl



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Tales Of Terror The New Catacomb

The New Catacomb ♦ By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ♦ Short Story ♦ Audiobook



Title:  The New Catacomb



Author:  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle



Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Detective Fiction, Short Stories



Language: English



Read By:  Dominic Moore



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From The Tales of Terror Series



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 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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Elements of Theology ♦ By PROCLUS ♦ (Philosophy) ♦

Title: Elements of Theology (or) Metaphysical Elements



Author: PROCLUS, translated by Thomas TAYLOR



Genre(s): Religion, Ancient, Philosophy



Language: English



Read By: Geoffrey Edwards



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The Elements of Theology (ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΩΣΙΣ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ) was written by the Greek Neoplatonist philosopher Proclus (ΠΡΟΚΛΟΣ) and translated by Thomas Taylor who named his youngest son Thomas Proclus Taylor. This book consists of 211 propositions, each followed by a proof, beginning from the existence of the One (divine Unity) and ending with the descent of individual souls into the material world. Saint Thomas Aquinas recognized that the Liber de Causis (Book of Causes), which had been attributed to Aristotle, was actually a summary of the Elements of Theology, likely written by an Arabic interpreter. - Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Geoffrey Edwards



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The Fairy Bride ♦ American Indian Fairy Tales ♦ Audiobook Short Story

The Fairy Bride ♦ American Indian Fairy Tales ♦ Audiobook Short Story



American Indian Fairy Tales



Title:  The Fairy Bride



Authors: William Trowbridge Larned  and Henry R. Schoolcraft



Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Short Stories



Language: English



Read By;  Chip



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With no written language, Native Americans living in the Lake Superior region passed their cultural identity down through the generations by way of stories. Far more than mere tales to amuse children, they passed along the collective wisdom of the tribes. In the 1830s, government Indian Agent and ethnologist Henry R Schoolcraft learned the language of these people and went out to collect and preserve their stories before the tribes disappeared under the westward rush of American civilization. Though these stories were recast as children’s fairy tales in the 1920s, they contain much of the old wisdom of a culture which has largely disappeared. (Summary by Chip)



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Nyarlathotep ♦ By H. P. Lovecraft ♦ (Horror) ♦ Full Audiobook

Nyarlathotep ♦ By H. P. Lovecraft ♦ (Horror) ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  Nyarlathotep



Author:  H. P. Lovecraft



Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Short Stories



Language: English



Read By: Phil Chenevert



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Nyarlathotep differs from the other beings in a number of ways. Most of them are exiled to stars, like Yog-Sothoth and Hastur, or sleeping and dreaming like Cthulhu; Nyarlathotep, however, is active and frequently walks the Earth in the guise of a human being, usually a tall, slim, joyous man. He has "a thousand" other forms, most of these reputed to be maddeningly horrific. Most of the Outer Gods have their own cults serving them; Nyarlathotep seems to serve these cults and take care of the deities' affairs in their absence. Most of the gods use strange alien languages, but Nyarlathotep uses human languages and can be mistaken for a human being. The other Outer Gods and Great Old Ones are often described as mindless or unfathomable rather than truly malevolent, but Nyarlathotep delights in cruelty, is deceptive and manipulative, and even cultivates followers and uses propaganda to achieve his goals.



Nyarlathotep enacts the will of the Outer Gods, and is their messenger, heart and soul; he is also a servant of Azathoth, his father, whose wishes he immediately fulfills. Unlike the other Outer Gods, causing madness is more important and enjoyable than death and destruction to Nyarlathotep. It is suggested by some that he will destroy the human race and possibly the Earth as well.[9] Brian Lumley described him as the emanation of various Great Old Ones and not an actual being, thus explaining his variety of forms and functions. Summary by Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyarlathotep



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The Planet Savers ♦ By Marion Zimmer Bradley ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Audiobook

The Planet Savers ♦ By Marion Zimmer Bradley ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Audiobook



Title:  The Planet Savers



Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley



Genre(s): Science Fiction



Language: English



Read By:  Mark Nelson



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The Terran colony on the planet Darkover faces imminent destruction by a plague of the deadly Trailmen's Fever. The only hope is to develop a serum in time, but this requires the cooperation of the elusive native Trailmen, the brilliant parasitologist Dr. Jay Allison, and his split personality. (Introduction by Mark Nelson)



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The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab ♦ By Yei Theodora Ozaki ♦ Japane...

The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab ♦ By Yei Theodora Ozaki  ♦ Japanese Fairy Tales  ♦ Audiobook



Japanese Fairy Tales



Title:  The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab



Author:  Yei Theodora OZAKI (1871 - 1932)



Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language: English



Read By:  Scott Robbins



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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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Warrior Race ♦ By Robert Sheckley ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Audiobook

Warrior Race ♦ By Robert Sheckley ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Audiobook



Title:  Warrior Race



Author:  Robert Sheckley



Genre(s):  Science Fiction, Anthologies



Language:  English



Read By:  Gregg Margarite



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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent philosophical thought experiments presented in entertaining ways. Protagonists typically “think” rather than “shoot” their way out of problems, but the definition is flexible because there are no limits on an author’s imagination.





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Hans in Luck ♦ Grimms' Fairy Tales ♦ Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends

Grimms' Fairy Tales



Title:  Hans in Luck



Author:  Jacob & Wilhelm GRIMM



Genre(s):  Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language:  English



Read By: Steve Andersen



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Summary:

Hans has been working hard for seven years but wishes to return to see his poor mother. His master pays him his wages which amounts to a lump of gold the size of his head. Hans puts the gold in a handkerchief and starts out on his journey jogging but soon becomes tired. He spots a rider on horseback and seeing the ease at which the horse travels he offers to exchange his lump of gold for the horse. Happy with the exchange, the man gives him the horse and Hans rides off.



The horse bolts and Hans gets bucked off, whereupon he meets a shepherd who convinces Hans to trade his horse for a cow. Telling Hans that a cow can provide milk, cheese and butter and is of more leisurely company. Hans takes up on the offer and continues his journey only to find that the cow is dry and not producing any milk as he had been told.



Disgruntled with the cow, Hans meets a butcher who gives him a pig for the cow. Thanking the butcher for the pig Hans sets off jogging again, hopeful he has now found an ideal travel companion. Alas, Hans meets a countryman who informs him that the pig's owner is the squire and he is in danger of being arrested for taking the squire's pig. Hans takes the countryman's goose in exchange for his pig, happy that it will provide a good roast and a supply of goose fat.



At his next stop in a village Hans meets a scissor-grinder and explains his story to him. The scissor-grinder offers him a grindstone for his goose arguing that a grindstone will provide a source of income. Hans happily exchanges the goose for the grindstone. He continues on his way, but is tired carrying the grindstone and is short of money for food.



Hans stops for a drink on the banks of a river, the grindstone falls into the deep water and is lost. Hans is happy to be rid of the heavy grindstone and being free of all troubles. He walks on to his mother's house and recounts his lucky tale. Summary by Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_in_Luck



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I'm A Stranger Here Myself ♦ By Mack Reynolds ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full A...

I'm A Stranger Here Myself ♦ By Mack Reynolds ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  I'm A Stranger Here Myself



Author:  Mack Reynolds



Genre(s):  Science Fiction



Language:  English



Read By:  Phil Chenevert



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Summary: Happy Ending is an SF story about the far future when the last solar system wide dictator has been finally defeated and what will he do? What will he do? This is also an exploration of mental megalomania and it's effects. His happy ending is perhaps suitable, but probably not so happy.



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 Odysseys of Homer ✦ BOOK 23 ✦ AUDIOBOOK CLASSICS

The Odysseys of Homer ✦ BOOK 23 ✦ 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



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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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A Reminiscence Of Dr. Samuel Johnson ♦ By H. P. Lovecraft ♦ (Horror) ♦ F...

A Reminiscence Of Dr. Samuel Johnson ♦ By H. P. Lovecraft ♦ (Horror) ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  A Reminiscence Of Dr. Samuel Johnson



Author:  H. P. Lovecraft



Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Short Stories



Language: English



Read By: Cameron Halket



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"A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson" is a short story written in 1917 by horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was first published in the September 1917 issue of the United Amateur, under the pseudonym Humphrey Littlewit, Esq.



The story is a spoof of Lovecraft's antiquarian affectations. Littlewit, the narrator, is born August 20, 1690–200 years to the day before Lovecraft's birthdate—making him nearly 228 years old as he writes a memoir.



Critic Daniel Harms writes, "While not one of the most inspired of his pieces, it at least shows that HPL realized his pretensions... of being an older, cultured gentleman of an earlier era, and could make fun of himself."



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The Beast With Five Fingers ✦ By W. F. HARVEY ✦ Horror ✦ Full Audiobook

The Beast With Five Fingers ✦ By W. F. HARVEY ✦ Horror ✦ Full Audiobook



Title:  The Beast With Five Fingers



Author:  W. F. HARVEY



Genre(s):  Horror & Supernatural Fiction



Language:  English



Read By:  Phil Chenevert



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A well off English bachelor receives a legacy from his uncle. This includes the uncle's very large library and a box containing something that used to belong to his uncle. The box has air holes in it. It is not a rat or other small mammal for his collection, but it is something still alive; something very malevolent and something very evil. - Summary by Phil chenevert



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Beyond Lies The Wrap

Beyond Lies the Wub ♦ By Philip K. Dick ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Audiobook



Title:  Beyond Lies the Wub



Author:  Philip K. Dick



Genre(s):  Science Fiction, Anthologies



Language:  English



Read By:  Corinna Schultz



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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent philosophical thought experiments presented in entertaining ways. Protagonists typically “think” rather than “shoot” their way out of problems, but the definition is flexible because there are no limits on an author’s imagination.





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The Case of Lady Sannox ♦ By Arthur Conan Doyle ♦ Short Story ♦ Audiobook

The Case of Lady Sannox ♦ By Arthur Conan Doyle ♦ Short Story ♦ Audiobook



Title:  The Case of Lady Sannox



Author:  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle



Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Detective Fiction, Short Stories



Language: English



Read By:  Betsie Bush



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From The Tales of Terror Series



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 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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EMPIRE ♦ By Clifford D. Simak ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook

EMPIRE ♦ By Clifford D. Simak  ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  Empire



Author:  Clifford D. SIMAK



Genre(s): Science Fiction



Language: English



Read By:  Kevin Green



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In a future time, the solar system is powered by one energy source, controlled by one huge organisation, which has plans to use this control to dominate the planets. Unknown to them, a couple of maverick scientists accidentally develop a completely new form of energy supply and threaten the corporation's monopoly. Naturally, the corporation can't allow this to happen... A stunning story about the manipulation of pure energy, climaxing in interstellar conflict.(Summary by Boojumuk)



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Mad Music ♦ By Anthony Pelcher ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Audiobook

Mad Music ♦ By Anthony Pelcher ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Audiobook



Title:  Mad Music



Author:  Anthony Pelcher



Genre(s):  Science Fiction, Anthologies



Language:  English



Read By:  Corinna Schultz



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The sixty stories of the perfectly constructed Colossus building had mysteriously crashed! What was the connection between this catastrophe and the weird strains of the Mad Musician's violin? Mad Music





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The Book Of Good Counsels ✦ By Sir Edwin Arnold ✦ Full Audiobook

The Book of Good Counsels - From the Sanskrit of the "Hitopadesa"



Author: Sir Edwin ARNOLD



Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Ancient



Language: English



Read By: Jothi Tharavant



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The term ‘Hitopadesha’ is a combination of two Sanskrit terms, ‘Hita’ (welfare/ benefit) and ‘Upadesha’ (counsel). As the term suggests, The Hitopadesha is a collection of tales that gives good counsel.



Hitopadesa was presumably written by Narayan Pandit and is an independent treatment of the Vishnu Sarman's Panchatantra (3rd century BC) which it resembles in form. In Hitopadesha, Vishnu Sarman is depicted as a Sage who undertakes to give good counsel to the sons of Sudarsana, the king of Pataliputra, through stories within stories involving talking animals. The dating of Hitopadesha is problematic as no other work by Narayan Pandit is known. The earliest manuscript of Hitopadesha dates from 1373; it could be of East Indian origin during the Pala Empire (8th-12th centuries).



This book is a condensed but faithful transcript of Hitopadesha in sense and manner rendered in English by Sir Edwin Arnold. Sir Edwin says in the Preface that the Hitopadesa may be styled 'The father of all Fables'; for "from its numerous translations come Esop and Piplay and in latter days, 'Reineke Fuchs'." Summary by Jothi



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