Flatland - A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

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04/03/23

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261m

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Flatland - A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott audiobook.

Genre: scifi

In the perfectly ordered world of Flatland, everything and everyone is a geometric shape, and your place in society is literally defined by the number of sides you have. A Square, a respectable middle-class professional, lives a predictable life governed by rigid rules, sharp prejudices, and an unquestioned faith in the dimensions he can see. But on the eve of the centennial celebration, his routine is interrupted by unsettling encounters that hint at realities beyond length and width. When a mysterious visitor from a higher dimension appears, the Square is drawn into a mind-bending journey that challenges his understanding of space, logic, and even the limits of imagination. As he struggles to communicate what he has learned to a society terrified of the unknown, Flatland becomes both a playful mathematical thought experiment and a pointed satire of social hierarchy, conformity, and intellectual censorship. By blending wit with wonder, Edwin Abbott Abbott crafts a story that invites listeners to reconsider how easily 'common sense' can become a cage - and how daring it is to see the world from a different angle.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:22:55) Chapter 2

(00:50:48) Chapter 3

(01:15:58) Chapter 4

(01:46:01) Chapter 5

(02:06:29) Chapter 6

(02:34:13) Chapter 7

(03:10:04) Chapter 8

(03:54:33) Chapter 9

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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe ~ Full Audiobook [horror]

March 31, 2023

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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe audiobook.

Genre: horror

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:05:06) Chapter 01

(00:27:09) Chapter 02

(01:06:05) Chapter 03

(01:27:25) Chapter 04

(01:45:44) Chapter 05

(02:03:00) Chapter 06

(02:23:18) Chapter 07

(02:38:57) Chapter 08

(02:55:56) Chapter 09

(03:14:35) Chapter 10

(03:26:16) Chapter 11

(03:42:04) Chapter 12

(04:05:35) Chapter 13

(04:27:38) Chapter 14

(04:48:42) Chapter 15

(05:00:18) Chapter 16

(05:11:59) Chapter 17

(05:24:24) Chapter 18

(05:39:38) Chapter 19

(05:52:48) Chapter 20

(06:08:37) Chapter 21

(06:20:42) Chapter 22

(06:35:01) Chapter 23

(06:45:41) Chapter 24

(07:00:43) Chapter 25

(07:13:05) Chapter 26

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Cathay by Ezra Pound ~ Full Audiobook [poetry]

April 3, 2023

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48m

Cathay by Ezra Pound audiobook.

Genre: poetry

The Cathay poems appeared in a slim volume in 1915. They are, in effect, Ezra Pound’s English translations/interpretations from notebooks written by the Japanese scholar Ernest Fenollosa. Pound, not knowing any Chinese or Japanese at all, promptly created a new and somewhat complex style of translation, as he had done with words from several other languages. The Cathay poems are primarily written by the Chinese poet Li Po, referred to throughout these translations as Rihaku, the Japanese form of his name. These poems came to have a profound influence on 20th Century poetry, spawning, among other things, the Imagist movement, and helped in the generation of widespread interest in Asian literature and thought. Also included in this collection are two poems from Pound’s 1912 collection Ripostes. “The Seafarer” is another of Pound’s experiments in translation, this one from the Anglo-Saxon.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:02:24) Chapter 02

(00:03:32) Chapter 03

(00:06:52) Chapter 04

(00:09:06) Chapter 05

(00:11:36) Chapter 06

(00:12:57) Chapter 07

(00:15:01) Chapter 08

(00:20:55) Chapter 09

(00:23:44) Chapter 10