Inside Earth by Poul William Anderson ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

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03/15/23

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Inside Earth by Poul William Anderson audiobook.

Genre: scifi

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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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:21:32) Chapter 02

(00:36:44) Chapter 03

(00:54:35) Chapter 04

(01:05:21) Chapter 05

(01:17:15) Chapter 06

(01:30:13) Chapter 07

(01:49:53) Chapter 08

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The Chapter Ends by Poul Anderson ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

March 15, 2023

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65m

The Chapter Ends by Poul Anderson audiobook.

Genre: scifi

Set tens of thousands of years in the future, The Chapter Ends finds Earth reduced to a quiet backwater - a beautiful, half-forgotten cradle of humanity where a few million people live simple lives while the wider human civilization thrives among the stars. That fragile peace shatters when offworld authorities decide that Earth must be cleared, a decision driven less by sentiment than by distant, cold interstellar politics. Sent to oversee the final evacuation is Jorun, a star-traveler and psychotechnician whose implants and training let him read the currents of belief, fear, and loyalty in the people he has been ordered to move. On the ground, he meets Julith, a young woman pulled between curiosity about the greater universe and love for the only world she has ever known. And he faces his hardest case in Kormt, an old local leader whose stubborn refusal to leave is not mere defiance, but a worldview rooted in soil, memory, and the meaning of home. As departure day approaches, Jorun must decide what can be persuaded, what must be honored, and what is lost when a civilization turns the page on its own birthplace.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:11:56) Chapter 2

(00:24:52) Chapter 3

(00:42:33) Chapter 4

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Sentiment, Inc. by Poul William Anderson ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

March 15, 2023

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77m

Sentiment, Inc. by Poul William Anderson audiobook.

Genre: scifi

When young engineer Colin Fraser falls hard for Judy Harkness, a rising actress with big-city ambition, their long-distance courtship feels like the start of a steady, ordinary future. Then, without warning, Judy announces a whirlwind engagement to Matthew Snyder, a wealthy older man she barely tolerated, and her personality seems subtly, frighteningly off. Colin cannot accept that love can flip so cleanly, so he follows the trail to a sleek, secretive outfit with an innocuous name: Sentiment, Inc. There he encounters Dr. Robert Kennedy, a brilliant researcher whose work suggests that emotions are not as untouchable as people like to believe. If feelings are built from networks of associations, what happens when those associations can be rearranged on command? As Colin digs deeper, his personal heartbreak turns into a confrontation with a technology that could redefine consent, loyalty, and even identity. Part psychological puzzle, part classic science-fiction thriller, Sentiment, Inc. asks how much of the heart is truly ours - and what a society might become if desire itself could be engineered.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:13:19) Chapter 02

(00:33:00) Chapter 03

(00:55:11) Chapter 04

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