Lone Star Planet by H. Beam Piper ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

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01/18/23

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204m

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Lone Star Planet by H. Beam Piper audiobook.

Genre: scifi

Ambassador Stephen Silk expects routine interstellar diplomacy until he is assigned to New Texas, a rough-and-ready colony world settled largely by Texans who are fiercely allergic to outside authority. The Solar League wants New Texas in line, but Silk arrives to find his predecessor, Ambassador Silas Cumshaw, has been murdered - and the locals seem to consider that sort of political housecleaning not only normal, but healthy. While Silk quietly tries to untangle who wanted Cumshaw dead and why, he is also tasked with selling an unpopular message: a dangerous alien power, the z'Srauff, may be closing in, and New Texas might need allies whether it likes it or not. Between cattle the size of boxcars, larger-than-life ranchers, and a political culture built on radical local freedom, Silk must survive long enough to do his job - and figure out whether the biggest threat is off-world, or buried in the planet's own proud, trigger-happy traditions. Part frontier romp, part murder investigation, and part sharp satire of bureaucracy, Lone Star Planet pokes at power, patriotism, and the price of independence.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:14:19) Chapter 02

(00:36:12) Chapter 03

(00:56:32) Chapter 04

(01:18:13) Chapter 05

(01:34:25) Chapter 06

(01:58:20) Chapter 07

(02:16:28) Chapter 08

(02:24:35) Chapter 09

(02:43:41) Chapter 10

(03:07:49) Chapter 11

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Last Enemy by H. Beam Piper ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

January 18, 2023

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165m

Last Enemy by H. Beam Piper audiobook.

Genre: scifi

In Last Enemy, H. Beam Piper drops the listener into a polished, tradition-bound society where reincarnation is more than faith - it is the foundation of law, status, and power. Dallona of Hadron, a gifted psychic researcher, is on the verge of a breakthrough that could turn that foundation into something measurable, provable, and therefore dangerously disruptive. Her test is set to unfold at an elegant dinner party hosted by Garnon of Roxor, a gathering that is not a celebration at all but a carefully staged discarnation feast: a voluntary death meant to serve science. When the moment arrives, a trained sensitive in hypnotic trance becomes a living conduit, and the after-death testimony that follows threatens to make death itself a solved problem. But in a world where belief systems are political weapons, proof can be as lethal as any lie. As factions maneuver to control, suppress, or exploit what Dallona has uncovered, she finds herself forced to weigh truth against the human cost of revealing it - and to consider what happens to a civilization when its oldest fear loses its teeth.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:34:55) Chapter 2

(01:09:37) Chapter 3

(01:40:08) Chapter 4

(02:14:34) Chapter 5

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Ministry of Disturbance by H. Beam Piper ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

January 18, 2023

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120m

Ministry of Disturbance by H. Beam Piper audiobook.

Genre: scifi

Science Fiction at it humorous best written in the golden age of all the greats and published in Astounding Science Fiction December 1958. Piper can't be matched for sardonic comment on human nature. The Empire is stagnant; thousands of planets spread around Earth but nothing new is allowed to happen and disturb the static situation. Our emperor Paul knows this but is powerless to make a dent in the centuries old hide bound bureaucracy of intergalactic politics. But is there a plot to overthrow him? It certainly looks like it. Follow this story closely as it builds to an excellent and exciting climax. Piper's talent and creativity shine through in this story.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:21:58) Chapter 02

(00:42:25) Chapter 03

(01:04:31) Chapter 04

(01:26:39) Chapter 05

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