No Great Magic by Fritz Leiber ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

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01/11/23

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No Great Magic by Fritz Leiber audiobook.

Genre: scifi

Greta has nowhere to go and no past she can remember. Agoraphobic, amnesiac, and living like a backstage orphan, she has been taken in by a scrappy Shakespeare repertory troupe that performs in Central Park. From the safety of the dressing room and its wonderland of costumes and props, she stitches hems, fetches wigs, and watches strong personalities collide - especially Sid Lessingham, a grandstanding actor-manager with a taste for theatrical experiments, and Iris Nefer, a chillingly intense leading lady who can become Elizabeth I in a heartbeat. But on a night when Macbeth is scheduled and Queen Elizabeth appears anyway, Greta begins to suspect that the companies anachronisms are not just artistic liberties. The costumery seems to reach across centuries, the curtain itself feels less like cloth and more like a boundary, and the troupe's strange mix of accents, habits, and secrets hints at a larger game. As reality and performance blur, Greta is drawn toward a hidden conflict in which art can sway crowds - and the right scene, played at the right moment, might tilt history itself.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:23:32) Chapter 2

(00:42:56) Chapter 3

(00:59:59) Chapter 4

(01:11:29) Chapter 5

(01:21:51) Chapter 6

(01:32:05) Chapter 7

(01:40:24) Chapter 8

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:32:20) Chapter 02

(01:08:06) Chapter 03

(01:39:10) Chapter 04

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The 64-Square Madhouse by Fritz Leiber ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

January 11, 2023

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103m

The 64-Square Madhouse by Fritz Leiber audiobook.

Genre: scifi

At an international Grand Master chess tournament, a newcomer arrives that does not eat, sleep, or feel nerves: a humming, ozone-scented machine built to play chess at the highest level. Reporter Sandra Lea Grayling has come to cover the event, expecting colorful egos and quiet battles across the board. Instead, she finds herself at the center of a contest that feels like a preview of the future. As the machine is paired against celebrated human masters, Sandra learns the brutal etiquette of tournament play, the private superstitions and rivalries of the competitors, and the subtle psychological warfare that can matter as much as any opening book. The machine calculates with relentless speed, yet it is not invincible, and each game raises unsettling questions: What, exactly, is genius - inspiration, experience, intuition, or raw computation? And what happens when a thinking tool begins to change under pressure, adapting to the tricks and feints of the people who want to prove it can never truly understand? Fritz Leiber turns the 64 squares into a tense arena where pride, obsession, and technology collide.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:21:21) Chapter 02

(00:38:48) Chapter 03

(01:01:51) Chapter 04

(01:20:15) Chapter 05

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