Oomphel in the Sky by H. Beam Piper ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

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01/19/23

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121m

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Oomphel in the Sky by H. Beam Piper audiobook.

Genre: scifi

On the colonial world of Kwannon, Terran administrators and a fragile local government try to keep order with paperwork, committees, and tired slogans. Out beyond the capital, however, the native People measure power in spells, spirits, and the authority of the shoonoon. To them, Terran machines are not technology at all but oomphel, a mysterious force that teaches, makes, and performs wonders. When an old prophecy about the Last Hot Time spreads from village to village, fear turns into certainty, and certainty turns into a mass movement that no one in the bureaucracy can slow down. Miles Gilbert, a hard-nosed reporter for the Kwannon Planetwide News Service, arrives to cover what looks like another flare-up of superstition and politics. Instead he finds a powder keg of cultural misunderstanding, economic resentment, and dangerously persuasive storytelling. Caught between soldiers trying to prevent bloodshed, officials who cannot act fast enough, and natives who believe the sky itself is about to change, Miles must decide what kind of truth can actually stop a disaster - and what happens when facts are no match for faith.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:35:40) Chapter 02

(01:13:12) Chapter 03

(01:31:00) Chapter 04

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January 19, 2023

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Naudsonce by H. Beam Piper audiobook.

Genre: scifi

Naudsonce? What does THAT mean? Well, to find out you will need to listen to this story where Piper's unique mind explores what we mean by 'communication' and how it happens. The joint Space Navy-Colonial Office expedition was looking for new planets suitable for colonization; they had been out, now, for four years, which was close to maximum for an exploring expedition. They had entered eleven systems, and made landings on eight planets. Three had been reasonably close to Terra-type but were all disqualified by terrible animals or warlike inhabitants. Now, finally here was an ideal world; their last chance before returning in disgrace. Now the only thing was to get an agreement from the local king or whatever to the colonization. Easy, right? Well first, you've got to talk to them ...... and there the trouble starts.

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(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:21:54) Chapter 2

(00:48:40) Chapter 3

(01:11:49) Chapter 4

(01:31:57) Chapter 5

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Space Viking by H. Beam Piper ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

January 19, 2023

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465m

Space Viking by H. Beam Piper audiobook.

Genre: scifi

The war is over, and the worlds of the Phoenix Cluster are paying the price. Lucas Trask returns home to the planet Tanith to find his people broken by occupation and his wife dead. Refusing to accept a future of quiet ruin, he rallies Tanith's survivors into a hard-edged brotherhood of raiders - the so-called Space Vikings - and launches a campaign across the shattered interstellar frontier. But Trask's crusade is more than vengeance. As he strikes at former enemies and opportunistic rivals, he hunts for the resources, allies, and lost technology that could give Tanith a chance to rebuild in a galaxy where law is fragile and power belongs to whoever can take and hold it.Part military adventure, part political chess match, Space Viking follows Trask as he negotiates uneasy alliances, confronts the ethics of survival by force, and navigates a crumbling civilization still living off the relics of a brighter age. With starship battles, planetfall intrigue, and the constant tension between justice and conquest, Piper delivers a sweeping tale of leadership and the cost of forging a new order from the ashes of the old.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:35:22) Chapter 2

(01:19:38) Chapter 3

(02:13:29) Chapter 4

(02:56:47) Chapter 5

(03:41:21) Chapter 6

(04:33:56) Chapter 7

(05:31:04) Chapter 8

(06:29:16) Chapter 9

(07:13:59) Chapter 27