Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

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01/24/23

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Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison audiobook.

Genre: scifi

On the ice-bound world of Anvhar, society survives a brutal climate by channeling ambition into the Twenties - a planet-wide contest that crowns the most capable mind and body of a generation. Brion Brandd has just won, and he expects rest, acclaim, and a quiet recovery. Instead, a former champion named Ihjel pulls him into an off-world emergency: on the desert planet Dis, the ruling magter have provoked a crisis so extreme that neighboring Nyjord is preparing to stop them with nuclear force. With millions of lives poised on a countdown, Brion is recruited for a mission no diplomat or soldier has been able to solve. His edge is unusual: an amplified empathy that lets him read people and situations with unsettling clarity - a gift that becomes as dangerous as it is useful once he is trapped amid Dis's heat, scarcity, and violence. To prevent catastrophe, Brion must navigate blockades, hostile factions, and the alien logic of a world that seems to reward only aggression, while racing to understand what is really driving Dis toward self-destruction.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:12:04) Chapter 02

(00:21:30) Chapter 03

(00:56:01) Chapter 04

(01:10:29) Chapter 05

(01:25:34) Chapter 06

(01:40:32) Chapter 07

(02:10:37) Chapter 08

(02:38:38) Chapter 09

(03:06:23) Chapter 10

(03:27:44) Chapter 11

(03:49:50) Chapter 12

(04:06:29) Chapter 13

(04:32:16) Chapter 14

(04:55:42) Chapter 15

(05:20:18) Chapter 16

(05:36:52) Chapter 17

(06:01:18) Chapter 18

(06:16:06) Chapter 19

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Arm of the Law by Harry Harrison ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

January 24, 2023

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44m

Arm of the Law by Harry Harrison audiobook.

Genre: scifi

On the dusty margins of Mars, Nineport is a place people pass through, not a place they build. Its police station reflects that truth: a bored, graft-friendly chief, a couple of unreliable patrolmen, and one seasoned sergeant trying to keep the town from sliding completely into chaos. Then a coffin-sized crate arrives from Earth, addressed to the department with no warning and a promise of 'field testing.' Inside is Ned, a police experimental robot in a crisp, blue-painted uniform and armed with a literal-minded zeal for duty. At first, Ned is treated like expensive maintenance equipment, sweeping floors and sorting paperwork while the human cops get on with surviving Nineport. But when an armed robbery call comes in and the chief takes the lazy way out, Ned is sent into the street to do a cop's job. In a town where criminals operate under protection and everyone knows the name China Joe, one perfectly efficient machine is enough to upset every fragile arrangement. As violence flares and authority is challenged, the sergeant must decide what law enforcement means when the 'arm of the law' is made of metal, wiring, and unbreakable logic.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:13:48) Chapter 2

(00:28:51) Chapter 3

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The K-Factor by Harry Harrison ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

January 25, 2023

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66m

The K-Factor by Harry Harrison audiobook.

Genre: scifi

In Harry Harrison's The K-Factor, humanity has tried to make war obsolete by turning it into a measurable, manageable risk. The key tool is Societics, a hard-nosed, data-driven science that treats whole cultures like systems and watches for the smallest shift that can trigger a runaway chain reaction. When the frontier planet Himmel begins showing a sudden, inexplicable rise in its k-factor - the war factor - veteran field operative Neel Sidorak is pulled from routine work and sent to find out why. Working under the weary guidance of Societics' aging founder and partnered with his assistant Adao Costa, Neel is dropped into a tense colonial society where independence movements, political pride, and old resentments are building pressure by the hour. But the numbers do not lie, and they hint at something worse than local unrest: someone may be feeding dangerous knowledge to the wrong hands, pushing Himmel toward a catastrophic point of no return. As Neel races to map the real forces shaping the planet, he must decide how far a supposedly peaceful civilization should go to prevent a war before it starts.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:16:05) Chapter 2

(00:29:09) Chapter 3

(00:46:01) Chapter 4

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