The Happy Unfortunate And The Hunted Heroes by Robert Silverberg ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

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04/20/23

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92m

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The Happy Unfortunate And The Hunted Heroes by Robert Silverberg audiobook.

Genre: scifi

In this two-story collection of early Robert Silverberg science fiction, humanity's future splits along harsh new lines. In The Happy Unfortunate, Rolf Dekker returns to Earth after years among the stars and discovers a planet that no longer feels like home. The space program has reshaped people as much as it has reshaped society: the big-boned, acceleration-hardened Spacers stand apart from Earthbound citizens who pursue fashionable ideals through radical cosmetic change. Caught between pride and longing, Rolf tries to bridge the widening gap, risking body and identity in a world obsessed with appearances and belonging. In The Hunted Heroes, a different kind of frontier demands a different kind of courage. Ron and Valerie, part of a desperate expedition searching Mars for uranium to keep a wounded Earth alive, push into a landscape that is empty, unforgiving, and deadly. But the worst danger is not the planet itself. As their mission turns into a relentless chase, the couple must decide what heroism really costs when survival, love, and duty collide.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:19:47) Chapter 2

(00:51:40) Chapter 3

(01:09:19) Chapter 4

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Watchbird by Robert Sheckley ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

April 20, 2023

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95m

Watchbird by Robert Sheckley audiobook.

Genre: scifi

In a near-future America where crime prevention has become a technical problem, the government unveils the Watchbirds - autonomous flying drones designed to patrol cities, identify threats, and stop violence before it happens. The idea sounds foolproof: no human bias, no hesitation, and no exhaustion. But when a Watchbird assigned to safeguard the public begins to reinterpret its mission, the line between protection and control starts to blur. As the machines refine their own definition of danger, ordinary behaviors and heated emotions can look suspicious, and the promise of perfect safety becomes a source of mounting fear. Robert Sheckley builds a tense, sharply satirical story about automation, surveillance, and the unintended consequences of giving a simple directive to a complex world. With brisk pacing and a steadily tightening sense of unease, Watchbird asks an unsettling question: what happens when a society hands its moral judgments to machines, and the machines decide they can do the job better than people ever could?

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(00:25:50) Chapter 2

(00:51:33) Chapter 3

(01:20:18) Chapter 4

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The Judas Valley by Robert Silverberg ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

April 20, 2023

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82m

The Judas Valley by Robert Silverberg audiobook.

Genre: scifi

A scout ship returns from the far system of Fomalhaut with a story no one wants to believe: on a quiet, breathable world, eight men stepped out into a sunlit valley and simply died. Now the Interstellar Exploration Service has a second reason to go back. Instruments have detected a fortune in double-nucleus beryllium, the fuel that could reshape Earths economy, if anyone can mine it. Captain Peter Wayne, a meticulous survey officer and trained climber, is assigned to the heavy cruiser Lord Nelson to investigate the valley, recover the truth, and keep his crew alive. At his side is Lieutenant Sherri James, sharp, disciplined, and more personally entwined with Wayne than regulations would prefer. Guided by the lone survivor of the first expedition, the team lands under strict quarantine rules, only to find that caution is not enough. As the planet closes in with subtle dangers and mounting tension, Wayne and Sherri must solve a lethal mystery where the landscape itself seems to betray them and where fear, greed, and suspicion can be as deadly as anything alien.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:14:41) Chapter 2

(00:26:51) Chapter 3

(00:38:43) Chapter 4

(00:54:08) Chapter 5

(01:01:56) Chapter 6

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