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

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01/25/23

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66m

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

January 24, 2023

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401m

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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The Misplaced Battleship by Harry Harrison ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

January 25, 2023

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75m

The Misplaced Battleship by Harry Harrison audiobook.

Genre: scifi

Something the size of a battleship should be hard to misplace. In interstellar space, it is just another missing object with the potential to start a war. When a powerful warship goes unaccounted for in a supposedly peaceful region, the Special Corps sends its most unusual investigator: James Bolivar diGriz, better known as Slippery Jim, the Stainless Steel Rat, a master thief who now uses his talents on the side of the law. Jim follows a trail of quiet rumors and carefully hidden paperwork to the planet Cittanuvo, where an illegal shipbuilding project may be underway behind a mask of respectability. The deeper he digs, the more he runs into professional-grade misdirection, a web of bribes and false fronts, and the unsettling possibility that someone plans to steal the battleship and sell its firepower to the highest bidder. Facing the criminal genius Pepe Nero and aided and hindered by the brilliant and unpredictable Angelina, Jim must rely on charm, nerve, and a thief's instincts to find the ship before it becomes the spark for galaxy-wide chaos. Fast, witty, and twisty, this caper blends crime, adventure, and classic space opera suspense.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:16:41) Chapter 2

(00:38:45) Chapter 3

(00:54:11) Chapter 4

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