War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

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06/30/22

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War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells audiobook.

Genre: scifi

H. G. Wells wrote The War of the Worlds in 1898, when there was much speculation about life on the planet Mars. The book is considered to be one of the first science fiction novels. In the story, an English gentleman narrates the events of a violent and fast paced Martian invasion.

The frightening images of people fleeing from gigantic tripod machines and the prospect of life under Martian rule have served as a bottomless well of inspiration for popular culture. The novel has served as a template for many derivative or inspired works, including comics, countless books, a TV series, several films, a bestselling musical, and the famous Orson Wells broadcast. Overall, The War of the Worlds has become an early milestone in and inspiration for the invasion genre.

The novel demonstrates Wells' typical pessimistic outlook on human nature and offers a good deal of criticism on society and people's ignorance and vanity. The War of the Worlds can be read as an indictment of European colonial actions around the globe at that time - with which the injustice of the Martian invasion can be compared. Wells has since been credited with predicting quite a number of technologies, such as laser-like rays, industrial robot-like machines, and chemical-warfare.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:15:40) Chapter 2

(00:25:07) Chapter 3

(00:32:04) Chapter 4

(00:40:03) Chapter 5

(00:50:19) Chapter 6

(00:56:16) Chapter 7

(01:05:09) Chapter 8

(01:12:03) Chapter 9

(01:25:08) Chapter 10

(01:39:19) Chapter 11

(01:52:08) Chapter 12

(02:15:43) Chapter 13

(02:28:15) Chapter 14

(02:52:20) Chapter 15

(03:11:35) Chapter 16

(03:39:49) Chapter 17

(04:02:02) Chapter 18

(04:18:55) Chapter 19

(04:41:04) Chapter 20

(04:53:49) Chapter 21

(05:04:48) Chapter 22

(05:11:37) Chapter 23

(05:20:14) Chapter 24

(05:54:26) Chapter 25

(06:14:53) Chapter 26

(06:26:45) Chapter 27

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The Time Machine by H. G. Wells ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

June 30, 2022

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227m

The Time Machine by H. G. Wells audiobook.

Genre: scifi

In late Victorian England, an eccentric inventor known only as the Time Traveller invites a small circle of skeptical friends to witness an impossible achievement: a machine designed to move through time itself. When his demonstration leaves unanswered questions, he soon commits to a far bolder experiment, vanishing into the future to see what becomes of humanity. He arrives in an age of strange beauty and unsettling calm, where the childlike Eloi drift through sunlit ruins, seemingly free from work, struggle, or ambition. Yet as the Time Traveller explores this distant world, he senses a darker logic beneath its surface and discovers that comfort may conceal a brutal history. Driven by curiosity and the urgent need to recover what has been taken from him, he ventures into shadowed places and deeper spans of time, confronting the consequences of social division, evolution, and human complacency. Part scientific romance, part philosophical warning, The Time Machine is a tense, imaginative journey that asks what progress truly means - and what price a civilization may pay for it.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:21:42) Chapter 02

(00:35:30) Chapter 03

(00:49:42) Chapter 04

(01:16:04) Chapter 05

(01:59:52) Chapter 06

(02:13:57) Chapter 07

(02:30:31) Chapter 08

(02:47:14) Chapter 09

(03:04:04) Chapter 10

(03:11:21) Chapter 11

(03:24:16) Chapter 12

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Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

June 30, 2022

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462m

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen audiobook.

Genre: romance

Catherine Morland is young, imaginative, and freshly arrived in Bath, where polite society is a whirlwind of dances, dinners, and unspoken rules. Eager for friendship and romance, she falls in with the charming Isabella Thorpe and Isabella's brash brother John, whose easy confidence masks motives Catherine is too kindhearted to suspect. Amid the glitter of assemblies and the pressure to make a good match, Catherine also meets the steady, witty Henry Tilney and his thoughtful sister Eleanor, whose warmth and intelligence offer Catherine a more genuine connection. When Catherine is invited to the country estate of Northanger Abbey by the imposing General Tilney, her love of Gothic novels begins to color how she interprets every corridor, conversation, and closed door. But real life proves more complicated than sensational stories: money, social ambition, and family expectations shape reputations and futures, and Catherine must learn to separate fantasy from character, and flattery from loyalty. With sharp humor and keen insight, Jane Austen follows Catherine's coming-of-age as she navigates friendship, first love, and the quiet tests that reveal who can be trusted.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:01:31) Chapter 01

(00:10:59) Chapter 01

(00:20:21) Chapter 02

(00:32:47) Chapter 02

(00:45:55) Chapter 03

(00:56:11) Chapter 03

(01:05:36) Chapter 04

(01:13:16) Chapter 04

(01:21:18) Chapter 05

(01:28:45) Chapter 05

(01:36:34) Chapter 06

(01:46:39) Chapter 06

(01:55:16) Chapter 07

(02:11:07) Chapter 07

(02:27:13) Chapter 08

(02:42:34) Chapter 08

(02:57:58) Chapter 09

(03:15:43) Chapter 09

(03:34:43) Chapter 10

(03:56:05) Chapter 10

(04:16:56) Chapter 11

(04:33:48) Chapter 11

(04:50:18) Chapter 12

(05:01:12) Chapter 12

(05:12:20) Chapter 13

(05:29:18) Chapter 13

(05:47:08) Chapter 14

(06:06:11) Chapter 14

(06:24:56) Chapter 15

(06:42:40) Chapter 15

(07:00:57) Chapter 16

(07:16:15) Chapter 16

(07:31:49) Chapter 17

(07:39:47) Chapter 17

(07:48:40) Chapter 18

(07:59:54) Chapter 18

(08:11:04) Chapter 19

(08:19:54) Chapter 19

(08:28:53) Chapter 20

(08:46:43) Chapter 20

(09:05:11) Chapter 21

(09:21:21) Chapter 21

(09:40:01) Chapter 22

(09:58:35) Chapter 22

(10:19:12) Chapter 23

(10:33:12) Chapter 23

(10:49:05) Chapter 24

(11:04:47) Chapter 24

(11:21:36) Chapter 25

(11:37:38) Chapter 25

(11:54:59) Chapter 26

(12:07:49) Chapter 26

(12:22:57) Chapter 27

(12:29:53) Chapter 27

(12:36:31) Chapter 28

(12:55:27) Chapter 28

(13:15:05) Chapter 29

(13:32:23) Chapter 29

(13:51:05) Chapter 30

(14:06:39) Chapter 30

(14:23:34) Chapter 31

(14:30:28) Chapter 31

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