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  • Time Traders, (Version 2)-Andre Norton

    Time Traders, (Version 2)-Andre Norton
    Nov 10 2026
    Time Traders, (Version 2) by Andre Norton.

    If it is possible to conquer space, then perhaps it is also possible to conquer time. At least that was the theory American scientists were exploring in an effort to explain the new sources of knowledge the Russians possessed. Perhaps Russian scientists had discovered how to transport themselves back in time in order to learn long-forgotten secrets of the past. That was why young Ross Murdock, above average in intelligence but a belligerently independent nonconformist, found himself on a "hush-hush" government project at a secret base in the Arctic. The very qualities that made him a menace in civilized society were valuable traits in a man who must successfully act the part of a merchant trader of the Beaker people during the Bronze Age.

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    Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).

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    6 ore e 50 min
  • Defiant Agents (Version 2)-Andre Norton

    Defiant Agents (Version 2)-Andre Norton
    Nov 9 2026
    Defiant Agents (Version 2) by Andre Norton.

    Operation Cochise: a carefully planned Western move to colonize a planet ahead of the Reds. Travis never learned why the ship had crashed, nor why he and the other Apache agents had been shot into space without warning and under Redax control, a machine which had returned them to ancestral mentality. But the dangers on Topaz demanded free minds, for Travis soon realized that if the Reds already encamped beyond the mountains--a horde of barbaric Mongols completely dominated by their masters--discovered the secret of the eerie underground chamber in the towers hidden in a valley of mists, not only Topaz but Terra itself would be destroyed.

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    Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).

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    6 ore e 28 min
  • Beyond Lies the Wub - Philip K. Dick

    Beyond Lies the Wub - Philip K. Dick
    Nov 8 2026
    Beyond Lies the Wub by Philip K. Dick.

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    16 min
  • Beyond Lies the Wub & The Skull-Philip K. Dick

    Beyond Lies the Wub & The Skull-Philip K. Dick
    Nov 7 2026
    Beyond Lies the Wub & The Skull by Philip K. Dick.

    Two stories in the inimitable Philip Dick style. What is a Wub? A 400 pound slovenly, fat, ungainly, drooling animal that looks like a cross between a walrus and an enormous hog? Well, yes that is pretty much what he looks like and for 50 cents, a good bargain no matter how he tastes. The hungry spaceship crew expect to find out. Of course the Wub may not entirely agree but it doesn't have much to say about it. The second story, The Skull, is a skillful mesh of time travel, unscrupulous governments, prisoners, and religion. With an assassin thrown in for good measure. Enjoy!

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    Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).

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    1 ora e 11 min
  • Defenders-Philip K. Dick

    Defenders-Philip K. Dick
    Nov 6 2026
    Defenders by Philip K. Dick.

    The terrible destruction of total nuclear war between the Western and Eastern Blocks has succeeded in sterilizing the surface of the earth. No living creature can now exist there and all humans on both sides, have fled to the hives built miles below the surface where they constantly work to produce the war materials necessary to carry on the battle. For 8 years now, the actual fighting between these super powers has been conducted by robots known as Ledeys since only they can sustain the terrible levels of radiation caused by the constant bombardment. They are the Defenders, standing between the combatants far below and ultimate victory or defeat. Life is hard in the tunnels, but liveable, while it is lethal on the surface. The ledeys keep the generals informed on everything through vids and pictures; but how can this continue? what will happen? Who will win?

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    Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).

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    1 ora
  • Crystal Crypt, the & Beyond the Door-Philip K. Dick

    Crystal Crypt, the & Beyond the Door-Philip K. Dick
    Nov 5 2026
    Crystal Crypt, the & Beyond the Door by Philip K. Dick.

    Two early science fiction stories by the wonderful craftsman, Philip K. Dick. In the Crystal Crypt, taken from the 1954 Planet Stories, the war between Mars and Terra is about to erupt and earth has only merchants and salesmen to fight; can they carry out their mission? Beyond the Door is a story that asks and answers the question: what lives beyond the door? And is it dangerous?

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    Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).

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    1 ora e 4 min
  • Variable Man (Version 2)-Philip K. Dick

    Variable Man (Version 2)-Philip K. Dick
    Nov 4 2026
    Variable Man (Version 2) by Philip K. Dick.

    Philip K. Dick wrote some great Science Fiction and here is an example. Published in 1953, in Space Science Fiction, t his story explores an earth that is rigidly bound both by centuries of single minded focus on war, and on what happens when humans have learned to depend entirely on a mechanical calculator/computer to tell them what to do. There is no room for a factor outside known factors, something to throw all calculations off. A man from the past. He fixed things—clocks, refrigerators, vidsenders and destinies. But he had no business in the future, where the calculators could not handle him. He was Earth’s only hope—and its sure failure!

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    Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).

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    3 ore e 6 min
  • Eyes Have It & Tony and the Beetles-Philip K. Dick

    Eyes Have It & Tony and the Beetles-Philip K. Dick
    Nov 3 2026
    Eyes Have It & Tony and the Beetles by Philip K. Dick.

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    43 min