Destiny Times Three
Gelesen von Ben Tucker
Fritz Leiber
(4,444 Sterne; 18 Bewertungen)
Thorn and Clawly seek to present to the World Executive Committee some most disturbing findings, findings that indicate that we may not be alone within the nexus of realities, that there could be other worlds existing parallel to our own, springing forth from a specific point in time. That in and of itself may not constitute a significant problem, but what if one of these worlds was not content with their lot in life and were organizing a secret invasion into our utopian reality? (Summary by Ben Tucker) (3 hr 44 min)
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Lirael Lorelei
(5 Sterne)
The best reader I’ve ever heard on LibriVox. What if people all over the world began having nightmares every night? What if it was the SAME nightmare, and we are all sharing it? What if you woke up in bed with your spouse, only he ISN’T your spouse? He looks the same, but on the inside s/he is a total stranger. This science fiction book predates Invasion of the Body Snatchers (which borrowed liberally from Destiny Times Three) by a decade. It is also among the very first to explore the concepts of the multiverse/alternate worlds/alternate selves. A great deal of the best science fiction owes a debt to Fritz Leiber. Creative, well paced, drawing on Norse mythology and Platonism, Leiber expresses the sublimated fears of nuclear annihilation, further political instability, and continuing to live in a totalitarian state. Published in 1945, when all of those fears felt very real and imminent. Many of the worries are still with us today in the fear of not just nuclear bombs, but biological weapons, AI, the surveillance state, etc. as well as destabilization of societies tilting back toward authoritarianism.
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SevenLivelyArts
(4 Sterne)
Leiber's stories are always full of unexpected twists. This one takes a run through the multiverse, where each world is its own kind of dystopia, and yet each is still worth defending. Excellent work from the reader.