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Pasca Teodora on 05 Feb 14Another day in a war with yourself quote
Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card
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Commentary: A "Top 100 Sci-Fi Audiobooks" List : SFFaudio - 0 views
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Dune – Frank Herbert
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Foundation – Isaac Asimov
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Armageddon in Retrospect Audiobook by Kurt Vonnegut at Downpour.com | Download Armagedd... - 0 views
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"Armageddon in Retrospect" is a collection of twelve new and unpublished writings on war and peace. Imbued with Vonnegut's trademark rueful humour, the pieces range from a visceral nonfiction recollection of the destruction of Dresden during World War II - a piece that is as timely today as it was then - to a painfully funny short story about three privates and their fantasies of the perfect first meal upon returning home from war, to a darker, more poignant story about the impossibility of shielding our children from the temptations of violence. Also included in this title are Vonnegut's last speech as well as an assortment of his artwork, with an introduction by the author's son, Mark Vonnegut. "Armageddon in Retrospect" says as much about the times in which we live as it does about the genius of the writer.
Hospitals under 'unprecedented' attack in war zones: MSF - Locality News - 0 views
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The MSF spoke out as guilt grew over the bombing of hospitals in the dissident-held east of the Syri...
The Penultimate Truth Audiobook by Philip K. Dick at Downpour.com | Download The Penult... - 0 views
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7.0 hrs • UNABRIDGED
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In the future, most of humanity lives in massive underground bunkers, producing weapons for the nuclear war they’ve fled. Constantly bombarded by patriotic propaganda, the citizens of these industrial anthills believe they are waiting for the day when the war will be over, and they can return above ground. But when Nick St. James, president of one anthill, makes an unauthorized trip to the surface, what he finds is more shocking than anything he could imagine.
Slaughterhouse-Five Audiobook by Kurt Vonnegut at Downpour.com | Download Slaughterhous... - 0 views
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Kurt Vonnegut’s absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five introduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes “unstuck in time” after he is abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. In a plot-scrambling display of virtuosity, we follow Pilgrim simultaneously through all phases of his life, concentrating on his (and Vonnegut’s) shattering experience as an American prisoner of war who witnesses the firebombing of Dresden.Slaughterhouse-Five is not only Vonnegut’s most powerful book, it is also as important as any written since 1945. Like Catch-22, it fashions the author’s experiences in the Second World War into an eloquent and deeply funny plea against butchery in the service of authority. Slaughterhouse-Five boasts the same imagination, humanity, and gleeful appreciation of the absurd found in Vonnegut’s other works, but the book’s basis in rock-hard, tragic fact gives it unique poignancy—and humor.
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A Nebula Award Nominee One of Modern Library‘s 100 Best English-Language Novels of the Twentieth Century A Hugo Award Finalist A National Book Award Finalist A New York Times Bestseller Time Magazine: 1 of the 100 Best English-Language Novels from 1923-2005
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury; Unabridged MP3 Audio Book; Narrator Stephen Hoye - 0 views
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"An endearing classic of childhood fancies and memories of an idyllic Midwestern summer from America's most beloved storyteller. Ray Bradbury's moving recollection of a vanished golden era remains one of his most enchanting novels. stands out in the Bradbury literary canon as the author's most deeply personal work, a semi-autobiographical recollection of a magical small-town summer in 1928.Twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding knows Green Town, Illinois, is as vast and deep as the whole wide world that lies beyond the city limits. It is a pair of brand-new tennis shoes, the first harvest of dandelions for Grandfather's renowned intoxicant, the distant clang of the trolley's bell on a hazy afternoon, It is yesteryear and tomorrow blended into an unforgettable always. But as young Douglas is about to discover, summer can be more than the repetition of established rituals whose mystical power holds time at bay. It can be a best friend moving away, a human time machine who can transport you back to the Civil War, or a sideshow automaton able to glimpse the bittersweet future.Come and savor Bradbury's priceless distillation of all that is eternal about boyhood and summer."
Berlin Sheds Tear for Post-War Order as Trump Era Looms | LocalityNews - 0 views
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US President Obama & German Chancellor Angela Merkel may have made a tough start, but his imminent departure sparked a wave of nostalgia and trepidation in Berlin.
Drabblecast 141 - On the Destruction of Copenhagen by the War Machines of the Merfolk -... - 0 views
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress | Robert A. Heinlein | The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Audio ... - 0 views
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In what is considered one of Heinlein's most hair-raising, thought-provoking, and outrageous adventures, the master of modern science fiction tells the strange story of an even stranger world. It is 21st-century Luna, a harsh penal colony where a revolt is plotted between a bashful computer and a ragtag collection of maverick humans, a revolt that goes beautifully until the inevitable happens. But that's the problem with the inevitable: it always happens. Winner of the 1967 Hugo award, this novel marked Heinlein's partial return to his best form. He draws many historical parallels with the War of Independence, and clearly shows his own libertarian political views.
Durham County Library - The Man in the High Castle - 0 views
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It's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assumed names. In San Francisco, the I Ching is as common as the Yellow Pages. All because some 20 years earlier the United States lost a war-and is now occupied jointly by Nazi Germany and Japan. This harrowing, Hugo Award-winning novel is the work that first established Philip K. Dick as an innovator in science fiction, breaking the barrier between genre fiction and the serious novel of ideas. Dick offers a haunting vision of history as a nightmare from which it may just be possible to awake.