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Square Pegs, The

Sanity is just a matter of finding the right asteroid

by Ray Bradbury ...

Narrated by Phil Chenevert ...

Unabridged

35 min

In this story Ray Bradbury takes a hard look at insanity and shines an unblinking light on every culture and age on earth. Why do we lable someone crazy or insane? Because they don't fit in. But is it the insane who must be kept locked away, or is it simply the insane culture they live in that needs to be changed to fit them? Far in the future, humans have the possibility of fitting the delusional ... Read more

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In this story Ray Bradbury takes a hard look at insanity and shines an unblinking light on every culture and age on earth. Why do we lable someone crazy or insane? Because they don't fit in. But is it the insane who must be kept locked away, or is it simply the insane culture they live in that needs to be changed to fit them? Far in the future, humans have the possibility of fitting the delusional
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

by Washington Irving ...

Narrated by Phil Chenevert ...

Unabridged

1 hour 24 min

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a gothic story by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories titled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Written while Irving was living abroad in Birmingham, England. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was first published in 1819. Along with Irving's companion piece "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" ... Read more

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"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a gothic story by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories titled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Written while Irving was living abroad in Birmingham, England. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was first published in 1819. Along with Irving's companion piece "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
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Harry Harrison: Arm of the Law

Harry Harrison tells us what happens when a robot policeman is sent to a small town on Mars.

by Harry Harrison ...

Narrated by Phil Chenevert ...

Unabridged

41 min

It was a big, coffin-shaped plywood box that looked like it weighed a ton. This brawny type just dumped it through the door of the police station and started away. I looked up from the blotter and shouted at the trucker's vanishing back."What the hell is that?""How should I know?" he said as he swung up into the cab. "I just deliver, I don't X-ray 'em. It came on the morning rocket from earth is ... Read more

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It was a big, coffin-shaped plywood box that looked like it weighed a ton. This brawny type just dumped it through the door of the police station and started away. I looked up from the blotter and shouted at the trucker's vanishing back."What the hell is that?""How should I know?" he said as he swung up into the cab. "I just deliver, I don't X-ray 'em. It came on the morning rocket from earth is
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Alice's Adventures Underground

by Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll ...

Narrated by Phil Chenevert ...

Unabridged

1 hour 20 min

This is the handwritten book that Carroll wrote for private use before being urged to develop it later into Alice in Wonderland. It was generously illustrated by Carrol and meant to entertain his family and friends. When a sick child in a hospital enjoyed it so much, the mother wrote him saying it had distracted her for a bit from her pain and led eventually to Carroll expanding the story. I. Down ... Read more

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This is the handwritten book that Carroll wrote for private use before being urged to develop it later into Alice in Wonderland. It was generously illustrated by Carrol and meant to entertain his family and friends. When a sick child in a hospital enjoyed it so much, the mother wrote him saying it had distracted her for a bit from her pain and led eventually to Carroll expanding the story. I. Down
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2 Science Fiction Stories by Philip K. Dick

by Philip K Dick ...

Narrated by Phil Chenevert ...

Unabridged

1 hour 3 min

These are 2 much praised stories by the master of quirky stories, Philip K. Dick. First published in Planet Stories (1954), “The Crystal Crypt” is classic Dick, presenting you with a narrative that seems yawningly familiar, and then...an unexpected detail is revealed, a detail that changes the meaning of everything you have seen. it is an entertaining and surprising story which I would recommend ... Read more

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These are 2 much praised stories by the master of quirky stories, Philip K. Dick. First published in Planet Stories (1954), “The Crystal Crypt” is classic Dick, presenting you with a narrative that seems yawningly familiar, and then...an unexpected detail is revealed, a detail that changes the meaning of everything you have seen. it is an entertaining and surprising story which I would recommend
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The Diaries of Adam and Eve

by Mark Twain ...

Narrated by Phil Chenevert ...

Unabridged

1 hour 14 min

The Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain | Mark Twain wrote these two diaries, or rather as he insists, 'translated them from the original manuscripts', late in his writing career. The freshness, wonder and excitement of exploring a new world permeates Eve's thoughts as she takes great joy in her very existence and loves everything about it. To me this is obviously a posthumous love-letter to ... Read more

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The Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain | Mark Twain wrote these two diaries, or rather as he insists, 'translated them from the original manuscripts', late in his writing career. The freshness, wonder and excitement of exploring a new world permeates Eve's thoughts as she takes great joy in her very existence and loves everything about it. To me this is obviously a posthumous love-letter to
... Read more
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The Willows

by Algernon Blackwood, Algernon Blackwood ...

Narrated by Phil Chenevert ...

Unabridged

2 hours 20 min

"The Willows" is a novella by English author Algernon Blackwood, originally published as part of his 1907 collection The Listener and Other Stories. It is one of Blackwood's best known works and has been influential on a number of later writers. Horror author H.P. Lovecraft considered it to be the finest supernatural tale in English literature. "The Willows" is an example of early modern horror ... Read more

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"The Willows" is a novella by English author Algernon Blackwood, originally published as part of his 1907 collection The Listener and Other Stories. It is one of Blackwood's best known works and has been influential on a number of later writers. Horror author H.P. Lovecraft considered it to be the finest supernatural tale in English literature. "The Willows" is an example of early modern horror
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Philip K. Dick - The Hanging Stanger

A hanging body can be more than just a shocking sight

by Philip K. Dick ...

Narrated by Phil Chenevert ...

Unabridged

37 min

Ed Loyce lives a happy and normal life is a happy and normal small town in mid America. But today something strange happens. In the late evening, on his way to work at his TV sales and repair shop he passes the tiny one block park in the middle of town and sees something hanging from the only lamp post, something big, almost like a body. Of course it must be something else, probably an ad of some ... Read more

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Ed Loyce lives a happy and normal life is a happy and normal small town in mid America. But today something strange happens. In the late evening, on his way to work at his TV sales and repair shop he passes the tiny one block park in the middle of town and sees something hanging from the only lamp post, something big, almost like a body. Of course it must be something else, probably an ad of some
... Read more
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The Art of War

by Sun Tzu, Sun Tzu ...

Narrated by Phil Chenevert ...

Unabridged

1 hour 16 min

The Art of War (Chinese: 孫子兵法; lit. 'Sun Tzu's Military Method') is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the Late Spring and Autumn Period (roughly 5th century BC). The work, which is attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu ("Master Sun"), is composed of 13 chapters. Each one is devoted to a different set of skills (or "art") related to warfare and how it applies ... Read more

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The Art of War (Chinese: 孫子兵法; lit. 'Sun Tzu's Military Method') is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the Late Spring and Autumn Period (roughly 5th century BC). The work, which is attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu ("Master Sun"), is composed of 13 chapters. Each one is devoted to a different set of skills (or "art") related to warfare and how it applies
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Eldritch Horrors Seven Early Tales

by H.P. Lovecraft ...

Narrated by phil chenevert ...

Unabridged

3 hours 11 min

Eldritch Horrors: Seven Early Tales by H.P. Lovecraft presents a powerful collection of stories that reveal the origins of one of the most influential voices in horror and weird fiction. This anthology spans Lovecraft’s early creative life, from his teenage experiments in terror to the mature visions that shaped the foundations of cosmic horror. Each story offers a glimpse into the evolving ... Read more

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Eldritch Horrors: Seven Early Tales by H.P. Lovecraft presents a powerful collection of stories that reveal the origins of one of the most influential voices in horror and weird fiction. This anthology spans Lovecraft’s early creative life, from his teenage experiments in terror to the mature visions that shaped the foundations of cosmic horror. Each story offers a glimpse into the evolving
... Read more
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr : Two Science Fiction Stories

A trillion people? Oh dear!

by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ...

Narrated by Phil Chenevert ...

Unabridged

46 min

These two stories by Kurt Vonnegut were written almost a decade apart but they are definitely connected. The Big Trip Up Yonder, published in Galaxy Science Fiction January 1954 is a comical yet scary description of what over population was going to do to society after aging was conquered and a simple daily dose of "anti-gerosone" would keep you forever the same age. Would Gramps EVER take 'That ... Read more

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These two stories by Kurt Vonnegut were written almost a decade apart but they are definitely connected. The Big Trip Up Yonder, published in Galaxy Science Fiction January 1954 is a comical yet scary description of what over population was going to do to society after aging was conquered and a simple daily dose of "anti-gerosone" would keep you forever the same age. Would Gramps EVER take 'That
... Read more
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Rockabye, Grady

When on Pru'ut, you must do as the natives do—and that includes dying as they do!

by David Mason ...

Narrated by Phil Chenevert ...

Unabridged

19 min

Pru'ut is a small hot planet, covered with fern forests and swamps, and inhabited by one of the innumerable primate-human species of the universe. It was also inhabited, for a while, by one Terran, James Grady. The natives called their world Pru'ut, Grady called it The Mud Hole. He was the sole human on the planet, and his job was to pay the natives to collect the native plants and have them ... Read more

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Pru'ut is a small hot planet, covered with fern forests and swamps, and inhabited by one of the innumerable primate-human species of the universe. It was also inhabited, for a while, by one Terran, James Grady. The natives called their world Pru'ut, Grady called it The Mud Hole. He was the sole human on the planet, and his job was to pay the natives to collect the native plants and have them
... Read more