![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | 'Despoilers of the Golden Empire' - Randall Garrett
A seasoned military commander travels to another world to find the metal that brings power, and ends up bringing down a barbaric empire. Randall Garrett was known for his skill in writing adventure science fiction, alternate world fantasy mysteries, and stories full of great humor and horrible puns. This story, first published in Astounding in March 1959 under the pseudonym "David Gordon", is truly characteristic of his body of work.
Keywords: Audiobook - fiction; science fiction; humor; holidays - April Fools' Day
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| "Hail to the Chief" - Randall Garrett
In a future election, a presidential candidate confronts one of the hard truths of politics: sometimes the best person for the job isn't the easiest one to elect.
Keywords: Audiobook - fiction; science fiction; politics
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| The Highest Treason - Randall Garrett
LibriVox recording of The Highest Treason, by Randall Garrett. Read by Lee Elliott. Set in a future in which humanity’s dream of total equality is fully realized and poverty in terms of material wealth has been eliminated, humanity has straight-jacketed itself into the only social system which could make this possible. Class differentiation is entirely horizontal rather than vertical and no matter what one’s chosen field, all advancement is based solely on seniority rather than ability...
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; science fiction; randall garrett
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| Brain Twister - Mark Phillips -- aka Randall Garrett and Laurence M. Janifer
An FBI agent hunts for a mindreader, while hampered by a hangover, overzealous nursing homes, and an unstable boss. That's bad enough. Then he finds his telepath -- and his real troubles begin.... Written under the pseudonym "Mark Phillips" by sf writers Randall Garrett and Lawrence M. Janifer, this funny science fiction adventure predates the X-Files by a good thirty years. Under its original title That Nice Old Lady, it was nominated in 1960 for the Hugo Award for Best Novel, against such cont...
Keywords: Audiobook - fiction; science fiction; humor
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| Brain Twister - Mark Phillips (Randall Garrett and Laurence M. Janifer)
LibriVox recording of Brain Twister, by Mark Phillips. Read by Catharine Eastman. "Mark Phillips" is, or are, two writers: Randall Garrett and Laurence M. Janifer. Their joint pen-name, derived from their middle names (Philip and Mark), was coined soon after their original meeting, at a science-fiction convention. Both men were drunk at the time, which explains a good deal, and only one has ever sobered up...
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; audiobook; spy; science fiction; humor
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