PHILOSOPHICAL Sci-Fi Read Along: The Big Engine - Fritz Leiber | Bedtime for Adults

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In this read along audiobook, I share a pensive short story by Fritz Leiber.
The story first appeared in the February 1962 edition of Galaxy Magazine and is available as a public domain work on Project Gutenberg. To get the text of the story for free, head to www.gutenberg....
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[@haldanebdoyle]

Beautiful selection and great narration.

[@storiesfromthesky]

Thank you kindly!

[@carlodave9]

“Like a mouse in a dynamo or an ant in an atomics plant.” This kind of story is how you get an FBI file going on yourself in 1962.

[@kimshepherd2182]

❤⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@stevenverhaegen8729]

OMG... 😮🙏

[@shayneevans4260]

sounds like he's talking about NPC. Didn't know they had those in the 60's.

[@carlodave9]

I didn’t know they had meany rich kids like Elon Musk in the 60’s, seeing how much trouble they could stir up when money wasn’t enough. (Speaking of “nickel sadism and dime paranoia.”)

[@susanc4622]

I hope you’re monetised again.