The Cosmic Computer: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Cosmic Computer, credited to H. Beam Piper, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Cosmic Computer, by H. Beam Piper. Read by Mark Nelson. Conn Maxwell returns from Terra to his poverty-stricken home planet of Poictesme, "The Junkyard Planet", with news of the possible location of Merlin, a military super-computer rumored to have been abandoned there after the last war. The inhabitants hope to find Merlin, which they think will be their ticket to wealth and prosperity. But is Merlin real, or just an old rumor? And if they find it will it save them, or tear them apart? (Summary by Mark Nelson)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Cosmic Computer
• Author credits: H. Beam Piper
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 11
• Listed recording duration: 7:27:31

Catalogue topics

• sci-fi
• piper

Track guide

1. Chapter 01-02 — 33:15
2. Chapter 03-04 — 38:56
3. Chapter 05-06 — 51:21
4. Chapter 07-08 — 35:45
5. Chapter 09-10 — 47:49
6. Chapter 11-12 — 35:55
7. Chapter 13-14 — 49:12
8. Chapter 15-16 — 41:56
9. Chapter 17-18 — 40:57
10. Chapter 19-20 — 36:29
11. Chapter 21-22 — 36:04

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