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Direct Descent

Written by: Frank Herbert
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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A library planet: The greatest treasure, the deadliest weapon.

Earth has become a library planet over the last several thousand years, a bastion of both useful and useless knowledge - esoterica of all types: History, science, politics - gathered by teams of "pack rats" who scour the galaxy for any scrap of information. Knowledge is power, knowledge is wealth, and knowledge can be a weapon. As powerful dictators come and go over the course of history, the cadre of dedicated librarians is sworn to obey the lawful government - and use their wits to protect the treasure trove of knowledge they have collected over the millennia.

©1980 Frank Herbert (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction Fiction Solar System
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Pretty decent stories. Two short stories in fact. All about earth’s library or should I say earth has become a giant library and it’s about the librarians fight to save it. Some interesting ideas interesting solutions to seemingly intractable problems. Not a fan of the narrator though. He always sounds slow and laconic.

Pretty good

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