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The Heads of Cerberus

Gelesen von Christina Fu

(4,5 Sterne; 15 Bewertungen)

A pioneering work in the alternate worlds genre, The Heads of Cerberus was serialized in The Thrill Book in 1919 and published as a novel in 1952. A vial of grey dust transports three unwitting time travelers to a totalitarian version of Philadelphia in the year 2118. While certain landmarks stand unchanged, the societal structure is unrecognizable. Superlative adjectives and numbered buttons have replaced names and an oligarchy wield godlike power over the masses. To return home, the trio must win over the Loveliest, outsmart the Cleverest, and survive a deadly competition. - Summary by Christina Fu (6 hr 18 min)

Chapters

Chapter 1 - "Welcome, However You Come!"

21:37

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Chapter 2 - "Dust of Purgatory"

26:32

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Chapter 3 - Arrivals and Departures

15:46

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Chapter 4 -Where the Gray Dust Led

15:52

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Chapter 5 - The Weaver of the Years

27:46

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Chapter 6 - A Matter of Buttons

15:35

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Chapter 7 - A Few Small Changes

11:34

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Chapter 8 - Legal Procedure Expedited

11:04

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Chapter 9 - The Pit of the Past

16:04

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Chapter 10 - The Fourth Victim

17:08

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Chapter 11 - Mine and Countermine

15:21

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Chapter 12 - The New City

13:16

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Chapter 13 - Penn Service

6:48

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Chapter 14 - The Threat of Penn

25:55

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Chapter 15 - The Justice of Penn Service

22:07

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Chapter 16 - Disaster

24:37

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Chapter 17 - Their Last Chance

19:59

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Chapter 18 - The Sword and the Bell

16:10

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Chapter 19 - Trenmore Strikes

14:08

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Chapter 20 - Transferred Home

9:55

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Chapter 21 - The Last of the Gray Dust

31:20

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Bewertungen

I was shocked when I saw how early this was written.

(5 Sterne)

Another 5 star reading, too. I'm forever indebted.