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Masters of the Vortex

Gelesen von Harley James

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"Masters of the Vortex" is a 1960 novel by E.E. "Doc" Smith which incorporates and expands upon three short stories, "The Vortex Blaster", "Storm Cloud on Deka", and "The Vortex Blaster Makes War". Somewhat confusingly, it was originally published under the title "The Vortex Blaster", the same name as the first short story, before being republished as "Masters of the Vortex". It is the final novel, or a spinoff, of The Lensmen stories. It follows the adventures of Neal "Storm" Cloud, a brilliant mathematician who makes it his personal mission to snuff out wiild nuclear vortexes all over the galaxy, at great risk to his own safety. He visits multiple alien worlds and their intelligent species, and gains a crew and a protege. Can he successfully destroy the nuclear vortexes? And are all of them random occurrences, or are they being used for nefarious means? (Summary by Harley James) (6 hr 51 min)

Chapters

Chapter 1: Catastrophe

20:01

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Chapter 2: Cloud Blasts a Vortex

20:11

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Chapter 3: Cloud Loses an Arm

21:42

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Chapter 4: Storm Cloud on Deka

27:41

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Chapter 5: The Boneheads

14:22

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Chapter 6: Driving Jets are Weapons

34:45

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Chapter 7: The Blaster Acquires a Crew

16:33

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Chapter 8: Vesta the Vegian

26:20

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Chapter 9: Trouble on Tominga

23:01

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Chapter 10: Janowick

13:42

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Chapter 11: Joan the Telepath

24:25

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Chapter 12: Vesta Practices Spaceal

12:50

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Chapter 13: Games Within Games

34:25

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Chapter 14: Vesta the Gambler

20:18

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Chapter 15: Joan and Her Brains

24:41

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Chapter 16: Vegian Justice

27:57

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Chapter 17: The Call

28:09

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Chapter 18: Cahuita

20:44

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I'd have voiced it a bit differently, but it's better than any I've finished. and it's great to have the whole story in one place.