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The Return of Vaman

A Scientific Novel

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The Return of Vaman

Written by: Jayant V. Narlikar
Narrated by: Neil Shah
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This collection of science-fiction writings by Jayant V. Narlikar offers listeners a unique glimpse into the world-famous Indian astrophysicist’s vivid and highly imaginative concepts and stories.

The witty short story “The Rare Idol of Ganesha” cleverly explores the possible consequences of a mirror-symmetric individual in the context of cricket test match performances. The fast-paced, gripping science-fiction thriller “The Return of Vaman” explores what happens when an alien container is unearthed by a crew of scientists. The enormous potential technological applications of its contents bring various criminal elements on the scene - but when the real danger becomes apparent it is almost too late to save humanity.

Last but not least, the audiobook provides listeners with extensive insights into the genesis and scientific background of the fictional material presented in this volume, along with an autobiographical account of the author’s lifelong interest in science fiction and his contributions to the genre.

©2015 Springer International Publishing Switzerland (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing Anthologies & Short Stories Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction
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The plot is a saturated mixture of tripped and cliches. We have one female character who's only role it's to be a pinning/waiting wife and then get kidnapped.

Getting kidnapped wad my last straw. I can't stand poor female representation. I DNFd it right there at the climax.

The voices of characters ate so weird during narration. Pyarelal was the only good one. To show distinction between characters, some of the men head high pitched voices while others had something between scratchy and squeaky.

Story is meh, narration was not up to par

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