Singularity
49 episodes
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Creator: Bill DeSmedt | Scribl
Solo Science fiction Serial Audio Book
Synopsis:
What if the cataclysmic Tunguska explosion of 1908 was caused, not by a meteor or a comet, but by a microscopic black hole? What if that fantastic object - smaller than an atom, older than the stars, heavier than a mountain - is still down there, orbiting deep inside the earth, slowly consuming the planet? What if only a rookie government agent and an uncannily-insightful consultant stand between a renegade Russian billionaire and his plans to use the black hole to change history - or end it? What if it's all true? For an alternative view of the Tunguska event and to explore the science behind Singularity, visit the Vurdalak Conjecture website. Accolades Winner of the Gold Medal for Science Fiction in Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year Awards Winner of the Independent Publishers Association's Ippy prize for Best Fantasy/Science Fiction novel of 2004 "Singularity is a swift, gripping novel with a goose-pimple mix of scary science and near-future action. An excellent debut from Bill DeSmedt - and I'll be looking forward to his next one!" - Greg Bear, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author "DeSmedt veers an action-packed thriller into perilous realms of black hole physics. The combination of adrenaline and intellect sizzles." - David Brin, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author
Language: English
Format: Audio Book
Continuity: Serial
Writing: Scripted
Voices: Solo
Narrator: None
Genres: Science fiction, Historical, Thriller and Psychological
Soundscape: Voices only
Maturity: Mature
Country of origin: United States
Completion status: Finished
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Episodes:
Announcing Doctor Jack's Soapbox Seminars!
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:42:24 -0000
Singularity's over, but the science behind it goes on. Join everybody's favorite cosmologist as he delves deeper into the Tunguska Event right here on Podiobooks.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:26:39 -0000
The Great Singularity Q and A Episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 46 - Epilogue: The Bridge
Mon, 23 Oct 2006 01:53:21 -0000
... Or not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 20 Oct 2006 07:15:19 -0000
All over but the debriefing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 44: Last Row on the Chessboard
Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:30:10 -0000
It all comes down to this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 12 Oct 2006 05:42:04 -0000
This is the way the world ends ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat, 07 Oct 2006 03:16:43 -0000
In which the Omega Sequence lives up to its name. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:40:07 -0000
If you could gaze into a naked singularity, what would you see? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:28:31 -0000
Origins of the Antipode Project revealed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:44:18 -0000
The voyage down to Antipode station is interrupted by an unexpected intruder, and an unanticipated revelation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:07:07 -0000
Knox regains consciousness only to find he's back aboard Rusalka, this time with a score to settle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tue, 05 Sep 2006 23:41:38 -0000
In which the future repays its debts to the past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:04:52 -0000
The Battle of Weathertop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 35: Closed Timelike Curve
Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:06:59 -0000
What DOES the Shadow KGB want with a naked singularity? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:04:17 -0000
Global causality violation??? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:29:01 -0000
So intent is Mycroft upon breaching the barricades of CROM's communications security that he fails to notice he's being hacked himself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun, 13 Aug 2006 15:56:50 -0000
What's the worst that could happen? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 31: The Way to Weathertop
Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:58:40 -0000
All roads lead to Mycroft's mountaintop aerie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun, 06 Aug 2006 16:26:20 -0000
Warning: SMUT ALERT. (Bad author! Bad!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 02 Aug 2006 23:49:46 -0000
Grishin has discovered Jon and Marianna's whereabouts once again -- but who is it that has discovered Jack Adler's? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:38:00 -0000
All revved up and no place to go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:19:12 -0000
Jon and Marianna land in New York, to find Arkady Grishin's welcoming committee lying in wait. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:19:11 -0000
At Marianna's urging, Knox dredges up the past -- and, with it, the drug-induced, quantum mechanics-inspired origins of his strange talent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 25: West with the Night
Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:36:36 -0000
Marianna still can't seem to come to terms with Knox's weird pattern-matching ability. But, then, neither can Knox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 24: Night on the North Atlantic
Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:21:04 -0000
"The sea is calm to-night" ... and deathly cold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat, 08 Jul 2006 16:55:45 -0000
August 3rd, 10:47 p.m. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tue, 04 Jul 2006 16:41:20 -0000
Their innocents-abroad cover story shredding fast, Knox and Marianna count themselves lucky to catch an unscheduled chopper flight from Rusalka back to the Azores -- until they see that Yuri's coming along for the ride. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat, 01 Jul 2006 03:36:09 -0000
Down in Rusalka's secret lab, chief scientist Galina Postrelnikova makes final preparations for the culmination of Grishin's mysterious Antipode Project -- tonight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat, 24 Jun 2006 23:08:19 -0000
Cosmological reveries presage a wholly unanticipated return from the dead ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:02:49 -0000
A spur-of-the-moment indiscretion is instantly regretted. A post mortem is conducted in the cold, gray light of dawn. And a midnight dinner in Rusalka's sumptuous banquet hall features a curious bit of scientific legerdemain and an even more curious toast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 12 Jun 2006 01:56:16 -0000
Marianna raids Rusalka's clandestine lab and discovers riddles wrapped in enigmas: a strange undersea base and an even stranger wall-safe. Meanwhile Knox, running interference for her up on bridge deck, inadvertently learns more from a casual conversation than he was supposed to -- if only he could figure out what it was. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:35:27 -0000
It's back to business, as Marianna drags a reluctant Knox into a raid on Rusalka's secret lab, while back in DC her boss is planning an assault on a whole different order of magnitude. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:35:26 -0000
A day aboard the megayacht Rusalka offers every manner of indulgence, from romance and frivolity, to remembrance and regret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 31 May 2006 02:07:44 -0000
Seeking the secret harbored at Rusalka's heart -- with paper, pencil, and force majeur. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 14: Hull Number Forty-Seven
Sun, 21 May 2006 12:17:17 -0000
Knox and Marianna's tour of the megayacht Rusalka unexpectedly hands them the key they need to break the Grishin case wide open. As far as Knox can see it's mission accomplished, but Marianna's only getting started, and all the while Rusalka is setting sail ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 13: Puttin' on the Ritz
Sun, 14 May 2006 22:26:16 -0000
Knox attends the Kennedy Center gala intent upon winding up his involvement in the Grishin investigation as quickly and painlessly as possible, only to find that Marianna has something quite different in mind. Meanwhile, the target of that investigation, Arkady Grishin himself, retires to GEI's fabulous megayacht Rusalka, there to summon up a computer-generated chronogram of recent Russian history, and drink an ominous toast to its might-have-beens ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 12: The Illusion of Choice
Mon, 08 May 2006 10:49:36 -0000
Marianna manages to extricate Knox from the clutches of Russian State Security in the nick of time. But the rescue comes with strings attached ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 11: The Beast of Evil Heart
Sun, 30 Apr 2006 15:21:52 -0000
Jack Adler's academic adversaries seek to quash his research via bureaucratic maneuvering. GEI hitman Yuri, however, favors the direct approach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 10: A Visit to the Smithsonian
Sat, 22 Apr 2006 02:42:21 -0000
Jonathan Knox wanders the halls of the museum and the corridors of his own memories, pondering whether to help CROM, so lost in thought that he fails to notice he's got company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat, 22 Apr 2006 02:41:38 -0000
Plagued by insomnia, Jack Adler wrestles late into the night with balky equipment and his own doubts -- which means he is there to witness it when his primordial black hole goes flashing across his screens. Is it the greatest discovery of all time, or the greatest danger the world has ever faced? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:04:44 -0000
When Marianna fails at sweettalking Knox into joining CROM's anti-Grishin taskforce, her boss Pete Aristos puts the pressure on, only to have that backfire too -- big time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:02:09 -0000
Guided by an aged shaman's chants, Jack Adler reconstructs the aftermath of the Tunguska Event, and the evidence for a tiny black hole as the culprit. And all the while, Grishin's hired killer Yuri is closing in on his next target -- Jack himself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun, 09 Apr 2006 17:57:07 -0000
Knox learns more than he ever wanted to know about CROM's secret inner workings -- and about how his own checkered past fits into their undercover investigation of Grishin Enterprises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 5: Interview with the Shaman
Sat, 01 Apr 2006 22:04:10 -0000
As Jonathan Knox makes some unusual preparations for his morning meeting, on the far side of the planet Jack Adler toils to the top of a sacred mountain, to a meeting with an ancient holy man who can teach him the secret of the Tunguska Event and, just possibly, the meaning of his own life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:31:48 -0000
Marianna drags Jon Knox into her investigation against his will, and gets more than she bargained for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 3: Schwarzschild Radius
Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:31:29 -0000
Marianna pins her hopes of building a case against Grishin on a man with a past, an unconventional analyst for the Archon Consulting Group named Jonathan Knox. Meanwhile, half a world away, maverick cosmologist Jack Adler tries prove that the true cause of the Tunguska Event was - a submicroscopic black hole! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:31:09 -0000
Arkady Grishin, billionaire chairman of Grishin Enterprises International, has a secret agenda of his own where the Tunguska Event is concerned - a secret his minions are only too willing to kill for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: Proliferation Threat
Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:30:48 -0000
New York City, present day. Marianna Bonaventure, rookie field agent for the supersecret agency known as CROM, tries to nail the shadowy Grishin Enterprises International conglomerate for trafficking in weapons of mass destruction research, and nearly pays for it with her life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:30:00 -0000
June 30th, 1908, a forty-megaton explosion obliterates a swath of ancient Siberian forest half the size of the state of Rhode Island, yet leaves behind not a trace of the object that caused it. What was it? A meteor? A comet? An alien spacecraft in reactor overload? — Or something stranger still? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices