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The 64-Square Madhouse by Fritz Leiber ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]
The 64-Square Madhouse by Fritz Leiber audiobook. A machine of blinking lights and smelling of ozone is entered into a Grand Master chess tournament. One of the first of those things called computers. Would it be shamed by human genius or would it ou...
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Show Notes
The 64-Square Madhouse by Fritz Leiber audiobook.
Genre: scifi
At an international Grand Master chess tournament, a newcomer arrives that does not eat, sleep, or feel nerves: a humming, ozone-scented machine built to play chess at the highest level. Reporter Sandra Lea Grayling has come to cover the event, expecting colorful egos and quiet battles across the board. Instead, she finds herself at the center of a contest that feels like a preview of the future. As the machine is paired against celebrated human masters, Sandra learns the brutal etiquette of tournament play, the private superstitions and rivalries of the competitors, and the subtle psychological warfare that can matter as much as any opening book. The machine calculates with relentless speed, yet it is not invincible, and each game raises unsettling questions: What, exactly, is genius - inspiration, experience, intuition, or raw computation? And what happens when a thinking tool begins to change under pressure, adapting to the tricks and feints of the people who want to prove it can never truly understand? Fritz Leiber turns the 64 squares into a tense arena where pride, obsession, and technology collide.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:21:21) Chapter 02
(00:38:48) Chapter 03
(01:01:51) Chapter 04
(01:20:15) Chapter 05
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