Showing posts with label Night of the Long Knives by Fritz Leiber. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Night of the Long Knives by Fritz Leiber. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

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The Tale of the Night of the Long Knives by Fritz Leiber is a tale of men and women at the end of the world.  (The book was written in 1960 and published in Amazing Science Fiction Stories.)   The story takes place in a  world remade by Nuclear Holocaust.  
"I was one hundred miles from Nowhere—and I mean that literally—when I spotted this girl out of the corner of my eye. I'd been keeping an extra lookout because I still expected the other undead bugger left over from the murder party at Nowhere to be stalking me."
The main character, Ray Baker, is a self justified murder and survivalist in the anarchic land.   His weapon he relys on he has named "Mother." He walks in a land where only the strong will survive.   Baker's philosophy is that there is aesthetics in homicide."we talk, mostly to ourselves, about the aesthetics of homicide; we occasionally admit, but only each to himself alone, that we're just plain nuts." Fritz Leiber. The Night of the Long Knives (Kindle Locations 129-130).But then he finds a beautiful girl and the  urge for sex is driving him in new directions.
Leiber asks the reader to consider: "Is murder ever justified?" "Where is civility when the civilized institutions have been destroyed?" "Where is the higher level of self in a land gone to dandelion fluff?"






One can listen to this tale from Libri Vox (The Cast of the Production Are:)



Total running time: 3:20:23
Read by Phil Chenevert

In addition to the reader, this audio book was produced by:
Dedicated Proof-Listener: April Gonzales
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Phil Chenevert


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