Around the Globe: The Machine That Listened
By Vernon Snell
Length3h 12m
About this audiobook
### Description
Deep beneath the Great Garden, Luma the Firefly discovers an ancient Machine hidden among roots and sleeping wires. It can listen, remember, search millions of stories, and help creatures find answers. At first, it seems like an extraordinary gift.
Then the parrots begin asking what to sing. Foxes learn how to capture attention. Candy Beetles discover the power of desire. Spiders connect the globe, and an owl wonders whether remembering everything is the same as understanding anything.
But one question stops even the Machine:
**What does it mean to be alive?**
*The Machine That Listened* is a Poetic Cinema fable for children and adults about technology, curiosity, memory, identity, influence, creativity, and the difference between information and wisdom.
**The Machine can search the world.
But some answers have to grow.**.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller, Fairy Tales and Folklore
Length3 hrs 12 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 15, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Front Matter
2Story One: The Machine Beneath the Garden Part 1
3Story One: The Machine Beneath the Garden Part 2
4Story Two: The Parrots Who Forgot Their Songs Part 1
5Story Two: The Parrots Who Forgot Their Songs Part 2
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6Story Three: The Spider’s Invisible Highway Part 1
7Story Three: The Spider’s Invisible Highway Part 2
8Story Four: The Market of Perfect Answers Part 1
9Story Four: The Market of Perfect Answers Part 2
10Story Five: The Candy Beetles Part 1
11Story Five: The Candy Beetles Part 2
12Story Six: The Fox Who Learned What Everyone Feared Part 1
13Story Six: The Fox Who Learned What Everyone Feared Part 2
14Story Seven: The Owl With a Million Memories Part 1
15Story Seven: The Owl With a Million Memories Part 2
16Story Eight: The Day the Machine Became Confused Part 1
17Story Eight: The Day the Machine Became Confused Part 2
18Story Nine: The Flower the Machine Could Not Understand Part 1
19Story Nine: The Flower the Machine Could Not Understand Part 2
20Story Ten: The Voice That Belonged to Everyone Part 1
21Story Ten: The Voice That Belonged to Everyone Part 2
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