GOING NOWHERE? – Perchance to Dream & The Guardians (Dystopian Classics) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Science Fiction NovellasBy Richard Stockham, Irving E. Cox
Length1h 35m
About this audiobook
GOING NOWHERE? – Perchance to Dream & The Guardians brings together two compact yet resonant dystopian classics that examine the collapse of autonomy under systems of illusion, surveillance, and social control. Moving between psychological speculation and political allegory, the volume showcases the mid-century science-fictional habit of turning speculative premises into moral and philosophical inquiry. Its paired works invite comparison in their treatment of constrained futures, managed desire, and the uneasy boundary between protection and imprisonment. Richard Stockham and Irving E. Cox belong to the vigorous magazine tradition that shaped twentieth-century speculative fiction, a field in which urgent social anxieties could be refracted through dreams, technologies, institutions, and imagined regimes. Read together, their works align with the broader dystopian current that questioned technocracy, conformity, and the promises of progress. Their distinct narrative approaches enrich the anthology's central concern: how individuals negotiate worlds designed to limit imagination and choice. This collection is recommended for readers interested in the genealogy of dystopian literature and in concise works that reward close reading. In a single volume, it offers a valuable encounter with multiple perspectives on freedom, fear, and social engineering. Students, scholars, and general readers alike will find it a useful portal into the dialogues that dystopian fiction stages between nightmare and warning.
Audiobook details
GenreDystopia, Science Fiction
Length1 hr 35 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 5, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1GOING NOWHERE? – Perchance to Dream & The Guardians (Dystopian Classics) (Annotated)
2Perchance to Dream
3The Guardians
4Memorable Quotes
More from Richard Stockham, Irving E. Cox
The Lincoln MoonMichael Price Nelson7h 38m$17
The Rose CodeKate Quinn16h 2m2 (1)$33 · $0.00
Crack in the SkyTerry C. Johnston21h 57m$35
The Castilian PomegranateAnna Belfrage15h 35m$23
My Dear HamiltonStephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie23h 7m$46 · $0.00
Sweet Home Highland ChristmasMay McGoldrick, Jan Coffey2h 54m$7 · $0.00
Better Lucky and GoodLarry Jeram-Croft8h 7m$23
Red ClayCharles B. Fancher10h 35m$25
Philip K. Dick: SF Boxed SetPhilip K. Dick29h 38m$1 · $0.00
The Act of DisappearingNathan Gower12h 23m$8 · $0.00
Beyond the Crescent SkyA. L. Sowards13h 6m$27
The Consequences of FearJacqueline Winspear10h 28m$29 · $0.00
At the Foot of the Cherry Tree: The bestselling, heart-warming novel based on a true story of forbidden love & heartbreak SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYMOCKS 2023 BOOK OF THE YEARAlli Parker10h 8m$29 · $0.00
When Nietzsche WeptIrvin D. Yalom MD15h 26m$23
The Oceans and the StarsMark Helprin21h 37m$30
The Extinction Cycle Boxed Set, Books 1–3Nicholas Sansbury Smith25h 30m$30
Presidential MissionUpton Sinclair26h 46m$40
Missions from the Extinction Cycle, Vol. 2Amanda J. Spedding, Geoff Brown, Michael Patrick Hicks, G. Michael Hopf, Rachel Aukes, Eloise J. Knapp, various authors, Nicholas Sansbury Smith11h 34m$23
MatterhornKarl Marlantes21h 12m$32
The PursuitRebecca Belliston15h 7m$23
ViniumS. H. Jucha14h 7m$23
AdventSeth Ring13h 20m$27
Sons of War 4: SoldiersNicholas Sansbury Smith, Tom Abrahams12h 54m$25
Hell to PayMichael Anderle7h 50m$20
A Civil CampaignLois McMaster Bujold18h 49m$32
Warrior’s FateWalt Browning10h 37m$20
The RisenErica Stevens10h 17m$20
100 Years to ExtinctionPeter Solomon14h 48m$27
Amazing Tales Volume 1Max Williams et al.4h 5m$2.30
H. G. Wells: Collected Works (Annotated)H. G. Wells427h 28m$2 · $0.00
Scars of RebellionAnthony J. Melchiorri12h 56m$25
The Galaxy, and the Ground WithinBecky Chambers9h 56m$29 · $0.00
AvengerBlair Howard9h 54m$23
Core’s AttackS.E. Smith5h 57m$17
TimelessR. A. Salvatore12h 30m$33 · $0.00
The Extinction New Zealand Series Box SetAdrian J. Smith23h 7m$30
The Quantum ChainNick Jones12h 59m$23
Thud!Terry Pratchett12h 29m$8 · $0.00
We’re AliveKc Wayland5h 10m$15
Science Fiction & Fantasy CollectionH. P. Lovecraft16h 32m$2 · $0.00
You may also like
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 2-BIsaac Asimov, Jack Vance, others22h 43m$25
The Last Place On Earth and five more storiesJim Harmon4h 45m$2.30
Classic Radio’s Greatest Science Fiction Shows, Vol. 2Hollywood 3605h 27m$17
Destination: VoidFrank Herbert9h 43m$17
The Devolutionist and the EmancipatrixHomer Eon Flint7h 36m$2 · $0.00
The Masters of Science Fiction - Erle Cox Edition (Annotated)Erle Cox36h 24m$2 · $0.00
The Highest Mountain and seven more Stories Vol IIBryce Walton5h 22m$2.30
Seed SeekerPamela Sargent8h 4m$17
Amazing Tales Volume 155Robert F. Young2h 43m$2.30
The Oxygen FarmerColin Holmes8h 42m$23
Amazing Tales Volume 55Winston K. Marks et al.5h 7m$2.30
Pilgrims' projectRobert F. Young1h 22m$2 · $0.00
The House Of EvilGaston Leroux35m$2.40
Amazing Tales Volume 63Alan Edward Nourse et al.3h 18m$2.30
The Collected Works of H. Beam Piper (Annotated)H. Beam Piper95h 7m$2 · $0.00
Amazing Tales Volume 204Raymond Z. Gallun et al.3h 31m$2.30
The Brightness Between UsEliot Schrefer11h 3m$29 · $0.00
Lair of the Dragonbird and four more storiesRobert Silverberg2h 17m$2.30
Dimension X, Vol. 2Hollywood 3605h 35m$17
Amazing Tales Volume 30Dave Dryfoos et al.3h 15m$2.30