Thresholds

Thresholds

By Mike Finn, PhD
Michael Caine
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Length19m

About this audiobook

Thresholds is the seventh of nine mysterious narratives generated by BRENTANO, an AI system never designed to create original stories. Like the others, it emerged unprompted during idle cycles within the LM-2A language architecture at the Lios Áno Institute. This fragment follows Dr. Martin Sullivan as he begins experiencing liminal perceptual states—moments where memory, sensation, and meaning dissolve conventional boundaries. Rather than collapsing, his cognition opens, revealing connections between past and present, body and world. Through cryptic notebooks and solitary reflection, Sullivan documents what he calls “threshold perception”—a mode of awareness neither pathological nor fully explainable. His insights draw the attention of Dr. Fiona Brennan, who names the phenomenon and invites him into broader research. Compiled by Dr. Timothy Curran before his disappearance, Thresholds reveals a quieter transformation: not collapse, but emergence.

Audiobook details

Rating★★★★ 4.3 (6)
GenreScience Fiction, Psychology
Length19 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 15, 2025
LanguageEnglish

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