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The Plot to Save Socrates

By: Paul Levinson
Narrated by: Mark Shanahan
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About this listen

 Paul Levinson's astonishing new science fiction novel is a surprise and a delight.

In the year 2042, Sierra, a young graduate student in Classics is shown a new dialog of Socrates, recently discovered, in which a time traveler tries to argue that Socrates might escape death by travel to the future. Thomas, the elderly scholar who has shown her the document, disappears, and Sierra immediately begins to track down the provenance of the manuscript, with the help of her classical scholar boyfriend, Max. The trail leads her to a time machine in a gentlemen's club in London and in New York, and into the past, and to a time traveler from her future, posing as Heron of Alexandria in 150 AD.

Complications, mysteries, travels, and time loops proliferate as Sierra tries to discern who is planning to save the greatest philosopher in human history, or to do so herself. And she finds that time travel raises more questions than it answers. Fascinating historical characters from Alcibiades (of the honeyed thighs) and Thomas Appleton, the great 19th century American publisher, to Socrates himself, appear. With surprises in every chapter, Paul Levinson has outdone himself in The Plot to Save Socrates.

©2006 Listen & Live Audio, Inc. (P)2006 Listen & Live Audio, Inc. Science Fiction Time Travel Fiction Classics Ancient History

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Critic reviews

"Light, engaging." ( Publishers Weekly)
"A quick-to-read, entertaining treatment of the problems inherent in time travel with style and flair." ( Booklist)
“A lively cast of historical figures populates this epoch-bending adventure, highly recommended especially for fans of alternate history novels.” ( Library Bookwatch)
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Where does The Plot to Save Socrates rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Not exactly a top ten hit, but I'd say maybe 20th out of 100

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

This was a surprisingly easy listen, I think it only took me one long journey, and I was there. I must admit I do love those little time travel quirks.

A proper time travel romp!

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