Limanora : the island of progress

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Limanora : the island of progress

by Godfrey Sweven

EN·~20 hours·41 chapters

Chapters

41 total

PREFACE

3:17

GLOSSARY

4:30

ERRATA

0:37

LIMANORA

0:00

BOOK I The Outer or Material Civilisation

0:02

CHAPTER I MY AWAKENING

24:12

CHAPTER II MY EDUCATION

17:03

CHAPTER III SLEEP, REST, AND FLIGHT

18:08

CHAPTER IV HERMITRY

29:03

CHAPTER V JOURNEY TO THE VALLEY OF MEMORIES

20:45

Description

On a remote archipelago, an enigmatic traveler arrives in a strange coffin, gliding between cliffs like a silent bird. The local settlers watch him disappear into mist, then reappear with uncanny knowledge of hidden gold beneath the soil, guiding their digs with a precision that feels almost magical. As seasons shift, his narrative unfolds in a language that straddles poetry and science, hinting at technologies such as sensometers, electric‑sense instruments, and memory valleys.

The island itself is a catalogue of marvels—oxygen‑shrubs that reinforce muscles, vacuum‑engine cars that glide over misty hills, and the Duomovamolan, a device that translates the cosmos into music. Through the guest’s fragmented recollections, listeners glimpse a world where art, engineering, and memory intertwine, and where the line between human ambition and the natural environment blurs. The story invites curiosity about how progress can be both a gift and a burden, leaving the audience eager to follow the next steps of this peculiar odyssey.

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Language

en

Duration

~20 hours (1208K characters)

Release date

2025-07-20

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Godfrey Sweven

Godfrey Sweven

1845–1935

A Scottish-born New Zealand academic writing under a dreamlike pen name, this author brought ideas about society, exile, and progress into adventurous speculative fiction. His books blend utopian imagination with a deep interest in the Pacific world.

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