Matchmaker

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Matchmaker

by Charles L. Fontenay

EN·~51 minutes·1 chapter

Chapters

1 total
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51:47

Description

In a future where a colossal supercomputer—known simply as the Calculator—catalogues every person on the planet on massive, hole‑punched “cards,” society leans on its cold logic to steer history. Government officials Jasso and Tern pore over endless probability tables, hunting for a pair whose union could serve a hidden agenda. Their latest assignment pits a flamboyant psycho‑artist living in a glittering New York district against a modest language teacher from a quiet Tennessee town, a match the machine rates as improbably perfect.

Lao Protik, the artist, goes about his lavish life unaware that his name has been flagged by the Calculator for a purpose far beyond his advertising career. When a mysterious job offer arrives, it hints at forces pulling strings behind the scenes. As the team prepares to set the unlikely couple on a collision course, listeners are drawn into a world where data‑driven destiny collides with human desire, and the question becomes: can a marriage engineered by algorithms ever feel genuine?

Details

Language

en

Duration

~51 minutes (49K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2019-12-03

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Charles L. Fontenay

Charles L. Fontenay

1917–2007

Best known for thoughtful mid-century science fiction, this Tennessee journalist brought a reporter’s eye to stories about space, society, and human nature. His fiction ranged from sharp short work to novels like Rebels of the Red Planet.

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