Tangle Hold

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Tangle Hold

by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace

EN·~1 hours·4 chapters

Chapters

4 total
1

Part 1

31:42
2

Part 2

31:39
3

Part 3

31:38
4

Part 4

19:36

Description

Jadiver awakens to a cold, spice‑laden chill, his eyes forced open in a reinforced room that smells like a hospital. A copper‑haired officer in a dark green uniform explains that a combo robot‑human surgeon has replaced his skin with a transparent synthetic membrane after a catastrophic injury. Still disoriented, he watches as the spongy cocoon covering his fingers is peeled back, revealing the new material.

The officer hints that Jadiver’s case is part of a larger emergency response on Venus, where advanced medical tech meets a fragile environment. The synthetic skin promises resistance to chemicals and microbes, but its long‑term effects remain uncertain, leaving him to wonder why he was chosen for such an experimental procedure. As his memories slowly return, listeners are drawn into his search for the truth behind the accident and the ethical dilemmas of a body rebuilt by machines.

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Language

en

Duration

~1 hours (110K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

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

Release date

2010-04-28

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace

F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace

1915–2004

A sharp, idea-driven writer from science fiction’s magazine era, he paired engineering know-how with a knack for brisk, imaginative storytelling. His best-known work includes the novel Address: Centauri and a run of memorable short fiction from the 1950s.

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