
In a city that has achieved every conceivable goal, life has become a quiet, static tableau. Amco is roused from his semi‑conscious routine by the stoic Coordinator, who confesses that the ultimate perfection of their world has left it intellectually exhausted—there are no challenges left to spark curiosity. The two men face a paradoxical crisis: a civilization that knows nothing it still needs, yet feels a creeping sense that it may very soon fade.
Desperate for a purpose, they contemplate an extraordinary gamble—using a mysterious space‑time converter to glimpse a future that might reignite imagination or reveal a point of no return. The Coordinator stakes the very survival of their world on the outcome, while Amco wrestles with the weight of deciding whether a flawless society should simply end. Listeners are drawn into a tense, philosophical struggle that asks what happens when a world runs out of things to strive for, and whether daring a leap into the unknown can restore a dying sense of wonder.
Language
en
Duration
~26 minutes (25K 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
2020-11-06
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1918–1988
A hard-working pulp writer with a gift for suspense, adventure, and strange ideas, he moved easily between science fiction, television, and mystery. His stories helped shape mid-century popular fiction, from magazine racks to early TV screens.
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