Unburning Alexandria, Paul Levinson
Unburning Alexandria, Paul Levinson
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Unburning Alexandria
The Novelette

Author: Paul Levinson

Narrator: Gabriella Cavallero

Unabridged: 1 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/31/2021

Synopsis

Mid-twenty-first century time traveler Sierra Waters, fresh from her mission to save Socrates from the hemlock, is determined to alter history yet again, by saving the ancient Library of Alexandria - where as many as 750,000 one-of-a-kind texts were lost, an event described by many as “one of the greatest intellectual catastrophes in history.” This is the novelette. -- first published in Analog Magazine in 2008 -- which later became the first two chapters of the novel of the same name.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ethan on April 12, 2020

A really enjoyable read, all the more fun because I teach a bit of Hypatia and Augustine in some of my philosophy classes. This is a sequel to The Plot to Save Socrates, which is also fun, but there's a recap in this one so you could probably read this without having read the first one. Sierra Waters......more

Goodreads review by Scott on January 31, 2014

If you thought The Plot to save Socrates was good, then wait until you read its sequel!......more

Goodreads review by Robert on December 18, 2013

Sierra Waters's story continues, if that is the proper term for a time travel novel! A long anticipated continuation of The Plot to Save Socrates finds time traveller Waters again leapfrogging through history, adopting the appearance of historical personages in her attempt to avoid her own pre-desti......more

Goodreads review by Larry on July 21, 2015

A little slower-paced than the first book, but looking forward to the third in the series.......more

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