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Micromegas

By: Voltaire
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 If we were as tiny as ants to another being, what would they make of our philosophies? The great satirist Voltaire imagines alien visitors who have opinions.©2020 Audible, Inc. (P)2020 Audible, Inc.
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For me this is my favourite and most effective story. Thanks for a smooth narration that slows and softens over time. Don’t dwell on the calculations and measurements at the start. They simply help us to understand the scale of the characters. I have listened to this hundreds of times over the years.
Still have not heard the entire story. Imagine vaulting from planet to planet….

This is my absolute favourite story

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His voice is so soothing and this story sends me to sleep nearly immediately every time

Favourite bedtime story

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Love the story, love the narrator’s voice, haven’t actually heard it from start to end yet, keep falling asleep…
Thank you

Definitely a favourite to fall asleep to

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narrator has a great voice however this is definitely not conducive to sleep - mentioning all these different measurements causes brain to try & calculate rather than switch off?

interesting but not recommended for sleep

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As I laid back and breathed in slowly and deeply and slowly exhaled, I permitted my mind to absorb the calming words of the stories and allowed my imagination to form the vivid imageries to match the scenes being described by the authors. Visions from aliens to steaming hot delicious pumpkin soup began to fill my head… Mmmm pumpkin soup! I could see the steaming hot delicious liquid in my minds eye so very well, I could smell the delicious aroma. I could almost taste it as it slid effortlessly and smoothly down my throat leaving such a pleasant taste in my mouth and warming up my insides. My stomach starts to grumble. All sleep goes out the door as I pull myself up from my lying position and begin to walk towards my kitchen. Once in there I carefully and calmly begin to construct a few sandwiches and a cup of tea whilst marvelling how the family in the Pumpkin Soup story did not seem to stay for long. They must be the type of family to eat and run, only appearing at her home to eat her food and go! Ok so my review is loosely based on the vibe that these stories give.. They are told in a calm manner and are rather descriptive, designed to be full of pleasant, soothing, and calming words in an effort to relax the reader. It did not work very well for me. I found the stories quite boring, but if the aim is to bore people to sleep I could imagine that would work well for some people!

Very sensory and descriptive, may bore you to sleep….

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