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You can support the channel, listen to stories without ads and get early access to new works: ????on boosty https://boosty.to/kovalenkoaudio ????on patreon / kovalenkoaudio ★Wallets to help the channel: ????Yumani https://yoomoney.ru/to/410011193694332 ????Mastercard 5574840226085698 ????Mir 2204120105495119 You can contact me here https://meconnect.ru/kovalenkodiktor My Telegram channel https://t.me/kovalenkoaudio -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twenty thousand years ago, this planet was a thriving civilization. Half a dozen Earthlings from the Space Corps staff surveyed the weathered red brick ruins and crumbling roofs. Consul Magnan marveled that when our ancestors lived in caves, this was where they made automatons and earplugs. Second Secretary Retief guessed that the planet's inhabitants had gone from the Neolithic to nuclear fusion in record time. Yes, the planet was a treasure trove for archaeologists... if not for the Grousey, who were fiercely defending their rights to explore a lost civilization. Verdigris was their planet, claimed by their government. The Earthlings had received a message from the Groaks ordering their group to be deported immediately and subject to a series of fines and taxes. It was a sticky situation, just right for Retief... Author: Keith Laumer Other titles: Mechanical Advantage; Mechanical Superiority Narrated by: Vladimir Kovalenko Short story, 1969; cycle "Retief", cycle "The Tale of Retief" Genres/subgenres: Science fiction ("Soft" (humanitarian) science fiction) General characteristics: Adventure Setting: Beyond Earth (Planets of another star system) Time: Distant future Plot lines: Xenoscience fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We present to your attention an audiobook, a short science fiction story, a science fiction classic.