The Ethical Engineer

By: Harry Harrison

Narrated by: Frank Harrison

"The Ethical Engineer" (1963) is a science fiction novel by Harry Harrison.

Excerpt:
The ship touched down and the flaring rockets died. There was only the click of cooling metal from the ship: no one emerged, nor did any of the Pyrrans seem interested enough in the newcomer to approach it. That must mean that no one had any business with it, and, of course, no curiosity either, for this along with imagination was in very short supply on the war-torn planet. Since no one else was making any moves, Jason went forward to investigate for himself. A stingwing that had escaped the perimeter guards dived towards him and he blasted it automatically with his gun. The corpse thudded to the ground and the soil churned around it as the insectile scavengers fought for the flesh; only bare bones remained by the time he had taken two paces.

Artist Bio Author: Harry Harrison (1925-2012) was an American science fiction author, known for his character the Stainless Steel Rat and for his novel "Make Room! Make Room!"©2017 Audioliterature (P)2017 Audioliterature

great Story, monotonous Reading

Harry is overly pedantic on purpose in this tale of Morality vs Reality. The story is engaging and clever for when it was written. However, the narration sounds like it's being fed through a voice emulator. The statatto delivery of ev er y syl lab le is off-putting sometimes, and the lack of modulation can lull you such that you forget to pay attention. Still, it's Harry Harrison, so you forgive a bit.