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Alternate HistoryTime TravelAdventure

Worlds of the Imperium

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  • 2020 first published
  • 170 pages
  • 2 editions
  • 🎧 4 h 47 min free audiobook
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Keith Laumer's Worlds of the Imperium (2020) is an alternate history and time-travel fiction novel. Readers will find themes of alternative history.

On Project Gutenberg it was downloaded 465 times in the last 30 days.

It runs to roughly 170 pages — 3–4 hours of reading at an average pace. It is in the public domain, so you can read it free on Project Gutenberg or listen to the 4 h 47 min LibriVox audiobook.

About Worlds of the Imperium

"Worlds of the Imperium" by Keith Laumer is a science fiction novel published in 1961. When American diplomat Brion Bayard is kidnapped by agents from a parallel universe, he discovers a world where the American Revolution never happened and the British Empire unified most of civilization. Bayard must impersonate his dictator counterpart from another timeline to stop devastating raids—but nothing goes according to plan when he meets his double and uncovers a conspiracy that threatens multiple realities.
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Free audiobook

Worlds of the Imperium — LibriVox recording, 4 h 47 min in 15 sections.

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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Alternative history
  • Action & adventure science fiction
  • Time travel science fiction
  • Military science fiction
  • Science fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote Worlds of the Imperium?

Worlds of the Imperium was written by Keith Laumer and first published in 2020.

What genre is Worlds of the Imperium?

It is usually shelved as Alternate History, Time Travel, Adventure and Victorian Science Fiction.

How long is Worlds of the Imperium?

The median edition has 170 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

Is Worlds of the Imperium free to read?

Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.

Is there a free audiobook of Worlds of the Imperium?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 4 h 47 min.

What books are similar to Worlds of the Imperium?

Readers who like it often enjoy Black Amazon of Mars, Bring the Jubilee and Empire Games.

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