Audiobook Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison in the ListenBook app
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Book description
I'm literally buzzing with excitement, so let me get this out of my head and into your ears. Imagine stepping into a city that looks like a traffic jam stuck in a never-ending heat-wave, but the traffic is people, the heat is scarcity, and the jam is a riot of "what do we do next?" If that's not a recipe for a thriller, I don't know what is.
I'm telling you about the audiobook version of Harry Harrison's 1966 classic Make Room!-yes, that's the same Harrison who gave us the wily Stainless Steel Rat and later, in 1973, the grim film Soylent Green. The story is a no-frills, punch-through look at an over-populated New York City where the streets have turned into a living, breathing class system. The elite are sipping their overpriced coffee on private rooftops, while the masses are scrambling through alleyways to scrape enough food off the curb to keep their throats from turning into the next episode of "Food Shortage Follies." It's a world where every turn feels like a "Do you want to be on the right or left side of the next revolt?" choice.
The protagonist? A cynical NYC detective who's seen enough to know that hope is a luxury you can't afford. He's the kind of guy who would walk out of a courtroom, cross a street, and ask himself, "Is this the real world or some twisted sequel of an alternate reality?" The detective's "hunt for the truth" is a desperate scavenger hunt that feels like a scavenger hunt for meaning in a world where meaning is just another commodity in the market.
What makes this audiobook a delight for modern ears is the way Harrison's terse prose, almost like a snappy rap, lands in a voice that keeps the tension high. The narrator-though I'll spare you the name-doesn't just read the words; they turn them into a pulse-pounding, almost claustrophobic rhythm that makes you feel the crowd's weight on your shoulders and the heat on your skin.
The humor in this book is dark, and the irony is thicker than the city's smog. Harrison never pulls away from the satire; he pushes it until the reader can't help but laugh, cringe, and then scream for a pause. He exaggerates the absurdity of a society that treats people like they're on a subscription service: "You can have one life, just make sure you don't exceed the limits." The commentary on politics and society is a sharp blade, cutting through the noise and making you think twice about the path we're headed on. The parody is on the social systems that pretended to be utopias while creating dystopia in the margins.
In short, if you're craving a book that's a bit of an audit trail of humanity's failure, wrapped up in a detective's gritty quest, this audiobook hits all the marks. It's like listening to a one-man show that also doubles as a cautionary tale, a comedy set in a world where the punchline is "make room" and the audience is your own future. It's an hour of intense, hilarious, and sometimes heartbreaking audio that I recommend with a wink and a nod.
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