The Big Time

Fritz Leiber

Dec 2016 · Audioliterature · Narrated by Helen Stainer

About this audiobook

The Big Time is a science fiction novel by Fritz Leiber. It was awarded the Hugo Award during 1958. The storyline features members of one of two factions, both capable of time travel, engaged in a long-term conflict called "The Change War". Their method of battle involves changing the outcomes of events throughout history (temporal war). The two opposing groups are nicknamed the Spiders and the Snakes after their respective sponsors. The true forms or identities of the Spiders and the Snakes, how those nicknames were chosen, or whether they are in any way descriptive are all unknown. The narrator of the novel is Greta, a young human female employed at a Recouperation Station where soldiers recover from battles...