Good news for my boy Yorick 👍

Here is a paleo-sci-fi I strongly recommend Free on librevox https://librivox.app/book/9317

From 1909

"Plot summary. The story describes a world in which most of the human population has lost the ability to live on the surface of the Earth. Each individual now lives in isolation below ground in a standard room, with all bodily and spiritual needs met by the omnipotent, global Machine."

Agreed, there is something very odd about the layout, the buttons don't always do what you'd expect.

I had previously read Dune so I thought I'd have a go at listening to the whole series. 28 books. Idk , maybe it's doable. The first one is pretty good / ok. A bit basic but that's ok for a book at bedtime.