Murray Leinster has been one of my favorite SF authors for decades. He's got a unique style, where he'll take an idea -- whether it's magnets that don't act like magnets, or "hafnium" , or any of a dozen little grains of a thought and before you know it, he's built a fleet of spaceships, or defeated an oppressive government, or led a band of cave men to a new and better home. His heroes are always low-key, and the love interests levelheaded and formidable in their own right. Thanks for posting this. It's my first of the series, and I can't wait to see what else is available.
By my mid 30s, I found that TV was shortening my subjective time. While listening to audiobooks, however, I can take care of mundane tasks and feel as if I am experiencing my life more consciously. TV is mostly dead to me. :) We paid for cable for two years without watching anything. $2400 wasted. ;)
I sometimes still watch stuff on Amazon or Netflix or youtube. But 90% of my entertainment time is spent listening to fiction and non-fiction audiobooks.second, as well as spirituality videos such and Mooji or Adyashanti. . This channel and "Chip Slater's Storytime Theater" are my favorites for fiction. For nonfiction, I prefer the channel "Giving Voice to the Wisdom of the Ages". Even the stuff I don't agree with is good vitamins for my intellect. For spirituality, the offerings are so vast on youtube as to be unbelievable. Im so happy to be alive while sites like TH-cam exist.
For me it was "The Big Front Yard" by Clifford D. Simak that caught my attention. I was 14 in '69. I was hooked. That led me to an interest in science, electronics, and in a wacky way, Hendrix.
Yeah, well your language & attitudes are en route to being dated as you wrote that. "Dated" has no intrinsic significance outside of the dominion of post modernism. It's a delusional term celebrated by elitists, who perceive themselves as being the enlightened apex of evolutionary ascendance. Bitches all.
I may have read this!!! I devoured si fi when I was a teenager in the sixties. This is a great story. It stands the test of time. There was also a lot of not so great stuff that was fun when I was young.
read this in the '60s. There are quite a few Leinster yarns on audiobook, many by Mark Nelson. Leinster is a master of irony. U like Murray, U'll like H Beam Piper. Mark Nelson reads a lot of Piper too. Check the XMinusOne radio shows. Leinster 'Sam this is U'. They are full radio plays taken from Galaxy magazine, one of the best SF rags. Heinlein, Asimov, Simak, Pohl, etc.
Better late than never. This was a great listen and I'll start another after I've had time to digest this one. Thanks for listing the other two related items and I'm hoping they are also in audiobook form.
Terrific classic first-contact story, and very well read. Leinster was an author who made SF more character-driven, more complex and innovative. The passage about the cosmonaut's loneliness is so touching.
I love the idea of backyard, amateur space travel. "Yeah, let's bring the diving suit! You never know. Let's also bring only people who don't know anything about space! That'll probably work!"
I love the combination of this writer and this narrator. The way he writes women is a bit old fashioned but hugely refreshing actually in the age of no distinction allowed that we live in, or worse distinctions that are unrealistic or based in politics not nature. Leinster was a romantic too. So many of his stories feature love. He’s a very fun writer and this narrator is a gem.
What is distinct about Leinster is that, like Heinlein, he understands both science and people very well. Considering how little education he had, he is an amazing person.
Another great sci-fi readier is Phil Chenevert. Try him on Fritz’s Lieber’s “Night of the Long Knives.” Great ironic tone. He and Mark Nelson are really masterful. Thanks for this.
Phil is one of my absolute favorite readers! Another is the one reading this book (Mark Nelson). I have chronic pain & other physical problems after a car accident, and audiobooks have (literally) become a lifesaver for me as I’m bed bound much of the time.
Thank you. Good story. Abrupt ending. The good guy gets the girl and an exciting future begins. Alice is at her best churning out the pulp we all know and love.
This reader is uniquely brilliant! Who is he? The stories are excellent too, wonderfully written, full of description and genial detail and complexity. The thinking man's Sci Fi!
Half way through and I haven't figured the end!!! After thousands and thousands of books in all genres... including Sherlock Holmes..... thousands of fliks!!!! This is good! Just sayin'
Sounds like he's building a handheld rail gun. Oh and.... Hmmmm .... I WOOOOOONNNNDDDEEERRRR who the woman in his dream will be revealed to be?..... Lol
Good story, the only drawback being the blatant appalling sexism, but it’s a product of its time and can’t be judged by modern cultural standards. The science is reasonably accurate, the plot refreshingly different and gripping. Like all good stories, the focus is on the people rather than the technology. I’d love to see this updated and turned into a movie, as long as it’s done right.
Only one I can think of was 'First men in the moon' with Lionel Jeffries about a Victorian who invented anti gravity paint; built a small space capsule and visited the moon which turned out to be hollow with tunnels.
Murray Leinster has been one of my favorite SF authors for decades. He's got a unique style, where he'll take an idea -- whether it's magnets that don't act like magnets, or "hafnium" , or any of a dozen little grains of a thought and before you know it, he's built a fleet of spaceships, or defeated an oppressive government, or led a band of cave men to a new and better home. His heroes are always low-key, and the love interests levelheaded and formidable in their own right.
Thanks for posting this. It's my first of the series, and I can't wait to see what else is available.
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I listen to audiobooks like this instead of watching tv. I haven’t watched tv in well over 5 years!
By my mid 30s, I found that TV was shortening my subjective time. While listening to audiobooks, however, I can take care of mundane tasks and feel as if I am experiencing my life more consciously. TV is mostly dead to me. :) We paid for cable for two years without watching anything. $2400 wasted. ;)
I sometimes still watch stuff on Amazon or Netflix or youtube. But 90% of my entertainment time is spent listening to fiction and non-fiction audiobooks.second, as well as spirituality videos such and Mooji or Adyashanti.
. This channel and "Chip Slater's Storytime Theater" are my favorites for fiction. For nonfiction, I prefer the channel "Giving Voice to the Wisdom of the Ages". Even the stuff I don't agree with is good vitamins for my intellect. For spirituality, the offerings are so vast on youtube as to be unbelievable. Im so happy to be alive while sites like TH-cam exist.
What a brilliant and engrossing story! These audiobooks of stories from the classic sci-fi era are addictive
i am at the second reading and listening. This book is awesome!
Love these old Sci-if books. The reader is outstanding.
Uc 9 'll
His name is MARK NELSON, and yes, he is a primo reader!!!
The Wailing Asteroid was the first Sci-Fi book to really grab me back in the early 1960s. It set my career path towards electronic engineering.
For me it was "The Big Front Yard" by Clifford D. Simak that caught my attention. I was 14 in '69. I was hooked. That led me to an interest in science, electronics, and in a wacky way, Hendrix.
I cant imagine your fascination with Sci-Fi in the 60's during the Infancy of Space Flight.
Hello fellow Boomer
Enjoyed listening have two more from same author looking forward to them. 🤘🇦🇺🌌
An excellent story, typically of ML. Dated in language & attitudes, of course, but so is Wuthering Heights!
Yeah, well your language & attitudes are en route to being dated as you wrote that. "Dated" has no intrinsic significance outside of the dominion of post modernism. It's a delusional term celebrated by elitists, who perceive themselves as being the enlightened apex of evolutionary ascendance. Bitches all.
Old sci-fi is so awesome.
Great narration job sir. 💯
I may have read this!!! I devoured si fi when I was a teenager in the sixties. This is a great story. It stands the test of time. There was also a lot of not so great stuff that was fun when I was young.
read this in the '60s. There are quite a few Leinster yarns on audiobook, many by Mark Nelson. Leinster is a master of irony. U like Murray, U'll like H Beam Piper. Mark Nelson reads a lot of Piper too. Check the XMinusOne radio shows. Leinster 'Sam this is U'. They are full radio plays taken from Galaxy magazine, one of the best SF rags. Heinlein, Asimov, Simak, Pohl, etc.
M.p
Excellent Sci-Fi story, well written, nice audio production. Superiour to 'modern' Sci-Fi.
This is the 3rd book of Murray’s that I’ve listened to, and so far all of them connect. Listen to “Mad World” and “Nightmare Planet”
Thanks I will.
Better late than never. This was a great listen and I'll start another after I've had time to digest this one. Thanks for listing the other two related items and I'm hoping they are also in audiobook form.
Terrific classic first-contact story, and very well read. Leinster was an author who made SF more character-driven, more complex and innovative. The passage about the cosmonaut's loneliness is so touching.
I love the idea of backyard, amateur space travel. "Yeah, let's bring the diving suit! You never know. Let's also bring only people who don't know anything about space! That'll probably work!"
The narrator is exceptional.
I love the combination of this writer and this narrator. The way he writes women is a bit old fashioned but hugely refreshing actually in the age of no distinction allowed that we live in, or worse distinctions that are unrealistic or based in politics not nature. Leinster was a romantic too. So many of his stories feature love. He’s a very fun writer and this narrator is a gem.
distinctions are definitely aloud
love this man's voice...
a bloody good story!thanks a lot.
bloody?
End chapter 4, so far so good. It’s cool when you get a good old time sci-fi story that suits you. I’m getting into this old time stuff really good.
Mr. Leinster was a journeyman sci-fi author of this era. His work is almost always enjoyable.
almost 🤢🤮
I used to sit in my treehouse looking for spaceships!
Best story ever!
What is distinct about Leinster is that, like Heinlein, he understands both science and people very well. Considering how little education he had, he is an amazing person.
Another great sci-fi readier is Phil Chenevert. Try him on Fritz’s Lieber’s “Night of the Long Knives.” Great ironic tone. He and Mark Nelson are really masterful. Thanks for this.
Phil is one of my absolute favorite readers! Another is the one reading this book (Mark Nelson). I have chronic pain & other physical problems after a car accident, and audiobooks have (literally) become a lifesaver for me as I’m bed bound much of the time.
To me he sound like a happy munchkin or gremlin
Phil I mean
It seems like the best movies and book were from back then
Mark Nelson!
Love it 👍
Thank you. Good story. Abrupt ending. The good guy gets the girl and an exciting future begins.
Alice is at her best churning out the pulp we all know and love.
I wonder who is alice? I have a guess. The.owner of this channel?
Ahhhhh that guys crazy don't listen to him.
This reader is uniquely brilliant! Who is he? The stories are excellent too, wonderfully written, full of description and genial detail and complexity. The thinking man's Sci Fi!
Not sure on his name but he reads a lot of these sci-fi books so you're in luck.
Red Coat .His name is mark nelson.an amazing reader.one of my favourites.
Mark Nelson
😀 Thank you!
I read this book as a kid and always wanted to get it again but could not remember the name,
All about the narration: Mark Nelson
Love the passage about the Russian astronaut!
Reminds me of the musical notes in Close Encounters. This was earlier.
Great Book.
Half way through and I haven't figured the end!!! After thousands and thousands of books in all genres... including Sherlock Holmes..... thousands of fliks!!!! This is good! Just sayin'
thank you
The "tethered balls" weapon sounds incredible.
nice work
Sounds like he's building a handheld rail gun. Oh and.... Hmmmm .... I WOOOOOONNNNDDDEEERRRR who the woman in his dream will be revealed to be?..... Lol
The good ole days! When women knew their place...I'm sooo funny....
Good story, the only drawback being the blatant appalling sexism, but it’s a product of its time and can’t be judged by modern cultural standards. The science is reasonably accurate, the plot refreshingly different and gripping. Like all good stories, the focus is on the people rather than the technology. I’d love to see this updated and turned into a movie, as long as it’s done right.
change man to human and id be happy
I think this was the basis for "The Terrornauts" from 1967. I saw it as a child and still find it charming.
I swear this story was made into a black and white movie I saw on tv as a kid. I think it was British. Anyone know?
Only one I can think of was 'First men in the moon' with Lionel Jeffries about a Victorian who invented anti gravity paint; built a small space capsule and visited the moon which turned out to be hollow with tunnels.
The Terrornauts
around 1:45:- - metal-Lathe wtf is a metal-Lathe. (i KNOW what a Metal lathe is.) by the fourth time i was ready to scream. jeezuss
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This is blue leader....get out of there!!!!!
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Thank you for this most insightful review.
@@Michelle-Eden I can never understand those intellectuals!
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