Official Blurb
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent philosophical thought experiments presented in entertaining ways. Protagonists typically “think” rather than “shoot” their way out of problems, but the definition is flexible because there are no limits on an author’s imagination. The reader-selected stories presented here were written prior to 1962 and became US public domain texts when their copyrights expired.
My Review
Simply put this is a very good collection of short sci fi stories. Theres no theme to this collection its a random mix.
I rated three of the stories as OK, and the rest as GOOD which is the best hit rate I've had with these collections.
A Filbert Is A Nut by Rick Raphael gave me a laugh, as did The Success Machine by Henry Slesar. The Hated by Frederik Pohl was a good crunchy story with a twist and The Plattner Story by H. G. Wells pricked my interest intensely with its scientific investigative vent.
I've just mentioned a few here, but this is a really good collection and very worth your attention. If that's not enough, I'll point out that three of the stories have been read by Gregg Margarite, who's voice can make anything into candy for the ears.
Reading 2
Production 2
Story 2
Total : 6/9
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Monday, 19 April 2010
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Short Science Fiction Collection 22
Official Blurb
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent philosophical thought experiments presented in entertaining ways. Protagonists typically “think” rather than “shoot” their way out of problems, but the definition is flexible because there are no limits on an author’s imagination. The reader-selected stories presented here were written prior to 1962 and became US public domain texts when their copyrights expired.
My Review
Once again the Librivox blurbs gives you absolutely nothing specific about a sci fi collection. Fear not dear reader, thats why I'm here!
We've got a mixed bag of short sci fi stories, some good, some ok, and few that I didn't find interesting. This is expected with any collection from disparate authors, it's the same if the collection is in a book, or in audio.
I can say that I found 4 good stories, 3 ok and the rest did not appeal to me. All of the readers were good, so it's not their fault if the stories don't appeal.
The only author in this collection that I have heard of is Harry Harrison, and in fact his entry into this collection was my fave'. It's a story called "The Velvet Glove" and features a poor out of work robot, trying to make his way in a human world.
Among the readers are Gregg Margarite and Reynard T. Fox who are some of my favoured readers in the Librivox collective.
Reading 2
Production 2
Story 2
Total : 6/9
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Listen to the Harrison story
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent philosophical thought experiments presented in entertaining ways. Protagonists typically “think” rather than “shoot” their way out of problems, but the definition is flexible because there are no limits on an author’s imagination. The reader-selected stories presented here were written prior to 1962 and became US public domain texts when their copyrights expired.
My Review
Once again the Librivox blurbs gives you absolutely nothing specific about a sci fi collection. Fear not dear reader, thats why I'm here!
We've got a mixed bag of short sci fi stories, some good, some ok, and few that I didn't find interesting. This is expected with any collection from disparate authors, it's the same if the collection is in a book, or in audio.
I can say that I found 4 good stories, 3 ok and the rest did not appeal to me. All of the readers were good, so it's not their fault if the stories don't appeal.
The only author in this collection that I have heard of is Harry Harrison, and in fact his entry into this collection was my fave'. It's a story called "The Velvet Glove" and features a poor out of work robot, trying to make his way in a human world.
Among the readers are Gregg Margarite and Reynard T. Fox who are some of my favoured readers in the Librivox collective.
Reading 2
Production 2
Story 2
Total : 6/9
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Listen to the Harrison story
Sunday, 14 February 2010
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 005
Official Blurb
A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the smell of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder.
My Review
This i sthe 5th collection of creepiness from Librivox. It's the usual mix of stories and you really don't have an idea of what you going to get from one story to the next.
Indeed there are some names in this collection of authors, Saki, Arthur Machen, Poe and even Lovecraft, so you can relay on getting some good listening. In that vein, I can tell you that I rated two as poor, one as good and the rest as OK.
the Bowmen by Machen was the Good one, and I suggest you save that until last ( you do save the best for last right? ). The story by Saki I didn't like, but as of yet, I don't think I've read anything of his that is to my taste.
In summary, it's an ok collection worth downloading with a gem or two in there.
Reading 2
Production 2
Story 2
Total : 6/9
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My pick from the stories
A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the smell of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder.
My Review
This i sthe 5th collection of creepiness from Librivox. It's the usual mix of stories and you really don't have an idea of what you going to get from one story to the next.
Indeed there are some names in this collection of authors, Saki, Arthur Machen, Poe and even Lovecraft, so you can relay on getting some good listening. In that vein, I can tell you that I rated two as poor, one as good and the rest as OK.
the Bowmen by Machen was the Good one, and I suggest you save that until last ( you do save the best for last right? ). The story by Saki I didn't like, but as of yet, I don't think I've read anything of his that is to my taste.
In summary, it's an ok collection worth downloading with a gem or two in there.
Reading 2
Production 2
Story 2
Total : 6/9
Download from Librivox
My pick from the stories
Sunday, 24 January 2010
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, September 1930
Official Blurb
This is a collection of short science fiction stories by various writers, circa 1930. Writers include Paul Ernst, Miles Breuer, Ray Cummings, Sewell Wright, and others.
My Review
The blurb does not give a lot away does it! Well what we have here is a reading of a sci fi magazine from 1930. This reading includes whole stories, parts of stories ( from serials being run over multiple editions of the magazine ) and even the letters section and the addendum.
Here are a few good stories, I particularly liked the "Marooned Under The Sea" which a classic sci-fi-pulp type story. The others were also pretty good and worth a listen.
However I didn't care for the partial story, there does not seem much point listening to one chapter of a story when you have no chance to read or listen to the rest.
The Letters page and the addendum are only really for the completists amoung the listeners. If you have an interest in the letters page then go listen, but other wise I'd skip it.
Reading 2
Production 2
Story 1 ( marked down because of partial story, would have been a 2 otherwise )
Total 5/9
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This is a collection of short science fiction stories by various writers, circa 1930. Writers include Paul Ernst, Miles Breuer, Ray Cummings, Sewell Wright, and others.
My Review
The blurb does not give a lot away does it! Well what we have here is a reading of a sci fi magazine from 1930. This reading includes whole stories, parts of stories ( from serials being run over multiple editions of the magazine ) and even the letters section and the addendum.
Here are a few good stories, I particularly liked the "Marooned Under The Sea" which a classic sci-fi-pulp type story. The others were also pretty good and worth a listen.
However I didn't care for the partial story, there does not seem much point listening to one chapter of a story when you have no chance to read or listen to the rest.
The Letters page and the addendum are only really for the completists amoung the listeners. If you have an interest in the letters page then go listen, but other wise I'd skip it.
Reading 2
Production 2
Story 1 ( marked down because of partial story, would have been a 2 otherwise )
Total 5/9
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Listen to part one
Monday, 28 December 2009
Short Science Fiction Collection 21
Official Blurb
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent philosophical thought experiments presented in entertaining ways. Protagonists typically “think” rather than “shoot” their way out of problems, but the definition is flexible because there are no limits on an author’s imagination. The reader-selected stories presented here were written prior to 1962 and became US public domain texts when their copyrights expired.
My Review
The usual SciFi collection blurb from our friends at Librivox. I keep wishing they would put a bit more effort into blurbing these collections. I tend to feel that the standard blurb is likely to put people off. Just a bit dry.
Straight off, I can tell you that this is a good collection of stories. Looking over the collection I personally rated 7 of the stories as Good, 2 as OK and only 1 as poor. That's not bad going considering the disparate sources or the stories.
I'll be linking to my fave which was about a man salvaging a shipwreck in space, that had a few surprises! Then there was the good one about a Pygmy planet with metal monsters and another with robot love and yet another with space-commandos doing battle.
This little collection covers pretty much everything I like about sci fi, mysteries, battles, spaceships and science...fiction.
A good collection well worth the time to download and stuff in your ears.
Reading 2
Production 2
Story 3
Total 7/9
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Listen to my fave story
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent philosophical thought experiments presented in entertaining ways. Protagonists typically “think” rather than “shoot” their way out of problems, but the definition is flexible because there are no limits on an author’s imagination. The reader-selected stories presented here were written prior to 1962 and became US public domain texts when their copyrights expired.
My Review
The usual SciFi collection blurb from our friends at Librivox. I keep wishing they would put a bit more effort into blurbing these collections. I tend to feel that the standard blurb is likely to put people off. Just a bit dry.
Straight off, I can tell you that this is a good collection of stories. Looking over the collection I personally rated 7 of the stories as Good, 2 as OK and only 1 as poor. That's not bad going considering the disparate sources or the stories.
I'll be linking to my fave which was about a man salvaging a shipwreck in space, that had a few surprises! Then there was the good one about a Pygmy planet with metal monsters and another with robot love and yet another with space-commandos doing battle.
This little collection covers pretty much everything I like about sci fi, mysteries, battles, spaceships and science...fiction.
A good collection well worth the time to download and stuff in your ears.
Reading 2
Production 2
Story 3
Total 7/9
Download the book from Librivox
Listen to my fave story
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Short Science Fiction Collection 20
Official Blurb
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent philosophical thought experiments presented in entertaining ways. Protagonists typically “think” rather than “shoot” their way out of problems, but the definition is flexible because there are no limits on an author’s imagination. The reader-selected stories presented here were written prior to 1962 and became US public domain texts when their copyrights expired.
My Review
Well as usual with the Librivox collection blurb , it tells you absolutely nothing about the collection!
Well let me rectify that a little. As with the last collection this set of stores is pretty good, especially as most of them are fairely recently written (last 50 years!).
I rated only one as bad, two as ok and he rest as good, making this a collection well worth listening to.
I can reccommed "The Gun" which is a Phillip K Dick story and read by Gregg Margarite who is fast becoming one of my fave Librivox readers.
My other reccomendation is "Arm of the Law" by Harry Harrison, and once again read by Gregg Margarite!.
These two stories and most of the others are classic sci fi where a friends from the future deal with robots, aliens and smoke cigarettes. All in all a good little collection with some excellent reads.
Readng 2
Production 2
Story 2
Total 6/9
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Listen to my pick
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent philosophical thought experiments presented in entertaining ways. Protagonists typically “think” rather than “shoot” their way out of problems, but the definition is flexible because there are no limits on an author’s imagination. The reader-selected stories presented here were written prior to 1962 and became US public domain texts when their copyrights expired.
My Review
Well as usual with the Librivox collection blurb , it tells you absolutely nothing about the collection!
Well let me rectify that a little. As with the last collection this set of stores is pretty good, especially as most of them are fairely recently written (last 50 years!).
I rated only one as bad, two as ok and he rest as good, making this a collection well worth listening to.
I can reccommed "The Gun" which is a Phillip K Dick story and read by Gregg Margarite who is fast becoming one of my fave Librivox readers.
My other reccomendation is "Arm of the Law" by Harry Harrison, and once again read by Gregg Margarite!.
These two stories and most of the others are classic sci fi where a friends from the future deal with robots, aliens and smoke cigarettes. All in all a good little collection with some excellent reads.
Readng 2
Production 2
Story 2
Total 6/9
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Listen to my pick
Monday, 9 November 2009
Short Science Fiction Collection Vol. 017
Official Blurb
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories, first published between 1951 and 1962, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed.
My Review
Another great collection from Librivox. Ten short stories from various authors. Some of them being very very big names in the Sci fi genre. We've got E.E. Doc Smith Harry Harrison and Phillip K. Dick, among others.
I rated 6 of the stories as good and 3 more as good, meaning I only disliked 1!
If you like a variety of short stories these collections are great, especially since they are now including these more modern authors and therefore more modern stories.
As to my favourite, well it's truely hard to say. But I do reccomend "The Vortex Blaster" and "Postmark Ganymede" as a couple of goodies.
The readers are a good bunch.
Readng 2
Production 2
Story 2
Total 6/9
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Listen to my pick
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories, first published between 1951 and 1962, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed.
My Review
Another great collection from Librivox. Ten short stories from various authors. Some of them being very very big names in the Sci fi genre. We've got E.E. Doc Smith Harry Harrison and Phillip K. Dick, among others.
I rated 6 of the stories as good and 3 more as good, meaning I only disliked 1!
If you like a variety of short stories these collections are great, especially since they are now including these more modern authors and therefore more modern stories.
As to my favourite, well it's truely hard to say. But I do reccomend "The Vortex Blaster" and "Postmark Ganymede" as a couple of goodies.
The readers are a good bunch.
Readng 2
Production 2
Story 2
Total 6/9
Download the collection from Librivox
Listen to my pick
Sunday, 18 October 2009
Short Sci Fi Collection 16
Official Blurb
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories, first published between 1951 and 1962, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed.
My Review
The blurb doesn't give much away does it. This was a quite good collection of ten stories. Often with these collections you only get one or two good ones, but in this set there were five especially good stories, with the others being fairly average.
My favourite in this collection was story called "All Day Septemer", being a story set on the moon in the not too distant future.
The other stories I liked were "Beyond the door" and "Blessed are the meek", the latter of which brought a rye smile to my face as I listened.
I'd heard only one of the stories before ( often these short stories get repeated in later Librivox collections ) so it was a real breath of fresh air.
All of the readers were good and made it into a good listen. I give this collection a thumbs up.
Readng 2
Production 2
Story 2
Total 6/9
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Listen to my fave' story
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories, first published between 1951 and 1962, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed.
My Review
The blurb doesn't give much away does it. This was a quite good collection of ten stories. Often with these collections you only get one or two good ones, but in this set there were five especially good stories, with the others being fairly average.
My favourite in this collection was story called "All Day Septemer", being a story set on the moon in the not too distant future.
The other stories I liked were "Beyond the door" and "Blessed are the meek", the latter of which brought a rye smile to my face as I listened.
I'd heard only one of the stories before ( often these short stories get repeated in later Librivox collections ) so it was a real breath of fresh air.
All of the readers were good and made it into a good listen. I give this collection a thumbs up.
Readng 2
Production 2
Story 2
Total 6/9
Download the collection from Librivox
Listen to my fave' story
Thursday, 3 September 2009
Short Science Fiction Collection Vol. 015
Official Blurb
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed.
My Review
This is another much of short sci fi stories, in fact its the 15th(!!!!) collection from Librivox. Each story is read by a different reader and comes from different authors. This of course means that when you start listening you have no idea whats coming up. Some of the stories may be familar to you, but they were pretty new to me.
The collection has 10 stories of various lengths and there were 6 that I really enjoyed.
Beyond Lies the Wub
Crysal Egg
I'm a stranger here myself
New Accelerator
Radiant Shell
Scientist Rises
The final one I've listed really appealed to me, the odd fancy of it simply appealed and gave me a chuckle.
Reading 2/3
Production 2/3
Story 2/3
Total Score 6/9
Download it from Librivox
Listen to one of the stories
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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed.
My Review
This is another much of short sci fi stories, in fact its the 15th(!!!!) collection from Librivox. Each story is read by a different reader and comes from different authors. This of course means that when you start listening you have no idea whats coming up. Some of the stories may be familar to you, but they were pretty new to me.
The collection has 10 stories of various lengths and there were 6 that I really enjoyed.
Beyond Lies the Wub
Crysal Egg
I'm a stranger here myself
New Accelerator
Radiant Shell
Scientist Rises
The final one I've listed really appealed to me, the odd fancy of it simply appealed and gave me a chuckle.
Reading 2/3
Production 2/3
Story 2/3
Total Score 6/9
Download it from Librivox
Listen to one of the stories
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Tuesday, 25 August 2009
LibriVox Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection Vol. 004
Official Blurb
A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the smell of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder.
My Review
A pretty typical collection of stories here, some good, some ok and some rather boring but thankfully few of these. The lengths of the stories in this collection vary from 7 minutes up to nearly an hour. Not every story includes a ghost or a supernatural entity, yet they all fit the right mood for this collection. There's not a lot more I can add except to say there are three stories in this collection worthy of special mention because they are really good.
Old Mr. Wiley
The Voice in the Night
The Brazilian Cat
Reading 2/3
Production 2/3
Story 2/3
Total Score 6/9
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Listen to one of the good ones
A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the smell of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder.
My Review
A pretty typical collection of stories here, some good, some ok and some rather boring but thankfully few of these. The lengths of the stories in this collection vary from 7 minutes up to nearly an hour. Not every story includes a ghost or a supernatural entity, yet they all fit the right mood for this collection. There's not a lot more I can add except to say there are three stories in this collection worthy of special mention because they are really good.
Old Mr. Wiley
The Voice in the Night
The Brazilian Cat
Reading 2/3
Production 2/3
Story 2/3
Total Score 6/9
Download it from Librivox
Listen to one of the good ones
Thursday, 16 July 2009
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 003
Official Blurb
A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the smell of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder.
My Review
An odd mix of short stories brought together as ghost and horror. I'm not actually sure that they all fit that particular mold. That said all of the readers are passable and the stories simply ok.
None of the stories are blood thirsty slasher stories. You shouldn't expect that sort of thing from these older public domain releases.
Four of the readings however stood out amongst the others for special mention. The two Poe stories are pretty good readings with this version of "The Telltale Heart" being particularly well done ( just a couple of pops on the mic's ). The "Tropical Horror" and "Empty House" stories are pretty good to.
As usual with a mixed bag of stories the appeal of the individual narratives varies from story to story. I found four that I really liked and I expect any listener will find a like number of favourites.
Reading 2/3
Production 2/3
Story 2/3
Total Score 6/9
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Listen to the Poe story
A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the smell of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder.
My Review
An odd mix of short stories brought together as ghost and horror. I'm not actually sure that they all fit that particular mold. That said all of the readers are passable and the stories simply ok.
None of the stories are blood thirsty slasher stories. You shouldn't expect that sort of thing from these older public domain releases.
Four of the readings however stood out amongst the others for special mention. The two Poe stories are pretty good readings with this version of "The Telltale Heart" being particularly well done ( just a couple of pops on the mic's ). The "Tropical Horror" and "Empty House" stories are pretty good to.
As usual with a mixed bag of stories the appeal of the individual narratives varies from story to story. I found four that I really liked and I expect any listener will find a like number of favourites.
Reading 2/3
Production 2/3
Story 2/3
Total Score 6/9
Download it from Librivox
Listen to the Poe story
Wednesday, 17 June 2009
Short Science Fiction Collection Vol. 014
Official Blurb
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories, first published between 1951 and 1962, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed.
My Review
This offering from the Librivox community really surprised me. I've listened to their Sci Fi collection offerings before and as a rule find that I dont like the differing voices and differing subjects which dont blend into what I consider a pleasant whole. The individual stories might be good but I can't listen to them "as a book". I hope that makes sense.
This collection surprised me because I really enjoyed it! All of the readers were very good and all of the stories hit it off with me. I thought all of the selected stories were interesting and of good quality.
The story "R.S.V.P." even had me laughing. The story "vanishing point" put me in mind of a Lovecraft type story, very insightful.
So overall, if you're thinking of trying one of Librivox's Sci Fi collections this is one I reccomend.
Reading 2/3
Production 2/3
Story 2/3
Total Score 6/9
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Listen to one of the stories
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories, first published between 1951 and 1962, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed.
My Review
This offering from the Librivox community really surprised me. I've listened to their Sci Fi collection offerings before and as a rule find that I dont like the differing voices and differing subjects which dont blend into what I consider a pleasant whole. The individual stories might be good but I can't listen to them "as a book". I hope that makes sense.
This collection surprised me because I really enjoyed it! All of the readers were very good and all of the stories hit it off with me. I thought all of the selected stories were interesting and of good quality.
The story "R.S.V.P." even had me laughing. The story "vanishing point" put me in mind of a Lovecraft type story, very insightful.
So overall, if you're thinking of trying one of Librivox's Sci Fi collections this is one I reccomend.
Reading 2/3
Production 2/3
Story 2/3
Total Score 6/9
Download it from Librivox
Listen to one of the stories
Wednesday, 6 May 2009
Short Science Fiction Collection Vol. 13
Official Blurb
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories, first published between 1951 - 1962, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed.
My Review
Well the blurb wasn't very informative so lets see what I can do to enlighten you. As suggested this is a collection of Sci Fi stories without any apparent theme od reason for putting them together as a group.
The random nature of the collection distracts me a little. As I listen to a lot of audio books I'm of a "next chapter" mindset, and you don't get that with these collections. The stories are by different authors about wildly different subjects and read by a random collection of voices.
So thats the downside. The upside is that this is fun little collection. I enjoyed all of the stories and I can especially suggest you listen to "The Golden Judge" ( not really very sci fi ) and "The Next Logical Step", both of which brought a smile to my face.
Reading 2/3
Production 2/3
Story 2/3
Total Score 6/9
Download it from Librivox
Listen to the first story
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories, first published between 1951 - 1962, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed.
My Review
Well the blurb wasn't very informative so lets see what I can do to enlighten you. As suggested this is a collection of Sci Fi stories without any apparent theme od reason for putting them together as a group.
The random nature of the collection distracts me a little. As I listen to a lot of audio books I'm of a "next chapter" mindset, and you don't get that with these collections. The stories are by different authors about wildly different subjects and read by a random collection of voices.
So thats the downside. The upside is that this is fun little collection. I enjoyed all of the stories and I can especially suggest you listen to "The Golden Judge" ( not really very sci fi ) and "The Next Logical Step", both of which brought a smile to my face.
Reading 2/3
Production 2/3
Story 2/3
Total Score 6/9
Download it from Librivox
Listen to the first story
Monday, 14 April 2008
Short Sci Fi Collection 004
The Official Blurb
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories, originally published between 1931 and 1962, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed.
My Review
What we really have here is a collection of 10 short Sci Fi stories. It does contain a couple of gems such as "The Repairman" and "The Missing Battleship" by Harry Harrison but I found most of the other stories rather poor fair.
This is not a fault of the readers, I just found most of the stories rather uninspiring. These collections generally suffer from a lack of consistency. Books need to have a theme in order to shine. The stories in this collection are so varied and disparate that you cant really "get into it".
Reading = 2/3
Production = 2/3
Story = 1/3
Total = 5/9
Available from Librivox
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories, originally published between 1931 and 1962, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed.
My Review
What we really have here is a collection of 10 short Sci Fi stories. It does contain a couple of gems such as "The Repairman" and "The Missing Battleship" by Harry Harrison but I found most of the other stories rather poor fair.
This is not a fault of the readers, I just found most of the stories rather uninspiring. These collections generally suffer from a lack of consistency. Books need to have a theme in order to shine. The stories in this collection are so varied and disparate that you cant really "get into it".
Reading = 2/3
Production = 2/3
Story = 1/3
Total = 5/9
Available from Librivox
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