• Rescue Party

  • When the World Ends Series, Volume I
  • By: Arthur C. Clarke
  • Narrated by: Jim Gallant
  • Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (53 ratings)

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Rescue Party

By: Arthur C. Clarke
Narrated by: Jim Gallant
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Publisher's summary

A spaceship crew from an advanced alien civilization notices that Earth faces imminent destruction as its sun begins to explode. With time rapidly ticking down, the crew desperately searches a now-desolate planet for any possible human survivors.

This is the very first short story written by one of the world's most prominent science-fiction authors.

©2004 Bob E. Flick (P)2004 Ziggurat Productions

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Leaves one wanting more, in a good way!

Would you consider the audio edition of Rescue Party to be better than the print version?

Don't know, only had the audio version and I enjoyed it.

What did you like best about this story?

When the aliens finally find that the earths population saved itself!

What about Jim Gallant’s performance did you like?

He was very good in his interpretations of the written material.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Again the realization that the earths population saved itself.

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I enjoyed it a lot!

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Bad audio engineering

Very short story that could have been an excellent novel. Unfortunately the audio engineers have added several very long tracks of foreboding music to lengthen the title unnecessarily.

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humanity, f*** yeah

it's basically some aliens trying to save humanity from the sun going supernova but humans dont need help

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Great story- one of his best

One of the best stories by the Grand Master. The scenario depicted and fleshed out is pretty good. Sorry, don’t know what else to say without giving away spoilers. The audio production was great too. Good voices. Recommend this story to anyone who enjoys short sci fi stories.

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Fun, Old School Sci-fi.

This story brings me back to my earliest days of reading sci-fi stories, and reminds me of the sort of stories John Campbell used to publish in his magazines.

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a great Clarke classic.

Loved it. A great Clarke classic told by a fantastic narrator. The elder spacefaring races are horrified to find they have slipped in their galactic survey of the universe. They have discovered a primitive but Intelligent species who's sun is about to go supernova. The journey begins to save this doomed race.

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An old favorite

This short story, while a little dated in some aspects (Bradbury wistfully predicted humans will soon abandon cities because we will all learn to fly helicopters) is still one of my all time favorite sf short stories, mostly because Bradbury manages to brag about humans without having a single one in the cast. I knocked it down one star because of the datedness.

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