Great Classic Science Fiction

Eight Unabridged Stories

By: Stanley G. Weinbaum, Lester Del Rey, Fritz Leiber, James Schmitz, Philip K. Dick, Frank Herbert, H. G. Wells

Narrated by: Simon Vance, Barbara Rosenblat, Nick Sullivan, Robert Fass, Katherine Kellgren, Scott Brick, Stephen Thorne, Greg Itzin

Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's Summary

This superlative collection of futuristic tales explores ground-breaking supernatural themes from the founding heroes of the science-fiction genre. The short story form is perfect for capturing the atmospheric tension of these legendary stories. The collection includes: "The Door in the Wall" by H. G. Wells, "All Cats Are Gray" by Andre Norton, "A Martian Odyssey" by Stanley G. Weinbaum, "Victory" by Lester del Rey, "The Moon Is Green" by Fritz Leiber, "The Winds of Time" by James H. Schmitz, "The Defenders" by Philip K. Dick, and "Missing Link" by Frank Herbert.

©2010 BBC Audio (P)2010 BBC Audio

Great authors, good stories

A very interesting and quite good collection.

These are some of the greatest authors in Sci-Fi, although the stories aren't necessarily the best written, or best known, short stories in the authors' respective portfolios (with the exception of Weinbaum's "Martian Odyssey").

For the most part, these are classic style sci-fi stories, crawling with aliens, spaceships and strange new worlds. Two of the stories (Leiber's and Dick's) are post-nuclear-holocaust Earth and Wells' story is set in contemporary (to him) Earth.

Well delivered by a mix of great readers.

Worth a listen, particularly for genre fans who want to explore some great authors' "b-list" stories.

runs the gamut

This compilation has stories which run from 2 stars: The Martian Odyssey, The Moon is Green, and Missing Link; to 5 stars: Victory, and The Defenders; and everything in between. They have the 1950's magazines feel to them. They involve post nuclear war and adventures on space ships primarily. A mixed bag worth checking out.

Poorly organized

This is the second audible shorty story compilation I have read like this. Chapters are poorly labeled and some stories span more than one, while others are in a single very long chapter.

Content was good but not amazing.

Some material I hadn't seen before

I particularly liked Del Rey, Leiber, Schmitz (the first material I had read by him), Dick and Herbert.

excellent anthology

I love a good anthology and this one did not disappoint though a couple of the stories have been featured in other recent anthologies.

Classic stories

All if these are solidly told stories in the great tradition of 50s/60s sci-fi. They might be minor stories by major writers. But they’re good.

I think a lot of today’s readers simply aren’t used to authors coming from a time when the written word wasn’t yet completely pushed out by the tv picture, much less the 140 mental limits of today’s media. Read to learn, would be my advice.

Awesome collection

With all collections, there are always a few that don't ring for a win, and this one has a couple, but overall it's great, entertaining, and a great companion.

Disappointed

I’m a huge fan of audible I didn’t like this one I’m going to reconsider keeping audible way too expensive for my liking

UNEVEN

some great stories and others not so great; some stories were tedious, unlistenable, while others were like a great book, my attention riveted to the words.

Class SciFi lovers take a chance

This is in the free Plus Catalog so I took a chance because of the great authors, just lesser known stories. Some are really worth the listen. 5/5 Narration for all is exceptional. Others are 3/5, but I’ve suffered through much worse. If you like free science fiction by some of the greats you won’t be disappointed.