After Worlds Collide

By: Philip Wylie, Edwin Balmer

Narrated by: Peter Ganim

Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

After Worlds Collide picks up the story of its predecessor, When Worlds Collide. This sequel tells the story of the survivors' progress on the new world Bronson Beta after the destruction of Earth by a rogue planet.

©1933, 1934 Edwin Balmer & Philip Wylie (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Classic sci_fi

I read this 50 years ago and I still like it. Classic science fiction. Great

One of my favorite books.

I first read this book in junior high school. This is the third time that I’ve read it. I highly recommend it to everyone.

Liked It !!!!

This was a very good sequel to When Worlds Collide. written in the 30's, but still fresh 80 years later . I enjoyed both stories but thought they could have tied up the ending a little bit better. All in all though , I would certainly recommend this book. It was intense and kept your interest hour after hour. Should read the first book before this .

Eight hours later I am still thinking about it :) Good character development and plot and twists .

I would certainly recommend . Thank you !

Dated but interesting.

The story definitely shows the political situation in the world in the early 1930s as well as the racial and ethnic prejudices. If you can put those things in perspective, it is a very interesting and exciting story. I read both books as a teen in the early 70s and remembered enjoying them then. I mostly do audio books now so I don't strain my eyes and do other productive tasks.

Wow

Would you consider the audio edition of After Worlds Collide to be better than the print version?

The audio since I have never read the book.

Who was your favorite character and why?

All of them play a very important part in the story

Which scene was your favorite?

Getting the city going and using the old technology.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

After the world has ended

Any additional comments?

A good read for anybody

The Rest of the Story

I've watched the 1952 film of "When Worlds Collide" many times. At the end of the film I always wondered what happened after they landed. When this book appeared as a daily special I bought it without hesitation.

The book was written in the early 1930's. The writing style seems formal, and sometimes wordy. Attitudes about nationality, race and gender were different then.

Even with these drawbacks, I enjoyed the story. In my mind I could visualize the locations described. There were a number of plot twists. As I listened I wasn't sure how it would end.

For me this was an enjoyable, if somewhat flawed, book.

Great old sci-fi

Fun to read old sci-fi. Absolutely no computers in this story. Interesting to see how an advanced society would exist by author from the 1930's.

After Worlds Collide

I waited 40 years to finish the 2 book set. It was worth the wait.

love this

these books have a great storyline and are consistent throughout. I have read the books and now listened to them and probably will again.

Very interesting piece of history

This series was written between the wars, so it's have a little gaps of science and technology.
but if you ignore it, the story is good and well written.
the narrator is superb.