Ultima Thule

De: Mack Reynolds

Narrado por: Jim Roberts

Dallas McCord "Mack" Reynolds was one of the most popular American science-fiction writers of the 1960s. His pen names included Clark Collins, Mark Mallory, Guy McCord, Dallas Ross, and Maxine Reynolds. Many of his stories were published in Galaxy magazine and Worlds of If magazine. His novels predicted many things that have come to pass, including pocket computers and a worldwide computer network with information available at one's fingertips.

In Ultima Thule, young Ronny Bronston has a dream: getting a United Planets job that would take him off-world. He finally gets such an opportunity when his application is accepted and he is given a provisional assignment with the Bureau of Investigation, Section G. Then he finds that the assignment is to capture the elusive terrorist Tommy Paine, who has eluded even the most experienced operative.

Public Domain (P)2010 Jimcin Recordings

Pretty Good

Sometimes I wonder if extreme bad reviews that use words like "worst ever," terrible," "insufferable" etc have more to do with a listener lashing out after a bad day than the actual listening experience.

I thought this story was interesting and entertaining. Not a classic but good enough to make my daily commute go by faster.

The reader has an East Coast accent but \ I got used to that quickly and he did a nice job with various characters.

Insufferable

What disappointed you about Ultima Thule?

I could no longer torture myself and had to end the story half way through. At this point the character has yet to make it out of the office building. Not only do all the characters seem boring but the narrator, Jim Roberts, reads as if a bed time story to small children.

Would you be willing to try another one of Jim Roberts’s performances?

No.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

No.