The Skylark of Space: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Skylark of Space by E. E. Smith: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 19 original MP3 tracks, 9:22:35 running time and a link to listen.
The Skylark of Space, credited to E. E. Smith, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Skylark of Space, by E. E. Smith. Read by Richard Kilmer. The novel begins with the accidental discovery, in a Government laboratory in Washington D. C., of a form of clean nuclear power. Our hero, Dr. Richard Seaton, uses this power to build first a flying belt and then an interstellar spaceship. He later discovers that the process operates by generation and manipulation of gravity fields. When his government coworkers do not believe him, Seaton acquires rights to his discovery from the government and commercializes it with the aid of his friend, millionaire inventor Martin Crane. A former colleague, Dr. Marc DuQuesne, joins with the unscrupulous World Steel Corporation to try to steal Seaton's invention. The resulting conflict escalates, as Seaton and Duquesne develop greater and greater technical capabilities and enlist more and more powerful alien races as allies.. (Summary by Wikipedia)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Skylark of Space
- Author credits: E. E. Smith
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 19
- Listed recording duration: 9:22:35
Catalogue topics
- adventure
- fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
Track guide
- 01 - The Occurrence Of The Impossible — 6:49
- 02 - Steel Becomes Interested — 23:52
- 03 - Seaton Solves the Problem of Power — 35:24
- 04 - Steel Liberates Energy--Unexpectedly — 29:44
- 05 - Direct Action — 26:51
- 06 - The Object-Compass at Work — 30:33
- 07 - The Trial Voyage — 30:45
- 08 - Indirect Action — 17:39
- 09 - Lost in Space — 43:55
- 10 - The Rescue — 30:13
- 11 - Through Space into the Carboniferous — 48:33
- 12 - The Mastery of Mind Over Matter — 22:31
- 13 - Nalboon Of Mardonale — 35:07
- 14 - Nalboon Unmasked — 32:53
- 15 - The Escape From Mardonale — 37:21
- 16 - An Osnomian Marriage — 40:25
- 17 - Bird, Beast, Or Fish — 28:54
- 18 - The Invasion — 29:14
- 19 - The Return To Earth — 12:03
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