Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet
Harold L. Goodwin
Read by Mark Nelson
"Foster, Lieutenant, R. I. P.," blared the voice horn, and five minutes later Rip Foster was off into space on an assignment more exciting than any he had ever imagined. He could hardly believe his ears. Could a green young Planeteer, just through his training, possibly carry out orders like these? Sunny space, what a trick it would be! From the moment Rip boards the space ship Scorpius there is a thrill a minute. He and his nine daring Planeteers must cope with the merciless hazing of the spacemen commanding the ship, and they must outwit the desperate Connies, who threaten to plunge all of space into war. There are a thousand dangers to be faced in high vacuum—and all of this while carrying out an assignment that will take every reader's breath away. - Summary by Original book cover (5 hr 38 min)
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Great read
Onedaylikethis
I've come to expect nothing less from Mark Nelson's narrations than excellence, his narrating is all that it takes to hook me. That being said this was a fantastic story which honestly, to me anyway, rarely shows its age. Common phrases such as "bursting ones bubble" or "by jiminy" are twisted beautifully to fit the space faring theme and were a quite unexpected happy surprise. Recommended to anyone who enjoys sci-fi, space or action stories.
Well Read!
Book Beetle
Once again Mark Nelson excels in adding his talented interpretive reading and clever use of accents to a good story.
fun space adventure
Seek the light
Light and enjoyable with the clear good guys and bad guys and common enemy of space. Goodwin clearly takes pride in showing his understanding of gravity and motion. Some of the naïveté relating to radiation is curious with the casual handling of plutonium being the most telling example. Overall highly entertaining with Mark’s consummate reading.
tps
Real good story and very well read. But l do agree with DAusmus. when he says the story is a little dated; slide rule, how quaint.
DAusmus
good story, a bit dated regarding radiation sickness of course, very excellent reading all combine to make this a very enjoyable listen.
Fun and lively 50s style sci-fi romp
Stephen Meiers
Good old timey sci-fi fun read by a great narrator. The story might be from the 60s even, buggy there are no women or blacks in it and it's a very military oriented take, sterile politics other than their absence and the multicultural crew and the "Connie's" enemy. I must have dosed when their roots were explained. it's also agnostic, no religious treatments. Good 50s or early 60s pulp sci-fi, a fine example.
Great story, excellent reader.
Seven Archers
I was a little hesitant of listening to this story thinking it might be a little too "hokey" because of the impression given by it's title/cover. I could not have been more wrong. Of course it's classic sci-fi of that time period, but it's written very well, and it's read by one of the best readers at LibriVox. The incomperable Mark Nelson. Very entertaining.
Quite the ride
Akku
I couldn't stop laughing at the "Connies" references, and while Mark Nelson 's readings are always superb I found some of his accents maybe missed the mark a little in this tale But, its well read, brought beautifully to life, and its an uncomplicated tale of good guys and bad guys and the best kind of escapism