The Fire People
Ray Cummings
Read by Tony Oliva
In effect Professor Newland declared that the curious astronomical phenomena of the previous November--the new "stars" observed, the two meteors that had fallen with their red and green light-fire--were all evidence of the existence of intelligent life on the planet Mercury.
(An excerpt from chapter 1.) (8 hr 8 min)
Chapters
The Coming of the Light | 16:19 | Read by Tony Oliva |
The Unknown Enemy | 10:38 | Read by Tony Oliva |
The Landing of the Invaders | 13:28 | Read by Tony Oliva |
The Meeting | 11:28 | Read by Tony Oliva |
Captured! | 13:01 | Read by Tony Oliva |
Miela | 14:47 | Read by Tony Oliva |
The Mercutian Camp | 12:27 | Read by Tony Oliva |
The Escape | 14:33 | Read by Tony Oliva |
Futile Attacks | 13:58 | Read by Tony Oliva |
Miela's Story | 16:41 | Read by Tony Oliva |
To Save the World | 12:19 | Read by Tony Oliva |
The Landing on Mercury | 19:56 | Read by Tony Oliva |
The Captive Earth-Man | 20:33 | Read by Tony Oliva |
The Ruler of the Light Country | 25:45 | Read by Tony Oliva |
The Mountain Conclave | 18:49 | Read by Tony Oliva |
The Fire Planet | 7:47 | Read by Tony Oliva |
The Fight at the Bayou | 27:27 | Read by Tony Oliva |
Revolution | 22:07 | Read by Tony Oliva |
The New Ruler | 25:19 | Read by Tony Oliva |
In the Twilight Country | 19:47 | Read by Tony Oliva |
Another Light-Ray! | 14:44 | Read by Tony Oliva |
The Theft of the Light-Ray | 13:56 | Read by Tony Oliva |
The Storm | 15:02 | Read by Tony Oliva |
The Water City | 20:45 | Read by Tony Oliva |
Preparations for War | 10:57 | Read by Tony Oliva |
The Battle | 19:57 | Read by Tony Oliva |
The Siege of the Lone City | 19:43 | Read by Tony Oliva |
The End of Tao | 26:29 | Read by Tony Oliva |
The Return | 9:27 | Read by Tony Oliva |
Reviews
Fun
Janelle
3 1/2 stars but I’ve bumped it up to 4 stars as I was captivated by the flying girls of Mercury, and intrigued by the social commentary of the story. Very few classic science fiction authors included women in their stories, and although the men in this book were the supposed heroes, I thought the girls stole the show. Aside from that the writing was fairly basic, and the storyline of battling overwhelming alien foes, fun but well used.
Bravo from Borneo
Lord Jim
A solid space opera novel of its time...replete with baddies and frail love interests. Chapeau to the narrator also and his sterling effort to provide voices to the characters. The author creates a series of perilous challenges made all the more interesting by their setting. Good stuff!!
A LibriVox Listener
A great book, well written, well read. Provides adventure and raises some questions. I also appreciate that it does not deny the existence of our creator. A refreshing sci-fi.
A LibriVox Listener
Eh. Unique but long and dry at times.