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This is actually the 3rd book in this set. Book one is The Moon Maid and book two is The Moon Men. All three of these are available through this channel.

If you enjoy the Lensman Series, you may also enjoy Skylark of Space.

So glad you enjoyed! Search the channel for other great titles or if you prefer these shorter stories you will find thousands of them on our other channel, Thinkplank Brain Bank.

So glad you enjoyed! Other great Conan titles are available here as well and new content is added every week.

Mark Nelson has read for nearly 3000 of these projects. I like his work as well and you will find much more of it on the Thinkplank Channels. So glad you enjoyed! Cheers!

So good to hear! Since RUclips has declined to monetize this content it is support from you the listener that keeps this library going. Bring Friends! and enjoy.

Excellent! Many more titles are available... working hard to keep them coming.

Thank you... I am a little dubious on the artwork on this one but I guess that isn't really what audiobooks are all about anyway. I am always looking for cost effective ways to make improvements.

@@ThinkplankScienceFictionAudio To be honest I'd prefer a black screen. Thanks for all the uploads 🍻👍🏻

@@jerryjungle5717 Yes... there are many times that I share that sentiment and it would be much easier for me to do. The images are there for multiple reasons. Among those are, to give a fresh look to classic works that often have pretty boring covers, and to show significant change in the basic file for RUclips Monetization requirements. RUclips has declined to monetize this content at this point in time so I am not sure how long I can continue building this library. I always intended this to be FREE for everyone and that this was to be at least a 10 year project. I will keep doing it as long as I can but unless I can find some method of funding it then things may dwindle away. In anycase, please do enjoy what is available. Cheers!

So glad you enjoyed and thank you for sharing this snippet of your background. You make a very good point! Human nature has not really changed that much in the last 100 years and these stories are at the same time a reminder of that and inspiration for us to do better. My goal here is to preserve these classics and you are now a part of helping me to do that... Thank you!

From WIKI... The Hour of the Dragon, also known as Conan the Conqueror, is a fantasy novel by American writer Robert E. Howard featuring his sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian. It was one of the last Conan stories published before Howard's suicide, although not the last to be written.[1] The novel was first published in serial form in the December 1935 through April 1936 issues of the pulp magazine Weird Tales. The first book edition was published by Gnome Press in hardcover in 1950. The Gnome Press edition retitled the story Conan the Conqueror, a title retained by all subsequent editions until 1977, when the original title was restored in an edition published by Berkley/Putnam. The Berkley edition also reverted the text to that of its original Weird Tales publication, discarding later edits. Later editions have generally followed Berkley and published under the original title.

That is outstanding! I would also love to see Harrison's work on the big screen. For me it would have to be the Stainless Steel Rat series though. (a couple of those are available on this channel as well).

The sequel, The Ethical Engineer, is also here. Hope you enjoy! There is a third book called The Horse Barbarians, which I will be sure to expedite as soon as it is available to me.

Since I do not personally do any of the voice work on any of these, I'm afraid I can't take credit for that. This particular book was read for you by Ben Tucker and released in Dec. 2023.

@@ThinkplankScienceFictionAudio Thanks for posting the audiobook then! Great channel, exciting books which I have never heard about

So glad you enjoyed! I love finding old gems that otherwise might be forgotten and never discovered. Stay tuned for more and bring friends!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Harrison_(writer) As I was writing a reply, I popped open Wiki to check some facts and got kinda sucked into the info there... Everything I was going to say is there plus tons more so there is the link for anyone who would like to do a deeper dive. Not all of his work is available to me but I will certainly be sharing all of it that I can.

This particular rendition was read for you by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012). He was a prolific voice talent for these kinds of things and most of his work in this area was done completely voluntarily with no compensation. We all owe him a huge thank you!

I can appreciate an honest review and that you have detailed exactly why by listing some negative points. I must agree that it certainly is dated.

@@ThinkplankScienceFictionAudio Thanks for the upload. Love your channel.

Thanks for listening! For Sci-Fi and Horror short stories check out Thinkplank Brain Bank channel.

So glad you enjoyed! There are several more Conan the Cimmerian novels available. Our initial focus is on Sci-Fi but more Fantasy will be included in the future. Short Stories can be found on Thinkplank Brain Bank Mystery and Who-Done-It type novels are being assembled for Thinkplank Mystery Audio Your subscription makes these collections possible, so Thank You for being a part of what brings these works to everyone!

Your channel was off to an interesting start... did you give up on it or are you planning your resurgence? If you are looking for Sci-Fi short stories you can find thousands of them on our other channel... Thinkplank Brain Bank In any case... Welcome Aboard!

@@ThinkplankScienceFictionAudio Nah, I’m just cowardly about putting myself out there. I got your channel name from your brother, he sure doesn’t look his age, wish I could say the same, lmao.. 🤣 We should get together..

Send me a friend request over on FaceBook @ Brian Bank... we can use the message system there to chat more privately. Perhaps we can discuss collaborative work and maybe some ways to put yourself out there more anonymously.

Excellent! There are many more titles available. Thanks for listening!

Absolutely! - Thank you, this has always been one of my favorites.

Does something special happen at 40min?

Classic ... this and the Skylark of Space are the beginnings of the great Space Operas as a new subset. In these, Doc Smith laid the groundwork for all the great epics we have today.

I agree! in fact The Stainless Steel Rat is the first book that I posted here.

Also, check out The Misplaced Battleship... it is one of the more obscure Stainless Steel Rat adventures.

@ThinkplankScienceFictionAudio Thanks. I am currently reworking my way through "Doc" Smith's Lensmen series.

Perhaps rare could replace strange?

LOL... Dunno what to tell you on that. This reading was performed and submitted by Mark Nelson. Since his work was entirely voluntary, I am not inclined to complain too much.

@@ThinkplankScienceFictionAudio It was just an interesting quirk that made me go back and listen to it again to be sure. So much better than the AI narrators around now.

It was a good catch ... i found it amusing. AI is getting better every day but isn't quite there yet. I am very grateful to these reader volunteers.

@@ThinkplankScienceFictionAudio And it shows that I was actually listening.

I guess that would kind of make sense... Skylark of Space, Skylark Three, and Skylark of Valeron, are now available on this channel as complete audiobooks. If you are subscribed then they should come up easily for you on the channel home page.

Absolutely! Enjoy... and bring friends!

You are so very welcome... enjoy! and bring friends! every subscriber helps to keep this growing.

Nice!

Personally, I appreciate it as a foundation on which other science fiction and even science fact was built. It was a product of its time and a speculation of the future from that perspective.

I do too, at least for classic Sci-Fi. To me, he sounds a bit like an old time radio broadcaster which seems to fit Golden Age fiction just about perfectly. I understand that not everyone agrees, so I often post the same story with different readers to give options. This is most obvious on Thinkplank Brain Bank where there are thousands of short stories to be enjoyed.

Sadly I get a lot of complaints about the narration. But, I am thankful for what we have until someone who can do better steps up and puts in the work. If you would like to be that someone I would be very willing to entertain the idea of posting your recording.

Sadly the artwork is AI generated and is just something I threw together to add some visuals to the audio track (I am not an artist lol). I suppose the good news is that as such, it is public domain and you are welcome to use it in any way you wish.

I would think that even a reader that is less pleasing to the ear is better than no reader at all. You are welcome to read this work in yourself if you believe you can do a better job. If you put in the work to do this, I would consider posting it if our team agrees that your effort is an improvement.

Crap is crap[@@ThinkplankScienceFictionAudio

Criticism requires very little talent or effort... the offer still stands if you think you can do better.

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On one of our other channels, @Thinkplank Brain Bank, we have posted thousands of Short Stories. I know of a couple of people who regularly listen to them at bedtime to help them fall asleep. The sound of a voice may lull a person to sleep or simply put a person into a relaxed mood and this is a healthy break from the often hectic world around us. Personally, I tend to listen to audio books while I workout or drive. For me, the interaction of the story line breaks the monotony of repetitive tasks.

So glad you enjoy these! Stay tuned as I have more 'Doc' Smith on the way as well as many other great authors.

I do have this book available on Thinkplank Brain Bank in its original form as it was published in Amazing Stories Magazine, but, this is the later and more complete version that was released as the stand alone premiere to a new genre of Science Fiction.

It makes perfect sense that you would begin your collection with the books that brought the idea of epic Space Opera to the world.

I'm afraid that I don't have any significant personal information about Harley James or his lineage. His speech mannerisms seem similar to some that I have encountered in rural parts of the USA.

Smith and Asimov had a great deal of overlap in the times of their prolific writing. Similarities in culture and current events may have influenced them to have similar writing styles. Asimov produced the Foundation Series which would probably be the most directly comparable to the Lensman Series by Smith which you are currently listening to. It is quite possible that Smith paved the way for Asimov in the sense that publishers were more ready to accept the idea of the epic Space Opera after the success of the Lensman Series and its massive scope.

You are correct... sadly I do not have access to it at this time. I will of course post it as soon as I can get my hands on it.

@@ThinkplankScienceFictionAudio I have a copy of the book if you wish to borrow it lol

Thanks for that but I'm afraid it wouldn't help. I am not one of the voice talents but more importantly I think the hold up is actually in the legal department.

Awesome! Much of the Lensman series is already available on this channel and Skylark is coming soon! Stay tuned, bring friends, and thanks for having a listen.

Yes... many of these books contain valuable messages for the future along with just being great entertainment but the times and cultures in which they were written must be considered. Somewhere, I have an old physics book that was published in the late 1930s which clearly states that the atom is the smallest particle and cannot be split. It astounds me that this was the generally accepted belief during the time when E.E. 'Doc' Smith was writing his Lensman Series. Much of that series is available on this channel starting with TriPlanetary, presented as it was published as a stand alone book. TriPlanetary is also available in its original form as it was published on my other channel @Thinkplankbrainbank which mostly focusses on short stories... ruclips.net/channel/UCpbtM1Ax7utmPt272JfQNbg

I have been having some trouble getting the timestamps and chapter markers to work properly and reliably. I hope you can find where you left off easily. I am told that RUclips is still working on that.

Thank you for your comments. This channel is relatively new and Audio Books are not as exciting as explosions or fails etc. so I rather expect it to be a slow start in a world of 15 second attention spans. It is my goal to create this more interactive library to help preserve these classic works in a more interactive format and your likes, comments, and subscriptions, help me to do that.

Thank you. You too!... The world can be a scary place. Fiction has always been a safe place as well as a medium to share wisdom and cautions. So glad there are still people who know this.

@@ThinkplankScienceFictionAudio Absolutely.!!! I've suffered from PTSD/Anxiety disorder & depression for most of my adult life, I've struggled with drug addiction & alcohol dependancy & been in some very dark scary places over the years. I'm happy to be able to say that I've got 14 years drug free & 6 years alcohol free under my belt, but to do that I needed to learn a whole new set of coping mechanisms, one of them has been using audiobooks to relax, especially in the evening at bedtime.!! The most effective & enjoyable for me is vintage science fiction... There's just something about it that I find very soothing. I think it's because it's just so optimistic, imaginative, non threatening, positive & hopeful.. Even naive in an endearing kind of way.? Mankind is usually portrayed in a positive manner, we tend to always end up doing the right thing, we overcome great odds & we treat other species we meet along the way with respect & dignity... Anything is possible with vintage sci-fi.. The complicated & fantastical science just simply exists & works as the stories need it to with little explanation given, because non is needed... A ship can hold 1000 people in comfort & travel between the stars because it just can.!.! Complex life & alien civilizations exist on other planets in our solar system like Jupiter or Venus or in distant galaxies because they just simply do.! Vintage sci-fi is so unlike the modern media of today which is full of violence, selfishness, negativity & hate.! Vintage sci-fi is the perfect antidote to modern life.! 😉👍👍 I'm subscribed to a number of other vintage sci-fi channels & I'm so thankful & appreciative of all the hard work you guys do.. I want to thank you personally for the valuable service you provide to people such as myself who get so much benefit beyond merely listening to a story to pass some time.! Channels such as this have become a very valuable part of my nightly routine.! THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH & BEST WISHES FROM SCOTLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🙏 ❤️

Wow! Thank you for this very personal testimonial and endorsement. Congratulations on your victories over lifes challenges! You may also be interested in our other Channels... Thinkplank Brain Bank posts short stories daily (typically less than 1 hour in length) many of which were gleaned from old Sci-Fi magazines. These are also free for your enjoyment. We are so very happy to be a part of your journey. Stay Strong!

I often wonder what he would think if he were to look at the world now and see how many of his predictions came true.

For some, the voice of Phil Chenevert can take a bit of getting used to. Personally I think his voice lends authenticity to the times in which the stories he narrates were written.

Phil is my favorite, with Mark Nelson a very, very close second!