The High Ones by Poul Anderson -Vintage Science Fiction Short Story Audiobook Human voice

A mutiny had given the Whites control of the starship-but that meant they could never return to Red-ruled Earth!
This novelette features the worlds first colony ship, sent towards Alpha Centauri by the Red World Soviet Government, after a mutiny leaves the ship and its inhabitants in the hands of the rebelling whites, who instead take the ship to Tau Ceti on the off chance they might find an inhabitable planet there.
They do so, but discover other visitors to the planet that are already there, who seem to be technologically far in advance...and hostile.
Poul Anderson writes with his usual flair, blending human ideological conflict and longing for freedom with possible futures and visions of alien worlds, to create an interesting tale with both action, emotion and some thought-provoking concepts and big ideas. Also, it seems Mr. Anderson was not a fan of communism.
Poul Anderson (1926-2001) was American born of Scandinavian descent, and even lived a few years in Denmark before the second world war broke out. A prolific and renowned author of Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Golden Age, many of his stories are inspired by and feature elements from Scandinavian folk tales and Norse sagas.
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[@alantaylor353]

Excellent.!!.. Thank you Tom.!!
I've saved this one for tonight.! 😉 👍 👍

[@futurespast-42]

Enjoy! :)

[@kleinjahr]

So that is what became of Hellstrom's Hive.

[@futurespast-42]

Project 40 had a twin that went to the stars :)

[@karlgru3n654]

Conservatives of the world, UNITE! ;)

[@SpacePatrollerLaser]

You have nothing to lose but your brains :)
Actually, Anderson was more of a prot-Libertarinan. In fact, in 1964's THE STAR FOX, he referenced a Libertarian party, which was not to exist for 8 years. This is also seen in ORBIT UNLIMINTED. As a futurist, he could not have been a conservatives, who looked to the past. The early eco's were conservative loonies "Things was all right before they started putting up them thar consarn sputniks" in the late 1950s and early '60's

[@SpacePatrollerLaser]

Hoboy Natscha: Is just a bunch of anti-Soviet Hooligans!

[@futurespast-42]

oh, those Russians! :)