Off on a Comet
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Jules Verne
(4,359 Sterne; 64 Bewertungen)
The story starts with a comet that touches the Earth in its flight and collects a few small chunks of it. Some forty people of various nations and ages are condemned to a two-year-long journey on the comet. They form a mini-society and cope with the hostile environment of the comet (mostly the cold). The size of the 'comet' is about 2300 kilometers in diameter - far larger than any comet or asteroid that actually exists. (Summary by Wikipedia) (11 hr 11 min)
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Bravo!
Clay Gilmore
(5 Sterne)
Great tale from a greater author
Loved it!!
Christine Swift
(5 Sterne)
Once you get past the fact that this could never happen it is an amazing book!! I love how most Jules Verne's books invoke your imagination. Also the readers did an amazing job!! Especially Kirby Bonds and Esther.
ANOTHER UNIQUE ADVENTURE
Avid Listener
(3,5 Sterne)
Verne produces another sci-fi scenario which stands alone. The ending is blah, but the story is intetesting, if not compelling.
JerryCphoto
(5 Sterne)
Very well read, thanks. I am so amazed at the genius of Vern.
Jules Verne!
KitttKatty
(5 Sterne)
Nothing like a great classic delivered by the superb readers.
TheCommander
(5 Sterne)
Another amazing story by Jules Verne!!
peachesandpits
(3 Sterne)
Getting kinda' hard to listen to the characterazations of the "niggers" and the "dirty Jews " but I do realize when it was written and I guess that was par for the course. But the premise is interesting...
Victims go home!
(5 Sterne)
Lock your doors. Stop reading. Stop listening. Stop looking. Shut yourselves in, blindfolded, ears plugged... heck, for future proofing's sake you may as well disconnect your senses of touch, smell, & taste. My particular "group" of ***HUMANS*** labeled as "black" went through an historical & still experiences ongoing GENOCIDES AT A FAR GREATER SCALE THAN ONE MIGHT THINK. More media of every type, within which books still thankfully retain a majority share, of every type (research it if my word is not to be taken at face value) depict Africans "stereotypically" than any other categorized group of human beings in history. And guess what? I'm still alive! Appreciate that fact - that you are also alive & live it as best you can - instead of letting yourself be controlled by & shutting out everything you've been programmed to react to with, dare I say, hatred. Peace.