The City at World's End
Gelesen von Mark Nelson
Edmond Hamilton
(4,483 Sterne; 3503 Bewertungen)
A surprise nuclear war may cause the End of the World, but not the way anyone could have imagined. A classic science fiction tale from Galaxy Magazine. (Summary by Mark Nelson) (7 hr 6 min)
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Sagittarius88
(4 Sterne)
Satisfying read. An interesting conflict between the comfort of the tried and true and the curious eagerness to break new ground. One star less for its predictability. All the rating comments about the author having a sexist attitude are unfounded, given the time of writing and his portrayal of the strong female character in the story. On the contrary, this literary work evokes thinking of gender issues.
This is a FANTASTIC story!
Lisa Pizza
(5 Sterne)
Wow! Well written and well narrated. I am surprised that I have never heard of it before. I listened to it during the Covid-19 pandemic, and found it very relatable. This is a great story for all ages, male and female. Has this been made into a movie? If not, someone should jump on that! There are great characters in this! ENJOY😊
Tino F
(4 Sterne)
Mark Nelson delivers a great reading as usual. While the story by itself is interesting and original, I didn’t find it especially captivating. The premise of the story seems at times a little silly and the ending was just OK. Luckily the narrator does a great job of keeping alive the interest of the reader.
Rogue Nerd
(5 Sterne)
What a delightful surprise. Sci fi authors must possess magnificent, unencumbered, imaginations. The novel to me was interesting, light hearted and wholesome. I really appreciated the absence of gore, violence and explicit sex. I was hooked from the start. Kudos to the volunteer who was perfectly suited.
wonderful reading of a great scifi adventure
Alistair Kershaw
(5 Sterne)
I skimmed the reviews before starting this, some mention the scientific information being out of date and show the age of it. I'm no scientist so that meant nothing to me. what does date this story is social attitudes which have changed a bit since 1951. so I listened imaging this happened then not now, and I found that worked just fine for me. Its a great compelling tale and it's read wonderfully.
great!
Test Test
(5 Sterne)
great book! excellent reading. previous reviewer that complained about sexism i think is perpetually offended and unable to be happy. this was a great story for it's day and age. parts of it dragged a little and were a bit expected. but, overall I was on the edge of my seat the whole time.
Lags a bit at first
null
(4 Sterne)
The story moves along rather well, but the plot feels flawed for the first half of the book. Perhaps that's just proof that the premise is correct; that people of the future are more open to change than people of the past were. Excellent reading, as always with this reader.
Very enjoyable
Joyce
(5 Sterne)
I've never read or watched very much science fiction stuff. But I decided to listen to this book and enjoyed it very much. Plus, Mark Nelson is an excellent reader, so I'm hooked and getting ready to listen to another one of his readings. Thank you, Mark Nelson and Libravox.