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A Voyage to Arcturus
- Penguin Science Fiction
- Narrated by: Steve John Shepherd
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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Summary
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After journeying across the stars, a man from Earth finds himself lost among the scarlet deserts, black cliffs and semi-sentient oceans of Tormance, a world lit by the star Arcturus. Pulled northward by the sound of drums, and undergoing strange physical transformations, the Earthman's adventures with the planet's inhabitants begin to shine with arcane significance - ending finally in startling and unforgettable revelations.
At once an extraordinary odyssey across a bizarre alien world, a visceral exploration of human thought and behaviour, and a unique metaphysical examination of the cosmos, David Lindsay's masterpiece is a pioneering work of science fiction that has influenced generations of writers, including C.S Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and Philip Pullman.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-07-22
Something completely different
If you like I go into this thinking it’s a space adventure story you will be thinking otherwise by the ending. It’s one of those books you should re-read.
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- Hard Working Mum
- 07-03-24
A timeless classic.
Few British novels have been as eccentric or, ultimately, as influential as Scottish writer David Lindsay's A Voyage to Arcturus. First published in 1920, it produced enormous enthusiasm in CS Lewis, who recommended it to Tolkien. Compares to Bunyan and Machen, while Walpole, Corvo, Hodgson, ER Eddison, Barrington Bayley, and even Mervyn Peake also come to mind. Lindsay's engrossing book, a mixture of metaphysics and surreal dream-quest, stands as one of the great originals.
Superb performance by Steve John Shepherd, possibly the best I have heard on Audible for characterisation.
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- 14-08-24
Incoherent, irritating and inconsequential…
I had hopes of an interesting listen, but was very disappointed by the random nonsense of this audiobook, which became, increasingly, irritating and boring, even at twice the speed! All the many novel names – people, places and colours made it even more confusing, being an audiobook. The plot if there was one, was in consequential and illusive…
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