The Dragon Queen of Jupiter by Leigh Douglass Brackett audiobook. Genre: scifi On the steaming, storm-shrouded fringes of Jupiter, Fort Washington is little more than a rusting island of Earth Empire metal in a sea of poisonous swamp. Corporal Tex and his ragged detachment of Space Foreign Legionnaires are supposed to be the spearhead of expansion, holding the line until a relief column arrives and the planet can be opened for settlement and farmland for overcrowded Earth and Mars. Instead, they...
Feb 15, 2023•54 min•Ep. 807
Terror Out of Space by Leigh Douglass Brackett audiobook. Genre: scifi On a rain-choked, half-mapped Venus, something has come down from the emptiness between worlds and left a trail of madness behind it. Men abandon duty, turn violent, or walk willingly into death, all chasing the same impossible vision. Tri-World Police pilot Lundy and his partner, Smith, manage to capture the source - a small, baffling object the reports call only 'IT' - and begin the dangerous run back to the scientists who ...
Feb 15, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 806
Enchantress Of Venus by Leigh Douglass Brackett audiobook. Genre: scifi On the steaming, mist-shrouded world of Venus, hard-bitten adventurer Eric John Stark follows a single lead into the Inner Sea: the trail of his missing friend, Helvi. His search brings him to Shuruun, a remote port town perched above a blood-red, breathable ocean of swirling gas, where superstition clings to the streets and strangers vanish behind locked doors. Betrayed on arrival by the freighter captain Malthor and marked...
Feb 15, 2023•3 hr 7 min•Ep. 805
Shannach - The Last by Leigh Douglass Brackett audiobook. Genre: scifi On the Twilight Belt of Mercury, hard-bitten prospector Trevor has one obsession: sun-stones, the rare crystals that can buy a lifetime of freedom. When an earthquake buries his ship and leaves him to die in suffocating darkness, he gambles on the planet's ancient tunnels - and is swept into a hidden valley where water runs clean, crops grow green, and a stone city rises from the mist. But this pocket of paradise is ruled by ...
Feb 15, 2023•2 hr 30 min•Ep. 804
Black Amazon of Mars by Leigh Brackett audiobook. Genre: scifi Carrying out the last wishes of a comrade, mercenary Eric John Stark takes on the task of returning a stolen talisman to a walled city near the Martian pole; a city that guards the mysterious Gates of Death. Now all he has to do is get past the brutal clans of Mekh and the shadowy Lord Ciaran to get to Kushat where they’ll probably attempt to kill him. All while he tries to hold on to a talisman that imprints ancient memories of the ...
Feb 15, 2023•3 hr 2 min•Ep. 803
Venus Boy by Lee Sutton audiobook. Genre: romance If you ever make a trip to the green planet of Venus, the first thing you'll see will be the fifty-foot high statue of Venus' greatest hero. It stands on the very top of towering New Plymouth Rock at the edge of the old colony of New Plymouth. Even from the rocket cradle, anyone can tell that the statue is of a twelve-year-old boy smiling up at the Venusian jewel bear perched on his shoulder. Cut into the huge rock below the statue are the words,...
Feb 15, 2023•4 hr 29 min•Ep. 802
Bobby in Search of a Birthday by Lebbeus Mitchell audiobook. Genre: family Bobby North is five years old, an orphan with a big question in his heart. After seeing another child celebrated with cake, gifts, and attention, Bobby realizes there is something he has never had: a birthday. But if you have grown up without one, where do birthdays come from, and how do you find yours? Taking the idea very literally, Bobby sets out on a strange, earnest quest to search for his lost birthdays, stepping ca...
Feb 15, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 801
The Golden Goose Book by L. Leslie Brooke audiobook. Genre: folklore The Golden Goose Book by L. Leslie Brooke is a classic collection of four fairy tales, retold with a storyteller's bounce and a sharp eye for comic trouble. In The Golden Goose, a much-mocked youngest son sets out with almost nothing, but a small act of kindness opens the door to strange luck and a feather-bright prize that causes chaos everywhere he goes. The Story of the Three Bears follows a curious little girl who wanders i...
Feb 10, 2023•40 min•Ep. 800
Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum audiobook. Genre: fantasy In this really exciting and well written story of Oz, the Shaggy Man is on a quest to find his long lost brother. But all does not go smoothly. Oh no. Because his brother is being held prisoner deep underground by the evil, grumpy and not very nice King of the Gnomes, Along the way to find him, he is joined by Polychrome, a Daughter of the Rainbow (a fairy), Betsy Bobbin (a human girl), Hank (a small mule and Betsy's faithful protector), T...
Feb 10, 2023•6 hr 5 min•Ep. 799
The Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum audiobook. Genre: fantasy A Faithful Story of the Astonishing Adventure Undertaken by the Tin Woodman, assisted by Woot the Wanderer, the Scarecrow of Oz, and Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter. The Tin Woodman, whose real name is Nick Chopper, seeks to find the Munchkin Girl he had courted before he became a tin man. Sadly, she has a new love and no longer cares for him. As he attempts to regain her affection, Nick discovers a fellow tin man, Captain Fyter...
Feb 10, 2023•5 hr 27 min•Ep. 798
The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo by L. Frank Baum audiobook. Genre: fantasy 'I dare say, there are several questions you would like to ask at the very beginning of this history. First: Who is the Monarch of Mo? And why is he called the Magical Monarch? And where is Mo, anyhow? And why have you never heard of it before? And can it be reached by a railroad or a trolley-car, or must one walk all the way? These questions I realize should be answered before we (that 'we' means y...
Feb 10, 2023•3 hr 45 min•Ep. 797
The Story of the Magic Cloak by L. Frank Baum audiobook. Genre: fantasy In Queen Zixi of Ix, or The Story of the Magic Cloak, L. Frank Baum opens in the enchanted Forest of Burzee, where Queen Lulea and her band of fairies grow restless with endless moonlit dancing and decide to create a new amusement: a magic cloak. Woven with delicate spells, the cloak can grant its wearer a single wish, but only if it is received honestly and not taken by theft. Sent to find a worthy mortal, the fairy messeng...
Feb 10, 2023•4 hr 34 min•Ep. 796
The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum audiobook. Genre: fantasy In this whimsical installment of the Oz series, L. Frank Baum sends listeners back to a land where enchantment and mischief hide around every bend. When Trot, a spirited girl with a fearless streak, and her clever sailor friend Cap'n Bill find themselves swept into a strange adventure, they arrive in Oz at a troubling moment. A mysterious menace threatens travelers and puts an entire kingdom on edge, and the usual rules of the road d...
Feb 09, 2023•5 hr 30 min•Ep. 795
The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum audiobook. Genre: fantasy Yes, this is another wonderful OZ book with all the old familiar characters and some new delightful ones. The Patchwork Girl, a free spirit if ever there was one, is brought to life in this story and then sets out into the wonderful world of OZ to help her friend Ojo find the ingredients for a magic potion to save his Uncle. The five things they need are strange and the places and people they meet along their journey are sometim...
Feb 09, 2023•6 hr 55 min•Ep. 794
The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum audiobook. Genre: fantasy In The Marvelous Land of Oz, L. Frank Baum returns to the glittering world beyond the desert with a fresh hero and a new kind of trouble. A boy named Tip lives under the strict eye of the mysterious old woman Mombi, dreaming of escape and a life where he can choose his own path. When Tip's homemade pumpkin-headed figure, Jack Pumpkinhead, unexpectedly becomes a companion on the run, the pair set off across a country where enchan...
Feb 09, 2023•5 hr 12 min•Ep. 793
The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum audiobook. Genre: fantasy This is the second to last book in the OZ series that Baum actually wrote himself before he passed away. 'A Faithful Record of the Remarkable Adventures of Dorothy and Trot and the Wizard of Oz, together with the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger and Cap'n Bill, in their successful search for a Magical and Beautiful Birthday Present for Princess Ozma of Oz.' - Summary by Baum. Almost all the marvelous creatures of OZ are involved in this f...
Feb 09, 2023•4 hr 44 min•Ep. 792
Rinkitink in Oz by L. Frank Baum audiobook. Genre: fantasy Rinkitink in Oz is the tenth book in the Oz series written by L. Frank Baum, first published in 1916. It was originally written in 1905 as a stand alone fantasy work and subsequently rewritten as an Oz book. Therefore, most of the action takes place outside of Oz in neighboring fairy countries. It tells the story of Prince Inga's quest to rescue his parents from captivity after his island home is ravaged by enemies. With the help of thre...
Feb 09, 2023•5 hr 59 min•Ep. 791
Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum audiobook. Genre: fantasy Ozma of Oz was the third title in the Oz series by L. Frank Baum. In this book Dorothy is shipwrecked and lands on the shores of a fairy country that adjoins Oz, the land of Ev. There she meets Tiktok, a wind up mechanical man, a talking chicken, Billina, and Ozma, the girl ruler of Oz who is leading a quest to rescue the royal family of Ev from their captivity by the Nome King. Dorothy is also reunited with her old friends, the Scarecrow, th...
Feb 09, 2023•4 hr 22 min•Ep. 790
Mary Louise in the Country by L. Frank Baum audiobook. Genre: family The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third. The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experim...
Feb 09, 2023•4 hr 44 min•Ep. 789
Little Wizard Stories of Oz by L. Frank Baum audiobook. Genre: fantasy The 'Little Wizard Stories of Oz' are six short stories written by L. Frank Baum in 1913. By all accounts, Baum intended to finish the Oz series with 'The Emerald City of Oz,' published in 1910. Following that, he attempted to write non-Oz books, publishing 'The Sea Fairies' in 1911 and 'Sky Island' in 1912. But, (as Baum himself laments in the prefaces of many of his Oz books,) his 'little tyrants' were only interested in he...
Feb 09, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 788
The Sermon On The Mount (King James Version) audiobook. Genre: religion The Sermon On The Mount is one of the teachings in the ministry of Jesus Christ. In The Sermon On The Mount is found many sayings and important precepts held by Christian churches, sayings such as The Beatitudes, The Lord's Prayer, and other teachings about forgiveness, giving, and the 'Golden Rule' about doing unto others as you would have them do unto you. Men such as Tolstoy and Gandhi found special meaning in The Sermon ...
Feb 08, 2023•15 min•Ep. 787
It Could Be Anything by Keith Laumer audiobook. Genre: scifi A science fiction story by the great Keith Laumer - what more needs to be said? - But I will say more nevertheless. A young man sets out from his rural town to see the world for himself. What is really over the next hill? What does a big city look like? Is there really an ocean? After all, we only have the testimony of others that tell us about these things. Full confidence and belief in himself, he boards the local train, falls asleep...
Feb 08, 2023•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 786
Gambler’s World & The Yillian Way by Keith Laumer audiobook. Genre: scifi In Gamblers World & The Yillian Way, Keith Laumer drops you into the sly, hard-hitting universe of Jame Retief, a working diplomat for Terra's sprawling Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne who has little patience for ceremony when lives are on the line. In Gambler's World, Retief arrives on Petreac alongside puffed-up superiors and fragile treaty obligations, only to find a society where status, power, and even politi...
Feb 07, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 785
The Branding Iron by Katharine Newlin Burt audiobook. Genre: romance From the cold and mountainous regions of Wyoming to the bright lights of the big city, The Branding Iron is the story of a remarkable woman, Joan Carver. Born of poor means, at a fairly young age Joan decides to leave her father and strike out on her own, but she is to face more difficulties and hardships than she had reckoned for, and the men she encounters on her way share different means of dealing with her; and she of them....
Feb 07, 2023•8 hr 16 min•Ep. 784
Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich audiobook. Genre: religion Julian of Norwich (c. November 8, 1342 – c. 1416) is considered to be one of the greatest English mystics. Little is known of her life aside from her writings. Even her name is uncertain, the name 'Julian' coming from the Church of St Julian in Norwich, where she occupied a cell adjoining the church as an anchoress. At the age of thirty, suffering from a severe illness and believing she was on her deathbed, Julian had a s...
Feb 07, 2023•7 hr 29 min•Ep. 783
An Antarctic Mystery by Jules Verne audiobook. Genre: adventure When a battered bottle and a scrap of writing surface off the stormy seas of the Southern Ocean, the message hints at a vanished expedition and a man still alive beyond the limits of the known world. Determined to learn the truth, a small band of sailors and explorers sets out aboard a capable vessel, pushing south into freezing fogs, crushing pack ice, and waters where charts are guesswork and every day tests seamanship and nerve. ...
Feb 07, 2023•8 hr 46 min•Ep. 782
Trees and Other Poems by Joyce Kilmer audiobook. Genre: poetry 'I think that I shall never see, a poem as lovely as a tree; A tree whose hungry mouth is presd against the sweet earth's flowing breast ...'. Almost all of us, including myself of course, have heard and enjoyed those famous words which begin Kilmer's poem, Trees. There is even a National Forest in the United States named in honor of this poem. Here is a recording of the entire book of poems in which it was first published in 1914. J...
Feb 03, 2023•53 min•Ep. 781
The Black Star by Johnston McCulley audiobook. Genre: mystery The Black Star was a master criminal who took great care to never be identifiable, always wore a mask so nobody knew what he looked like, rarely spoke to keep his voice from being recognized, and the only mark left at the scenes of the crimes which he and his gang committed were small black stars which were tacked as a sign of their presence, and an occasional sarcastic note to signify his presence and responsibility. Even those who w...
Feb 03, 2023•8 hr 21 min•Ep. 780
Raggedy Ann Stories by Johnny Gruelle audiobook. Genre: family Step into a cozy nursery where imagination is as real as sunshine through the window. Raggedy Ann Stories introduces Raggedy Ann, a bright red-haired rag doll with a candy-heart smile, who comes to life when the grown-ups are away. Alongside her brother Raggedy Andy and a lively circle of toy companions, she turns ordinary days into gentle adventures filled with make-believe rules, small mishaps, and warm-hearted lessons. Each tale f...
Feb 03, 2023•2 hr•Ep. 779
The Ultimate Weapon by John W. Campbell audiobook. Genre: scifi The star Mira was unpredictably variable. Sometimes it was blazing, brilliant and hot. Other times it was oddly dim, cool, shedding little warmth on its many planets. Gresth Gkae, leader of the Mirans, was seeking a better star, one to which his 'people' could migrate. That star had to be steady, reliable, with a good planetary system. And in his astronomical searching, he found Sol. With hundreds of ships, each larger than whole Te...
Feb 03, 2023•3 hr 40 min•Ep. 778
