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Inherit the Stars
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
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Summary
The man on the moon was dead. They called him Charlie. He had big eyes, abundant body hair, and fairly long nostrils. His skeletal body was found clad in a bright red spacesuit, hidden in a rocky grave. They didn’t know who he was, how he got there, or what had killed him. All they knew was that his corpse was 50 thousand years old - and that meant this man had somehow lived long before he ever could have existed.
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- zain kassam
- 04-02-23
Trippy!
Enjoyable pulp. Dreary reading and definitely dont look up the author :| 4 stars for enjoyment.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-03-23
Very good!!
I properly enjoyed this book. I usually struggle to listen to a book for more than an hour or so, but this book kept me intrigued from start to finish. Looking forward to listening to the rest.
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- Sometimes it's a Zebra 🦓
- 06-12-22
Bit chauvinistic but it is from 70's
I mostly liked it. Some things seemed glossed over though, and others seemed too neat. There wasn't much in the way of character development or emotional or mental processes etc... It was mostly plot focussed and of details of their (mostly) empirical detective work.
That's okay though - books have different strengths and devices and don't need to encompass everything.
I liked the book - It put across an idea that I personally had never thought of or come across before. I might get the next book in the series.
Just a warning though on the chauvinism - I had to remind myself to just breathe through it - that it's from the 70's and it's another perfect example of a Sci Fi novel of its time.
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- M. J. Odell
- 11-05-22
Good hard science fiction
Thoroughly enjoyed this story, from the beginning it captures the listener. The detailed arguments about Charlie were great, they led the listener on to potential explanations that were grounded in science, there were no leaps of faith and at the end which completed the story I had to go straight on to the following book because I wanted to know more. Excellent story, brilliantly performed.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-01-15
Very Good
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A very good story from start to end, well read in my opinion. I shall buy more of James Hogans books.
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- sk
- 13-03-22
Nic easy popcorn listening
It’s an enjoyable listen, total popcorn, but enjoyable.
Tune in and out you brain in neutral.
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- Joshua MacCallum
- 25-02-20
A must read for any sci-fi fan
If you're going to listen to anything sci-gi make it this book. A pure pleasure.
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- LawrenceB
- 05-09-21
Let down by the narration
The story has not aged well (lots of smoking), but I still enjoyed it. First read it when it was first published in paperback
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- a m wrightson
- 19-05-20
A classic of its kind
Watch out for the tech that is routine now & was fiction then... Reading not so good but didn't spoil the book for me.
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- C H.
- 09-11-22
Brilliant!
Considering this book was written in 1977 the story is very strong for its time. I wont give away anything but I just couldn't stop listening. Can't wait to get into the next book in the series.
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