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  • @pathfollower
    @pathfollower 2 роки тому +49

    I grew up reading Isaac Asimov's books, both fiction and non fiction. This was an enjoyable trip to my past via the future.

  • @TheAmazingDood
    @TheAmazingDood 4 роки тому +253

    I suffer from insomnia and depression and this audiobook have been saving my nights for while, I don't know how many times I've listened to this, I lost count already but it helped me every single time.
    My sincere thanks to the uploader, Peter MacNicol and of course, Isaac Asimov.
    From now on I'll be counting: 6

    • @charlesscottkelly
      @charlesscottkelly 4 роки тому +15

      Best of luck, there is lots of nice stuff to listen too.
      Have you tried st john wort and another thing called htp5 both are herbal and working for me.

    • @shannenlibres2365
      @shannenlibres2365 4 роки тому +12

      3am I just woke up for no reason and I feel like vomiting. Something I ate probably. Can't sleep. This book's keeping my mind off it. :) I'm glad it helps you too! Hope you feel better soon...

    • @movienightaudiobooks7637
      @movienightaudiobooks7637 4 роки тому +3

      I realy hope things gets better for you soon.

    • @geraldfrost4710
      @geraldfrost4710 4 роки тому +1

      Try the movie Cashback, a way to profit from insomnia.

    • @geraldfrost4710
      @geraldfrost4710 4 роки тому

      Try the movie Cashback, a way to profit from insomnia.

  • @serrecewinter8119
    @serrecewinter8119 3 роки тому +14

    I am dyslexic so this is a real treat from having to reread over and over again its soothing tone of voice is calming

  • @jmconradie_VARIETY_playlists
    @jmconradie_VARIETY_playlists Рік тому +6

    Petericia MacNicol is an excellent argument for the future use of synthetic voices. Futuristic clarification indeed. I am now convinced.

  • @audiobooks7146
    @audiobooks7146 3 роки тому +48

    The one who is reading this comment i wish you a life full of love happiness and success.

    • @whopperchopsgameroom9369
      @whopperchopsgameroom9369 3 роки тому +3

      I also wish the same to all who reads.. Spred the love people.. The world needs more love and less fighting. Enjoy life and encourage happiness.

    • @awaren8375
      @awaren8375 3 роки тому +2

      💜thank you& same to you💜

    • @stutzbearcat5624
      @stutzbearcat5624 Рік тому

      cool!
      loan me some money?
      that really help!
      thanks!!!

    • @aleksandarpolic5041
      @aleksandarpolic5041 Рік тому +1

    • @andidelta9
      @andidelta9 Рік тому +3

      Thank you,wishing same to you!
      i must admit, at first I expected your sentence going more into the other direction, nice 2b dissappointed so pleasently. love

  • @hectorpascal
    @hectorpascal 2 роки тому +18

    The thing I REALLY love about Asimov's novels, is his outstanding inventiveness in creating names for both his characters and locations! They are often unique, yet still sound very familiar. The Foundation series is probably the greatest example of this, but all the novels, including Nemesis, show it.

  • @digbylong1194
    @digbylong1194 6 років тому +43

    Nemesis. What a brilliant and enthralling read. And what a writer. Such clever imagination. And vision. I am 71 and have seen many science fiction visualisations come true in my lifetime. Here is another, that logically could well happen in time. Digby Long

  • @sheev273
    @sheev273 2 місяці тому +3

    I have been listening audiobooks for a long time and Peter MacNicol is the best narrator for this job ,in my opinion

  • @NannyOggins
    @NannyOggins 3 роки тому +11

    Peter MacNicol is the only male narrator that I have found that can do female voices convincingly! I’ve enjoyed listening to this very much.
    Thanks for uploading this.

    • @toastie8173
      @toastie8173 Рік тому +2

      I didnt notice the name and really couldnt tell his gender from the voice, hes really good

    • @danielstellmon5330
      @danielstellmon5330 8 місяців тому

      I assumed the reader was a woman.

    • @EthanReadsHisBooks
      @EthanReadsHisBooks 8 місяців тому

      A strangely womanly voice.

  • @fusion9619
    @fusion9619 3 роки тому +7

    This was my favorite book back in middle school.
    Someday, this will be a movie. Lookin forward to that...

  • @JonDjones1
    @JonDjones1 6 років тому +20

    I thank you for bringing this classic of science fiction to be heard. My first was Prelude to Foundation and it's series. Then the Robot series just fine out that all the novels are linked. Asmiov was is ahead of time. Some of his works, words are being used today and tomorrow.

  • @paulmakinson1965
    @paulmakinson1965 3 роки тому +19

    Asimov is my favorite. It is what got me into studying AI.

  • @tomkeegan3782
    @tomkeegan3782 3 роки тому +16

    This should be made into a film or film series. It's got great story line, mystery and political wrangling, and no violence, yet it still keeps you glued to the hypothetical screen. I've read the book about 3 times.

  • @galaxyalexanderh5737
    @galaxyalexanderh5737 2 роки тому +1

    This is the only book I can re read and re listen to, multiple times. Am I the only one?

  • @AH-nz5ex
    @AH-nz5ex 8 років тому +38

    Thank you so much! I remember this version from my childhood and have not been able to find this anywhere. I was so excited to finally see this on youtube. You've made my day! Thank you again.

    • @padawanmage71
      @padawanmage71 8 років тому +12

      +Alyssa Heider You're very welcome! I'm glad there're other who've listened to this. Enjoy! ;)

    • @CHMichael
      @CHMichael 6 років тому +2

      Hi 😊

    • @karenlloyd1705
      @karenlloyd1705 3 роки тому +1

      I loved this book

  • @adamhurst4219
    @adamhurst4219 6 років тому +11

    Being my first full literary introduction to I. Asimov I am looking forward to enjoying more of his work. The narration was excellent, suiting the story perfectly.

    • @williammcelroy8943
      @williammcelroy8943 4 роки тому +3

      I recommend - Foundation-

    • @jimmywrangles
      @jimmywrangles 4 роки тому +1

      My fav Asimov is the short story "The last Question" and the book series "Foundation". Good places to start.

    • @JulioTijuana01
      @JulioTijuana01 3 роки тому

      "The martian way"

    • @1skipmorgan
      @1skipmorgan 2 роки тому

      First I e 4G few looking pi I

    • @1skipmorgan
      @1skipmorgan 2 роки тому

      @@jimmywrangles see ok like up power first thing to the top right now

  • @Icisusu
    @Icisusu 5 років тому +13

    The pauses and breaks are not clearly defined for 'chapter breaks but ive done my best
    ...
    List of Story pauses/Breaks acting as chapters?
    (But not announced chapters)
    1:- 00:00:22
    2:- 00:03:28
    3:- 00:05:37
    4:- 00:07:52
    5:- 00:16:00
    6:- 00:20:25
    7:- 00:29:55
    8:- 00:38:48
    >>9:- 00:43:37 start of a record skip

  • @leonasmith6180
    @leonasmith6180 3 роки тому +7

    Thank you, the Author, the Reader, and UA-cam. it a very good book. leona

  • @DeconvertedMan
    @DeconvertedMan 3 роки тому +14

    The changing of voice is really neat. :D Well done! Thanks for this! :)

    • @Xsksnssjccxghb
      @Xsksnssjccxghb 3 роки тому

      Same. My book back then was Solaris ;)

  • @imallearsru
    @imallearsru 4 роки тому +12

    10 out of 10 savoured every second.

    • @michaelowens5394
      @michaelowens5394 3 роки тому

      A good part of that is the out-of-this-world narrator: the most effortless and realistic voice actor I've heard in decades.

  • @BelatedCommiseration
    @BelatedCommiseration 7 років тому +20

    Really loved this recording...Peter MacNicol is an ideal reader for this sort of story, as I have always felt there is something 'otherworldly' about him and his tones...never really read much Asimov, just I'Robot really, he seemed too idealistic to me about the future (I am steeped in the likes of Philip K Dick and J.G Ballard myself, even at an early age when perhaps I shouldn't have been reading the likes of Ballard) and that sort of undercuts them for me...that, and occasionally I feel his characters to be more ciphers than actual people...but this story was amazing and I really liked how Marlena, Jinnah, Fisher, Wendell and Eugenia were all drawn. Obviously I need to read more Asimov! Thank you for the upload :)

    • @padawanmage71
      @padawanmage71 7 років тому +7

      You're very welcome.

    • @TheZacdes
      @TheZacdes 3 роки тому +1

      You MUST read the "Foundation" series of books man. Asimov at his best!

  • @igvmyslf1000ptss
    @igvmyslf1000ptss 6 років тому +7

    Hearing Peter MacNicol read is relaxing. As if he's reading to you.

    • @Fyodor48
      @Fyodor48 6 років тому +4

      Are you saying, Peter is not just reading to me?? ;-)

    • @gerry5134
      @gerry5134 6 років тому

      His voice sounds female is there something wrong with audio!?

    • @machtundehrexiv2600
      @machtundehrexiv2600 5 років тому +2

      @@gerry5134 , I'm guessing the speed is 1.25x or 1.5x the original. Even the musical interludes sound high and fast compared to what intuitively seems symphonic and pleasing.

    • @jesseslack2089
      @jesseslack2089 2 роки тому +1

      @@gerry5134 One he is older on this recording, 2 he is the museum guy in Ghostbusters 2 and others things his voice has always been different.

  • @machtundehrexiv2600
    @machtundehrexiv2600 5 років тому +11

    Anyone ever check out Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur? He's named after Asimov and Clark. Its a real fun channel that inspired me to listen to an Asimov book.

    • @schmeegil2240
      @schmeegil2240 4 роки тому

      Cant stand his voice nor his smugness.

    • @Elbownian
      @Elbownian 3 роки тому +1

      I fuckin love Isaac Ah-thoah!

    • @fchandlerxxx
      @fchandlerxxx 3 роки тому

      @@schmeegil2240 I can understand the annoyance at the speech impediment. I am an Elmer Fudd fan so his voice doesn't bother me. I see the smugness as a compensation device, (defense mechanism) based on insecurity related to his embarrassing (Fudd) speech defect. I listen to most of his content. He is clever and I like his work, but I disagree with his view of our population expansion to trillions living in O'Neil Cylinders, hollowed out asteroids and various habitats so numerous they form a Dyson swarm around the Sun.

  • @scottdamitt
    @scottdamitt 8 років тому +70

    I thank you as well..I grew up reading these books 30 some odd years ago, when I was preteen...they made such an impact on me that I thought the movie version of " I, robot" was just about as much about the book as " force awakens" was about the book..I doubt they read much past the title page to get their screenplays!

    • @padawanmage71
      @padawanmage71 8 років тому +5

      Glad to help!

    • @thesonofsuns2154
      @thesonofsuns2154 7 років тому

      The Force Awakens wasn't trying to be like any of the Star Wars books.

    • @scottdamitt
      @scottdamitt 7 років тому

      Very easily noticed

    • @scottdamitt
      @scottdamitt 7 років тому +8

      As a matter of fact, i really think they must have not even been aware that there were actually other books. Books that were, maybe, just a tad bit more fleshed out in regards to the overall story that many people spent many,many years both writing and reading in an attempt to foster the ongoing storylines within which so many invested parts of their lives. And along comes Disney! The chance of a lifetime to carry on the galactic peril of, not only the republic against imperial domination, but the underlying stories of the mercs, the bands, the sith, jedi, galactic invasion, and all the other stuff i probably missed . instead, they opt for a rewrite that makes that impossible with hansdeath, but does it with a rehash of the original episode made. just utter lack of responsibility . FfsJJ! WwyT?
      Gimme back my $132.oo even my kidS thought it a copy of A new hope.

    • @thesonofsuns2154
      @thesonofsuns2154 7 років тому +1

      Dale scottdammit Wagner They were aware of the books. The Force Awakens took inspiration from them, but they're trying to do something familiar, yet different. We'll see with the next films.

  • @TuDeDaTe
    @TuDeDaTe 3 роки тому +7

    Great effort putting this out here, im sad that narrated books as good as this narration is not common nowadays. I would be real sad if I never found this narration but knew it existed.

  • @MisterDTwenty
    @MisterDTwenty 6 років тому +25

    Hollywood needs this story but you know they'd make Marlene "hot" even though the book specifically says she isn't. Still a great read ^^

    • @ff7522
      @ff7522 5 років тому +3

      Normal people dont get upset when others are attractive

    • @sierraseven3680
      @sierraseven3680 4 роки тому +10

      @@ff7522 You've missed Jordan's point quite thoroughly.

    • @ff7522
      @ff7522 4 роки тому

      @@sierraseven3680 And you missed mine

    • @zigotina
      @zigotina 3 роки тому +1

      @@ff7522 no we got it and its dumb

    • @EthanReadsHisBooks
      @EthanReadsHisBooks 8 місяців тому

      They'd inject wokism and make it insufferable.

  • @cr0uchingtiger
    @cr0uchingtiger 7 років тому +387

    This narrator sounds like Talky Toaster from Red Dwarf.

    • @santanamauricio
      @santanamauricio 7 років тому +36

      I toast therefore I am

    • @mikeyb8040
      @mikeyb8040 7 років тому +30

      Howdy doodly do. How's it going? I'm Talkie, Talkie Toaster, your chirpy breakfast companion. Talkie's the name, toasting's the game. Anyone like any toast?

    • @captblue4898
      @captblue4898 6 років тому +18

      wonderland78
      How about a waffle 😉

    • @MultiNacnud
      @MultiNacnud 6 років тому +8

      good evening everybody and welcome to the starlight ballroom,"fly me to the moon and let me live among the stars" biff -ouch.

    • @johnveitch7410
      @johnveitch7410 6 років тому +7

      My reply might seem a bit odd but I reckon that you would enjoy the Sherlock Holmes stories. Good plots, lots of intrigue and an air of malevolence, combined with wonderful prose and dialogue. I hope that I am not preaching about something you have already read. Retired.

  • @teddy1234599
    @teddy1234599 7 років тому +3

    Padawanmage71 Thanx so much for this. It's been more than a decade since I last read Nemesis - always loving it. This version is wonderfully done.

  • @traviswhittemore6062
    @traviswhittemore6062 4 роки тому +11

    Really enjoy listening to this

  • @user-cn4qb7nr2m
    @user-cn4qb7nr2m 2 роки тому +1

    This is a heavily cut down version. You can google the full text. Nobody mentions it. Is it always the case with audio-books and so obvious to everyone?

  • @meggiethemoonchild8671
    @meggiethemoonchild8671 7 років тому +10

    Great book and well narrated by Peter MacNicol

    • @jasonlast7091
      @jasonlast7091 2 роки тому

      Agreed

    • @mak_attakks
      @mak_attakks Місяць тому

      I love how convincing his voices are. He captured many subtleties between the different characters

  • @undividedself1
    @undividedself1 7 років тому +17

    Wonderful. The abridgment and Foundation-like themes make this feel like golden age Asimov. Very skillfully read, too.

    • @SirFapsAlot
      @SirFapsAlot 4 роки тому

      Umm, no. God awful reading. I know ppl are gonna hate me for saying the truth, but...

    • @undividedself1
      @undividedself1 3 роки тому

      @@SirFapsAlot To my ear, every character is voiced differently and the inflections are perfect. Kudos to Peter MacNicol.

  • @marcusmeditation5289
    @marcusmeditation5289 2 місяці тому

    I like the story and a living person reading rather than AI
    Great work

  • @scarlet8078
    @scarlet8078 4 роки тому +5

    Thank you for sharing. I haven't read a lot of Asimov except I Robot (I think it's called) but now I will read more of these I think. I like how Asimov is more optimistic or positive in tone, whereas the newer scifi authors are (perhaps rightfully) considerably more bleak

  • @deant6361
    @deant6361 Рік тому +1

    It’s interesting to listen to a book rather than read it, it seems to let other Senses take thought.

  • @juanbjuan9862
    @juanbjuan9862 5 років тому +7

    well narrated. The voice is helping to get into Asimov`s universe

  • @92vanguard
    @92vanguard 3 роки тому +2

    Peter MacNicol is known mostly for his comedic supporting roles but few remember him as the star of the early 80's film Dragonslayer as Galen Bradwarden, the wizard's apprentice turned dragon killer.

  • @elfboy29
    @elfboy29 7 років тому +41

    This would make a great movie

    • @jwarmstrong
      @jwarmstrong 5 років тому +2

      The planet X people think a huge planet is on the way - so lets get the gravity repulsion....

    • @Topazeification
      @Topazeification 2 роки тому

      Even with the talking planet?

  • @monkeytail1968
    @monkeytail1968 4 роки тому +9

    Perfect narrator for this.

  • @markletts8802
    @markletts8802 6 років тому +10

    Nicely read ,and I will have a slice of buttered toast

  • @robinmalette
    @robinmalette 3 роки тому +4

    What a talented narrator

  • @markburnside9477
    @markburnside9477 3 роки тому +9

    Asimov was a great genius.

  • @Shimamon27
    @Shimamon27 7 років тому +15

    Great narration!
    Great presentation!
    Great book!
    Thanks for sharing :)

  • @aquariandawn4750
    @aquariandawn4750 2 роки тому +1

    I love the narrator is from the second Ghostbusters movie,loved his character.

  • @FloridaManVal
    @FloridaManVal 3 роки тому +2

    I discovered asimov when my parents got me a vhs choose your own adventure game called Isaac Asimov's Robots and read everything of his I could after that.

  • @rescueumbrella
    @rescueumbrella 2 роки тому +2

    Asimov never lets me down.

  • @nathankox190
    @nathankox190 6 років тому +7

    Thank you for uploading this wonderful adaptation.

    • @padawanmage71
      @padawanmage71 6 років тому +1

      You're very welcome. ;)

    • @SirFapsAlot
      @SirFapsAlot 4 роки тому

      Narrator is absolutely awful, but okay. I felt like I was hearing mass effect deception all over again. Cept I didn't even go past the 1st chapter because of the voice overs. I know the canon is bad, but the narrator here is awful

  • @mac195000
    @mac195000 Рік тому +3

    It's interesting that Asimov, writing in 1989, thought that even in the 2200s the planets around nearby stars would remain undiscovered. We already know far more about them in 2022 than he envisioned would be known in 2235. And with the JWST we'll learn much more over the next decade.

    • @scisher3294
      @scisher3294 Рік тому

      That’s the cool thing about the future. Even those with the grandest visions, like Clarke, will be amazed by the things in the actual future they had not thought of.

  • @Danthehorse
    @Danthehorse 6 років тому +4

    So well read. Peter is outstanding at reading.

  • @anD-vf7ld
    @anD-vf7ld 4 роки тому +2

    Darn, that was powerful -- thanks very much for uploading ^^

  • @jlselc
    @jlselc 3 роки тому

    Been a long time since I read this story. back in the sixties if I remember correctly.. Thank you very much. It brought back memories, some good , some not so good. one thing we used to say "going back to the world". although not with the happy ennding the story portrayed . thank you once again.

    • @steveferrel
      @steveferrel 3 роки тому +1

      Nemesis was published in 1989.

  • @Air0Sparks
    @Air0Sparks 3 роки тому +6

    Clearly the inspiration of Interstellar.

  • @GoddessStone
    @GoddessStone 7 років тому +6

    Thank you! Reminds me of the Shriekback song "Big, black nemesis, parthenogenesis, everybody happy as the dead come home"

    • @rogerbarnett8571
      @rogerbarnett8571 7 років тому +2

      GoddessStone oh god... I thought I was the only person who knew that song anymore!!

    • @GoddessStone
      @GoddessStone 7 років тому

      Have you checked out the live version here on YT? It's a lot of fun, he's like a space wizard!

  • @tomneiman293
    @tomneiman293 4 роки тому +1

    Interesting story. I appreciate the quality of Asimov's writing.

  • @Breamin
    @Breamin 3 роки тому +9

    Cant wait till the Foundation TV series starts its gonna be so good based on his foundation series of books makes me hopeful for the robot series they are a big part of each other

    • @leftblank6036
      @leftblank6036 3 роки тому +1

      is that confirmed to be in production?

  • @thomasandersen9981
    @thomasandersen9981 5 років тому +48

    Ah 8 billion people by 2030 instead of 2250...

    • @geraldfrost4710
      @geraldfrost4710 4 роки тому +3

      Overlooked are wars and plagues.

    • @bwilliams6515
      @bwilliams6515 3 роки тому +4

      Don't forget how many people moved off world

    • @philliph.p.1985
      @philliph.p.1985 3 роки тому +1

      Very true ... Mr Andersen

    • @tonio19
      @tonio19 3 роки тому +2

      Not if Bill Gates and his foundation have their way. How many times do you need to hear him wistfully claim his desire to reduce the world's population by...70%... before you understand the drive behind this phony planned farce.
      70% population reduction.
      NO JOKE.
      but hey. If only the sheep take the vaccine...
      Perhaps the world will be better after the purge.

    • @liquidpaper5997
      @liquidpaper5997 3 роки тому

      @@tonio19 lol it's so funny the convolutions people go through when they don't know about critical theory or class analysis. read some marx.

  • @bramtahasoni
    @bramtahasoni 3 роки тому +1

    Never knew Peter MacNicol does audiobooks! I still remember him from Dracula Dead and Loving It

    • @garyjustice6888
      @garyjustice6888 3 роки тому

      9oo I 9i9 9 8iiiiiii I o I o6o⁹⁹I oo I oò

  • @dreamsaluminium
    @dreamsaluminium 6 років тому +5

    my first asimov and i love it!

    • @jwarmstrong
      @jwarmstrong 5 років тому

      After reading his Foundation series I was hooked -

  • @dragonsmith9012
    @dragonsmith9012 3 роки тому

    This was the first science fiction novel I'd ever read by myself without the help of a teacher, unless you count 'The Giver', which was more of a novella. 'A Wrinkle in Time' we read together in elementary school. This audiobook goes good with Gundam Unicorn's main theme. They even seem to inhabit a similar political situation. Their technology is even somewhat compatible. Prime real-estate for a cross-over.

    • @dragonsmith9012
      @dragonsmith9012 3 роки тому

      Episodes of Gundam Unicorn are available for free on UA-cam.

  • @Hemant_dhayal
    @Hemant_dhayal 3 роки тому +1

    Fantastic 🙏👍

  • @wanghaha
    @wanghaha Місяць тому

    An abridged version. Make it more intensive. ❤

  • @thegreatawakening3601
    @thegreatawakening3601 7 років тому +10

    Love this .. never heard of this book.. anyone have any other recommendations for audio book? I'd like to add that I'm into sci-fi space exploration similar to this.

    • @teddy1234599
      @teddy1234599 7 років тому +20

      Alina Almasan, Isaac Asimov wrote 3 separate series (Robot novels, Foundation novels, Empire novels) that, in his last-written works, were tied together in a "Foundation Universe" (with at least 15 books in all). If read in the "chronological" order of their place in the future; you'd read (listen to) first the 5 Robot novels (starting with the compilation, "The Complete Robot"; then: Caves of Steel, Naked Sun, Robots of Dawn and Robots and Empire. Then you'd go to the 7 Foundation novels: Prelude To Foundation, Forward the Foundation, Foundation, Foundation And Empire, 2nd Foundation, Foundation's Edge and Foundation and Earth. Lastly, you'd go to the 3 (Galactic) Empire novels: The Currents of Space, The Stars Like Dust, and Pebble In The Sky.Nemesis could be included in this series of series and it would come first. "The End Of Eternity" could also be included (as a kind of prequel to the Empire novels). I read these 17 or so novels endlessly to our kids as they were growing up. I'd highly recommend every last one of these books except: "The Stars Like Dust" - about which Asimov himself said he was kind of pressured into including a sub-plot (about the US Constitution) which he later much regretted including; and, because of that, he said it was his least favorite book).Asimov wrote one book per month for his entire adult life, almost 500 in all (in addition to his famous Sci-Fi classics; he wrote easy-to-understand wonderful works about subjects in virtually every single division of the Dewey Library System). His Sci-Fi works were characterized by his inclusion of many science-based themes - making them very comprehensive and powerful.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov#Science_fiction_2

    • @thegreatawakening3601
      @thegreatawakening3601 7 років тому +5

      Pablo Novi thank you.

    • @geraldstauty8320
      @geraldstauty8320 5 років тому +2

      Omni Audio Experience I and II- Bradbury & Clarke Michael McDonough Producer for OMNI Magazine- nothing else compares

    • @turtleanton6539
      @turtleanton6539 4 роки тому +1

      @@teddy1234599 Wow! Got alot of reading to do👍

    • @gracekeepsittogether4322
      @gracekeepsittogether4322 4 роки тому +2

      @@teddy1234599 thanks for the time to put the books in order. I'm one of those who reads every word in books and will have to read all the books once know there's more. Books are usually better than movies, hands down 👍🏽👍🏽🤩.

  • @ashap.2740
    @ashap.2740 4 роки тому +13

    If you listen to this backwards Vigo the Carpethian will appear :)

  • @donniedickerson8077
    @donniedickerson8077 3 роки тому

    Some Reads Are Good And Hold your interest, BUT,, If The Person or Person's Reading Have Nothing To Offer In Their Voice ,No Feeling ,No Emotions , It's Like Someone With ADD Fishin 🎣 Without Baited Hooks , It DON'T last long before It's Lost Interest In,, , HOWEVER,,,
    THIS IS WELL READ CHARACTERS And Good Storyline , ,
    The Greatest Was Orson Welles ,What He Accomplished Over The Radio Was Phenomenal, The "War If The Worlds" Radio Broadcast Is My Favorite , "The Shadow"
    Was Another , There's A BBC Theater Channel On Here That's Great For Anyone Interested ,, I also enjoyed "The Lost world" ,
    Thanks For This Upload It's A Worthy Listen ,,,,

  • @charlesscottkelly
    @charlesscottkelly 4 роки тому

    Brilliant download.

  • @jamesbaggett7223
    @jamesbaggett7223 2 роки тому

    The narrator is a criminally underrated character actor.
    Most of us know him as Sigourney Weaver's goofy boss in Ghostbusters 2

  • @jeanettesdaughter
    @jeanettesdaughter 3 роки тому

    Fantastic!

  • @royharkins7066
    @royharkins7066 2 роки тому

    Just fantastic , I loved this ,..

  • @patdavecast993
    @patdavecast993 4 роки тому +2

    I've found a great story by Isaac Asimov, "Homo Sol", in its original Astounding Science Fiction magazine edition from 1940. If you want to read it, go to www.pulpmagazines.org/astounding-science-fiction-september-1940/

  • @robertcronin6603
    @robertcronin6603 6 місяців тому

    Fabulous.

  • @ericsilva4472
    @ericsilva4472 6 років тому +24

    This is such a great story. People still have family issues in the future, haha

  • @franl155
    @franl155 3 роки тому +2

    I remember buying the book when it first came out, and I also remember being very disappointed with it - It felt like a rush job to cash in on the new Nemesis theory. Unusually for me, I only read it once before getting rid of it, never wanting to read it again.
    So many good reviews here, I'll have to at least start to try it a second time to check my reaction to the first time.
    The book about the discovery of Nemesis couldn't be called "Nemesis" because this book came out first; it's "Nemesis, the Death Star" and is a fascinating read

  • @sharxbyte
    @sharxbyte 7 років тому +62

    THIS IS ABRIDGED.

    • @Laceykat66
      @Laceykat66 4 роки тому +16

      They often were. Thank you for telling us this, it should have been in the description.

    • @strontiumstargazer3124
      @strontiumstargazer3124 3 роки тому +4

      I have seen an 11 hour plus Nemesis audiobook on youtube. Appreciate your post.

    • @wemusthavechannelstocommen619
      @wemusthavechannelstocommen619 3 роки тому +1

      unbelievable. why would anyone abridge anything except for kids under 13?

    • @alleycat8589
      @alleycat8589 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/ToB040wyUDo/v-deo.html

  • @antonioholland4624
    @antonioholland4624 7 років тому +34

    classic Asimov..

  • @clarajones7646
    @clarajones7646 5 років тому

    Thank you so much.....................

  • @notlandyn7677
    @notlandyn7677 3 роки тому +3

    38:16 This is beautiful and I'm gonna use it

  • @turtleanton6539
    @turtleanton6539 4 роки тому +1

    Verygood story read and pic

  • @PAWiley
    @PAWiley 4 роки тому +4

    Wow, the reader sounds very similar to David Sedaris!

    • @gerry5134
      @gerry5134 4 роки тому +2

      A young David Sedaris ...maybe it is him !

  • @michaelledford4751
    @michaelledford4751 3 роки тому

    Can anybody explain the ending to me , how will moving the orbit of Nemisis to pass earth save earth ? Im missing something & need somebody to explain please .

    • @daviddavids2884
      @daviddavids2884 3 роки тому

      hmmm the intimated ending was a 'we can survive the asteroid, if we can 'deflect' it JUST enough' trope. it is not clear why you say 'orbit'. but, it is apt. Every star is in some sort of orbit, around the Galactic center.!!!!. theoretically, a stellar-mass object could be sufficiently deflected 'above or below' the plane of its normal orbital path. deflection Should be carried out at the most opportune time; or , as soon as possible. cheers

  • @JohnFourtyTwo
    @JohnFourtyTwo 2 роки тому

    This is an abridged version, the full version is much longer.

  • @adamkairney2598
    @adamkairney2598 3 роки тому +1

    Yes I agree good books

  • @darrenkingston9440
    @darrenkingston9440 7 років тому +14

    someone make a film of this

    • @SirFapsAlot
      @SirFapsAlot 4 роки тому

      Long as the narrator is absent, I agree.

  • @ddanny3108
    @ddanny3108 3 роки тому

    How do you listen without screen burn in????

  • @rossnavy
    @rossnavy 3 роки тому +1

    Brilliant narrator

  • @charlescox290
    @charlescox290 Рік тому +1

    2:10:30 no, you aren't imagining things. I think there was another scratch on the record.

  • @karenramnath9993
    @karenramnath9993 6 років тому +2

    abridged, but very well read.

  • @edgarcastillo2804
    @edgarcastillo2804 4 роки тому +2

    Cool Marlena. Can't go against her

  • @AudioLemon
    @AudioLemon 8 років тому +6

    it sounds sped up or the voices seem pitched up.

    • @padawanmage71
      @padawanmage71 8 років тому +2

      Well it was a tape that was used but is was played at the right speed.

    • @padawanmage71
      @padawanmage71 8 років тому +3

      I believe so, yes.

    • @kevgamble
      @kevgamble 3 роки тому

      Listening at 0.8 or 0.85 speed makes it sound more "normal".

  • @ChiefSmackahoLLC
    @ChiefSmackahoLLC 3 роки тому +2

    I know this is abridged but It's the first Asimov audiobook I have heard so I have to ask, are all of his characters so bland and one-dimensional as these? I'd rather know before I try longer material.

    • @JulioTijuana01
      @JulioTijuana01 3 роки тому +5

      Many years ago I went through an 'Asimov phase' and read a whole bunch of his books. I enjoyed them. I can tell you that his sci-fi is from another era and it's more about concepts than characters . if you want an epic romance among the stars between profound characters I have bad news for you, but if you want to find out what happens when a martian colony decides to tow a giant ice asteroid home to solve their water troubles then Mr. Asimov is your man, I hope this helps.

  • @haggard54
    @haggard54 3 роки тому +1

    Peter MacNicol is great. He reads this wonderfully. It's a great story

  • @oyoyo2853
    @oyoyo2853 3 роки тому

    Well done I enjoyed it alot. I thing the transition music is good but felt it overlapped too much into the next chapter and made it hard to hear. Maybe shorten the transition overlap to only afew words.

  • @Stand_By_For_Mind_Control
    @Stand_By_For_Mind_Control 6 років тому

    ...read by Janosz from Ghostbusters 2. Oh man what I wouldn't have given to hear it in that accent.

  • @danjohnson887
    @danjohnson887 2 роки тому

    Decent effort for the narrator but it isn't loud enough and they make the mistake of lowering their voice when reading dialogue.

  • @Okolaa
    @Okolaa 6 років тому +1

    Amazing book... would like to know though, from the start, that this is a short version of it....

  • @cthulhuhoops7538
    @cthulhuhoops7538 2 роки тому

    Never heard of this book, but its pretty damn good if you like scifi.

  • @ddmagee57
    @ddmagee57 4 роки тому +1

    A story of many wonderful things, including the invention of faster than light drive.

  • @simonmcgrath4112
    @simonmcgrath4112 4 роки тому +4

    U can turn the speed down on ur phone just touch the screen whilst listening to a book or anything on you tube and 3 dots will appear and ule see the audio speed faster slower hose this helps!! Great story too

  • @TheJoehinch
    @TheJoehinch 2 роки тому +1

    It said read by Peter McNicol??? Who is the woman narrator?

  • @donniedickerson8077
    @donniedickerson8077 3 роки тому

    MY ADVISE ,, LISTEN TO THIS , AWESOMENESS

  • @lexihaley2887
    @lexihaley2887 3 роки тому

    2:00:17 a favorite moment; makes my hair stand on end - such a great story