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Space Prison

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Space Prison

By: Tom Godwin
Narrated by: Harry Shaw
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A space cruiser of Earth colonists ambushed and captured by the murderous Gerns. Left to die on a bleak, inhospitable planet. But they don’t perish. They survive. And for two hundred years, plot their revenge on the Gern Empire. A fantastic, imaginative space adventure by Tom Godwyn.

Public Domain (P)2014 Harry Shaw
Linguistics Science Fiction Social Sciences Fiction
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I remember reading this book in high school when it first came out. I was totally captivated. But several years later when I tried to find it again, I couldn't remember the title or who wrote it, I just couldn't find it. Now after all these years, on Amazon of all places, I saw a mention of this book which gave a description, and the book is free on Amazon. I immediately got it for my Kindle and lo and behold it told me it was also available on Audible. Remember this book is written in the 50s so adjust your thinking accordingly. Tom Godwyn is an excellent author, has written some books besides this one and most are found free on Amazon. So enjoy, this is an exciting science fiction book that's well worth the money.

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Always something new

This is a superbly narrated version of an exciting and well-written Science Fiction story. What a fantastic adventure.

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This is a Librivox recording - should be free

...and the performance is not by 'Harry Shaw', but by 'Mark Nelson'. Rather, as I've just learned, 'Harry Shaw' is a pseudonym of Mark Douglas Nelson - and ' Mark Nelson' is heard to be the reader of the recording.

If I'd seen 'Mark Nelson' (not 'Harry Shaw') shown as the reader in the first place I'd have known it was Librivox - which is a free service. Audible's practice of charging customers for free Librivox recordings is abhorrent. They might at least include a message about the recording being available free on Librivox's website! Grrr.

The performance is pretty good regardless, and the story is excellent. The savagely brutal nature of the tale hits you hard - you just don't expect to read such lethality in a classic book. The author also wrote 'The Cold Equations', equally hard-hitting.

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Very Very ODD Start listening at 30 minutes.

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

At 30 minutes in, you hear this:
Episode two of Space Prison
This Librivox recording is in the public domain.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Space Prison?

The whole book is excellent, but finding out I had purchased a free book was the most memorable.
I went and downloaded the free Librivox version. Yep, same thing.

What does Harry Shaw bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

This Librivox recording is in the public domain

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Anger getting charged for it.

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Checking to see if any others I purchased from Audible could have been gotten for free.
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Always check Librivox before using up an Audible credit.

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