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The Man Who Sold the Moon
- Narrated by: Buck Schirner
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
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- By Anonymous User on 10-05-20
Summary
Today the moon - tomorrow the stars.
The Man Who Sold the Moon: A landmark volume in Heinlein’s magnificent Future History series.
D. D. Harriman is a billionaire with a dream: the dream of Space for All Mankind. The method? Anything that works. Maybe, in fact, Harriman goes too far. But he will give us the stars....
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- LC
- 13-02-21
Enjoyable early sci-fi stories
I enjoyed these stories even though they are mostly fairly dated, and also fairly simple. They also seem to have some interconnections between the stories, at least in terms of context.
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- Paul Hamer
- 16-11-16
Of its time
Full of 1950s era sexism and racism that jars somewhat to the modern ear.
Nevertheless a series of classic tales, including many with a political and social engineering bent re the implications of development - so traditional sci-fi
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- Chris
- 30-03-17
Great story but...
Claims to be unabridged. Is both abridged and censored. Good narrator, but I just can't get past the censorship and the "unabridged" lie. Try to be a little more honest next time Audible. had I known, I wouldn't have wasted my money and stuck with the George Guidell version. Gives me doubts as to how censored the rest of my library is.
77 people found this helpful
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- Susan
- 14-06-20
Love Heinlein, but..
The reader wasn't good. He tried to use the rough Bogart voice, which came across as crude rather than tough.
3 people found this helpful
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- wolfspyder
- 07-02-14
A Science Fiction Classic!
If you could sum up The Man Who Sold the Moon in three words, what would they be?
Heinlein's Future History...
What did you like best about this story?
These stories have "aged" surprisingly well. I find myself just as excited by the audiobook version as I was on my first reading of the book, now many years ago.
What does Buck Schirner bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
The voicing made the book stand out as even more memorable than my first experience reading it.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
"Requiem" very nearly brought me to tears.
Any additional comments?
Rated PG 13 for mild profanity. (Single instance.)
8 people found this helpful
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- Morticroo
- 23-04-17
Superb performance!
Buck Schirner perfectly captures the 1950s speech patterns of the characters. They sound just like I imagined they would when I first read this book.
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- Joe H Rowland Jr
- 21-09-15
The Man Who Sold The Moon
"The Man Who ..." may be RAH's most intriguing short story before he fell into the novella and adult length genres. Incredible attention to details and twists and turns. Joe 2015
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- Jayde
- 11-11-21
Best place to start Heinlein books
This collection of short stories is the best place to start reading Heinlein’s world of books. It will set the stage for the future that includes Lazarus Long who is the uniting character in this world of stories.
Highly recommend this series to anyone who is interested in science fiction.
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- Dee
- 31-05-21
always a great story
RAH is awesome. there's not a thing I can say that wouldn't have already been said about how great the writer he was.
But what in the heck is with this covet picture? The original cover is perfect ....this looks like it's some kind of Horror portrayal... And it is definitely it's horrible.
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- L5Rick
- 23-10-18
The most memorable part is the title.
It was better when I read it 50 years ago. It was better 30 years ago.
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- Seth D.Yockey
- 06-06-18
Titular novella is pretty good...
...the rest of the collection isn't.
Sorry, Bob.
The minimum number of words for a review is fifteen.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-01-18
Great performance
Great performance. Been a Heinlein fan for forty years and really enjoyed having it read to me.