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The Outward Urge
- Narrated by: Felipe Pacheco, Theo Solomon, Dorje Swallow
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
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Summary
The 'outward urge' was a factor in the Troon inheritance. Successive generations of Troons, looking up at the stars, heard the siren voices that called them out into Space. And, as the frontiers of Space receded, there was usually one Troon, if not more, out there, helping to push them back.
The four exciting episodes related here deal with the parts they played in the building of the Space Station, the occupation of the Moon, the first landing on Mars and the trouble about Venus.
John Wyndham, author of The Day of the Triffids and The Kraken Wakes, stays strictly on the tram-lines of future possibility in this book, which he has written in collaboration with Lucas Parkes as technical adviser. In an age in which what goes up need not necessarily come down, the likely adventures of the conquistadors of Space are every bit as exciting as any world menaced by triffids.
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- Retro Brit
- 16-04-22
Very Different from other Wyndham stories.
Basically, enjoyable but nothing like his more famous novels. I enjoyed each short story, but they reminded me of retro comic #scifi stories. I think I may have been expecting too much. 😃👍
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- Bruno Keyworth
- 25-01-24
Different to Wyndham's other work
This is quite different to the others of Wyndham's works I've read, but I enjoyed it. It has five chapters set 50 years apart between 1994 and 2194, following different members of the Troon family making further steps in space exploration. These chapters could be read as standalone stories, but they do build a narrative of the world together and I think they add to each other; although the last chapter, which is shorter than the others, was added after the original version of the book, and I do consider the fourth chapter a better conclusion to the overall story, although the fifth is still interesting in its own right.
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- mouse
- 04-03-23
The Space Race
There's a theme throughout of the curse of the outward urge to explore Space and the ending was full of pathos and fairly unexpected. Great philosophical questions addressed - typical Wyndham. A link to Stowaway to Mars but a much better novel.
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- Josh
- 16-11-23
Strange format and dated
I have enjoyed every Wyndham book that I've tried so far but this one was quite dull.
On the one hand, it is fairly interesting how the story follows the perspective of the Troon family. On the other, the story doesn't stick with one member of the family long enough to get invested in them as a character.
This book felt more like a collection of short stories that were stuck together using the perspective of the Troon family.
The sci-fi, unfortunately, is very dated and not all that exciting. Many concepts are of their time and are almost laughable.
It was good enough as background listening but I won't be revisiting it.
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- Ms. S. J. Broadberry
- 14-09-22
Interesting love John Wyndham but
As usual interesting story love John Wyndham but the narrators style or reading especially the one trying to do an odd Australian accent was annoying and life less like a computer program voice disjointed. It spoils an otherwise great book
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- TDJO
- 08-04-23
It’s John Wyndham, so dated but still enjoyable
Like so many Wyndham books this is now rather dated in light of knowledge, but there is still that 50s charm in this linked set of stories. I read it decades ago and enjoyed hearing it again. If you can view it from the period when it was written, it’s a good choice.
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- spencear
- 17-07-22
A Troon to far
I read this in the 70s when I first discovered Wyndham's works and was confused by the story then. Re-engaging with it now through Audible I'm still left with the feeling that this is an epic opus which left a lot out. This could have been a more significant and extensive story.
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- Author & Reader
- 18-02-23
Great SF
I'm afraid that this is now rather dated, but, nevertheless, is well worth a read.
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- Neil
- 13-03-23
A series of link stories
I really enjoyed these stories. Outdated but still enjoyable, but hay it was written before the moon landings. Great performance by the narrator.
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- 31-05-22
More questions than answers.
In this elegant story there are more questions than answers. They challenge the reader to think, to explore and to step into the adventure of life. The Outward Urge is a great book and a great challenge to lift ourselves to more.
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