Galactic Empire 1-3 – Isaac Asimov Free Audiobook

Written by Isaac Asimov
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Book 1 – The Stars, Like Dust Narrated by Stephen Thorne

Legendary science fiction novelist Isaac Asimov offers this visionary
story of Biron Farrell, a University of Earth student who becomes the
central target in an intergalactic conspiracy that takes the life of
his father and sends him into the far depths of space. Read by narrator
Stephen Thorne, the story comes to life in an intimate reading as honest
and straightforward as it is underplayed. Thorne doesn’t try to dazzle
listeners with cheap thrills, such as phony alien accents or manufactured
tension. He simply takes Asimov’s well-crafted prose and allows it to
lead the way. His genuine reading will touch listeners with its sheer
simplicity.

Book 2 – The Currents of Space Narrated by Kevin T. Collins
High above the planet Florinia, the Squires of Sark live in unimaginable
wealth and comfort. Down in the eternal spring of the planet, however,
the native Florinians labor ceaselessly to produce the precious kyrt
that brings prosperity to their Sarkite masters. Rebellion is unthinkable
and impossible. Not only do the Florinians no longer have a concept
of freedom, any disruption of the vital kyrt trade would cause other
planets to rise in protest, ultimately destabilizing trade and resulting
in a galactic war. So the Trantorian Empire, whose grand plan is to
unite all humanity in peace, prosperity, and freedom, has stood aside
and allowed the oppression to continue. Living among the workers of
Florinia, Rik is a man without a memory or a past. He has been abducted
and brainwashed. Barely able to speak or care for himself when he was
found, Rik is widely regarded as a simpleton by the worker community
where he lives. But as his memories begin to return, Rik finds himself
driven by a cryptic message he is determined to deliver: Everyone on
Florinia is doomed . . . the Currents of Space are bringing destruction.
But if the planet is evacuated, the power of Sark will end–so some
would finish the job and would kill the messenger. The fate of the Galaxy
hangs in the balance.

Book 3 – Pebble in the Sky Narrated by Robert Fass

One moment Joseph Schwartz is a happily retired tailor in Chicago, 1949.
The next he’s a helpless stranger on Earth during the heyday of the
first Galactic Empire. Earth, as he soon learns, is a backwater, just
a pebble in the sky, despised by all the other 200 million planets of
the Empire because its people dare to claim it’s the original home of
man. And Earth is poor, with great areas of radioactivity ruining much
of its soil—so poor that everyone is sentenced to death at the age of
sixty. Joseph Schwartz is sixty-two.