Skylark Series – E. E. Doc Smith Free Audiobook

Written by E. E. Doc Smith
Read by Reid McCollum
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

The first science fiction series written by E. E. “Doc” Smith, better known for his Lensman series. Smith started work on The Skylark of Space in 1916, though he was unable to find a publisher until 1928, making the work arguably the first Space Opera, and certainly the first major one.

Richard Seaton, a chemist, discovers that an unknown extraterrestrial metal (“X”) reacts with copper to provide total matter-energy conversion. Seeing the possibilities of this, he and his rich friend Martin Crane (who provides the initial capital) use it to build power stations — and a spacecraft, the “Skylark”. The evil Marc DuQuesne, co-worker and collaborator with the highly pragmatic World Steel Corporation, wishes to steal it for himself, and descends to theft, threatening Seaton’s new wife Dorothy. Everyone goes into space, looking for more metal “X” and other resources, and the story takes off from there.

There are four books: The Skylark of Space, Skylark Three, Skylark of Valeron, Skylark DuQuesne.