The Happy Unfortunate
Robert Silverberg
Read by Phil Chenevert
Here are two early stories by the well known SF Author Robert Silverberg.
The Happy Unfortunate was published first in Amazing Stories in 1957 and explores the angst caused when the human race reaches into space but at the cost of needing to breed a new species; specialized 'spacers' who can withstand the tremendous rigors of acceleration.
The Hunted Heroes was published in Amazing stories a year earlier, in 1956. It is a futuristic story that holds great hope for the resilience of the human race after the war destroys most of the world. (1 hr 28 min)
Chapters
| The Happy Unfortunate, Part 1 | 19:47 | Read by Phil Chenevert |
| The Happy Unfortunate, Part 2 | 31:52 | Read by Phil Chenevert |
| The Hunted Heroes, Part 1 | 17:39 | Read by Phil Chenevert |
| The Hunted Heroes, Part 2 | 19:37 | Read by Phil Chenevert |
Reviews
First story is superb, the second less so
sir william
First story is not only entertaining but pretty deep. 5/5. The second story is sort of boring and didactic. There's a neat reveal at the end but it's also an escalation in the story's moralizing. 2.5/5
two good short stories
Akku
I hadn’t come across Robert Silverberg before, having listened to one other of his I picked this reading also knowing the reader to be good. I was not disappointed. Fine tales and a fine reading
a good spooky space story, good narrator, worth a listen
A LibriVox Listener
good story, worth a listen for fans of science fiction and space
Bravo from Borneo
Lord Jim
Two quite different short stories; the first certainly having more depth and an interesting premise. Worth a listen.
good entertainment
Peter Moeller
the first story is based on a good idea. the second is a bit flat. narration very well done.
Good Reader but Awful Stories
A LibriVox Listener
Flat, one dimensional characters. Reads sort of like the science fiction written in the 1930s.
awesome tale and actor/reader
Uncle Ell Weisgal
as usual a 5 star job by Phil C with a great 2 story set
Two great sci-fi shorts
Seven Archers
Two great classic sci fi shorts read by one of the best readers at LibriVox.