Quest For The Golden Ape - Randall Garrett

A lone man, cut off from civilization and everything he has ever known, begins to find his bearings in an unfamiliar world, when a new level of terror unfolds.
Published in January, February, March 1957 ~ Amazing Stories
This audiobook has been carefully edited and enhanced to the highest standard. Enjoy swinging into this classic tale of discovery by legendary SF author Randall Garrett

[@linsqopiring6816]

Bravo! Well done. Great story expertly narrated. The way he changed the cadence of his voice for the difference characters was just right, not overdone. This is the longest story I have ever heard narrated on youtube and although there were a lot of names to learn the writer did a good job of reminding you who they were by adding little descriptions or contexts when mentioning names so it wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be. And in the last part the payoff was really really good, although it slipped into fantasy. Thanks!

[@jayturner3397]

Excellent narration thanks 😊

[@ghostoflazlo]

Hope you come back Love your readings, you really have a understanding for the material and the readings reflect that. Thank you for your videos and I do hope we'll get to see more 💞

[@ajobdunwell2585]

These are librivox rips

[@cuchanu]

@@ajobdunwell2585 but isn't it all the same narrator? I kind of assumed that this was his channel. You can find 10 different narrators for a single book if it's public domain

[@ajobdunwell2585]

@@cuchanu I think he had permission but the guy who puts these up doesn't do a good job of making where they came from known.

[@jayturner3397]

Mark Nelson, great narration

[@linsqopiring6816]

@@ajobdunwell2585 Thanks for that info. I had never heard of them before.

[@trinaholman4083]

Thanks!

[@robinbrowne5419]

An interesting story. Thanks. Cheers from Canada :-)

[@daisysoup158]

Oh happy day! I just woke up in sci fi heaven.

[@eisenhertz]

good one!

[@jaylivingston2919]

So good , thank you very much!

[@inigogw]

YAY A NEW UPLOAD made my day

[@alrfantasyandsci-fiaudiobo3438]

I'm so glad that I discovered your channel. I was a Sci-Fi fan in my young day's and lived in my Sci-Fi world. Now I'm retired and can listen to all these amazing stories. Your'e channel is a gem!!👍👍😊😊 and inspired me to start my own Sci-Fi channel

[@ianrodd9232]

YOUR not YOU'RE .. For god's sake.

[@matthewlane4702]

@@ianrodd9232 - "God's" not "god's"... For heaven's sake. 😉

[@Morboeatspeople]

SO many Barsoomian flavor packets in this one! Quite enjoyable but the number of major, shared concepts was a bit distracting lol

[@knowone3031]

This a good one.. Sumbody busted the gate.. Sorry bout that.. Thanks

[@virgiljjacas1229]

This is good. Remind some how " Deep Space Nine ".

[@virgiljjacas1229]

Nobody can't match Edgar Rice Burroughs John Carter Mars saga.

[@johnholsinger565]

I like Carson of Venus.

[@johnholsinger565]

Both are good though.

[@ianrodd9232]

Nobody can't never not un-match Burroughs sometimes always.

[@matthewlane4702]

@@ianrodd9232 - Hahaaa. I figured you wouldn't pass this one up. It is a shocker though. I get you. 🙂

[@inigogw]

Hey man when’s there gonna be a new video !?!?

[@user-jl8mp6lg4i]

Fall

[@accountdeleted3706]

You, chip slater, who else is missing?

[@accountdeleted3706]

Hellblazer1138

[@huesbinfartiin4104]

3:15

[@daisysoup158]

Awesome a hidden planer behind the sun. Like Gor

[@daisysoup158]

@Deimos Cain that's waaay back there. 30 or 40 years ago. I read most if not all of them. Good old science fiction...

[@trentt4618]

Ok so is there a story about a woman trying to "Jane Goodall" a species of ape like aliens I swore they had yellow hair so I thought was this one 😅

[@otterrivers3765]

Isn't this basically just a rehash of John carter

[@thomasmcewen5493]

202

[@ocpunk4024]

2:42:30

[@ocpunk4024]

3:28:00

[@virgiljjacas1229]

" Nadia " ???

[@MonthlyCramps]

I enjoy science fiction. I didn't enjoy this,, whatever it is.

[@markl4593]

Worst case of deus ex machina I’ve ever come across. So unsophisticated.

[@rubenjames7345]

Meh, Edgar Rice Burroughs wanna be.

[@oc2phish07]

Far too much like a John Carter of Mars copy.

[@theoneonly259]

This is terrible.

[@brucezar2202]

Boring fantasy not scifi

[@KJ-ek2ze]

Not being critical of it, but the author is gay right? The interaction between john pride and "the younger man" is very, yet subtly homoerotic.

[@TheHornedOne81]

No, he was straight. Married, helped found the SCA. It was said that you could follow his movements through an SCA encampment by the squeals of the women whose bottoms he'd been pinching.

[@johnholsinger565]

Maybe, but in case you haven't noticed life is very yet subtly homoerotic.

[@badplay156]

Apparently hevwas known for his off colour and obscene conversations with women. I read Anne McCaffrey was so upset she dumped an ashtray on his head. Some of his stories were written with his wife

[@paulbennett772]

You mean, a great author can't write gay without being gay?

[@allfieldsrequired1]

Totally homoerotic - but that doesn't mean he identified as gay. Plus, most gay men have more regard for women. The book would be an excellent example of stereotypical imagery in a women's literature class. He has every negative image on the list here. His wife Vicki Ann Heydron would be an interesting comparison. He got the credit while she did a lot of the work. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicki_Ann_Heydron

[@dagonming1319]

what is it about this SF writers that they have to have the main male of female character "fall in love" with the first opposite sex character they meet? these writers are worst than those women novels. "of i love you since the first time i see you" crap. and their characters are ALWAYS very attractive. The "SF" for this writers mean sexual fantasy and NOT SCIENCE FICTION

[@otterrivers3765]

I agree. Sometimes if I just ignore it I'm able to enjoy it if it's an otherwise enjoyable book. But I still think it's annoying and I'm pretty sure that many authors of 30s - 60s sci fi just added the romance because they felt it was necessary to make it marketable.

[@MikeWhiskyTango]

Most of the writers knew it was corny as hell but unfortunately were at the mercy of the editors who were at the mercy of magazine sales which was driven by what people wanted. Magazines to survive had to attract the mainstream audience and that meant inserting corny crap. Some writers had a reputation or developed a reputation over the years and could escape this aspect of story writing.

[@markl4593]

@@MikeWhiskyTango Yes, very true, Mick.But at least it’s an escape from my vapid wife.

[@jestawell]

Sex sells, when these were written they were seen as the lowliest works of literature

[@tomiantenna7279]

Wow the author tries sooo hard. Narration is good, story is ok, but the writing is very forced and artificial.

[@davedavidh3328]

This is a tedious audio a good idea spoilt by meandering pointless decriptions with excessive wordmanship.