Beyond the Stars: The Best SF Novels of Ray Cummings (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Girl in the Golden Atom, Beyond the Vanishing Point, Brigands of the Moon, Tarrano the ConquerorBy Ray Cummings
Length48h 29m
About this audiobook
Beyond the Stars gathers the most representative science-fiction novels of Ray Cummings, a central figure in the American pulp imagination. These works move with breathless narrative speed through atomic worlds, temporal displacements, interplanetary conflict, and cosmic adventure, combining melodrama, romance, and speculative wonder. Written in the idiom of the early magazine era, they stand between Wellsian scientific romance and the later space opera tradition, preserving the exuberance and conceptual daring that shaped popular science fiction. Cummings (1887–1957) brought to his fiction both a fascination with modern science and a storyteller's instinct for sensation. Before becoming a prolific contributor to magazines such as Argosy and Amazing Stories, he worked in the orbit of Thomas Edison, an experience that helped nourish his confidence in invention, experiment, and technological transformation. His famous intuition that time prevents everything from happening at once captures the metaphysical playfulness that animates his fiction. This collection is recommended to readers interested in the foundations of genre science fiction, especially those who value imaginative scope over modern polish. Scholars, collectors, and adventurous general readers will find in Cummings a revealing precursor to later visions of deep space, altered scale, and temporal paradox.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction
Length48 hrs 29 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 27, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Beyond the Stars: The Best SF Novels of Ray Cummings (Annotated)
26CHAPTER XXI. A LIFE WORTH LIVING
2Introduction
27CHAPTER XXII. THE TRIAL
3Historical Context
28CHAPTER XXIII. LYLDA'S PLAN
4Synopsis (Selection)
29CHAPTER XXIV. LYLDA ACTS
5The Girl in the Golden Atom
30CHAPTER XXV. THE ESCAPE OF TARGO
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6CHAPTER I. A UNIVERSE IN AN ATOM
31CHAPTER XXVI. THE ABDUCTION
7CHAPTER II. INTO THE RING
32CHAPTER XXVII. AURA
8CHAPTER III. AFTER FORTY-EIGHT HOURS
33CHAPTER XXVIII. THE ATTACK ON THE PALACE
9CHAPTER IV. LYLDA
34CHAPTER XXIX. ON THE LAKE
10CHAPTER V. THE WORLD IN THE RING
35CHAPTER XXX. WORD MUSIC
11CHAPTER VI. STRATEGY AND KISSES
36CHAPTER XXXI. THE PALACE OF ORLOG
12CHAPTER VII. A MODERN GULLIVER
37CHAPTER XXXII. AN ANT-HILL OUTRAGED
13CHAPTER VIII. "I MUST GO BACK"
38CHAPTER XXXIII. THE RESCUE OF LOTO
14CHAPTER IX. AFTER FIVE YEARS
39CHAPTER XXXIV. THE DECISION
15CHAPTER X. TESTING THE DRUGS
40CHAPTER XXXV. GOOD-BY TO ARITE
16CHAPTER XI. THE ESCAPE OF THE DRUG
41CHAPTER XXXVI. THE FIGHT IN THE TUNNELS
17CHAPTER XII. THE START
42CHAPTER XXXVII. A COMBAT OF TITANS
18CHAPTER XIII. PERILOUS WAYS
43CHAPTER XXXVIII. LOST IN SIZE
19CHAPTER XIV. STRANGE EXPERIENCES
44CHAPTER XXXIX. A MODERN DINOSAUR
20CHAPTER XV. THE VALLEY OF THE SACRIFICE
45CHAPTER XL. THE ADVENTURERS' RETURN
21CHAPTER XVI. THE PIT OF DARKNESS
46CHAPTER XLI. THE FIRST CHRISTMAS
22CHAPTER XVII. THE WELCOME OF THE MASTER
47Beyond the Vanishing Point
23CHAPTER XVIII. THE CHEMIST AND HIS SON
48CHAPTER I.
24CHAPTER XIX. THE CITY OF ARITE
49CHAPTER II.
25CHAPTER XX. THE WORLD OF THE RING
50CHAPTER III.
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