To the Stars

By: L. Ron Hubbard

Narrated by: Robert Caso, Jim Meskimen, R.F. Daley, Full Cast

Space is deep
Man is small
and Time is his relentless enemy…

How far is too far? What price do we pay for expanding our knowledge to the limit, for exploring the farthest reaches of the universe, for extending our reach To the Stars?

Alan Corday, a smart yet desperate young man, is about to find out. His family fortune squandered and the woman he loves unattainable, Corday will go to almost any length to change his luck. But his desperation leads him into harm’s way—and into the hands of one Captain Jocelyn and his crew.

Shanghaied from the spaceport at New Chicago, Corday is taken aboard the Hound of Heaven, a craft bound for the stars…on a journey through hell.

186,000 miles per second. The speed of light. The Hound of Heaven approaches this speed to reach its distant destinations. But three months traveling at that speed is equal to half a century on earth—and the world they left behind is fast vanishing into the past.

Everything Corday loves, everything he believes in—is history. He is a wanderer in eternity, and nothing in the cold, dark forbidding reaches of space can prepare him for the astounding discovery he will make upon his long-awaited return from the stars.

“Just as timely, just as awe-inspiring, just as profoundly moving as it was in 1950.” ―Barnes & Noble Explorations Blog

“Remarkably powerful novel.” —John W. Campbell, Jr., Astounding Science Fiction

“One of his finest works. Hubbard brilliantly evokes the vastness of space and the tragedy of those who would conquer it.” —Publishers Weekly starred review

You will love the To the Stars audio because with this full-cast production you’ll experience space exploration in a way you will not forget.

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©2004 L. Ron Hubbard Library (P)2004 Galaxy Press LLC

GREAT AUDIOBOOK,

GREAT AUDIOBOOK. CLASIC 50'S SCIFY. ONLY DOWNSIDE IS THE SINGING. I WISH I COULD SKIP THE SINGING.

To the Stars

This was a great story. The drama was really pulling me along intermixed with some great action. But then at the end -- I totally was not expecting that!

A dark look at the future...

Okay, it's just cool. A look at why man does what he does. Not for profit, but for an idea, or ideals. It's a deep book, or a space tale. Either way, best told or listened to in a dark tavern by the ocean on a starry night.

The best I've listened to this year!

What did you love best about To the Stars?

The adventure, the story, and the ending.

What was one of the most memorable moments of To the Stars?

Traveling through space and not aging, the esprit de corp of the navigation officers.

What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Great voices, and characters, wonderful cast!

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The first time he came back to earth, Gand the changes in civilization.

Any additional comments?

Great book, I can see where Robert Heinlien learned his craft, since Hubbard was his mentor.

The surprising twists of the story.

I loved getting in the main character’s head and following the ideas of being in space and that life style.