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Lester del ReyVictory (March 28, 2009)

LibriVox recording of Victory by Lester del Rey. Recording by Gregg Margarite.

Lester del Rey (1915 – 1993) was a Golden Age science fiction author and editor closely connected to John W. Campbell Jr. and Astounding Science Fiction magazine. He also founded Del Rey Books, a popular publishing label he edited with his wife Judy-Lynn. Victory is the story of an undefended Earth in a warring galaxy. It appeared in the August 1955 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)

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It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio

Artist/Composer: Lester del Rey
Date: 2009-03-28
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; audiobook; scifi; science fiction; sci-fi

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: mikezane - - October 11, 2011
Subject: A little busy...but still a good story
This short story has a lot going on in it, but its still a good story. I had to listen to it 3x to take it all in.

Earth doesn't fight wars. Earth is neutral in all wars. Oddly enough, no one ever fights Earth. Oh they might think about it, and talk about it, and even start a war nearby to take out the other planets that would protect Earth, but no one ever quite gets to Earth.

Duke just returned from fighting one of those wars. He is disgusted with what he perceives as the cowardice of his home planet. Imagine his surprise when he is recruited by that planet to serve in a higher capacity... just maybe he might learn the secret of why Earth seems so cowardly and yet so untouchable.

Gregg M is an awesome reader. Thanks Gregg for another sci-fi goodie!