Here is one of the greatest stories of speculative imagination, a true Science Fiction yarn in the greatest sense of that tradition. Collected previously in such anthologies as Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction Of The Twentieth Century and The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A (in which it is the first story). Here is Poul Anderson’s magnificent novelette Call Me Joe.
Call Me Joe
By Poul Anderson; Read by Warren James
6 Parts – Approx. 1 Hour 22 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Provider: Hour 25 Online
Released: March 2001
Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3| Part 3 |MP3| Part 4 |MP3| Part 5 |MP3| Part 6 |MP3|
To explore Jupiter you’ll have to do more than build a pressurized suit, you’ll need a lot more. Just ask Joe. First published in the April 1957 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.
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Here are the Frank Kelly Freas’ illustrations from the original 1957 publication in Astounding Science Fiction:
Bob Eggleton painted the cover art for Call Me Joe (The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson) Volume 1:
The story was also adapted to comics, in issue #4 of Starstream:
Posted by Jesse Willis
It occurs to me that the MP3 files above may be best accessed as an M4B file. I use a piece of freeware called MP3 TO IPOD AUDIOBOOK CONVERTER (discussed in SFFaudio Podcast #003) and available here:
http://www.freeipodsoftware.com/
I REALLY liked this story! I found the links on another site, but ultimately traced them back here. So I have a good link to report, but do you know who read the story?
Thanks SFF rulz
It’s Warren James, the host of Hour25