Spacehounds of IPC

E. E. Smith (1890 - 1965)

When the Inter-Planetary Corporation's (IPC) crack liner “IPV Arcturus” took off on a routine flight to Mars, it turned out to be the beginning of a unexpected and long voyage. There had been too many reports of errors in ship's flight positions from the Check Stations and brilliant physicist Dr. Percival (“Steve”) Stevens is aboard the Arcturus on a fact-finding mission to find out what's really happening, and hopefully save the honor of the brave pilots of the space-liner Arcturus from the desk-jockeys' in the Check Stations implications of imprecision - the nastiest insult you could cast at a ships pilot. He and the pilots are right, it was the Check Stations that were out of position, not the ships. But that's cold consolation because before the Arcturus reaches Mars it's attacked by a small, mysterious, globe shaped spaceship. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Science Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 01 Chapter 1 - The IPV Arcturus Sets Out for Mars Mark Nelson
00:35:23
Play 02 02 Chapter 2 - But Does Not Arrive Mark Nelson
00:52:34
Play 03 03 Chapter 3 - Castaways on Ganymede Mark Nelson
00:43:51
Play 04 04 Chapter 4 - Ganymede Life Mark Nelson
00:49:33
Play 05 05 Chapter 5 - Cantrell's Comet Mark Nelson
00:45:02
Play 06 06 Chapter 6 - A Frigid Civilization Mark Nelson
00:51:50
Play 07 07 Chapter 7 - The Return to Ganymede Mark Nelson
00:38:53
Play 08 08 Chapter 8 - Callisto to the Rescue Mark Nelson
00:54:30
Play 09 09 Chapter 9 - The Sirius Takes a Hand Mark Nelson
00:41:58
Play 10 10 Chapter 10 - Among Friends at Last Mark Nelson
00:50:23
Play 11 11 Chapter 11 - The Vorkul-Hexan War Mark Nelson
00:46:52
Play 12 12 Chapter 12 - The Citadel in Space Mark Nelson
00:52:20
Play 13 13 Chapter 13 - Spacehounds Triumphant Mark Nelson
00:19:13