The World Beyond

audiobook

The World Beyond

by Ray Cummings

EN·~1 hours·6 chapters

Chapters

6 total
1

Transcriber's Note

0:27
2

THE WORLD BEYOND

13:10
3

CHAPTER II

22:52
4

CHAPTER III

14:23
5

CHAPTER IV

9:34
6

CHAPTER V

13:55

Description

Lee Anthony is on the cusp of his twenty‑first birthday, a moment that should be marked by celebration but is instead shadowed by the quiet bedside of Anna Green, the kind woman who raised him after his parents’ death. As Anna’s health wanes, she whispers fragmented memories of Lee’s grandfather—a brilliant, secretive scientist whose unfinished invention promised something extraordinary. The young man feels a sudden surge of curiosity and hope, sensing that his family’s hidden legacy might finally surface.

That night, before the mystery can be fully explained, a group of grim, black‑clad strangers bursts in, seizing Lee and two others and whisking them away to an alien landscape where the rules of reality bend—people can grow to colossal size at will, and the very nature of humanity is called into question. Stranded in this uncanny world, Lee must grapple with the strange powers around him while trying to uncover the purpose behind his abduction and the promise his grandfather left behind.

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Language

en

Duration

~1 hours (71K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Greg Weeks, adhere and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2009-06-07

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Ray Cummings

Ray Cummings

1887–1957

A prolific early science fiction writer, he helped shape the fast-moving, idea-packed style of the pulp era. His stories ranged from cosmic adventures to strange scientific marvels, and many first appeared in the magazines that introduced generations of readers to science fiction.

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