Rebels of the Red Planet

by Charles L. Fontenay
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First published by Ace Books in 1961.This reading is from the text available through the Project Gutenberg.MARS FOR THE MARTIANS!Dark Kensington had been dead for twenty-five years. It was a fact; everyone knew it. Then suddenly he reappeared, youthful, brilliant, ready to take over the Phoenix, the rebel group that worked to overthrow the tyranny that gripped the settlers on Mars.The Phoenix had been destroyed not once, not twice, but three times! But this time the resurrected Dark had new plans, plans which involved dangerous experiments in mutation and psionics.And now the rebels realized they were in double jeopardy. Not only from the government's desperate hatred of their movement, but also from the growing possibility that the new breed of mutated monsters would get out of hand and bring terrors never before known to man.Produced as part of the 2nd Annual SFFAudio Challenge.Read by Paul W. CampbellCreative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 UK: Scotland License.

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  • ~ Violet ~
    Old school SciFi
    The problem with revisiting older SciFi is that it’s so problematic. This story is very sexist even while trying to comment on sexism. Also ableism. Other isms. The anti-capitalistic & Bad Science themes are a bit overrun by corrupt overreaching government themes. There’s a “love conquers all” theme thats very trivialized by the underlying sexism. It’s a dusty mess even though the basic plot is intriguing. And unfortunately much of modern SciFi is still burdened by bad older tropes represented here. It gets a bonus star for having an interesting narrator, tho.
  • Voyager13
    Difficult to understand
    Realized I was spending the majority of my time rewinding so that I could catch what he just read or what the characters just said. I, too, gave up. I don't understand using this narrator. Choosing someone with an accent, who won't be understood by all, was a risky choice for reading a podiobook.
  • Storman_Norman
    Good story, but hard to understand
    The reader's accent makes the book hard to understand. Had to give up on it, shame.
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