The Crossroads, L. Ron Hubbard
The Crossroads, L. Ron Hubbard
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The Crossroads

Author: L. Ron Hubbard

Narrator: R.F. Daley, Edoardo Ballerini

Unabridged: 2 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Galaxy Press

Published: 04/29/2024


Synopsis

Farmer Eben Smith is fed up with big government paying him to bury his crops while folks starve in the streets. He's loading up his fruits and vegetables, and heading for the city. But before he can trade in his turnips, he'll have to deal with something bigger — a break in the space/time continuum — as he plunges into strange new worlds, wreaking havoc in all of them.

About Edoardo Ballerini

Edoardo Ballerini is an Italian-American narrator, actor, and writer who is best known for his role in The Sopranos. He has appeared in over forty films and television series and received numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards for his narration.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jo

With the loss of the greatest generation author Ray Bradbury, there is a new spotlight on Sci-Fi's Golden Age. This particular audio set surprisingly combines the best of the written and the visual, the great sound effects calling to mind The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits. The voicing is perfec......more

Goodreads review by Carrie

If you're a fan of sci fi and pulp fiction, this collection of short stories by L. Ron Hubbard might appeal to you. I thought all three stories were great! Loved Borrowed Glory! (Not a fan of Scientology though.)......more

Goodreads review by Andy

The Crossroads by L. Ron Hubbard is another well performed multicast performance by Galaxy Press. In this story, Eben Smith is unhappy with a government that pays him to not grow his produce. He takes it on himself to take his produce to the city to sell. Having never been to the city, he finds his......more

Goodreads review by Tom

“Fantasy And Beyond.” This volume actually contains three stories by the author: The title story, THE CROSSROADS, originally published in the February 1941 issue of UNKNOWN. Plus, BORROWED GLORY and THE DEVIL’S RESCUE. THE CROSSROADS is a fun story about a farmer taking his fruit and vegetables to to......more

Goodreads review by Craig

The Crossroads is a collection of three stories from John Campbell's Unknown magazine that originally appeared in the early 1940's. I was surprised to observe that they're quite different from most of the work that Hubbard produced during this time for the adventure pulp magazines; they're much more......more