Sci Fi Audiobook - The Time Traders by Andre Norton - Full Audiobook
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Before Star Wars, before Doctor Who's TARDIS - there was The Time Traders. Norton's groundbreaking time travel epic.
Ross Murdock isn't your typical hero. Small-time criminal, nonconformist, troublemaker — exactly the kind of misfit the government needs for Operation Retrograde. When Bronze Age traders walked the earth 4,000 years ago, they couldn't have imagined their world would become a Cold War battleground between American time agents and Russian operatives hunting alien technology.
Published in 1958, this novel established Andre Norton as the Grand Dame of Science Fiction. Thing is, she wasn't just writing pulp adventures. Norton wove her archaeological expertise into every page, creating a Bronze Age Britain so authentic you can smell the peat fires and feel the weight of bronze knives.
The story follows Ross as he trains to become a Beaker trader — those mysterious Bronze Age merchants who left their distinctive pottery across Europe. But here's where it gets wild.
Table of Contents:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:06 Chapter 1
00:24:24 Chapter 2
00:47:15 Chapter 3
01:09:25 Chapter 4
01:34:26 Chapter 5
01:58:20 Chapter 6
02:19:37 Chapter 7
02:43:35 Chapter 8
03:05:45 Chapter 9
03:27:04 Chapter 10
03:48:36 Chapter 11
04:10:28 Chapter 12
04:33:29 Chapter 13
04:55:14 Chapter 14
05:18:06 Chapter 15
05:40:03 Chapter 16
06:02:28 Chapter 17
06:26:12 Chapter 18
06:50:06 The End
Floyd C. Gale called it one of Norton's "topnotchers" — and critics agreed. The Chicago Tribune praised Norton as "a superb storyteller whose skill draws the reader completely into a fantastic other world of transposed time."
What makes this audiobook perfect for bedtime listening is Norton's immersive world-building. Let her vivid descriptions of ancient Britain carry you into dreams of time portals and prehistoric adventures. The steady narration and classic storytelling style create an incredibly relaxing listening experience — even when Ross is fighting for his life against Russians, suspicious tribesmen, and telepathic aliens.
This recording captures all the excitement of golden age science fiction. Before dystopian futures became the norm, Norton imagined time travel that felt both thrilling and strangely plausible. Bronze can be tougher than steel, as one character notes. Sometimes the old ways hold secrets we've forgotten.
🛈 Metadata:
Author: Andre Norton
Narrated by Mark Nelson from Project Librivox
Language: English
Genre: Science Fiction, Time Travel, Adventure
Version: Unabridged, Complete/Full Length, 1958
Captions/Subtitles/Transcription included
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Sci Fi Audiobook - The Time Traders by Andre Norton - Full Audiobook
Audiobook Atlas
43,060 views
Before Star Wars, before Doctor Who's TARDIS - there was The Time Traders. Norton's groundbreaking time travel epic.
Ross Murdock isn't your typical hero. Small-time criminal, nonconformist, troublemaker — exactly the kind of misfit the government needs for Operation Retrograde. When Bronze Age traders walked the earth 4,000 years ago, they couldn't have imagined their world would become a Cold War battleground between American time agents and Russian operatives hunting alien technology.
Published in 1958, this novel established Andre Norton as the Grand Dame of Science Fiction. Thing is, she wasn't just writing pulp adventures. Norton wove her archaeological expertise into every page, creating a Bronze Age Britain so authentic you can smell the peat fires and feel the weight of bronze knives.
The story follows Ross as he trains to become a Beaker trader — those mysterious Bronze Age merchants who left their distinctive pottery across Europe. But here's where it gets wild.
Table of Contents:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:06 Chapter 1
00:24:24 Chapter 2
00:47:15 Chapter 3
01:09:25 Chapter 4
01:34:26 Chapter 5
01:58:20 Chapter 6
02:19:37 Chapter 7
02:43:35 Chapter 8
03:05:45 Chapter 9
03:27:04 Chapter 10
03:48:36 Chapter 11
04:10:28 Chapter 12
04:33:29 Chapter 13
04:55:14 Chapter 14
05:18:06 Chapter 15
05:40:03 Chapter 16
06:02:28 Chapter 17
06:26:12 Chapter 18
06:50:06 The End
Floyd C. Gale called it one of Norton's "topnotchers" — and critics agreed. The Chicago Tribune praised Norton as "a superb storyteller whose skill draws the reader completely into a fantastic other world of transposed time."
What makes this audiobook perfect for bedtime listening is Norton's immersive world-building. Let her vivid descriptions of ancient Britain carry you into dreams of time portals and prehistoric adventures. The steady narration and classic storytelling style create an incredibly relaxing listening experience — even when Ross is fighting for his life against Russians, suspicious tribesmen, and telepathic aliens.
This recording captures all the excitement of golden age science fiction. Before dystopian futures became the norm, Norton imagined time travel that felt both thrilling and strangely plausible. Bronze can be tougher than steel, as one character notes. Sometimes the old ways hold secrets we've forgotten.
🛈 Metadata:
Author: Andre Norton
Narrated by Mark Nelson from Project Librivox
Language: English
Genre: Science Fiction, Time Travel, Adventure
Version: Unabridged, Complete/Full Length, 1958
Captions/Subtitles/Transcription included
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