I can't stand an endlessly repeating audio torture loop.

This is it! Arthur Clarke said thus story was an acorn for the full-grown oak of 2001:a space odyssey.

You know the narrator is going to be good when they hype you up with that intro

What makes this story so special and unforgettable is the domesticity of the life of explorers on the moon contrasted to the profound gravitas of the sentinel.

He could tell a story, Gods Speed Arthur Clark

An almost perfect short story.
An excellent narrator.
Very enjoyable.

Back again.  Great story.

The end sentence has stuck with me for 50 years. What if we somehow came to the attention of some space Old Ones and they envy our relative youth?

Now this is a good narrator

To parallel if even to dabble.  THNX Arurhter C Clarke 😊😊😊
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Great narration thanks xxx.

fantastic. truly. oh my lord.

Thanks for uploading

Now I’ll have to read the novel. Thanks

Arthur C Clarke meets Aphex Twin

Perfect.

I command Abhigel to access the complete list of my favourite scenes.

I love this story.

The idea of finding an object so clearly artificial, as old as the formation of the Moon, 4 billion years old. Finding a physical object, having that be first contact, is always far more real than a signal.

Though I certainly hope if this happens for real, and we find some billions year old probe sitting on the lunar surface, we don't break it.

Great Story

perfect!