"Drion" Leaves the Earth

4 hrs. 41 min.

Language Russian

Author Alexander Lomm

Narrator Valery Tolokontsev

Description

A Soviet expedition sent to Central Asia encounters a mysterious black sphere—a starship Driオン that arrived from deep space. The ship’s alien astro-navigator, Miel, makes contact with expedition participant Yuri Kartsev. Miel believes the Earthlings are sick with guoll—an illness that produces and develops aggression and conflicts in people, and she intends to carry out the deguollization of the planet. The attack of the Basmachis disrupted this plan. Yuri saves the wounded Miel, takes her to the Dri’on, and at the obedient signal of the bio-currents of his brain the ship heads into outer space. Miel is saved. Thanks to black holes leading somewhere into the «cellars of the universe,» Dri’on arrives quickly in a peculiar imperial state—the Union of a Thousand Planets—ruled by an artificial mind, the Great Coordinator. The empire has deguollized, but at the same time subordinated thousands of planets. A threat hangs over Earth. Thanks to the smart and decisive actions of a man from Earth, he manages to capture the Dri’on and arrive on it at the protected planet Fabiola, where Dri’ons were “grown” by a plant-based method. Yuri Kartsev succeeds in thwarting the plans of the aggressors and, together with Miel—who has fallen for him—returns to Earth. Unfortunately, over the High Tatras, the Dri’on crashes into a passenger airplane…

From the performer:

Hello. I apologize to the listeners in advance. I read it while I was in the hospital, and I’m not a professional. I started out, as if, exactly right, but later I ran out of breath and read more hastily, just to finish it. Also, on the recording you can hear me breathing in everywhere—this all should be cleaned up. I cleaned a bit myself, but I don’t have the strength for such work, and I don’t have the time either. I made the recording three months ago. If someone decides to do the work of muting those—breaths in and out—and the clicks in some places, I can provide the “raw” material, but I myself no longer have either time or strength. I read it simply because it’s a memory from my childhood, undeservedly forgotten. If anyone starts better, I’ll be glad. With a certain naivety, the book is quite interesting. Some of what the author took comes from Isaac Asimov, whom I’m listening to now, but the basis is ours—Russian. Covers are a matter of choice. All the best. Thanks for your website. You’re doing a useful thing. Good luck!!! With respect—Valery Tolokonцев.