Auf Zwei Planeten

Kurd Lasswitz

First half read 2019-02-03 ; about half of what remained, 2019-02-17, and finished 2019-03-03. (Video livestream recordings are available for two weeks.) This is a long one, for all that it represents an abridged edition. No unabridged version exists in English.

Recordings

• 2019-02-05, HNtW 044, chapters 1―4
• 2019-02-08, HNtW 045, chapters 5―8
• 2019-02-12, HNtW 046, chapters 9―11
• 2019-02-15, HNtW 047, chapters 12―15 (rerun 2020-05-05 to restore ending of ch.15)
• 2019-02-19, HNtW 048, chapters 16―19
• 2019-02-22, HNtW 049, chapters 20―23
• 2019-02-26, HNtW 050, chapters 24―27 (rerun 2020-05-15 to restore ending of ch.27)
• 2019-03-01, HNtW 051, chapters 28―32
• 2019-03-05, HNtW 052, chapters 33―36
• 2019-03-08, HNtW 053, chapters 37―41
• 2019-03-12, HNtW 054, chapters 42―45
• 2019-03-15, HNtW 055, chapters 46―51
• 2019-03-22, HNtW 056, chapters 52―55 (show on 03-19 failed due to my error)
• 2019-03-26, HNtW 057, chapter 56 and supplementary matter

Chapter List

Chapters titles as printed are un-numbered (possibly to avoid confusion, if the abridgement has omitted entire chapters) and all in minuscule type.

1. The Secret of the Pole
2. The Inhabitants of Mars
3. On the Artificial Island
4. In the Care of the Fairy Queen
5. New Riddles
6. The Masters of the Universe
7. Guests of the Martians
8. La and Saltner
9. Martians and Men
10. The Space Travelers
11. The Adventure at the South Pole
12. 6356 Kilometers above the North Pole
13. Looking at Earth
14. Plans and Sorrows
15. The Message of the Martian States
16. The Freedom of Will
17. The New Airship
18. The Son of the Martian
19. Fast Flight
20. Isma’s Decision
21. The Light–dispatch
22. The English and the Martians
23. The Battle with the Airship
24. On Mars
25. The Sights of Mars
26. The Earth Museum
27. Martian Politics
28. Ideals
29. The Retrospective
30. The Martian Economy
31. Saltner’s Voyage
32. The Desert Gol
33. A Dangerous Resting Place
34. The Martians on Earth
35. Isma’s Sorrow
36. The Battle of Portsmouth
37. The Protectorate over Earth
38. The Defeated
39. Torm’s Escape
40. The Disaster of the Fatherland
41. The Kultor of the Germans
42. Isma
43. The Instructor of Bozen
44. The Escape into the Mountains
45. The Air Yacht
46. City Promenade
47. A Visit with Isma
48. The Earth’s Thunderstorm
49. Fluctuations
50. At the Observatory
51. In Extreme Danger
52. Self–help
53. The Lost Game
54. The Solution
55. The Liberation of Earth
56. World Peace

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