The Runaway Skyscraper

Murray Leinster

Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)

(4.4 stars; 212 reviews)

Arthur Chamberlain has problems. His one-man engineering firm is faltering and his pretty secretary Estelle barely notices him. But these problems are put aside when his Manhattan office building falls into the fourth dimension. Madison Square is filled with wigwams and it’s up to Arthur to engineer a way to make his building to fall back to the future. – The Runaway Skyscraper first appeared in the February 22, 1919 issue of Argosy magazine. (Summary by Gregg Margarite) (1 hr 42 min)

Chapters

1 – The Runaway Skyscraper (Chapters 1 – 6)	48:43	Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)
2 – The Runaway Skyscraper (Chapters 7 – 12)	54:02	Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)

Reviews

Agreeing with MikeZane

(5 stars)

benefitsingers

It was a cute story, just a nice little short one to hold your interest. The narration was brilliant though, this guy reminded me of Rod Serling from the Twilight Zone.

Cute story

(4 stars)

mikezane

Not sure this is much of a sci-fi, more of a romance with a little adventure on the side. Arthur goes back in time, and bands the people together and they come back. The story focuses mostly on his relationship with his secretary, so there isn't a lot of action. I think the story was a bit short and kind of short-changed the character and plot development. Reader was great tho, no complaints, and kudos also to him for a clean recording. I didn't have to fiddle with the GE, just set it to 'speech' and it was great. Thanks Greg! :-)

Good Story, Fantasting Reading

(5 stars)

Unknown

Greg was such a gifted reader. This is a simple story. It is actually an absurd story. It must have been dashed off quickly for a sci-if magazine. This is really not up to Leinster's typical quality. But the reading is fantastic and it makes an otherwise ridiculous story a treat to listen to. It's a very short story and well worth a listen. I'd say the story itself is 2.5 stars but the reading is a solid 5-stars.

(5 stars)

Barn Studios 1

Gregg was one of the best narrators. This book is a fun listen. Fun fact this book was first published in 1919 so if you are confused on certain terminology or language, keep that in mind. Happy listening :)

A good fun tale

(4 stars)

Akku

This is a slightly off-beat tale, high on whimsy and with some good old fashioned romance in the mix. Good fun and not overly long. Well read.

(4 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

Plot was cool and interesting, the voice of the reader had very little inflections, making it hard to enjoy any subtle nuances of the text.