Omnilingual: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Omnilingual, credited to H. Beam Piper, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Omnilingual by H. Beam Piper. Read in English by Phil Chenevert This short story was first written and published in the year 1957, as part of a collection of short science fiction stories in the collection Astounding Science Fiction. Piper's story is unusual in focusing on the problem of archaeology on an alien culture. How is is possible to decipher writings of an alien race that died out 50,000 years ago? What could we possibly have in common with them? There can be no 'Rosetta Stone' with a shared language so is it impossible? That is the struggle of the protagonist and against all odds she does indeed find a way for our two cultures to meet. An excellent story well written. (Summary by Phil chenevert)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Omnilingual
• Author credits: H. Beam Piper
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 4
• Listed recording duration: 1:53:17

Track guide

1. 01 - Part 1 — 28:41
2. 02 - Part — 26:30
3. 03 - Part 3 — 28:58
4. 04 - Part 4 — 29:08

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