Shannach-The-Last: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Shannach-The-Last, credited to Leigh Douglass Brackett, 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 Shannach-The-Last by Leigh Douglass Brackett. Read in English by Phil Chenevert A true pulp science fiction from 1952 from the pen of Leigh Douglas Brackett. In the deep caves of Mars an alien race ruled and enslaved men and women with cruel and unfeeling desires. This was about the challenged by one weak man. He knew what he had to do and would die trying to do it. The question is, was he hurting or helping them? A cryptic summary because this is a cryptic story. What looks like a simple straightforward plot has layers of deception and subtle humor. Was he destroying the aliens, or were they just using him? Listen and find out. - Summary by phil c

Recording facts

• Recording title: Shannach-The-Last
• Author credits: Leigh Douglass Brackett
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 5
• Combined MP3 track duration: 2:24:21

Track guide

1. 01 - Part 1 — 30:18
2. 02 - Part 2 — 27:56
3. 03 - Part 3 — 26:22
4. 04 - Part 4 — 34:53
5. 05 - Part 5 — 24:51

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