The World Set Free: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The World Set Free, credited to H. G. Wells, 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 The World Set Free, by H. G. Wells. Radioactive decay is a major theme in the novel The World Set Free, published in 1914. Wells explores what might happen if the rate of decay could be speeded up. The book may have encouraged scientists to explore theories of nuclear chain reaction. It also served as a vehicle for Wells to develop his ideas on survival of the human race. (Summary by Bill Boerst)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The World Set Free
• Author credits: H. G. Wells
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 11
• Listed recording duration: 8:04:19

Catalogue topics

• fantasy
• fiction
• science fiction

Track guide

1. 00 -- Preface, Prelude Sec 1-6 — 40:45
2. 01 -- Prelude Sec 7 & 8, Ch First Sec 1-3 — 55:05
3. 02 -- Ch First Sec 4-8 — 43:31
4. 03 -- Ch Second Sec 1-3 — 41:56
5. 04 -- Ch Second Sec 4-8 — 46:39
6. 05 -- Ch Second Sec 9 & 10, Ch Third Sec 1 & 2 — 41:02
7. 06 -- Ch Third Sec 3-7 — 51:11
8. 07 -- Ch Third Sec 8, Ch Fourth Sec 1-6 — 40:34
9. 08 -- Ch Fourth Sec 7-11 — 40:54
10. 09 -- Ch Fourth Sec 12, Ch Fifth Sec 1-4 — 39:32
11. 10 -- Ch Fifth Sec 5-10 — 43:16

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Source and rights

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