The World That Couldn't Be: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The World That Couldn't Be by Clifford D. Simak: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 2 original MP3 tracks, 1:31:45 running time and a link to listen.
The World That Couldn't Be, credited to Clifford D. Simak, 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 That Couldn't Be, by Clifford D. Simak. Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012). Layard was a curiosity to sociologists. The planet supported thriving tribes of natives but they were genderless. How could tribes form without families? But Gavin Duncan didn’t care. He had come to Layard to farm vua plants. Their berries cured mental illnesses and were one of the most expensive commodities in the galaxy. He was going to make his fortune if he could just keep the Cytha at bay, a big, dumb animal that could munch through 10 rows of vua in a night. Despite native superstitions he was going to have to hunt and kill the pest if he was to protect his crop. It was a dim-witted beast. How hard could it be? – “The World That Couldn’t Be” was first published in the January 1958 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction magazine. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The World That Couldn't Be
- Author credits: Clifford D. Simak
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 2
- Listed recording duration: 1:31:45
Catalogue topics
- science fiction
- sci-fi
- simak
- farming
- hunting
- gender
- reproduction
- intelligence
Track guide
- 1 - The World That Couldn't Be (Chapters 1 - 4) — 49:54
- 2 - The World That Couldn't Be (Chapters 5 - 6) — 41:52
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