Watchbird: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Watchbird, credited to Robert Sheckley, 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 WATCHBIRD, by Robert Sheckley. Read by Phil Chenevert 3 Robert Sheckley short stories that demonstrate the breath of his fantastic imagination. In Watchbird, the question "can machines solve human problems?" is answered with a resounding YES! But there may be a few unforeseen glitches. Just a few. Warrior Race drops us into an alien race of warriors who fight in a way you will never be able to imagine until you listen. And Beside Still Waters is a gentle story that shows us a man who really wants to get away from it all ... sitting on a rock in the asteroid belt with only a robot for a friend. No girls allowed! A poignant and unsettling story to say the least. (Summary by Phil Chenevert)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Watchbird
• Author credits: Robert Sheckley
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 4
• Listed recording duration: 1:30:26

Catalogue topics

• SF
• science fiction
• sheckley

Track guide

1. 1 - Watchbird, part 1 — 25:50
2. 2 - Watchbird, part 2 — 25:43
3. 3 - Warrior Race — 28:45
4. 4 - Beside Still Waters — 10:08

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Source and rights

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