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The tribal elders have gone, leaving the children to face the Earth's dense jungle alone. Sci-fi fantasy read by Gareth Thomas. From August 2009.
The tribal elders have gone, leaving the children to face the Earth's dense jungle alone.
The Earth has stopped rotating and the Sun's output has increased. Plants are engaged in a constant tropical forest-style frenzy of growth driving other life forms to extinction...
Brian Aldiss's 1962 sci-fi fantasy read by Gareth Thomas.
Abridged in five parts by Lu Kemp.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
Made for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2009.
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