To celebrate the 90th birthday of one of America's most prolific sci-fi
writers, Radio 7 presents a selection of his work. Read by Sean Barrett.
Produced by Matt Thompson.
The story centers on members of a diamond company that investigates the mysterious deaths of the previous prospecting expedition deep in the Congo rainforest. Crichton set Congo in the tradition of Conan Doyle's Lost World and Haggard's King Solomon'
The Burning [Guardians of Ga'Hoole Series, Book 6] – Kathryn Lasky
Soren and his band are sent to the mysterious Northern Kingdoms to gather allies and learn the art of war in preparation for the coming cataclysmic battle against the sinister Pure On
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The Shattering [Guardians of Ga'Hoole Series, Book 5] – Kathryn Lasky
In the midst of war, Eglantine unwittingly becomes a spy for Kludd, leader of the Pure Ones (a group of evil owls). She is brainwashed by an owl sent by the Pure Ones to infiltrate
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The Journey [The Guardians of Ga'Hoole Series, Book 2] – Kathryn Lasky
In the second book in the GUARDIANS OF GA’HOOLE series, Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger travel to the Great Ga’Hoole Tree, a mythical place where an order of owls rises each n
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The Siege [The Guardians of Ga'Hoole Series, Book 4] – Kathryn Lasky
Soren’s beloved mentor, Ezylryb, is finally back at the Great Ga’Hoole Tree. But all is not well. There’s a war between good and evil in the owl kingdom. On one side is a group led
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The Rescue [The Guardians of Ga'Hoole Series, Book 3] – Kathryn Lasky
Now that Soren has been reunited with his sister, Eglantine, he must face his next challenge: making sense of the mysterious disappearance of his mentor, Ezylryb. When Soren discov
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The Capture [The Guardians of Ga'Hoole Series, Book 1] – Kathryn Lasky
In the first book in the GUARDIANS… series, the reader is introduced to Soren, a barn owl and the centerpiece of the series. When Soren is pushed from his family’s nest by his old
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This is a remarkably prescient series of interviews and radio essays hosted by Adams in 2001, concerning the convergence of various arts in the age of the personal computer.
It it more than a curiosity these nine years on. It's a wonderful look at th
This differs from Semoshorts' post of just the unfinished book portion, in that it contains significant more material, including essays by Simon Jones, Christopher Cerf and others, as well as interviews with Adams and other material.
Big Finish is a British Producer of Quality Audio for the BBC originally and now on their Own. There are many Classic Storylines from Doctor Who, to Judge Dredd to Sherlock Holmes and now to Robin Hood and many others. They are fine Audio Book typ
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The adventures of Little Louie Lafitte, the smallest pirate New Orleans has ever known. One of
these stories appeared in the Jack Flanders adventure "Do That in Real
Life?" We've added three new stories. "Le Peti
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For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for
everything that went wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and
Sally endured that fate: As children, the sisters were forever
outsiders, taunted, talked about, pointed at. The
