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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.

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 sci-fi fantasy novel, first published in 1962.

Abridged by Lu Kemp.

Read by Gareth Thomas.

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in August 2009.

30 minutes

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