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4. Sea Voyage

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Gren and Poyly survive the volcano, but the Morel is becoming increasingly frustrated. Sci-fi fantasy read by Gareth Thomas.

Gren and Poyly survive the volcano, but the Morel is becoming increasingly frustrated.

Millions of years in the future, a colossal banyan tree covers much of the Earth. In its boughs, the last remnants of humanity are fighting for survival, terrorized by carnivorous plants and grotesque insect life.

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 by Lu Kemp.

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2009.

30 minutes

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Mon 15 Sep 202500:00
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