The Creatures That Time Forgot

audiobook

The Creatures That Time Forgot

by Ray Bradbury

EN·~1 hours

Chapters

Description

On a barren, radiation‑scarred planet where a single day lasts only eight hours, a newborn named Sim is thrust into a nightmarish cave filled with dying elders and an unforgiving environment. From his first breath he is caught in a desperate struggle between his frail mother and a savage, knife‑wielding father, each desperate to protect—or end—the child's fragile existence. The opening thrusts listeners into a stark, vivid world where survival feels as fragile as the thin veil of fog that constantly shifts.

As Sim's senses awaken, he witnesses the rapid decay of the cave’s inhabitants, the harsh clash of parental wills, and the eerie, almost mythic presence of a sister barely more than a shadow. The narrative pulses with a relentless tension, blending primal fear with a flicker of hope that perhaps this newborn might outlive the desolation around him. Listeners are drawn into a haunting meditation on life, death, and the raw instinct to endure in an impossible landscape.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~1 hours (86K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2020-11-24

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

1920–2012

A master of imaginative fiction, he brought together science fiction, fantasy, horror, and deep human feeling in stories that still feel fresh today. Best known for Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, he wrote with wonder, urgency, and a real love of ideas.

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