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The Return

by H. Beam Piper (1904-1964) and John J. McGuire (1917-1981)

Two-hundred years after a global nuclear war, two explorers from a research outpost, that largely survived the cataclysm, discover a settlement of humans who have managed to maintain their civilisation despite ferocious cannibal neighbours, the Scowrers. However, the explorers must turn detective in order to understand the mystery of their hosts philosophy and religion. (Description by Reynard)

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Total running time: 1:21:15
Read by Reynard T. Fox

mp3 and ogg files

• The Return – Part 1 – 00:45:30
  [mp3@64kbps - 21.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 43.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 22.4MB]
• The Return – Part 2 – 00:35:45
  [mp3@64kbps - 17.1MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 34.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 19.5MB]

Cataloged on November 04, 2007