Rondah, or Thirty-Three Years in a Star

Florence Carpenter Dieudonné (1850 - 1927)

A bizarre and exuberant work of pure imagination, Rondah, or, Thirty-Three Years in a Star tells the story of a ragtag group of space explorers who—aided by a shuttle set off by clockwork explosives in the Adirondack mountains—find themselves stranded on alien planet. Their adventures will test the limits of their frayed and tenuous bonds as they seek to colonize the planet, take claim of its resources, and rule over the bizarre alien lifeforms who inhabit it. Utterly strange and bursting at the seams with idea and incident, Florence Carpenter Dieudonne’s novel has since been cited as one of the first works of early speculative fiction to create a truly alien world inhabited by extraterrestrial life. - Summary by ChuckW

Genre(s): Science Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Part I: Roy Lee’s Journal - Chapter I: Monarch of Fate Chuck Williamson
00:10:57
Play 02 Part I: Roy Lee’s Journal - Chapter II: Where? Chuck Williamson
00:19:15
Play 03 Part I: Roy Lee’s Journal - Chapter III: A Monster Chuck Williamson
00:15:35
Play 04 Part I: Roy Lee’s Journal - Chapter IV: A Living Island Chuck Williamson
00:21:10
Play 05 Part I: Roy Lee’s Journal - Chapter V: Blossoms Chuck Williamson
00:21:15
Play 06 Part I: Roy Lee’s Journal - Chapter VI: Winter Chuck Williamson
00:10:50
Play 07 Part II: Isabella’s Chronicle - Chapter VII: The Torch Chuck Williamson
00:02:08
Play 08 Part III: The Further History as Set Forth by the Whole Party and Written by the Historian: Chapter VIII: Red Light Chuck Williamson
00:07:28
Play 09 Part III: The Further History as Set Forth by the Whole Party and Written by the Historian: Chapter IX: A Triumph Chuck Williamson
00:11:02
Play 10 Part III: The Further History as Set Forth by the Whole Party and Written by the Historian: Chapter X: Under the Light of Two Suns Chuck Williamson
00:09:09
Play 11 Part III: The Further History as Set Forth by the Whole Party and Written by the Historian: Chapter XI: An Old Friend Chuck Williamson
00:09:12
Play 12 Part III: The Further History as Set Forth by the Whole Party and Written by the Historian: Chapter XII: The Headless Men Chuck Williamson
00:07:37
Play 13 Part III: The Further History as Set Forth by the Whole Party and Written by the Historian: Chapter XIII: Can We Go Back? Chuck Williamson
00:04:37
Play 14 Part III: The Further History as Set Forth by the Whole Party and Written by the Historian: Chapter XIV: “He Has Done This!” Chuck Williamson
00:09:27
Play 15 Part IV: Rondah’s Star “Parzelia”: Chapter XV: Gold and Glitter Chuck Williamson
00:11:05
Play 16 Part IV: Rondah’s Star “Parzelia”: Chapter XVI: The Earth Home Chuck Williamson
00:05:31
Play 17 Part IV: Rondah’s Star “Parzelia”: Chapter XVII: “Not Rondah, Who Has No Strength!” Chuck Williamson
00:13:10
Play 18 Part IV: Rondah’s Star “Parzelia”: Chapter XVIII: The Sun Island Chuck Williamson
00:06:45
Play 19 Part IV: Rondah’s Star “Parzelia”: Chapter XIX: “He is Not Here!” Chuck Williamson
00:08:58
Play 20 Part IV: Rondah’s Star “Parzelia”: Chapter XX: Good-Bye Chuck Williamson
00:09:24
Play 21 Part IV: Rondah’s Star “Parzelia”: Chapter XXI: Forgetting Regan Chuck Williamson
00:22:20
Play 22 Part IV: Rondah’s Star “Parzelia”: Chapter XXII: The Green Moon Chuck Williamson
00:05:30
Play 23 Part IV: Rondah’s Star “Parzelia”: Chapter XXIII: “Farewell” Chuck Williamson
00:03:28
Play 24 Part IV: Rondah’s Star “Parzelia”: Chapter XXIV: The Mystery of the Sun Island Chuck Williamson
00:35:08