Planet of Shame

About this film

LibriVox recording of Planet of Shame by Bruce Elliott. Read in English by Robert H. Cherny. The Planet of Shame, by Bruce Elliott, is a semi-comical science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. Set in the quasi-distant future on a penal colony planet far enough away to be isolated, it relates the adventures and misadventures of James (Jimmy) Comstock and a small group of his associates who possess more heart than head, as they confront an anti-science and anti-intellectual power structure that has ossified and threatens to fall under its own weight. Many of the mores and norms of the earthbound home have been inverted, leading to a society that barely functions. “You don’t spit in the wind, you don’t pull the beard from the… - Summary by Bob Cherny For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (127MB)

Directors & creators

Bruce Elliott

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;rebellion; dystopian; paternal

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