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By: John Wyndham
Narrated by: Keith Wickham
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A millionaire English lord dreams of founding a Utopian community on a remote Pacific island. Among the 40-odd men and women selected for the project are a pestologist named Camilla and the narrator. Within hours of the group's arrival on the sunny isle, their radio has been destroyed. Within days, several members of the group are dead. Dream turns to nightmare as they discover the island is overrun by a species programmed to resist and dominate any invader.

©1979 John Wyndham (P)2022 Audible, Ltd Classics Dystopian Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Scary
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I enjoyed this. it's a great story really well told by the narrator and the threat present on the island is made very real.

it is a product of its time though and I'm not sure the depiction of the islanders stands up in modern times.

enjoyed this

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The lead up is interesting in itself and leaves you wondering about the book's title, but we get there in the end, and it doesn't disappoint.

Another great Wyndham story

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This was an entertaining novel, but I can't help feeling it was put on a shelf or abandoned. Then put together posthumously after the author passed away. I think it may have needed more of John Wyndham's attention. Perhaps this would have been so if the writer had lived a little longer. I would recommend as there are a lot of good parts.

Enjoyable #scifi

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Interesting novella which follows the attempt to establish a colony of people which could develop without the constraints of outside pressures. Unfortunately, the remote Pacific Island chosen had unexpected surprises. The first half on the story is mostly taken up with scene setting and does not really get established until after then.
Narration by Keith Wickham is immaculate, a perfect matching of reader and story.
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"Little sisters."

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Definitely worth persevering if, like me, you'll find the opening chapters a bit overdeveloped (though the background story they tell is interesting...). Not a typical Wyndham novel, and at the same time, classic Wyndham. Absolutely not a dystopian piece as description suggests. The story and narration are, all things considered, utterly enjoyable.

Slow start, great story

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from the creator of the Triffids, and no t by any means on a par with either "... Triffids" or "The Kraken Wakes" this short novella makes for a nonetheless enjoyable listening experience. It simply doesn't quite hit the target when trying to create an atmosphere of menace - such as that of "The Triffids" - or of a mood of gathering desolation such as is found in "The Kraken".

Although there's plenty of descriptions of the silent, ghostly jungle, and the weird behaviour of the mutant life-threatening spiders, they are just that - descriptions, which fall short of bringing the rather dry journalistic narrative really alive.

Much as I love John Wyndham, he isn't known for the depth and complexity of his characters at the best of times... The two main protagonists of "Web" are, it has to be admitted, even more lifeless and two-dimensional than usual...

All that said, though, this isn't a dreadful book, and as a fan of John Wyndham's better known titles, one that I am glad to have come across. Would recommend for an afternoon's entertainment when you've nothing else pressing to do / watch / read or listen to...

Not as terrifying as one might hope...

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You could probably forward past the first hour before the arrival on the island, then the story gets going.

Day of the triffids with spiders

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I love John Wyndham and his stories.
This is a great quick tale that should certainly get your skin crawling, it’s not as refined and well structured as his other tales, but non the less enjoyable.

Not one of his best, but a good quick listen

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I was pleased to find a Wyndham story I’d not heard or read before. It’s a good tale, but the narrator rushes his delivery. I ended up listening at 0.8 speed, which was a good compromise. I’d not come across this problem before but it was easily solved.

Good tale - over-quick performance

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Another brilliant John Wyndham book, if dark. Wonderful narration by Keith Wickham as well. Worth the listen!

Great listen!

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