Rondah, or Thirty-Three Years in a Star


Read by Chuck Williamson

(3.1 stars; 7 reviews)

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 (4 hr 41 min)

Chapters

Part I: Roy Lee’s Journal - Chapter I: Monarch of Fate 10:57 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part I: Roy Lee’s Journal - Chapter II: Where? 19:15 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part I: Roy Lee’s Journal - Chapter III: A Monster 15:35 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part I: Roy Lee’s Journal - Chapter IV: A Living Island 21:10 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part I: Roy Lee’s Journal - Chapter V: Blossoms 21:15 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part I: Roy Lee’s Journal - Chapter VI: Winter 10:50 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part II: Isabella’s Chronicle - Chapter VII: The Torch 2:08 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part III: The Further History as Set Forth by the Whole Party and Written by th… 7:28 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part III: The Further History as Set Forth by the Whole Party and Written by th… 11:02 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part III: The Further History as Set Forth by the Whole Party and Written by th… 9:09 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part III: The Further History as Set Forth by the Whole Party and Written by th… 9:12 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part III: The Further History as Set Forth by the Whole Party and Written by th… 7:37 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part III: The Further History as Set Forth by the Whole Party and Written by th… 4:37 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part III: The Further History as Set Forth by the Whole Party and Written by th… 9:27 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part IV: Rondah’s Star “Parzelia”: Chapter XV: Gold and Glitter 11:05 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part IV: Rondah’s Star “Parzelia”: Chapter XVI: The Earth Home 5:31 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part IV: Rondah’s Star “Parzelia”: Chapter XVII: “Not Rondah, Who Has No Streng… 13:10 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part IV: Rondah’s Star “Parzelia”: Chapter XVIII: The Sun Island 6:45 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part IV: Rondah’s Star “Parzelia”: Chapter XIX: “He is Not Here!” 8:58 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part IV: Rondah’s Star “Parzelia”: Chapter XX: Good-Bye 9:24 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part IV: Rondah’s Star “Parzelia”: Chapter XXI: Forgetting Regan 22:20 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part IV: Rondah’s Star “Parzelia”: Chapter XXII: The Green Moon 5:29 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part IV: Rondah’s Star “Parzelia”: Chapter XXIII: “Farewell” 3:27 Read by Chuck Williamson
Part IV: Rondah’s Star “Parzelia”: Chapter XXIV: The Mystery of the Sun Island 35:07 Read by Chuck Williamson