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  • The Empire of the Ants

  • By: H. G. Wells
  • Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
  • Length: 40 mins
  • 3.1 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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The Empire of the Ants

By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
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Publisher's summary

Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer of science fiction stories and novels and is frequently credited as being the father of science fiction.

"The Empire of the Ants" is a disturbing tale about a new species of giant ants in South America which have evolved to use tools and weapons, wear clothes, communicate and organize themselves as a deadly fighting machine.

And their chosen enemy is mankind....

Public Domain (P)2016 Red Door Audiobooks
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Terrible Naration

Worst voice performance I have ever heard on a audiobook, and I've been listening to audiobooks for 20 years.

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Fun short story with terrible narration

The monotonous and harsh narration made it unfortunately difficult to enjoy this story of sentient ants.

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Awesome Short Story

H.G. Wells writes another fantastic SciFi book. This time about intelligent and we'll organized super ants.

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