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Last Chance to See

By: Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine
Narrated by: Mathew Baynton, Stephen Fry
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Brought to you by Penguin.

Join Douglas Adams, best-selling and beloved author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and zoologist Mark Carwardine on an adventure in search of the world’s most endangered and exotic creatures.

In this book, Adams’ self-proclaimed favourite of his own works, the pair encounter animals in imminent peril: the giant Komodo dragon of Indonesia, the lovable kakapo of New Zealand, the blind river dolphins of China, the white rhinos of Zaire, the rare birds of Mauritius island in the Indian Ocean and the alien-like aye-aye of Madagascar. Inimitably witty and poignant, Last Chance to See is both a celebration of our most extraordinary creatures and a warning about what we have to lose if we do not act soon.

Featuring a fantastic new foreword by the authors' longtime friend Stephen Fry and an afterword from Mark Carwardine that considers what has changed since the book was first published, Last Chance to See feels more urgent than ever before.

©1990 Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine (P)2020 Penguin Audio Endangered Species Environment Nature & Ecology Outdoors & Nature Science Travel Writing & Commentary Conservation Witty Endangered Animals

Critic Reviews

"Douglas Adams’ genius was in using comedy to make serious points about the world." (Independent)
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A very interesting, at times funny, sweet, dramatic and eye opening listen. Audiobook is better than the book as the humour, sarcasm and tone comes across.

A must listen for everyone

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Douglas Adams considered this his best work. I think I rather have to agree with him. Some weird mixing problems between cuts and a few strange voice choices from the m the narrator interrupt the flow somewhat, but this rarely occurs. Stephen Fry should have read the entire thing, not just his foreward

Extremely entertaining

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We all know extinction is forever but it's seems all too hard or someone else's problem, Adams and Carwardine will take you on a journey that will truly open your eyes to the problem WE have caused. Douglas has a wonderful and quirky perspective on everything which make this book enlightening and entertaining. Not sure if the narrator was the right choice, however the content is king here. Anyway, brilliant book

Brilliant eye opener

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Great story. Good narration. If you like Douglas Adams you'll love this. Highly recommend

Awesome

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I listened at 1.1 speed, otherwise the narrator sounded too mournful (appropriately so of course, but it was too heartbreaking to listen to)

Great book, entertaining and informative

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Very well narrated, fascinating but deplorable,situation the world as we know it finds itself in.
More strength to the valiant, persistent people trying to reverse the extinction of so many species. The hope is it’s not too late already….

Riveting and shocking

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for someone who is so atheistic I feel his zeal for Charles Darwin and evolution bordering religious fanaticism

each to their own

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