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Of Ants and Dinosaurs

By: Cixin Liu
Narrated by: Bruno Roubicek
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In a sunlit clearing in Central Gondwana, on an otherwise ordinary day in the late Cretaceous, the seeds of Earth's first and greatest civilisation were sown in the grisly aftermath of a Tyrannosaurus' lunch.

Throughout the universe, intelligence is a rare and fragile commodity - a fleeting glimmer in the long night of cosmic history. That Earth should harbour not just one but two intelligent species at the same time defies the odds. That these species, so unalike - and yet so complementary - should forge an alliance that kindled a civilisation defies logic. But time is endless and everything comes to pass eventually....

The alliance between ants and dinosaurs, was of course, based on dentistry. Yet from such humble beginnings came writing, mathematics, computers, fusion, antimatter and even space travel - a veritable Age of Wonder! But such magnificent industry comes at a price - a price paid first by Earth's biosphere and then by all those dependent on it. And yet the dinosaurs refused to heed the ants' warning of impending ecological collapse, leaving the Ant Federation facing a single dilemma: destroy the dinosaurs, destroy a civilisation...or perish alongside them?

©2020 Cixin Liu (P)2020 W F Howes Hard Science Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Fiction
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If your after something different. And all about strange in concept. I would definitely recommend this. A fun take on our history to be sure.

Weird. But good!

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The story had lots of holes, but it was a fun and interesting idea.
I think number of ants required was quite underestimated.

Amusing

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I wasn't too big a fan of the narration, and the symbolism was extremely heavy handed, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

enjoyable listen

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A little different from Cixin’s other titles, but this was surprisingly really good. Highly recommend..

ANTS ARE WILD!

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I enjoyed this. was very clever take on symbiotic relationships but felt like it lost the thread as it reached the last 45min or so. Still recommend giving it a go. Its clever and the author can paint a vivid picture with their words.

Clever story.

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