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    This World Is Taboo: Unabridged
    This World Is Taboo: Unabridged
    This World Is Taboo: Unabridged
    Audiobook3 hours

    This World Is Taboo: Unabridged

    Written by Murray Leinster

    Narrated by Lawrence Skinner

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    About this audiobook

    This World Is Taboo (1961) by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novel.

    Excerpt from the book:

    He called Murgatroyd, placed him before the communicator, and set it at voice-only transmission. This was familiar enough, to Murgatroyd.
    He'd often seen Calhoun use a communicator.

    "Chee!" shrilled Murgatroyd. "Chee-chee!"

    A startled voice came out of the speaker: "What's that?"

    "Chee," said Murgatroyd zestfully.

    The communicator was talking to him. Murgatroyd adored three things, in order. One was Calhoun. The second was coffee. The third was pretending to converse like a human being. The speaker said explosively, "You there, identify yourself!"

    "Chee-chee-chee-chee!" observed Murgatroyd. He wriggled with pleasure and added, reasonably enough, "Chee!"

    The communicator bawled, "Calling ground! Calling ground! Listen to this! Something that ain't human's talking at me on a communicator!

    Listen in an' tell me what to do!"

    Murgatroyd interposed with another shrill, "Chee!"

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAudioliterature
    Release dateDec 20, 2017
    This World Is Taboo: Unabridged
    Author

    Murray Leinster

    Murray Leinster was the pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins (June 16, 1896 – June 8, 1975), an American science fiction and alternate history writer. He was a prolific author with a career spanning several decades, during which he made significant contributions to the science fiction genre.

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