Free Science Fiction Audiobook - Plague Ship (Andre Norton)
I’ve just got round to listening to this Librivox reading of ‘Plague Ship’ by Andre Norton. The book is very well read by Mark Nelson, the quality of some of the Librivox readings now easily match that of commercial audiobook releases.
The story is very much of its time but that’s no bad thing. It’s cracking, fast-paced, action filled science fiction with that classic pulpy feel to it.
There is no real depth to the characters and the plot is pretty simple by today’s standards but sometimes you just want something easy to take in and entertaining and this easily meets the need.
Lured by its exotic gems, the space trader Solar Queen lands on the little-known planet of Sargol, only to find the ruthless Inter-Solar Company there ahead of them. Adapting quickly to the culture of Sargol’s feline inhabitants, the crew of the Queen beat out their rivals and successfully make a deal with the natives. But soon after takeoff, the Queen’s crew is stricken with a plague, and they are now banned from landing on any inhabited planet. Will the Queen’s crew save themselves, or be condemned to drift forever through space?
Find out more about Andre Norton and her other works here.
