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Arthur C Clarke Stories

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Adaptations of tales from the great science fiction author and inventor

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Arthur C Clarke Stories: The Parasite

Arthur C Clarke - The Parasite

16/12/2007

The Parasite

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A chilling tale about a man who starts dreaming of a monstrous creature from the future.

A chilling 1953 tale about a man who starts dreaming of a monstrous creature from the future. Read by Nicholas Boulton.

A man starts having terrifying dreams in which he's plagued by a monstrous creature.

Yet - although hideously repellent - the parasite seems strangely familiar to him... 

First published in 1953, Arthur C Clarke's tale is read by Nicholas Boulton.

Arthur C Clarke, along with Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov, are known as Science-Fiction's "Big Three". Their work was key to the 1950s and 60s being recognised as the genre's Golden Age. 

Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007.

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