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Aliens Rule, an audiobook from Infinivox, edited by Allan Kaster, consists of three unabridged novellas and/or novellettes: "How Music Begins" by James Van Pelt; "Trouble Comes to Okanoggan Falls" by Carolyn Ives Gilman and "Laws of Survival" by Nancy Kress. As indicated by the title of the CD, the stories all revolve around the theme of people coping with an alien invasion. All three stories were previously published in print editions in magazines such as Asimov's and Fantasy & Science Fiction.

Product Description: This collection of unabridged readings chronicles the lives of people striving to survive as aliens rule Earth. In HOW MUSIC BEGINS by JAMES VAN PELT, a junior high school band director struggles to keep the band members spirits up after they have been shanghaied, by unknown and unseen aliens, and confined to a dormitory and practice auditorium. In OKANOGGAN FALLS, by CAROLYN IVES GILMAN, a housewife subtly resists the forceable relocation of her townspeople by an alien military captain. Finally, in order to stay alive, a woman must make dogs act correctly for aliens in LAWS OF SURVIVAL by NANCY KRESS. Read by Vanessa Hart and Tom Dheere. 224 minutes.

(Source: Infinivox)