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.