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  • Vincent Price Presents, Volume One: Four Radio Dramatizations

    "Fun-fun-fun"

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    This audio book is a trip down memory lane. The sounds make one tingle. Professionally done. The script, the music, the voices, and the sound effects fit together perfectly. Hope there will be a Vol 2! This program definitely is something we will listen to over and over again. Great listening.

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    Vincent Price Presents, Volume One: Four Radio Dramatizations

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 16 mins)
    • By M. J. Elliott
    • Narrated By Jerry Robbins, The Colonial Radio Players
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    Included in this volume: "The Tinglers": Dr. Chapin and his crew search for a primitive tribe with ties to the elusive creature that is spawned from fear with a grip like iron. "Fade Away": Private Eye Frank Wood is investigating the mysterious break-ins at the home of a wealthy old man named Jack Leonard. "Canus": a young boy must survive a bizarre rite of passage. "Road Rage": An advertising executive involved in a little fender-bender must suffer through a nightmare....

    Michele says: "Fun-fun-fun"
  • The Martian Chronicles: A Radio Dramatization

    "Exciting Story"

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    If you love Bradbury this is the audio book for you. This production is a professional production that surpasses anything from the golden age of radio.
    Sound effects, voices and script are right on! The best!

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    The Martian Chronicles: A Radio Dramatization

    • ORIGINAL (5 hrs and 34 mins)
    • By Ray Bradbury
    • Narrated By The Colonial Radio Players
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    The people of Earth are preparing for war - a war that could potentially destroy the planet. Explorers are sent to Mars to find a new place for humans to colonize. Bradbury's Mars is a place of hope, dreams, and metaphor, where a fine dust settles on the great empty cities of a silently destroyed civilization. It is here the invaders have come to despoil and commercialize, to grow and to learn - first a trickle, then a torrent, rushing from a world with no future toward a promise of tomorrow. The Earthman conquers Mars... and then is conquered by it.

    Dante says: "Wonderful, Absolutley Wonderful"
  • William F. Nolan’s Logan's Run - Last Day: A Radio Dramatization

    "Another hit"

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    Colonial Radio Theater did it again!! This is definitely a family favorite. This audiobook is true to the story. My sons love the created mood-great music & super sound effects. Thanks for so much fun.

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    William F. Nolan’s Logan's Run - Last Day: A Radio Dramatization

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 32 mins)
    • By Paul J. Salamoff
    • Narrated By Tom Berry, Kate DeSisto, J. T. Turner, and others
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    It’s the 23rd Century — at age 21 your life is over. Logan-6 has been trained to kill. Born and bred from conception to be the best of the best. His time is short, but before his life ends he’s got one final mission — find and destroy Sanctuary, a fabled haven for those who chose to defy the system. When Logan meets and falls in love with Jessica, he begins to question the very system he has sworn to protect.

    Phillip says: "Logan's Run - Last Day"
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  • William F. Nolan's Logan's Run - Aftermath
    William F. Nolan's Logan's Run - Aftermath

    "An Enjoyable, But Gritty, Adventure"

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    This is a sequel to the radio drama "William F. Nolan’s Logan's Run - Last Day" and should not be listened to without first hearing that production. The events in "Logan's Run -- Aftermath" take place after the movie Logan's Run (and the book by the same name by William Nolan). Tara 8, a former Sandman classmate of Logan, undertakes a sinister plot to revive The Thinker and reinstitute the controlled world encountered in the original world of Logan's Run. The events in Aftermath take place in a dark and gritty world inhabited by displaced persons and outlaw bands. Our hero, Logan 6, is a grim violent antihero, owing more resemblance to Mad Max or Jack Bauer then to the boyish, smiling young man portrayed by Michael York in the Logan's Run movie. The Colonial Radio Players do an excellent job with multi-cast presentation, great sound effects and music. It's an enjoyable journey as long as you're not in the mood for something lighter.

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  • 2000x: R.U.R. (Dramatized)

    "Surprisingly Modern..."

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    This story might not seem incredibly original, but the fact is that those other stories are just repeats of this, the first story about Robots.

    The dialogue is a little overwrought in a few places, which is the only thing that keeps this from getting five stars. The performers do a good job with it, though.

    It's truly surprising how well the story holds up after all this time.

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    2000x: R.U.R. (Dramatized)

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    • By Karel Capek
    • Narrated By Alan Bergmann, John Birney
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    The initials stand for Rossum's Universal Robots. This Czech play, first produced in 1921, introduced the word "robot" into the world lexicon. The Rossum factory robots are so human that a well-meaning beauty travels to R.U.R.'s island headquarters to liberate them. She ends up fomenting more revolution than the human race can handle.

    Cather Steincamp says: "Surprisingly Modern..."

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    Thomas says: "Classy, intelligent sci-fi"

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    The radio dramatisation of The Hobbit became a classic when it was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1968 and it continues to delight today. Tolkien's famous saga, the prelude to the Lord of the Rings, has all the ingredients of fantasy and adventure: dwarves, elves, goblins and trolls, a fearsome dragon, a great wizard, a perilous quest, and a dramatic climax.

    Mary says: "Takes a little getting used to"
  • X Minus One: Old Time Radio, Sci-Fi Series
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    • Ray Bradbury , Philip K. Dick , Robert A. Heinlein , Frederik Pohl , Theodore Sturgeon , Isaac Asimov , Ernest Kinoy , George Lefferts

    X Minus One: Old Time Radio, Sci-Fi Series

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    Vincent Patterson says: "Greatly enjoyable except for one Big error"
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Dramatised)
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    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Dramatised)

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    Bob says: "Well done but lacking"
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    Ilana says: "Zillions of Times Better than the Book"
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    • Aldous Huxley

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    The CBS Radio Workshop was an experimental series of productions, subtitled "radio's distinguished series to man's imagination" that ran between 27 January 1956 and 22 September 1957. The premiere production was Brave New World, narrated by Huxley himself, with a complicated sound-effects score that evidently took a long time to construct, and comprised a ticking metronome, tom-tom beats, bubbling water, an air hose, a cow's moo, an oscillator, and three kinds of wine glasses clicking together.

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    • Isaac Asimov , Maurice Denham , Prunella Scales

    The Foundation Trilogy (Dramatized)

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    The opening episode begins on Trantor, capital of the Galactic Empire, with the meeting of Seldon and Dornick, their trial, and their exile to Terminus. The action then jumps forward 50 years, to the first Seldon Crisis, where the repercussions of the recent independence of the Four Kingdoms of the Periphery are being felt on Terminus, and are handled by the first Mayor, Salvor Hardin....

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  • The Hobbit (Dramatized)
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    • J. R. R. Tolkien

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    Bilbo Baggins, a gentle hobbit who loves the comforts of home, reluctantly joins a company of dwarves on a journey to recover plundered gold from a fierce dragon. It's a tale of high adventure and astonishing courage, and a magical prelude to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

    Brianna says: "Many years of enjoyment"
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  • War of the Worlds (Dramatized)
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    • Orson Welles

    War of the Worlds (Dramatized)

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    Ken says: "The classic that shook the world"
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Secondary Phase (Dramatised)
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    A Special Edition of the original radio series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978 and recently voted the Nation's Favourite Audiobook in a Guardian poll.

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    Joseph Norton says: "Another great addition from the BBC and Audible"
  • The Martian Chronicles: A Radio Dramatization
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    • Ray Bradbury

    The Martian Chronicles: A Radio Dramatization

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    • By Ray Bradbury
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    The people of Earth are preparing for war - a war that could potentially destroy the planet. Explorers are sent to Mars to find a new place for humans to colonize. Bradbury's Mars is a place of hope, dreams, and metaphor, where a fine dust settles on the great empty cities of a silently destroyed civilization. It is here the invaders have come to despoil and commercialize, to grow and to learn - first a trickle, then a torrent, rushing from a world with no future toward a promise of tomorrow. The Earthman conquers Mars... and then is conquered by it.

    Dante says: "Wonderful, Absolutley Wonderful"
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Tertiary Phase (Dramatized)
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    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Tertiary Phase (Dramatized)

    • ORIGINAL (3 hrs and 14 mins)
    • By Douglas Adams
    • Narrated By Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Full Cast
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    Don't panic! The Hitchhiker's saga continues with a brand new full-cast dramatisation of Life, the Universe and Everything, the third book in Douglas Adams's famous 'trilogy in five parts'.

    Joseph Norton says: "The adventure continues!"

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  • Undone: Series 3
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    • Ben Moor

    Undone: Series 3

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 49 mins)
    • By Ben Moor
    • Narrated By Ben Moor, Alex Tregear, Duncan Wisbey
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    Writer-performer Ben Moor's comic sci-fi about the bizarre parallel city of Undone, starring Alex Tregear and Tim Key. In this third series, Edna Turner has just saved the worlds - again. But there's no time to kick-back and enjoy summer as she plans a trip to the Primary to find out what's happened to Tankerton, faces her childhood possessions and probes London's Low-Quality Expedition, and traverses the Tube with Tankerton to stop someone changing the realities. Meanwhile, she sees a hypnotherapist as her friends take up the worlds-protecting slack, and Notting Hill's Carnival sees the potential end of the worlds and new weirdness.

  • Blake's 7: Zen - Escape Velocity (Dramatized)
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    • James Swallow

    Blake's 7: Zen - Escape Velocity (Dramatized)

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 1 min)
    • By James Swallow
    • Narrated By Zoe Tapper, Jason Merrells, Tracy-Ann Oberman, and others
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    Before Blake; before the Seven; before the rebellion began... The Liberator – a mysterious alien starship controlled by a synthetic intelligence known only as Zen. A derelict rescued from the brink of destruction by Roj Blake and his band of dissidents, the ship is their weapon in the war against the corrupt Federation, its origin unknown – until now. What terrible catastrophe left the Liberator drifting and shattered? What drove the ship’s computer to murder its original crew? What dark secrets lie at the heart of this alien machine?

  • Undone: Series 1
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    • Ben Moor

    Undone: Series 1

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 18 mins)
    • By Ben Moor
    • Narrated By Ben Moor, Alex Tregear, Duncan Wisbey
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    Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with Sarah Solemani and Dan Antopolski follows Edna Turner's adventures in London's bizarre parallel city. In this first series, she finds a new job and visits the theatre (or should that be 'untheatre'?) Meanwhile, genuinely faceless bureaucrats threaten to run London, as Edna's mum arrives, and London gets stranger and stranger for Edna, Tankerton, and both the Carlos.

  • Undone: Series 2
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    • Ben Moor

    Undone: Series 2

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 49 mins)
    • By Ben Moor
    • Narrated By Ben Moor, Alex Tregear, Duncan Wisbey
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    Writer-performer Ben Moor's comic sci-fi about the bizarre parallel city of Undone, starring Alex Tregear and Tim Key. In this second series, Edna tries to make sense of a reality without Undone, heads to another London and uncovers a city-wide drugs racket and interrogates The Prince as she takes on the public information porn industry. Plus, Edna and Tankerton face their biggest challenge yet and return to her home town to attend a fete worse than death. Finally, Edna must avert an inter-dimensional apocalypse at Tankerton's wedding...

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  • Starstruck
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    • Elaine Lee , Susan Norfleet Lee , Dale Place

    Starstruck

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 20 mins)
    • By Elaine Lee, Susan Norfleet Lee, Dale Place
    • Narrated By Tavia Gilbert, Denise Poirier, Kristina Balbo, and others
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    In a far-flung future, Captain Galatia 9 and the crew of the Harpy are on a mission for the United Federation of Female Freedom Fighters. When they run into a living ship inhabited by a team of galactic evildoers, including Galatia's insidious sister Verloona Ti, the outcome of the battle may well decide the fate of the free universe. Adapted from the play that became a comic book masterpiece, Starstruck is a spine-tingling joy-ride to the far side of the spiral arm!

  • Titanium Rain, Episode One (Dramatized)
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    • Josh Finney , Kat Rocha

    Titanium Rain, Episode One (Dramatized)

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 27 mins)
    • By Josh Finney, Kat Rocha
    • Narrated By Lance Roger Axt, Elizabeth Knowelden, Carrington MacDuffie, and others
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    In 2031 mankind's survival instinct is put to the test when a civil war in China spirals into a global conflict. Nations are torn apart. Millions are killed. And for many, like Air Force pilot Alec Killian, survival will mean shedding some of their flesh in exchange for biotech and machine.

    Ryan says: "Sounds settings were off"
  • Audio Adventures in Time & Space - Collection One: Republica, Cyberhunt, Eleven Day Empire
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    • Mark Gatiss , Martin Peterson , Lawrence Miles

    Audio Adventures in Time & Space - Collection One: Republica, Cyberhunt, Eleven Day Empire

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 33 mins)
    • By Mark Gatiss, Martin Peterson, Lawrence Miles
    • Narrated By Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred
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    Republica. Directed by Bill Baggs, Post-Production and Music by Alistair Lock. Sylvester McCoy (The Professor), Sophie Aldred (Ace), John Wadmore (Le Compte), Andrew Fettes (Devlin), Bryonie Pritchard (Somerset), Michael Wade (Lambert), George Telfer (Charles XIV), John Ainsworth (Equerry). The Professor and Ace arrive in present-day London to find the city strangely changed.

  • X Minus One: Old Time Radio, Sci-Fi Series
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    • Ray Bradbury , Philip K. Dick , Robert A. Heinlein , Frederik Pohl , Theodore Sturgeon , Isaac Asimov , Ernest Kinoy , George Lefferts

    X Minus One: Old Time Radio, Sci-Fi Series

    • ORIGINAL (20 hrs and 5 mins)
    • By Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Robert A. Heinlein, and others
    • Narrated By Old Time Radio
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    X Minus One was a half-hour science fiction radio series broadcast from April 24, 1955 to January 9, 1958 in various timeslots on NBC. Initially a revival of NBC's Dimension X (1950-51), X Minus One is widely considered among the finest science fiction dramas ever produced for radio. The first 15 episodes were new versions of Dimension X episodes, but the remainder were adaptations by NBC staff writers, including Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts, of newly published science fiction stories.

    Vincent Patterson says: "Greatly enjoyable except for one Big error"
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  • The Cleansed: A Postapocalyptic Adventure of Our Times, Season 1
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    • Frederick Greenhalgh

    The Cleansed: A Postapocalyptic Adventure of Our Times, Season 1

    • ORIGINAL (4 hrs and 28 mins)
    • By Frederick Greenhalgh
    • Narrated By Philip Hobby, Kate Gurney, Paul Drinan, and others
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    Fifteen years after the fallout of a massive energy crisis, steadfast homesteaders in rural Maine slog through an off-grid life. This bucolic existence is turned upside down when John Prophet, a soldier still fighting an unwinnable war, arrives with word of a powerful military force setting up in the ashes of old New York. His message falls on deaf ears except for those of two youths, Maria and Luke, who buck their parents’ wishes and set off on a journey filled with grim survivalists, rugged characters, religious maniacs, and dangers of nature that have grown up in this strange land.

    Dax Mickelson says: "Confusing and un-inventive"
  • Doctor Who: Horror of Fang Rock
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    • Terrance Dicks

    Doctor Who: Horror of Fang Rock

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 56 mins)
    • By Terrance Dicks
    • Narrated By Louise Jameson, Tom Baker
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    Fang Rock Lighthouse stands somewhere off the South Coast of England in the early 1900s. Its three keepers have lately noticed a strange fog, and one has seen an eerie light in the water. Soon one of them is dead, and Old Reuben believes that legend is about to become reality. When the Doctor and Leela arrive, they become involved in a frightening fight for survival.

  • Pilgrim: Complete Series 1
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    • Sebastian Baczkiewicz

    Pilgrim: Complete Series 1

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 55 mins)
    • By Sebastian Baczkiewicz
    • Narrated By Jamie Foreman, Paul Rider, Paul Hilton, and others
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    Paul Hilton stars as the reluctant and unthanked hero protecting mankind from an enemy they resist believing in. In these four episodes, Pilgrim is summoned to help retrieve a dragon's egg stolen by the outlaw Faerie, Puck; meets Noreen, whose son has been in a strange coma for the past seven years; tries to stay out of the clutches of powerful City banker and occult collector Haddonfield and finds himself on a mission to save Joseph of Arimathea.

  • Brave New World (Dramatized)
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    Brave New World (Dramatized)

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr)
    • By Aldous Huxley
    • Narrated By Aldous Huxley
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    The CBS Radio Workshop was an experimental series of productions, subtitled "radio's distinguished series to man's imagination" that ran between 27 January 1956 and 22 September 1957. The premiere production was Brave New World, narrated by Huxley himself, with a complicated sound-effects score that evidently took a long time to construct, and comprised a ticking metronome, tom-tom beats, bubbling water, an air hose, a cow's moo, an oscillator, and three kinds of wine glasses clicking together.