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The Epic of Gilgamesh

By: Sebastian Lockwood - adaptation
Narrated by: Sebastian Lockwood
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A new version of The Epic of Gilgamesh by Sebastian Lockwood. This is the story of Gilgamesh, King of Kings, who brought back knowledge from before the flood - who loved and lost his companion Enkidu and had to find out why we die.

The Epic of Gilgamesh was written on clay tablets over 4,000 years ago, in what is today Baghdad Iraq - the Biblical Garden of Eden between the Tigris and the Euphrates.

Having performed the story for years, Lockwood gives a passionate reading from a text that faithfully follows the original.

©2012 Sebastian Lockwood (P)2012 Sebastian Lockwood
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Captain Kirk reads Gilgamesh?

Would you try another book from Sebastian Lockwood (adaptation) and/or Sebastian Lockwood?

If you can imagine a British Shakespearean actor reading The Epic of Gilgamesh as Captain James T. Kirk might read it... then I highly recommend this audio book for you.

What did you like best about this story?

The story itself and its ancient history.

What didn’t you like about Sebastian Lockwood’s performance?

His read; an overly dramatic start and stop performance that honestly does sound like William Shatner when he portrayed Captain Kirk on Star Trek.

What character would you cut from The Epic of Gilgamesh?

You can not cut a character from this story - this story is thousands of years old - adding text to the story it bad enough; but you should not cut any of the original text and certainly not cut a character.

Any additional comments?

Authors should do the writing and hire others to do the reading.

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cannot do it

Naration on this book is so monotone, I just could not continue listening to it.

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The story of Adam and eve descent from heaven

Would you listen to The Epic of Gilgamesh again? Why?

it has the origin of Noah flood mythology , it is an amazing piece of human oral history that turned into one of the first written history pieces by one of the first human writings and the root of so many beliefs that are shared in the middle eastern religions

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Good story, less than great reading

Lockwood tries to show his enthusiasm in his voice’s enthusiasm. It doesn’t come off that way though. It did make it hard to be interested in the story. Even as someone who is very intrigued by the writing.

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A Good Lesson in Checking the Reviews

I’m just gonna point you to the “William Shatner” review because it’s spot-on, and I wish I’d read it before buying the book. The cadence of speaking was SO dramatic and meant to direct the listener to the literary devices in the poem (repetition of words and themes, specifically), but I unfortunately found the cadence more grating than useful.

However, I did agree with another reviewer that I truly appreciated the narrator’s omission of silly voices for the female characters, and the actual writing of the story was engaging without being long-winded.

I wouldn’t listen again, but I might scout around for a written copy of this abridged version.

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Scant

The performance is fine, but the omissions kill me. Still worth the $5 if it isn't your only experience with Gilgamesh.

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Beautiful retelling

Listening to Lockwood retell this story is such a pleasure — he captures what I imagine must have been the song-like vocal patterns of ancient storytellers in the oral traditions that preceded written literary texts. His work is a gift to listeners and to the tradition itself.

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I will also reference the "captain kirk" review

very hard to comprehend the meaning behind the story with his constant upward inflection with his voice. I suppose I needed to learn a lesson on checking reviews first as I just started using audible. terrible narration.

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Epic of Gilgamesh

One of the most ancient yet timeless stories to be enjoyed by teachers and students.

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great adaptation of a legendary tale.

this was a great adaptation of this epic in everyday other than the recording of it. the narrator himself performs fine the recording is terrible. it seems like it is recorded low but with the treble cranked up high. so it hurts you head if you turn the volume up.

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