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Ender's Game Alive: The Full Cast Audioplay

By: Orson Scott Card
Narrated by: Full Cast Recording
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With a full cast production, this highly-entertaining dramatization of the award-winning military science fiction story Ender's Game will wow fans as well as listeners new to this classic. Using an original screenplay written by Orson Scott Card himself, the audioplay takes listeners through Battle School with prodigy Ender Wiggin.

The cast fleshes out their characters with full personalities and motivations - in particular, the actors who portray the children at Battle School do a wonderful job in bringing out their precociousness and fading innocence. The action scenes are brisk and electrifying, and listeners will be swept up in the events of the story.

Publisher's summary

Audie Award Finalist, Multi-Voiced Performance, 2014

Audie Award Finalist, Original Work, 2014

Experience Ender's Game as you've never heard it before! With an all-new, original script written by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game Alive is a full cast audio drama that reimagines the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic.

Ender’s Game Alive puts you into Battle School with young Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, as he trains to become the general who will lead Earth against the Formics, the alien "buggers". Removed from his family at the age of six, Ender must prove his strength and his leadership, even as he fights his own doubts. The stakes are nothing less than the fate of humankind.

Ender's Game Alive is performed by Kirby Heyborne, Stefan Rudnicki, Theodore Bikel, Scott Brick, Samantha Eggar, Harlan Ellison, Susan Hanfield, Roxanne Hernandez, Janis Ian, Rex Linn, Richard McGonagle, Jim Meskimen, Emily Rankin, John Rubinstein, Christian Rummel, and a full cast.

Directed by Gabrielle de Cuir

Original Score by John Rubinstein

Valentine's Theme by Janis Ian

Additional music and arrangements by Mark Mitchell

©2013 Orson Scott Card (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

“Listeners will feel surrounded by Card's sophisticated, high-stakes universe. With a stately musical score and video-game sound effects, this "re-imagined" production sticks close to the novel while offering listeners an entertaining new way to enjoy one of science fiction's best loved stories.” ( AudioFile)

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interesting take on an audio book

I love this story. Hearing it read by all the "characters" was interestingly different take.

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1st time listener

wowza..! I'm a trucker and this was great. will keep my subscription. I wonder what's I'll listen to next.

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Unbelievable

I thought this was just going to be the original novel with a few added voice actors. Wow I am so happy I was wrong. This is a fully fleshed out addition to the original, seeing sides of conversations that we didn’t get to see in the original book. The acting is fantastic and all the effects add beautifully to bring this classic to life

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So grateful for this.

Great art leaves you feeling thankful that it exists. This production is a true work of art. Thank you for making it!

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Immersive

I am a huge OSC fan. I probably read the Ender series every 3 to 5 years. This audiobook was totally immersive. The multiple voice actors gave a more multi~dimensional feel to the audiobook. The experience was special. I cannot recommend this audiobook enough.

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Great book, but get the original.

Like the title says. Get the original version. This has very good production and voice acting, but it strayed away from Ender too much

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mixed feelings

the story was good, the performance was good for the most part. I just have mixed feelings about the different style of reading/acting .

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Perfect. Except for Long pauses between chapters

pauses too long. Intermission music during pause sometimes too loud. But. A great cast with a great story

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Very enjoyable

I read Ender’s game years ago and enjoyed reliving it with this performance. I don’t think you can truly enjoy Enders game alive without having read enders game
I was worried that too much time had passed away is since I had read it, but it was fine as the story came back to me as I listened.

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hard to envision a 6-12 yo with the voice of actor

hard to envision a 6-12 yo with the voice of the main actor (actually all the kids). but having said that it was performed well and i loved the story. i also didnt like the chapter transition music it was annoying and lent nothing to the mood of the previous or upcoming chapter.

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