A Thing about Machines Audiobook By Rod Serling cover art

A Thing about Machines

The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas

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A Thing about Machines

By: Rod Serling
Narrated by: Stacy Keach, Mike Starr
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Experience one of television’s greatest science-fiction series, The Twilight Zone - fully dramatized for audio! Featuring a full cast, music and sound effects, and today’s biggest celebrities in modern radio dramatizations.

In this episode, Bartlett Finchley's paranoia about the machines around him proves entirely justified.

©2002 CBS and Falcon Picture Group (P)2002 CBS and Falcon Picture Group Fantasy Science Fiction
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I’ve heard two other episodes by Mike Starr and this is one of his best performances. Very go narration and storyline. Though it took me about 10 minutes to get into it. Highly recommended.

Mike Starr is great

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A nightmarish episode about a machine hating writer. A tad one dimensional perhaps, but effective. Mike Starr does a good job as the increasingly frantic lead.

A luddite nightmare.

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While some of the Twilight Zone series may not translate well to audio, this one is made for it.

Story is made for Audio

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good one.Had a very different experience on listening to the audiobook.overall i enjoyed the audiobook

good

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I really like Mike Starr as an actor, but this radio drama is a low point for him...

As I listened to this episode of The Twilight Zone radio series, it almost seemed like even the people acting in the drama knew that what they were making wasn't very good.

For the most part, TZ plots are clever and well thought out. This story was neither.
If I had to sum this story up in one word, it would be "Bad".

Do yourself a favor & pass on this one.

3.40 / 10.00

Not Good.

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