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Post by grinch on Mar 30, 2021 16:20:23 GMT
Help! We have Strange Powers! (R.L. Stine)
Read by Cassandra Morris. Has a very generic plot and I still stand by the fact that the overall HorrorLand story arc is far more interesting than most of the main stories this series has to offer. As fit to bursting and convoluted it might be.
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Post by grinch on Mar 31, 2021 17:43:41 GMT
More Wishing Chair Stories (Enid Blyton)
Read by Sarah Ovens. And from what I can gather this is the final of the Wishing Chair story collections. Have to say, as much as they’re very twee and obviously written for very young children I’m a little sad I won’t have anymore to listen to. Greatly appealed to the inner child in me and you know what? In these desperate and increasingly strange times we live in I don’t think that’s a bad thing at all.
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Post by grinch on Mar 31, 2021 21:59:57 GMT
Escape from HorrorLand (R.L. Stine)
Read by Suzy Jackson. The story in which the overall HorrorLand story arc is finally made the main focus. Is fairly entertaining with a good atmosphere and actually has some nice set pieces.
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Post by grinch on Apr 1, 2021 18:24:01 GMT
The Streets of Panic Park (R.L. Stine)
Read by Marc Thompson and Suzy Jackson. Mr Thompson is clearly having a lot of fun voicing Dr Maniac and the newly introduced The Menace but this finale leaves a lot to be desired.
If anything, I think this series is just overly long with far too many interchangeable characters to keep track off.
Still, I must admit I wasn’t expecting something groundbreaking from ‘Goosebumps’ of all things so it’s just been a nice distraction to revisit a series from my youth albeit in a different format.
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Post by redsharkJason on Apr 1, 2021 19:35:20 GMT
Time Lord Victorious: The Minds of Magnox (BBC) narrated by the talented Jacob Dudman who provides this story with the personality of multiple voices. It has lots of sound effects as well. If you liked the two TLV Short Trip audios by Big Finish then you’ll have no problem enjoying this probably superior (by a smidgeon) piece of the TLV puzzle that was produced by BBC Studios.
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Post by grinch on Apr 2, 2021 12:00:47 GMT
The Nightflier (Stephen King)
Read by the legendary Frank Mueller. Dees is an interesting protagonist and it certainly gives its own unique take on the traditional depiction of the vampire.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2021 19:24:13 GMT
Bafflegab-The Ash Tree-M.R.James
Love this version
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2021 19:51:20 GMT
The Wishing Chair Again (Enid Blyton) Read by Sarah Ovens. Actually rather enjoyed the first story collection (as twee as it may have been) and surprisingly there are a few references to previous stories in this. My brother was obsessed with the Wishing Chair and the more fantastical Blyton like The Faraway Tree, wheras I loved your Famous Fives and Secret Sevens etc. I remember in primary school, our library was almost entirely Blyton, Roald Dahl and Target books. Probably why I ended up following Gary Russell's career from childhood where he was Dick in the Famous Five TV version through his writing of Who books, work on Wilderness Years projects galore editing DWM and then being the exec at BF! I was obsessed with The Three Investigators (Alfred Hitchcock) wonder if I would buy audio dramas of them...I probably would lol
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Apr 2, 2021 21:47:08 GMT
My brother was obsessed with the Wishing Chair and the more fantastical Blyton like The Faraway Tree, wheras I loved your Famous Fives and Secret Sevens etc. I remember in primary school, our library was almost entirely Blyton, Roald Dahl and Target books. Probably why I ended up following Gary Russell's career from childhood where he was Dick in the Famous Five TV version through his writing of Who books, work on Wilderness Years projects galore editing DWM and then being the exec at BF! I was obsessed with The Three Investigators (Alfred Hitchcock) wonder if I would buy audio dramas of them...I probably would lol Same here! I still have all my books, my boy will inherit them in a few years time.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2021 12:08:58 GMT
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! Series 3 Ep6 - Piddler on the Roof. Much as I like the TV series, these always present Arthur in full flow, as he tries the patience of the saints. A good example from approaching midpoint in the run.
Doctor Who and The Dinosaur Invasion by Malcolm Hulke, read by Martin Jarvis. Quite brisk and tells it as it is. Jarvis reads it at a pace appropriate to the books original target audience. All the better for it.
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Post by grinch on Apr 5, 2021 20:21:44 GMT
The Phoenix and the Carpet (E Nesbit)
A Libravox reading done by many narrators. I can’t help but feel considering how he mostly gets the children out of so many of predicaments they find themselves in that the Psammead is more the hero in this than the Phoenix.
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Post by grinch on Apr 9, 2021 12:39:16 GMT
The Winter Knights (Paul Stewart/Chris Riddell)
Read by Alex Jennings. (As I can’t seem to find one for Curse of the Gloamglozer I shall start with this one.)
Not sure how many of you are familiar with the Edge Chronicles but as a series with its rich worldbuilding and great characters it was very formative for me growing up.
Very underrated I might add as well and I’ve always been surprised that it never received the television/motion picture treatment or even its own official tabletop RPG! What I would give to play a session in the world of the Edge...
But going back to the audiobook, Alex Jennings makes for a wonderful reader and hearing Paul Stewart’s word spoken aloud just brings back so many happy memories.
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Post by grinch on Apr 10, 2021 11:07:52 GMT
Clash of the Sky Galleons (Paul Stewart/Chris Riddell)
Read by Alex Jennings. Definitely not the best the Quint Trilogy nor the rest of the Edge Chronicles has to offer but arguably is up there in terms of defining moments for the series.
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Post by grinch on Apr 12, 2021 9:26:02 GMT
Beyond the Deepwoods (Paul Stewart/Chris Riddell)
A change of reader with Michael Praed providing his services this time around.
Although this was not the one I started out with, it’s almost fairy tale quality is an excellent jumping on point for anyone wishing to get started with the series.
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Post by grinch on Apr 12, 2021 22:30:26 GMT
Stormchaser (Paul Stewart/Chris Riddell)
Alex Jennings returns as the reader for the second story in the Twig Trilogy. This is quite possibly my favourite story out of the entire series.
Not to mention Screed Toe-Taker and the Sepia Knight are still just as disturbing as ever.
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Post by grinch on Apr 16, 2021 15:41:22 GMT
Midnight Over Sanctaphrax (Paul Stewart/Chris Riddell)
Read by Alex Jennings. Out of all the books in the Twig Trilogy this is the one I remember the least about. So it was nice to revisit it in another medium entirely.
Safe to say, after the events of this story the world of the Edge will never be the same...
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Post by grinch on Apr 17, 2021 22:46:53 GMT
Going Solo (Roald Dahl)
Read by Dan Stevens. A biographical account of Dahl’s wartime experiences read by perhaps one of this ranges best readers.
Have yet to decide which I prefer though. Boy or this one.
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Post by grinch on Apr 18, 2021 16:08:32 GMT
Danny the Champion of the World (Roald Dahl)
Read by Peter Serafinowicz. Really love the provincial accents he gives for all the characters.
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Post by grinch on Apr 19, 2021 21:32:20 GMT
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (Roald Dahl)
Read by Andrew Scott. I was only aware of a few of these stories due to them receiving adaptations in the form of episodes of ‘Tales of the Unexpected.’
The story of the titular Henry Sugar is wonderful although my personal favourite is ‘The Hitchhiker.’ ‘The Swan’ is also very good although far darker than Dahl’s usual fare.
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Post by grinch on Apr 23, 2021 16:39:15 GMT
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Roald Dahl)
Read by Douglas Hodge. Funnily enough, I probably read this one more than the original Chocolate Factory when I was a boy. It’s definitely a step up in terms of reading from Hodge’s previous lackadaisical reading of the previous story.
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