Audio CD: 7 pages
Publisher: Brilliance Audio; Unabridged edition (October 29, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1480523216
ISBN-13: 978-1480523210
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.8 x 5.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
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First, I'm not going to focus on the content of Ender's Game Alive other than to say it captures the essence of the book. So, if you don't know the book, read review/synopsis for it.The folks at Skyboat Media have breathed new life into an old format: the radio play. Ender's Game author, Orson Scott Card, has rewritten the novel from ground up as an audio play. I've been pretty excited about this new art form (or, at least a form pushed to new levels) ever since I became aware of the project. This is a first rate audio play.Be fully immersed. Don't go into this like it's an audio book. You'll look for the narration to tell you where you are in the story. Here, it's done with sounds and theme and dialog and a little monologue, but not straight out narration. Let me emphasize the quality of this production. One way to bring this out is how I rip and experience this. I typically listen to audio books while mobile so I rip them. I often "save space" if I own CDs of audio books, I'll rip them at 128 Kbps. After all, spoken word doesn't have the same level of complexity as a symphony. Not this production. I rendered it with a lossless codec although around 320 variable bit rate mp3 would be fine. I listened to most of it on Grado SR 80s (quite decent cans). This is an amazing experience. They use left and right channel well with a large sound stage even while being immersed in the sound. You feel as if you're in the dialog, a part of the conversation and the action.While content is king and the best production can't make up for bad story or lousy acting, what really sets Ender's Game Alive apart is a focused script of a great story (not a slightly edited text to account for being read aloud), terrific actors and narrators and first rate production value.
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