Today I listened to the new full cast audio CD of SWTWC. This has been recently released by Blackstone Audio: http://www.blackstoneaudio.com/search.cfm?search=bradbury

Blackstone has more CDs of Bradbur stories, too. If nothing else you must go to the website and look at who did the quote for SWTWC.

p.s. When I went to their website they have an audio recording of King Kong with commentary by Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen and Larry Nevin, among others. It is on sale so I had to buy two of them. That should get attention when people hear Kong's roar coming from my office.

I loved the full cast "Dandelion Wine," and I just ordered SWTWC from Amazon. I can't wait to hear it!

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Originally posted by jkt:
...If nothing else you must go to the website and look at who did the quote for SWTWC...

It is a spectacular quote!

What quote?

Personally, I don't care for the reading renditions of Rays audio books via the link listed. The voices all sound something a glossy committee approved of during a late night gin-rummy game.

I am much partial to the narrator of the movie, Something Wicked This Way Comes. I believe Arthur Hill did the narration. Great voice. Where are there other Arthur Hills out there?

I enjoyed Paul Hecht's Recorded Books reading of SWTWC.

As far as I know, there are only two of the full cast recordings by the link listed, and sorry, but they do not sound like they were cast with in a late night gin-rummy game to me (I wonder how that would work, anyway?). I heard SWTWC tonight, and I think Halloway and Mr. Dark are just as good, if not better than the movie versions. To each his own I suppose.

I suspect Nard is referring to the book-read-by-a-single-performer type of audiobook, which is what Blackstone mostly sell. However, jkt and Jim Adams are referring to the full-cast-dramatisations, which are an entirely different kettle of fish.

BralingII asked "which quote?" The answer is on this page:
http://www.blackstoneaudio.com/audiobook.cfm?ID=4599

Philnic is correct here. We have to be careful not to be comparing Navel oranges with Manderine ornages here. There are the pure audio books, which have one person reading the text of the book. While we'll have a cast recording of a radio play. One is the pure form of the book and the other being a performance based on the book.

Phil (philnic)
jkt:

Yes! Phil is right. I am referring to the single performer audio book.

Back in 2005, the city of Chicago had 'Ray Bradbury Day' in Chicago, proclaimed such by the City Council of Chicago and Mayor Daley. In the evening, at the Main Library in downtown Chicago, they had several "actors" read Ray Bradbury. Each took their own turn reading a portion, and every one of those people were FANTASTIC!! on their own. Their emotional take on Ray's writing, their voices, their demeanor, their presentation, the nuances...everything...was so right on! It was a pleasure to hear each of them...individually. Yes, it can be done with single performers.

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Why "Carnivals, Near and Far" on copyright page of SWTWC?

Which edition, fjp? My copies don't seem to have that.

1999, hardcover Avon Press
http://ak.buy.com/db_assets/prod_lrg_images/615/30470615.jpg

Book of the month, hardcover, 1999
http://mccoy.lib.siu.edu/illinois/images/somethingwickedcomes.gif

fjp, what exactly does the copyright statement say?

Phil, on these copies -Avon & BofM- (but not on earlier Bantam pb's I have), simply"Carnival's, Far and Near", c. 1999. It gives the impression that it was a title released somewhere/sometime - and is being noted as such!?

I'll check on this later and add a bit more info.
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