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Fantastic Imaginings
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- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki, David Burney, Scott Brick, Cassandra Campbell
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Good anthology on Myth, sci-Fi and Fantasy
Stefan Rudnicki does a very interesting job of presenting a tasting menu for ongoing readings of sci-fi inspiration over 3000 years. I will now pursue the full books on several of these. The cast is well, astounding, and the plays and ensemble pieces were very well done. I enjoyed Harlan Ellison's Introduction. Cast members like Bahni Turpin and Cassandra Campbell are gems.
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Table of Contents
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The Lost Thyrsis by Oliver Onions, read by Roz Landor
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Mystery Train by Lewis Shiner, read by John Rubenstein
Continued On The Next Rock by R.A. Lafferty, read by Stefan Rudnicki
Diary Of A God by Barry Pain, read by Enn Reitel
The Repairer of Reputations (excerpt) by Robert W. Chambers, read by Stefan Rudnicki
The Yellow Sign by Robert W. Chambers, read by Stefan Rudnicki
An Inhabitant Of Carcosa by Ambrose Bierce, read by Danny Campbell
The Horla by Guy de Maupassant, read by Arte Johnson
PART 3: SHOCKING FUTURES
Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, read by Stefan Rudnicki (poem)
City Come A’Walkin (excerpt) by John Shirley, read by Don Leslie
A Pail Of Air by Fritz Leiber, read by Stefan Rudnicki
The Machine Stops (excerpt) by E.M. Forster, read by Roz Landor
Looking Backward and Equality (excerpts) by Edward Bellamy, read by David Birney
Gulliver’s Travels (excerpt) by Jonathan Swift read by Scott Brick
Utopia (excerpt) by Sir Thomas More, read byChristopher Cazanove
Monument To Amun by Queen Hatshepsut, read by Judy Young
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Inspiration by Ben Bova, read by Stefan Rudnicki
The Bones Do Lie by Anne McCaffrey, read by Stefan Rudnicki
A Princess Of Mars (excerpt) by Edgar Rice Burroughs, read by John Rubinstein
The Great Stone Of Sardis (excerpt) by Frank R. Stockton, read by David Birney
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland (excerpt) by Lewis Carroll, read by Michael York
Diary Of A Madman (excerpt) by Nicolai Gogol, read by Stefan Rudnicki
The Inferno (excerpt) by Dante, read by Stefan Rudnicki
The Odyssey of Homer (excerpt), read by David Birney
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The Porcelain Salamander by Orson Scott Card, read by Gabrielle de Cuir
Let’s Get Together by Isaac Asimov, read by Arte Johnson
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Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (excerpt) by Robert Louis Stevenson, read by John Lee
Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti, read by Gabrielle de Cuir
Frankenstein (excerpt) by Mary Shelley, read by Stefan Rudnicki0\ *
The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh (Traditional English Fairy Tale), read by Judy Young
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (excerpt) by William Shakespeare, performed by cast
The Ballad of Tam Lin (Celtic ballad), read by Stefan Rudnicki
Metamorphosis (excerpt) by Ovid, read by Cassandra Campbell
PART 6: REST IN PIECES
Hearse Song
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The New Testament: Revelations (excerpt), read by Stefan Rudnicki
The Colloquy of Monos & Una by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Stefan Rudnicki and Gabrielle de Cuir
From the Crypts of Memory by Clark Ashton Smith, read by Danny Campbell
The Comet by W.E.B. DuBois, read by Mirron Willis
Sand (excerpt) by Stefan Rudnicki, performed by cast
Transience by Arthur C. Clarke, read by Bahni Turpin
The Illusionist by Gareth Owen, read by Stefan Rudnicki
Unchosen Love by Ursula K. LeGuin, read by Stefan Rudnicki
In Lonely Lands by Harlan Ellison, read by Harlan Ellison
News from Nowhere (excerpt) by William Morris, read by Stefan Rudnicki
PART 7: COMMENTARIES
The Special And General Joys of Science Fiction by Ben Bova, read by Stefan Rudnicki
Edgar Allan Poe 1809-1849 by Elliott Engel, read by Gabrielle de Cuir
Adolescence And Adulthood In Science Fiction by Orson Scott Card, read by Stefan Rudnicki
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SO GOOD! You've Got to listen to it
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I'm recommending to everyone here, on Goodreads, on my FB page
What other book might you compare Fantastic Imaginings to and why?
There have been some good anthologies over the years, but none like this. Each short story is read by a different reader, each better than all the others
Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Stefan Rudnicki does OSR's books. Scott Brick reads the first 3 in the Shannara Series
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
It humbled me. How can I possibly write that well? Then that turned to motivation: by re-listening to them & learning from them
Any additional comments?
Of course, I didn't love EVERY ONE of the short stories. Of course, I knew some of the short stories. But so well read! I even enjoyed the Forward by 75 y-o Harlan Ellison (editor), himself!
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DO NOTHINGISM
I have listened to 22+ ours of this, so you don't have to. If you are a huge Science Fiction Fan like myself, then you think you must buy this. If you are willing to listen so long to get about four or five good hours of listening and learn a little bit, then go ahead, but if I knew then what I know now, I would have passed. I did find a couple of gems, but not enough to warrant treading through all the rest. Before I start let me say thank you to the bug eyed reviewer who listed the table of contents and in order, something Audible should have done.
I will take this section at a time.
Harlan Ellison's Introduction: Lofty Ambitions.
With the exception of the dig to modern editors such as Dozois, this seems like a good intro. It certainly gets you excited to listen to all 22 hours of the book. After listening you will be upset at being sold such a bill of goods. Ellison, also in his old age, should have learned by now how to praise a person without putting down another. He claims there has not been a good editor of science fiction since Groff Conklin. Groff Conklin was a great editor, especially for his time, the fifties. Gardner Dozois puts out an annual anthology of the best of Science Fiction and has now for over 30 years. In each book he summaries the year in Science Fiction. His summary covers the health of the previous sf year, book publishers, magazines (including actual numbers of magazines published, prices, addresses, web sites, etc...), semiprozines, online only magazines, original anthologies, fantasy anthologies, horror anthologies, novels, first novels, novella chapbooks, Novel omnibuses, out of print books that came back, short story collections, art, movies, television, list of all the award winners, obituary, and more. It goes on for pages and pages. If you are a science fiction nerd like myself, you read and absorb, if you just want good stories, you skip it and go on to an excellent collection of stories. The copyright of this book is 2004, so it may have been to early to recognize John Joseph Adams, who has been coming out with some really good original collections.
We are also told by Harlan that Rudnicki is the worlds greatest editor because he has read thousands of books and speaks various languages. I read and listen to hundreds of books a year, does that make me a candidate for a editor of an anthology? I know I could have come up with a more entertaining collection of material. This collection did not even include Gilgamesh, the worlds oldest book, and a very good book at that. I do not blame Rudnicki, although he did allow this to be published about him. Ellison has a history of mouthing off and he is always hot or cold, never between.
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REST IN PIECES
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Commentaries
This starts with a pretty good piece by Bova. He basically defines what science fiction is. He does not like the term Sci-Fi and he hates Hollywood, probably cause they have never turned any of his hundreds of books into a movie, mostly cause they are not that good. I like some of his books and I know he is a scientist, but that does not mean he is a good writer. His characters are usually card board cut outs and he usually has a lot of dull spots. He says in his essay that science is often boring and he often proves that in his writings. Not sure why Rudnicki included this commentary as it goes totally against what he gives us, as most of his Science Fiction does not include any science. SR even comments that Dante's Inferno is as much science fiction as Verne or Clarke's work. I have read Inferno and I never noticed any science. It was good fantasy and it is an insult to Verne and Clarke to have their thoroughly researched writings be compared to Fantasy.
Do not miss Elliot Engel's biography on Edgar Allen Poe. It is a fascinating story and almost made listening for 22 hours worth it, almost.
I agreed with Card's commentary and I think I have heard him harp on it before. He is a great writer and he gets tired of academia looking down their noses at Science Fiction. He has mentioned before that if kids in school could read some good science fiction instead of the boring English Literature, they are forced to read now, they would be better readers as adults. This commentary did get a little technical.
Narrators
Rudnicki does the majority of reading and the rest are professionals. There is one gravely voiced narrator I did not love, but that is a personal thing.
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- Paul
- 03-29-19
Good for myth lovers but not for Sci-Fi lovers
Liked 20% of the stories, found another 20% interesting and skipped through the rest. Life's to short! I am not interested in horror or myth. Some fantasy is good. So 60% of this collection was not enjoyable. Some of these forgotten works should remain so.
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