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The Hanged Man
- Tales of Dread: Book One of Maps in a Mirror
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: David Birney, Scott Brick, Don Leslie
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 120
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Story4 out of 5 stars 90
This first volume in a five-volume anthology of Orson Scott Card's short stories features 11 chilling tales that provoke the dreaded dark side of the listener's imagination. A sinful man finally faces his conscience in the form of a baby-like creature that haunts his waking hours. A thrill-seeking playboy uses a time machine to experience the excitement of death without actually dying. A child having trouble adjusting to a new town withdraws into a mysterious computer game....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Anthology
- By twistedpuppet on 03-23-22
- The Hanged Man
- Tales of Dread: Book One of Maps in a Mirror
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: David Birney, Scott Brick, Don Leslie
Excellent Anthology
Reviewed: 03-23-22
I loved all the stories. Well worth the credit I spent on it. Will probably check out the other books in this series.
The person claiming there was incestuous rape in the first story lied. Don't know why they lied and there's no way to report their review for being a fake review.
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Songmaster
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 708
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 529
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 530
Kidnapped at an early age, Ansset has been raised in isolation at a mystical retreat called the Songhouse. His life is filled with music, and having only songs for companions, he develops a voice that is unlike any other. But Ansset's voice is both a blessing and a curse, for it reflects all the hopes and fears of his audience, and, by magnifying their emotions, can be used either to heal or to destroy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Terrible and Beautiful
- By hopalong on 12-17-06
- Songmaster
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
Almost didn't finish
Reviewed: 09-18-20
Card does an incredible job of making you care about the characters. So much so, that I almost didn't finish the story because I was mad at one of the characters for how they treated Anset.
It's a beautiful story and I highly recommend it.
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Child 44
- By: Tom Rob Smith
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,301
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,938
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,940
It is a society that is, officially, a paradise. Superior to the decadent West, Stalin's Soviet Union is a haven for its citizens, providing for all of their needs: education, health care, security. In exchange, all that is required is their hard work, and their loyalty and faith to the Soviet State. But now a murderer is on the loose.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Terror from all sides.
- By Melvin Lindsey on 06-20-08
- Child 44
- By: Tom Rob Smith
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
Bad Writing
Reviewed: 06-29-20
The author had a good story to tell, but did it badly. This could have been so much better if the author had done a better job of dropping clues about the identity of the killer, throughout the book. As it stands, the author literally had to tell the audience who the killer was, rather than let the audience figure it out. The story was just too big for an author that obviously doesn't have much skill at story telling. He should have shelved this idea until he was a better writer.
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Lost Boys
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 16 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 987
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 558
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 564
Step Fletcher, his pregnant wife DeAnne, and their three children move to Steuben, North Carolina, with high hopes. But Step's new job with a software company turns out to be a snake pit, and 8-year-old Stevie's school is worse. As Stevie retreats into himself, focusing more and more on a mysterious computer game and a growing troop of imaginary friends, the Fletchers' concern turns to terror.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow, that was different!
- By Jeff Knoll on 10-15-04
- Lost Boys
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
I cried
Reviewed: 02-08-20
I went into this book not knowing a thing about it other than the summary. It sounded like a slice of life story with a small town murder mystery. Then I got to the last hour. I hated Card for writing this while at the same time praising him for how beautiful it is. I cried. This is a story that needs to be read or listened to. You won't regret it.
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The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft
- By: H. P. Lovecraft
- Narrated by: Andrew Leman, Sean Branney
- Length: 51 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,443
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,942
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,935
For the first time ever, the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society has produced an audio recording of all of Lovecraft's stories. These are not dramatizations like our Dark Adventure Radio Theatre - rather, this is an audiobook of the original stories, in all-new, never-before-heard recordings made by the HPLHS' own Andrew Leman and Sean Branney exclusively for this collection. This collection spans his entire career from his earliest surviving works of childhood to stories completed shortly before his death. All tales include original music by HPLHS composer Troy Sterling Nies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Lovecraft Collection on Audible!
- By Aransas R. on 04-30-19
- The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft
- By: H. P. Lovecraft
- Narrated by: Andrew Leman, Sean Branney
Terrible Narration
Reviewed: 07-22-19
I can't get past the narration. It's horrible. Audio books are dramatic readings, not just reading the words on the page in whatever weird cadence you think sounds creepy. It takes you out of the story. This is worse than the Inheritance Cycle narration.
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