The Box
Uncanny Stories
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Narrated by:
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Grover Gardner
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By:
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Richard Matheson
About this listen
What if you were told that you could make a fortune just by pushing a button on a box? But pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world . . . someone you don't know. Would you still push the button?
"Button, Button," Richard Matheson's chilling tale of greed and temptation, is now the basis of The Box, the new film from the director of Donnie Darko. In addition, this outstanding collection also contains many other unforgettable stories by Matheson, the award-winning author of I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come.
"The inventive plots and spare but convincing portraits of ordinary men and women caught up in forces beyond their control demonstrate why Stephen King has called Matheson his most significant influence."
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Frank Cotton's insatiable appetite for the dark pleasures of pain led him to the puzzle of Lemarchand's box, and from there, to a death only a sick-minded soul could invent. But his brother's love-crazed wife, Julia, has discovered a way to bring Frank back - though the price will be bloody and terrible...and there will certainly be hell to pay.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Narration was brought from hell!
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A master storyteller at his best - the O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King delivers a generous collection of stories, several of them brand-new, featuring revelatory autobiographical comments on when, why, and how he came to write (or rewrite) each story. Magnificent, eerie, utterly compelling, these stories comprise one of King's finest gifts to his constant fan. "I made them especially for you," says King. "Feel free to examine them, but please be careful. The best of them have teeth."
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HE'S A CUP OF COFFEE
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Critic reviews
“Some of these tales are just plain weird and require an experienced reader who knows when to insert humor and when to ramp up the horror. Grover Gardner does just that, holding listeners in thrall as he brings to life the quirky characters populating the often squirmy plotlines.” —Library Journal, Starred Review
“The twelve stories rapidly fall upon each other and hold the reader in pleasant suspense throughout. Grover Gardner, with an almost incredible range of completely convincing accented and gendered voices, performs the stories to a tee.” —Sound Commentary
“Perhaps no other author living is as responsible for chilling a generation with tantalizing nightmare visions.” —The New York Times
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 166
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Story4 out of 5 stars 167
Recent World War II veteran Bull Ingram is working as muscle when a Memphis DJ hires him to find Ramblin' John Hastur. The mysterious blues man's dark, driving music - broadcast at ever-shifting frequencies by a phantom radio statio - is said to make living men insane and dead men rise. Disturbed and enraged by the bootleg recording the DJ plays for him, Ingram follows Hastur's trail into the strange, uncivilized backwoods of Arkansas, where he hears rumors the musician has sold his soul to the Devil.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Big, Bold and Bright
- By John on 08-23-11
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Hell House
- By: Richard Matheson
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6,006
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,257
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5,254
For over 20 years, Belasco House has stood empty. Regarded as the Mt. Everest of haunted houses, its shadowed walls have witnessed scenes of unimaginable horror and depravity. All previous attempts to probe its mysteries have ended in murder, suicide, or insanity.
But now, a new investigation has been launched, bringing four strangers to Belasco House in search of the ultimate secrets of life and death. A wealthy publisher, brooding over his impending death, has paid a physicist and two mediums to establish the facts of life after death once and for all. For one night, they will investigate the Belasco House and learn exactly why the townsfolk refer to it as the Hell House.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Hell House is like Hill House, but fiercer
- By Phebe on 08-13-12
By: Richard Matheson
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The White Devil
- By: Justin Evans
- Narrated by: Christian Coulson
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4 out of 5 stars 46
The Harrow School is home to privileged adolescents known as much for their distinctive dress and traditions as for their arrogance and schoolboy cruelty. Seventeen-year-old American Andrew Taylor is enrolled in the esteemed British institution by his father, who hopes that the school's discipline will put some distance between his son and his troubled past in the States. But trouble - and danger - seem to follow Andrew. When one of his schoolmates and friends dies mysteriously of a severe pulmonary illness, Andrew is blamed and is soon an outcast....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Eerie tale, well read
- By MJ on 12-21-11
By: Justin Evans
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True Crime
- The Novel
- By: Andrew Klavan
- Narrated by: Ramiz Monsef
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 167
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 151
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Story5 out of 5 stars 150
In the heat of the city, a man is out of time: speeding in a beat-up Ford Tempo, blasting easy-listening music. Reporter Steve Everett drinks too much, makes love to his boss' wife, and has just stumbled upon a shocking truth: A convicted killer is about to be executed for a crime he didn't commit. In the cold confines of Death Row, Frank Beachum is also out of time. Ready to say good-bye to the wife and child he loves and hello to the God he still believes in, Beachum knows he did not kill a convenience store clerk six years ago.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gripping until the very last word.
- By louis alessandra on 04-10-22
By: Andrew Klavan
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House of Reckoning
- By: John Saul
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 458
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 355
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Story4 out of 5 stars 353
For more than three decades John Saul has haunted the New York Times best seller list - and listeners imaginations - with his chilling tales of psychological suspense and supernatural horror. His instinct for striking the deepest chords of fear in our hearts and minds is unerring, and his gift for steering a tale from the light of day into the darkest depths of nightmare is at its harrowing best in House of Reckoning.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent John Saul Book
- By Bob on 05-05-12
By: John Saul
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Everything That Rises Must Converge
- By: Flannery O’Connor
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot, Karen White, Mark Bramhall, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,306
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,108
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,118
This collection of nine short stories by Flannery O'Connor was published posthumously in 1965. The flawed characters of each story are fully revealed in apocalyptic moments of conflict and violence that are presented with comic detachment.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pride goeth before the fall
- By Ryan on 08-14-13
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A Stone for Danny Fisher
- By: Harold Robbins
- Narrated by: Charles Leggett
- Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 50
Born into a family of modest means and respectability, Danny Fisher was gradually driven downward into the world of crime, racketeering and poverty. His bitterness, his homesickness over the loss of the house in Brooklyn that was given to him for his eighth birthday, and his feud with his harsh father, pulled him one way; his natural decency and his love for a sweet Italian girl, Nellie Petito, pulled him another.
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4 out of 5 stars
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My teenage read.
- By A. Mitchell on 11-11-11
By: Harold Robbins
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Whistleblower
- By: Tess Gerritsen
- Narrated by: Erin Yuen
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 138
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 128
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Story4 out of 5 stars 129
When Victor Holland came flying out of the night, he ran straight into the path of Catherine Weaver's car. Having uncovered a terrifying secret that leads all the way to Washington, Victor is running for his life - and from the men who will go to any lengths to silence him. Though Victor's story sounds like the ravings of a mad-man, the haunted look in his eyes - and the bullet hole in his shoulder - tell Cathy a different story.
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1 out of 5 stars
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No the Tess Gerritson you know and love
- By Kschapter on 03-24-16
By: Tess Gerritsen
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The Stand
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 47 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 77,987
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 69,620
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 69,490
This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death. And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides - or are chosen.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My First Completed Stephen King Novel
- By Meaghan Bynum on 02-20-12
By: Stephen King
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Don’t Say a Word
- By: Andrew Klavan
- Narrated by: Chris Ciulla
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 42
They're watching. They've wiretapped the apartment. They've got their daughter. They told them they'd hurt her if they spoke about it. They told them, "Don't say a word...." Or else....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Yeesh. Good story. But..
- By jewelia on 02-19-24
By: Andrew Klavan
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Hark! The Herald Angels Scream
- By: Christopher Golden - editor, Joe R. Lansdale, Scott Smith, and others
- Narrated by: Charles Constant, Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 142
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Story4 out of 5 stars 133
That there is darkness at the heart of the Yuletide season should not surprise. Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is filled with scenes that are unsettling. The hideous children - Want and Ignorance - beneath the robe of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. In the finest versions of this story, the best parts are the terrifying parts. Best-selling author and editor Christopher Golden shares his love for Christmas horror stories with this anthology of all-new short fiction from some of the most talented and original writers of horror today.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Some good, some clunkers. Some fun, none scary.
- By Max Trivial on 12-24-18
By: Christopher Golden - editor, and others
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Perfect Nightmare
- A Novel
- By: John Saul
- Narrated by: Dick Hill, Susie Breck
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 166
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 133
Every parent's nightmare becomes a reality for Kara Marshall when her daughter, Lindsay, vanishes from her bedroom during the night. The police suspect that the girl is just another moody teenage runaway, angry over leaving behind her school and friends because her family is moving. But Lindsay's recent eerie claim - that someone invaded her room when the house was opened to prospective buyers - drives Kara to fear the worst.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A little bit predictable
- By FoCoBuzz on 04-05-11
By: John Saul
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The Long Road Home
- By: Mary Alice Monroe
- Narrated by: Sandra Burr
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 250
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 205
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 202
Her husband’s suicide left Nora MacKenzie alone, and his shady Wall Street dealings left the Manhattan socialite penniless. By a miracle, she’s held on to their mountainside farm - and she’ll keep holding on, no matter what. The property is Nora’s one chance to wring some dignity out of the sham she’s been living. The Vermont locals think she’s a city girl on a nature kick, but she’s not afraid to get her hands dirty. Nora’s serious about learning the farming business...if she can figure out where to begin.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well worth the listen
- By Kathryn @theBookDate on 02-01-14
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Miss Lonelyhearts
- By: Nathanael West
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser, Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 105
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Story4 out of 5 stars 83
Miss Lonelyhearts is an unnamed male newspaper columnist writing an advice column, which is viewed by the newspaper as a joke. As "Miss Lonelyhearts" reads letters from desperate New Yorkers, he feels terribly burdened and falls into a cycle of deep depression, accompanied by heavy drinking and occasional barfights. The novel is essentially a black comedy and is characterized by an extremely dark but clever sense of humor and irony.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Charged with Meaning, and Far Leftist Leaning
- By W Perry Hall on 01-27-16
By: Nathanael West
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One Summer
- By: Karen Robards
- Narrated by: Kate Fleming
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 459
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 427
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 427
hnny Harris is home again, his too-tight jeans and damn-your-eyes belligerence honed to perfection by a ten-year stretch in federal prison for murder. Now he’s out on parole and ready for the job Rachel Grant has promised him to help him begin a new life. Unlike the rest of the town, Rachel has always believed in her former student’s innocence. But one thing has changed. The sullenly handsome boy she remembers is still sullen, still handsome - but no longer a boy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Classic Robards! A must buy
- By Empress Karen on 02-10-14
By: Karen Robards
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Dark Memories
- By: Jeffrey S. Savage
- Narrated by: Jason Tatom
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Story4 out of 5 stars 102
There are things in the darkness, things much worse than the tracks and abandoned pieces of equipment that trip the children up and gash at their feet and legs, things that brush silently past them, touching their faces before disappearing again....
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3 out of 5 stars
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EZRA QUIT GOING TO CHURCH
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 05-11-17
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The Best of Richard Matheson
- By: Richard Matheson, Victor LaValle - editor/introduction
- Narrated by: Donald Corren, Peter Berkrot, Richard Powers, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 314
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 268
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 265
Among the greats of 20th-century horror and fantasy, few names stand above Richard Matheson. Though known by many for novels like I Am Legend and his 16 Twilight Zone episodes, Matheson truly shines in his chilling, masterful short stories. Since his first story appeared in 1950, virtually every major writer of science fiction and fantasy has fallen under his influence, including Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Peter Straub, and Joe Hill, as well as filmmakers like Stephen Spielberg and J. J. Abrams.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Rich and thrilling storytelling
- By Arthur on 10-24-17
By: Richard Matheson, and others
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Earthbound
- By: Richard Matheson
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 35
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 35
David and Ellen Cooper came to the lonely beachside cottage in hopes of rekindling their troubled marriage. Yet they are not alone on their second honeymoon. Marianna, a beautiful and enigmatic stranger, comes to visit David whenever Ellen is away. Who is Marianna, and where has she come from? Even as he succumbs to her seductive charms, David realizes that Marianna is far more than a threat to his marriage, for her secrets lie deep in the past and beyond the grave.