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Battlefield Earth

By: L. Ron Hubbard
Narrated by: Josh Clark,Scott Menville,Fred Tatascorie,Stefan Rudnicki,full cast
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Summary

Audie Award Winner • Earphones Award Winner • Best of 2016 Science Fiction Audiobook

Battlefield Earth is an enormous epic of adventure set in the year 3000, when the future survival of what's left of the human race is at stake. When Jonnie Goodboy Tyler decides to venture out of the small and dwindling community of humans barely surviving in their Rocky Mountain retreat, he has no thought of challenging the order that for a thousand years has held the earth prisoner to the oppressive alien race of the Psychlos.

The Psychlos and their vast intergalactic mining corporation have dominated and exploited all known galaxies for centuries, ruthlessly destroying races who dare to resist. How one man - with the aid of a few surviving Scotsmen—tackles the greatest malignant power in the universe makes for a sprawling adventure of thrilling heroics, full of dangerous underground work, interplanetary wars, intergalactic financial intrigue, monster races, and complex political manipulation spread across a vast canvas of epic scale.

Experience the unabridged audiobook in fully immersive HD sound of the story that changed the shape of science fiction forever. Performed by over 65 actors playing 198 characters with 150,000 sound effects.

“The sheer scope of this production of the epic sci-fi adventure Battlefield Earth is breathtaking.” (Stefan Rudnicki)

“This futuristic tale, featuring aliens and humans fighting for survival, comes across as compelling and believable.” (Booklist)

“It's like a full-blown feature film inside your head.” (Audiobook Heaven)

“A vivid movie of the mind!” (Audio File Magazine)

Unlike any other audiobook ever produced. A fully immersive experience, this unabridged audiobook features more than 65 actors including Grammy Award-winning audiobook producer and narrator Stefan Rudnicki.

This state-of-the-art audio engineering has created a wholly cinematic soundtrack with:

  • 47½ hours of pulse-pounding drama and action professionally recorded with high-definition sound.
  • A gorgeous cinematic soundtrack with full orchestral compositions and more than 150,000 sound effects.
  • A cast of more than 65 actors - many of whom are celebrity voices from TV, films, and games - performing 198 characters.

Awards and Accolades: Top 100 science fiction books

  • Top three of the best 100 English language novels of the 20th century by the Random House Modern Library Readers Poll
  • US Golden Scroll and Saturn Awards
  • Tetradramma d'Oro Award
  • Gutenberg Award

Listen to the novel that changed the shape of science fiction.

Additional performers include: Roy Abramsohn, Corey Burton, Nancy Cartwright, Bob Caso, R. F. Daley, Charles Davis, Neil Dickson, Ellen Dubin, Jim Meskimen, Tamra Meskimen, Michael Gough, Kaleo Griffith, Christina Huntington, Larrs Jackson, Don Leslie, Ralph Lister, Mark Mintz, Phil Nee, Joe Ochman, Mr. Phil Proctor, Enn Reitel, Patrick Renna, Alan Shearman, Thomas Silcott, Tadao Tomomatsu, Bob Walter, Matt Wolf, Robert Wu, Michael Yurchak, Gregory Lee Kenyon, Darren Richardson, Jason Wilburn, Rick Zieff, and Roger Steffens.    

©2016 Galaxy Audio (P)2016 Galaxy Audio

Critic reviews

"A vivid movie of the mind." (AudioFile)

“The sheer scope of this production of the epic sci-fi adventure Battlefield Earth is breathtaking.” (Stefan Rudnicki) 

"Pulse-pounding mile-a-minute sci-fi action adventure that does not stop. It is a masterpiece of popular adventure science-fiction." (Brandon Sanderson)

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Awful, just awful..

I read this when it came out and thought it to be a long and undemanding pulp sci-fi novel harking back a way to the 50's golden age from whence the author emerged. Great for whiling away hours at sea without putting too much strain on the brain.

This 'production' tries to elevate it into something grand and wonderful and fails miserably.
I find it's always a good thing when reading vintage sci-fi to suspend cultural sensitivities in favour of the ones prevailing at the time of writing (sexism, implied homophobia etc) else you could never enjoy the Lensmen books for instance but this writing is riddled with every kind of predjudice and stereotype presented in a way in which it is difficult to get past.

The story itself is simple enough, an everyday tale of one man's crusade to throw off the burden of Alien parasites and remake the world in his own view (A Mary Sue if ever there was one) but the production is horrid. The voice acting isn't awful considering what the actors have to work with, that no character has more emotional depth than a puddle and dialogue which might just make it into the Beano on a slack week but it's the music which really puts the tin hat on it. I seem to recall that Hubbard wrote music to accompany the original novel. If this is it, then I pity anybody involved in its recording. It is hackneyed, stereotyped, has no sympathy with the story, seems bolted on where it can be fitted in, usually at the end of each chapter and became a real endurance test as the thing continued. I took to skipping past as much as I could. That the skip function on the Audible player would also miss out some of the story was often a bonus.

In all I persevered with this as long as I could. Why? I struggle to answer that even now.. I had to go away and read an Alastair Reynolds just to get my head back on straight.

I can't begin to think who might enjoy this and if you are tempted, read the book.

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Outstanding

I don't normally like dramatised audio books but this one is so good , I'm very pleased I took a chance!

If you read the book but hated the awful film version, rest assured, this audio version does justice to this Sci fi classic!

The performances are outstanding and is a must for any Sci fi fans library ! The story is brought to life by the fine performer's and you easily find yourself drawn into the world of L Ron Hubbard's classic!

At over 47 hours in length this is a mega offering from Audible but that time flies by as you are drawn into the narrative. There are no dull sluggish parts, so be prepared for the audio equivalent of a page turner!

I won't go into the story as I feel a short synopsis can't do this book justice, let me just say if you love Sci fi, you will be missing out on a true classic if you don't put this in your library!

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okay story, irritating production and acting.

This is a mammoth audio book, the biggest I've listened to so far. It consists of around 248 chapters. The story itself is not bad at all. Considering when it was written, it still holds up well today as a credible Sci-fi adventure.

The let down with this particular audio book is the (over) production and overly romantic notion of the Scottish, who feature heavily in the story from around two thirds in. I am a Scotsman myself and I found the voice acting pretty grim and the image of "The Scatts" (say with a dramatic American accent to appreciate what is to come your way in the audio book) with their Lachaber axes and Claymore swords to be amusingly stereotypical and a little annoying after a time.

The real downfall is the closing tune that accompanies the last 30 seconds of EVERY chapter. At first it sounds very dramatic and fits the scene. There are maybe 10 different chapter tunes and you'll soon tire of listening to them. I found myself racing for the skip button as soon as I could sense the music coming on. With so many chapters you will be forced (unless you master the skip button) to listen to around 2hrs of chapter closing tunage.

Despite the criticisms I think overall it was worth a credit and if you are struggling to find something to listen to and you like sci-fi then give it a go, but only if you've got nothing else on your wish list.

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A struggle! The story is very poor for me.

A lot of people seem to like this book, but for me it rambled on and on seeming endless, with unbelievable plots etc. Ive not quite finished it but i can't bring myself to listen to any more.

The narration is fine it's just the story that I have a problem with. 2/10. Must try harder.

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okay, but irritating.

This book goes on and on.
I quite like the story, but my biggest bugbear is the narrator.
It sounds like every time he labels something, he is doing the verbal equivalent of "air quotes.''
It gets quite annoying after a while.
The Scottish accents are a travesty,

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Might be the most boring book I’ve ever read

Yawn, dearly me. The length doesn’t constitute good value. The production company are very proud of this work but I was very rarely intrigued by any of it.

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So bad its comical

Bought to see what the inventor of something as ludicrous as Scientology would produce as a novel. It is the most absurd, repetitive, long-windexc and unbelievable storyline I have ever come across. The audible version is even worse...the Scottish accents are beyond bad and have to be heard to be believed. Don't waste your money !

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Those accents man!

The terrible Scottish accents and cheesy American writing surrounding the Scots made thia difficult to listen to. Pretty disappointed.

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rubbish

I have been saving this book for a few years as I had to have spinal surgery, it was going to be my long listen during the time of recuperation as I had to remain in one position for a long while. I have now had the surgery and started to listen to the book. It is the most uninteresting and complicated book I have ever heard. I have not been able to get past the first five chapters. it's appalling.

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WOW

Enjoyed the whole story, narration was wonderful, took me along on a wonderful journey, voice actors took me to new heights of enjoyment. I have read sifi all my life Hubbard is one of the best. I just wished the movie was of the same standard

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