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Elite: Tales from the Frontier

Elite: Dangerous, Book 7

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Elite: Tales from the Frontier

By: Chris Booker, Darren Grey, Tim Gayda, Allen Farr, Lisa Wolf
Narrated by: Toby Longworth, Penelope McDonald
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About this listen

Written by Chris Booker, Darren Grey, Tim Gayda, Allen Farr, Lisa Wolf, Ulla Susimetsä, Marko Susimetsä, Rose Thurlbeck, Alexander Saunders, Gareth Bailey, Nicholas Hansen, Ramon Marett, Frederick Burbidge, Matthew Benson, and Christopher Jarvis under official license from the creators of, and based in the vast universe of, the seminal space trading computer game Elite: Dangerous. Read by Toby Longworth and Penelope McDonald. Music by Allen Stroud. Cover design by Heather Murphy.

Enjoy 15 scintillating tales in this eclectic collection where characters seek honor, truth, retribution, and in one case, a place to sell 300-year-old Lavian brandy.

The stories:

Crossing the Line by Chris Booker

The Comet's Trail by Darren Grey

A Question of Intelligence by Lisa Wolf

The Easy Way Out by Ramon Marett

The Maledict by Tim Gayda

Children of Zeus by Christopher Jarvis

Pinacotheca by Alexander G Saunders

Blood is Thicker by Ulla Susimetsä

Beyond Civilization by Marko Susimetsä

Cat's Cradle by Rose Thurlbeck

Nature's Way by Gaz Bailey

A Game of Death by Allen L Farr

Mission (almost) Completed by Matthew Benson

Research Purposes by Fred Burbidge

Ode to Betty Cole by Nicholas Hansen and Darren Grey

©2014, 2015, 2016 Chris Booker (P)2014, 2015, 2016 Daniel Grubb Anthologies & Short Stories Fiction Science Fiction Short Stories Game Greek Mythology

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A few stories were a little bland, female narrator was a little harsh on the ears.

Great if you like the game

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If you have read the book you will enjoy this. Especially if you have played any version of Elite particularly the latest version Elite Dangerous
It really brings you into the world the sound effects are taken straight from the game !

Elite: Tales From the Frontier

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bright and dark stories from across space and time. a rich blend of worlds, heroes and vilians.

So many epics!

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A few decent stories, but about half are rubbish with characters making stupid decisions or unnecessary sacrifice to drive the notion of the noble hero.

Production quality is amateur, with background sounds often drowning out the narrator and an intermittent half send of silence persists at random throughout the book.

Narration-wise, Toby Longworth is brilliant as you'd expect, his narration often being the only thing saving a poor story, but Penelope McDonald reads her stories like she's reading it to a child, often missing the tonal cues of the script.

Pretty average stuff, it was released before the game and draws heavily on Elite and Frontier: Elite 2, but disconnects with the Elite: Dangerous game showing as characters and ships do stuff that either can't be done or are just wrong.

Ultimately, wouldn't recommend.

Poor stories, bad production quality

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careful not to mention anything earth shattering the stories in this book add a colourful background to the elite games. the performances are mixed with some of the voice acting not fitting the tone of the narrative but generally the audio book is a good listen if you are a fan of elite dangerous

a great supplement to the elite games

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