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Survivors

By: Terry Nation
Narrated by: Carolyn Seymour
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A deadly virus spreads across the world as quickly as the passenger jets that encircle it. Within weeks most of the global population is dead. The human race is thrown back into the dark ages. The few left alive must rely on the most basic skills to survive one day to the next.

Abby Grant ventures out into a strange new England, her husband dead, the fate of her son unknown. Jenny Richards flees London. Engineer Greg Preston arrives from abroad. Desperate lone travellers come together, their instincts to form a community, even if that means rebuilding civilisation from scratch.

But not all who are left have such high ideals.... And while she has the chance of a new beginning, Abby cannot settle until she knows the truth. Has her son survived?

©1976 Terry Nation (P)2014 Big Finish Productions Fantasy Fiction Horror Science Fiction Scary
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NOT the same plot as the original 1970s TV series but an altogether more adult and darker story as Terry Nation always intended. Carolyn Seymour is as talented as she is beautiful. A feast for the ears

A classic

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I wasn't sure when I first started but I really got into the story.
End of the world novels seem to be all the rage at the moment and this one is not bad at all.
didn't see the ending coming until the a few minutes before it actually happened.

surprisingly good story

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This is the story of the world after a flu-like plague wipes out most of the population. It's the story of a handful of survivors who are decidedly middle class with middle class issues. Everything comes easy to the people portrayed in the novel, there is little hell, violence or disaster- even when gangs roam around. The most dramatic thing I can recall is the rabbits eating their new crops. I didn't expect zombies or silliness but a bit of genuine fear and dramatic episodes would've been welcome. As it was, this made for a dull listen.

The narrator did a good job and made it sound like a radio play, which picked up the narrative. She varied voices a little but it was tricky to distinguish between characters in the early chapters. So if you want to spend a few hours listening to a family friendly end of the world saga then this is for you. I wanted more realism. Average 2.5 to 3 stars.

Let's hope the real post epidemic world is so tame

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Thoroughly enjoyable, different to the TV series so do not expect it to be the same. The narrator Carolyn Seymour gives it a feel of the TV series , if you are a fan, and changes in plot and some characters did not deter from the story but needs to be listened to in its own right.

Survivors

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Brilliantly read by the actress who played the lead role in the original TV series.

if anyone knows of an example of the Radio that featured in the first episode let me know - I have coverted that machine all my adult life... sigh.

Better than life...

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