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Lloyd Alexander’s The Book of Three, The Black Cauldron, and The Castle of Llyr audiobooks, read by James Langton

Lloyd Alexander brought magic to my childhood, never more so than with the five books collectively called the Chronicles of Prydain. I adored these books, and read them time on time. They were for me what the Harry Potter series … Continue reading

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J.R.R. Tolkien’s Letters from Father Christmas audio, read by Derek Jacobi

Most children have at one point or another written a letter to Father Christmas (or Santa Claus or Saint Nicholas or whoever brings your presents). Now imagine one day finding a reply to your letter. Not only would that cement … Continue reading

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J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings [audio version, read by Rob Inglis]

Rachel Manija Brown wrote this review. Yes, The Lord of the Rings audio version is expensive. It has to be: it’s on forty-five snugly packaged CDs. But if you’re a Tolkien fan who drives a lot, this may be one … Continue reading

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Neil Gaiman’s Sandman audio-drama

It’s hard work to adapt the Sandman graphic series to another medium, but I’ll say that Audible, with the participation of the author as the narrator, has done it most excellently. It’s a full cast production with the usual exceedingly high … Continue reading

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Rita Mae Brown’s Crazy Like A Fox audiobook

If you’ve been following Green Man Review for any length of time, you’ll be aware I had a traumatic brain injury that affected my short term memory; that in turn rendered reading novels impossible, as I can’t follow the narrative worth … Continue reading

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Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys – Playaway Audio Edition

Ah, family. You can’t live with ’em, you can’t wish ’em into an alternate plane of existence. The say that a long time ago a spider stole all of the stories from a tiger. Maybe it’s just that the spider … Continue reading

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