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Books : The Hobbit: BBC Radio Full-cast Dramatisation (BBC Radio Collection)
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The Hobbit: BBC Radio Full-cast Dramatisation (BBC Radio Collection) by: J.R.R. Tolkien List Price: £29.35 CD-Charts Price: £20.99 You Save: £8.36 (28%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 9780563528807 Format: Audiobook ISBN: 056352880X Label: BBC Audiobooks Ltd Manufacturer: BBC Audiobooks Ltd Number Of Discs: 5 Number Of Items: 5 Publication Date: October 07, 2002 Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd Release Date: October 07, 2002 Studio: BBC Audiobooks Ltd Sales Rank: 16607 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - The worst audio bookThis is not worth buying unless you want nostalgia from your childhood. It has a medieval setting but the voices are awful - even worse is the singing of the verses from the story (its more like listening to the characters from the old Goon Show or cats fighting)Bilbo is irritating and can't even say Gandalf but keeps referring to Gan-Dalf. Fast forward is a must. I would recommend you try a different version and don't waste money on this one - I have had to give up listening after the first CD!! Rating:  - Imagination made believableI have this on cassette tape, but have now purchased the CD version for convenience. The BBC production stimulates the imagination much more than the telly can ever do. Just close your mind and engross yourself in a believable world of Hobbits, Dragons, magic rings and treasure. Gollum is an excellent character who adds a little humour to the Hobbitses Grand Adventure. Rating: - Excellent, easy listeningFirst off, I have to admit I found the studio production of this CD a little dated - but then, you have to consider when it was recorded. But get past the rather naff production and you have a genuinely entertaining and enjoyable delivery. The compilation faces 2 challenges - it's never going to live up to your imagination when you read the book and it can't match the visual impact of the recent Lord of the Rings films. No matter how you slice it, you are at first going to be a little disappointed *BUT* stick with it - it grows on you. The narrative is skillfully delivered, the script a well thought out adaptation and finally, there are going to be those occassions when you just want to listen to a great story. Read More: Rating: - LEGENDARY!!!This book is truely my title: LEGENDARY. JRR Tolkien's imagination stretched to it's limit to create this extraordinary book, and masterpiece, and the moment I opened the first page I could not put it down. All you can do is marvel at the genious of Tolkien: for how can just one person, with half a century create so many classics and, like I said, legends? If you've read 'Lord of the Rings' then you must have read this. For this prequel is as good, or even, some believe, better than LotR, because if it wasn't for this book LotR would not be, as it was here that Bilbo found his 'special' ring. This book involves Bilbo Baggins, and his attempt to steal the treasure under the Lonely Mountain, which ... Read More: Rating: - Very enjoyable story telling!As an avid fan of the Hobbit, I jumped at the chance to own a copy of the audio CD once I had finished the book. I found it very appealing, a perfect way to unwind after a long day. Younger listeners may be put off because it is a fairly old production, recorded in the 1960's. I can assure you it is as fine a telling of the story as any modern version. My one complaint is that some the voices for the characters, especially the Eagles and Wargs, are a little over the top. This distracted from the story a little as it was hard to take them seriously when they sound like they have all had a good dose of helium! Other that this one minor flaw it is, in my opinion, a very good buy. |
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