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Battlefield Earth

Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi and New York Times Bestseller

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Battlefield Earth

By: L. Ron Hubbard
Narrated by: Josh Clark, Corey Burton, Fred Tatascorie, Stefan Rudnicki, Nancy Cartwright, R. F. Daley, Kaleo Griffith, Don Leslie, Ralph Lister, Scott Menville, Jim Meskimen, Tamra Meskimen, Phillip Proctor, Michael Yurchak, Full Cast
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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:

  • 46 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.

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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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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!

Outstanding

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loved it
excellent presentation
i was a fan of the book
now I'm a fan of the audio book

great audiobook

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No, no attempt to convert you to the mad religion of the super-rich. Listening to this book won't convert you to the cause (and this is coming from someone who delights in winding up the staff at the Tottenham Court Road recruitment office).

What it is: a surprisingly enjoyable if slightly long-winded tale, good old-fashioned hard sci-fi. If you've seen the truly horrible film, it even helps explain a lot of the back story (the obsession with 'leverage' is finally laid out) as well as make you realise it could have made quite a decent TV series. By and by, the story gets along and while there are some real leaps of faith required, they are nowhere like the chasms that Travolta left.

The narration is quite good as are the cast, though the chapter breaks are accompanied by a horrible rock guitar. What Hubbard has done is create an enjoyable, if at times slightly sluggish tale that allows for a full immersion into another world. I'm dubious about the 65+ cast members but as audio productions go it's almost as good as Dune. And while it's nowhere as complex as Herbert's classic, it's still a hugely enjoyable novel: especially on a 2-for-1 deal.

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This was easily my longest book to date. Loved it. Took 6 full shifts at work to finish. Night shift never went so quickly 🤣

Great book

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Read the book many times,it's a rip roaring adventure and the audio book brings it to life,loved it

brilliant

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