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Alien Voices
Alien Voices Presents: The Time Machine
In this fully dramatized version of H.G. Wells' classic, The Time Machine, Leonard Nimoy, John de Lancie, and cast members from Star Trek feature films and all four series take you on an incredible journey.
When a time traveler seeks a better world 802,000 years into the future, his optimism is shaken when he discovers that the human race has turned upon itself in a primal display of horror.
Featuring virtuoso performances from the entire cast, riveting sound effects and original music, Alien Voices' production of The Time Machine is an adventure in sound.
When a time traveler seeks a better world 802,000 years into the future, his optimism is shaken when he discovers that the human race has turned upon itself in a primal display of horror.
Featuring virtuoso performances from the entire cast, riveting sound effects and original music, Alien Voices' production of The Time Machine is an adventure in sound.
- GenresScience Fiction
Audio Cassette
Published April 1, 1997
About the author
Nat Segaloff
51 books34 followersNat Segaloff is a writer-producer-journalist. He covered the film industry for The Boston Herald, but has also variously been a studio publicist (Fox, UA, Columbia), college teacher (Boston University, Boston College), and broadcaster (Group W, CBS, Storer). He is the author of twenty books including Hurricane Billy: The Stormy Life and Films of William Friedkin, Arthur Penn: American Director and Final Cuts: The Last Films of 50 Great Directors in addition to career monographs on Stirling Silliphant, Walon Green, Paul Mazursky and John Milius. His writing has appeared in such varied periodicals as Film Comment, Written By, International Documentary, Animation Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, Time Out (US), MacWorld and American Movie Classics Magazine. He was also senior reviewer for AudiobookCafe.com and contributing writer to Moving Pictures magazine.
In 1996 he formed the multi-media production company Alien Voices with actors Leonard Nimoy and actor John de Lancie and produced five best-selling, fully dramatized audio plays for Simon & Schuster: The Time Machine, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Lost World, The Invisible Man and The First Men in the Moon, all of which feature Star Trek casts.
In 1996 he formed the multi-media production company Alien Voices with actors Leonard Nimoy and actor John de Lancie and produced five best-selling, fully dramatized audio plays for Simon & Schuster: The Time Machine, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Lost World, The Invisible Man and The First Men in the Moon, all of which feature Star Trek casts.
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May 18, 2008
Alien Voices is none other than Leonard Nimoy and John de Lancie teaming up to read classic books by HG Wells and others. That was as good a reason as any for me to pick this one up and revisit a book that I enjoyed very much but might not have re-read otherwise. If you don't know why I would care that Nimoy and de Lancie are reading a book to me, well, I'm not going to be able to convince you why you'd want to listen to this one.
Nimoy has the bulk of the duties here, playing the part of the Time Traveler while de Lancie is the friend narrating the tale. They perform the book as though they were reading a stage play, which I found very engaging. Adding some others to fill out the cast, each "person" in the book gets their own distinctive voice. Nimoy is in fine form here. He brings a strong voice to the work, giving it just a bit of an over-the-top dramatic style that fits his character well. He never goes too far off the edge, doing a good job of reining himself in if he strays too far from a calm narration. All jokes aside about being "Spock", Nimoy is a quality actor and that shows here. De Lancie doesn't have as much to work with, at least not this time, but he keeps the steady pace going and interjects at just the right moments.
The book itself held up very well in a second time around. Wells' fiction does not contain much that seems out of place. His explanations of the future, even going so far as to fairly predict the far, far future of a decaying earth, are pretty good for his time period of writing. Though one can argue about his violent underclass morlocks, the idea of a world where the human race has split between the haves and the have nots and the idea that lack of struggle turns to laziness are compelling to argue. (One could say that America's relative ease of the past 60 years is leading to problems now.) He also writes a compelling narration, especially since the Time Traveler doesn't get a lot of time to dialog with others and has to keep a monologue interesting.
Those of you who are fans of a certain series of TV shows definitely need to check this out. Those looking for a pleasing audio book to listen to should also find a good fit in this one. (Library, 05/08)
Trebby's Take: A very logical choice. Recommended!
Nimoy has the bulk of the duties here, playing the part of the Time Traveler while de Lancie is the friend narrating the tale. They perform the book as though they were reading a stage play, which I found very engaging. Adding some others to fill out the cast, each "person" in the book gets their own distinctive voice. Nimoy is in fine form here. He brings a strong voice to the work, giving it just a bit of an over-the-top dramatic style that fits his character well. He never goes too far off the edge, doing a good job of reining himself in if he strays too far from a calm narration. All jokes aside about being "Spock", Nimoy is a quality actor and that shows here. De Lancie doesn't have as much to work with, at least not this time, but he keeps the steady pace going and interjects at just the right moments.
The book itself held up very well in a second time around. Wells' fiction does not contain much that seems out of place. His explanations of the future, even going so far as to fairly predict the far, far future of a decaying earth, are pretty good for his time period of writing. Though one can argue about his violent underclass morlocks, the idea of a world where the human race has split between the haves and the have nots and the idea that lack of struggle turns to laziness are compelling to argue. (One could say that America's relative ease of the past 60 years is leading to problems now.) He also writes a compelling narration, especially since the Time Traveler doesn't get a lot of time to dialog with others and has to keep a monologue interesting.
Those of you who are fans of a certain series of TV shows definitely need to check this out. Those looking for a pleasing audio book to listen to should also find a good fit in this one. (Library, 05/08)
Trebby's Take: A very logical choice. Recommended!
June 16, 2019
Listened to on CD. A full blown radio play production featuring Spock and Q from Star Trek! Very well done. Was only two CDs so you can listen to it no time at all. I had seen the movie a number of times and really enjoyed it. I didn't think it was a short story. So if you are a fan of sci-fi this is almost a must listen to.
April 9, 2015
A well-done dramatization, with minimal changes. A good choice for none of these American performers to affect a British accent.
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