The Elephants of Posnan: and Other Stories [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio Cassette]

Orson Scott Card (Author), Emily Woof (Reader), Various artists (Author)

Book Description

Series: Fantastic Audio Series | Publication Date: November 9, 2001

Here are masterpieces by a New York Times bestselling author, a past and present master of the short forms in fantasy, science fiction, and horror. This collection includes original unpublished stories, "The Elephants of Posnan" and "Feed the Baby of Love;" classics like "Unaccompanied Sonata" and "Fat Farm;" as well as the original short versions of "The Lost Boys" and "Ender's Game" -- rated, in its longer version, one of the best-loved books of all time.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Scott Brick has performed on film, television and radio. His stage appearances throughout the U.S. include Cyrano, Hamlet, and MacBeth. He's read over 150 audiobooks in four years-for that, AudioFile magazine named Scott "a rising and shining star" and awarded him as one of the magazine's Golden Voices. The Audie- and Earphone Award-winning actor has read several Macmillan Audio audioBooks, including Dune: The Butlerian Jihad and Dune: The Machine Crusade by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. In addition to his acting work, Scott choreographs fight sequences, and was a combatant in films such as Romeo and Juliet, The Fantasticks and Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

Widely acclaimed best-selling author Orson Scott Card offers up a delightfully funny and supernatural story that delivers the ultimate dysfunctional family. Card is the author of Lost Boys and the popular Ender series.

MICHAEL GROSS has written for "Esquire, Vanity Fair, Town & Country," and countless other publications. Currently a contributing editor at "Travel & Leisure," he is also the author of "Genuine Authentic" and the "New York Times" bestselling "Model," He lives in New York City.

From AudioFile

Orson Scott Card is a modern star of science fiction and fantasy, equally at home in both. Sometimes he ventures into horror, and his tone is often somber and introspective. This short story collection draws from his career as a whole and includes a short version of his most famous novel, Ender's Game. The producers have selected a group of more or less well-known actors, and each is assigned one of the stories: Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Robert Forster, William Windom, Roddy McDowall, Robert Foxworth, among others. Card himself reads several of the tales. Professionals all, the readers are expressive and effective. D.R.W. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Audio Literature; Unabridged edition (November 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1574534580
• ISBN-13: 978-1574534580
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.6 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,145,365 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #22 in Books > Books on Cassette > Authors, A-Z > ( C ) > Card, Orson Scott

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Card is incredible!, May 17, 2002

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Vickie "GirlinAWhirl.com" (Redlands, US, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Elephants of Posnan: and Other Stories (Audio Cassette)

I don't know what it is about Orson Scott Card -- Before I ever read him, I only knew that he was a science fiction writer--a genre that isn't a favorite of mine. However, my opinion now is that Card ranks as one of the absolute best and most skillful authors alive today. He has an amazing ability to get inside the person or circumstance he is writing about and make it into something that anyone could understand and be profoundly moved by.

In addition, he comes up with some of the most fascinating ideas for a story. The title piece, 'The Elephants of Posnan', is one example. Although there is no doubt that Card wasn't suggesting that the premise of this story is truth, it still left me mulling the entire piece over and over again. He makes such a moving and brilliant case for something entirely bizarre, and insightfully comments on the nature of man in the process. 'The Elephants of Posnan' was positively spellbinding, beginning to end.

I love this collection. Orson Scott Card is a true master of his craft.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A master storyteller at work., March 29, 2002

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Robert W. Barnwell "BobTheCopywriter" (Starkville, MS, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Elephants of Posnan: and Other Stories (Audio Cassette)

In this collection not only are you exposed to Orson Scott's Card's mastery of fiction, but you gain some insight into his creative process as well, thanks to the author's commentary on certain pieces.
The various storys are a joy to listen to and range from science fiction to fantasy, from psychological thriller to love story.
Whether you're a die hard Ender Series fan, a general fan of Card's, or a first time listener to the whole audiobook genre, there's something here you'll cherish.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Stories From Orson Scott Card, April 12, 2004

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James Duckett (St. George, Utah) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Elephants of Posnan: and Other Stories (Audio Cassette)

Listening to this work by Orson Scott Card is wonderful... you get a great Card tale several times a day. The stories are short, great, to the point, and excellently read. It was interesting to hear the short version of "Ender's Game" from its originally printed form. There were some other favorites that I had picked up in there, like "The Porcelain Salamander," which is a fascinating story I had read in another collection of his.

I found these stories interesting. Sure, there was one or two I didn't care for all that much (or, possibly, didn't understand) but on the whole I'm glad I picked this series up. But this does seem to span several different genres, not just science fiction which is Orson Scott Card's main forte.

I would highly recommend this to anybody who loves a good audio book. And, remember in life's battles: "The Enemy Gate is Down!!"