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Selected Shorts: Lots of Laughs! (Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story) (v. XVIII) [Abridged, Audiobook, CD] [Audio CD]

David Schickler (Author), Ron Carlson (Author), Isaiah Sheffer (Author), John Updike (Author), Neil Gaiman (Author), Etgar Keret (Author), Nicholson Baker (Author)
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Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story April 1, 2005
This three-CD collection features more best-loved selections from National Public Radio's Selected Shorts, an award-winning series of classic and contemporary short fiction read by acclaimed actors and recorded live at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City. More than three hours of recordings in each collection capture the intimacy of live performance. Stories are alternately funny, sad, moving, and exciting and make a perfect accompaniment to daily activities such as driving, cooking, exercising, and relaxing.

Lots of Laughs! includes, among others, John Updike’s “Farrell’s Caddie,” read by Charles Keating; Neil Gaiman's "Chivalry," read by Christina Pickles; Ron Carlson's "On the USS Fortitude," read by Laura Esterman; Etgar Keret's "Fatso," read by John Guare; and David Schickler's "Jamaica," read by Isaiah Sheffer.

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Best AudioBooks of 2007, AudioFile Magazine



The Listen Up Awards—Best Audios of 2007, Publishers Weekly


"When I read for Selected Shorts . . . my job is to take the listener on a trip. I'm like a guide who, having explored the stories' emotional frontier in the private hours of rehearsal, steps up to the microphone on stage at Symphony Space, looks out over the crowd of expectant travelers and says, 'come with me.'"  —John Shea, Emmy award–winning actor

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  • Audio CD
  • Publisher: Symphony Space; Unabridged edition (April 1, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0971921822
  • ISBN-13: 978-0971921825
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 5.7 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #675,500 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Storytelling!, June 29, 2006
This review is from: Selected Shorts: Lots of Laughs! (Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story) (v. XVIII) (Audio CD)
I have been a devoted Selected Shorts fan for about 12 years and I thought this collection was really first-class. I listened to it at night in the car when I was on the road and enjoyed it thoroughly, especially the stories "Farrell's Caddy" and "Chivalry." The other stories were very good, too. I would heartily recommned this collection to anyone who enjoys a well told tale. John La Boone, St. Marys, Georgia
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Good stories read live., April 9, 2010
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I liked the stories, they are read to a live audience, which is nice (authentic laughs). Each story is read by a different actor, some better than others.

Note that actors transition from loud to soft for dramatic effect, unlike the usual monotone of a standard reader. I dislike as I travel in a car with variable background noise that makes me turn the volume way up for soft parts and then be blasted by the actors' emphasis of a joke, as this isn't a problem for most people's listening I still give this 5 stars.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Horror of horrors, July 14, 2010
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Save your money. This book is NOT funny, the writer needs to get a REAL sense of humor and leave true humor stories to those who can write it. It was a real waste of my money. If I could rate this book below one,that would be my rating. I've heard of dark humor before, but this is beyond that! I trashed it.
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