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Spellsinger [Dramatized Adaptation]

By: Alan Dean Foster
Narrated by: full cast, Terence Aselford, Gregory Linington, Bradley Smith, Chris Genebach, Yasmin Tuazon, Shanta Parasuraman, David Jourdan, Andy Clemence, James Konicek, Richard Rohan, Ren Kasey
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Snatched through a portal into a land of magic, a young musician must use a mysterious, multistring duar to rescue the world into which he has fallen before he can return to his own.

Jonathan Thomas Meriweather is a typical college student, interested in girls, music, and an occasional taste of reefer. But when a journey through an interdimensional portal lands him in a world of talking animals and ominous sorcery, he finds he is on a very different trip indeed. Here, when he plays a strange instrument called a duar, peculiar things happen: powerful magic that may be the only way to stop a dark force that threatens his new world — and his old one. Reluctantly, he finds himself teaming up with a semi-senile turtle wizard; a thieving, backstabbing otter; and a bewildered Marxist dragon to rally an army for the war about to come.

Spellsinger, the first in Alan Dean Foster’s eight-book Spellsinger series, introduces a world of magic and mayhem, where animals are people and plunging ahead no matter what the consequences may be the only way to survive.

Performed by Terence Aselford, Gregory Linington, Bradley Smith, Chris Genebach, Yasmin Tuazon, Shanta Parasuraman, David Jourdan, Andy Clemence, James Konicek, Richard Rohan, Ren Kasey, Jeff Allin, Paul Reisman, Ken Jackson, Michael Glenn, Nanette Savard, Todd Scofield, Alyssa Wilmoth, Michael John Casey, Scott McCormick, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Mort Shelby.

©1983 Alan Dean Foster (P)2015 Graphic Audio, LLC
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Love the full cast of voice actors

Hilarious introduction to a quirky world with a deeply imperfect protagonist. The full cast of voice actors is extremely well done and is totally the highlight of this book

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Great book

This was a fun and very enjoyable book to read .
I enjoy reading Alan dean Foster. He is one of the best.

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it was great

love it, couldn't stop listening, getting the next book in the amazing spellsinger saga. Great voice acting

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graphic audio fantasy

Great listen. campy story but funny. well done. missing the original songs for copyright reasons.

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Fun

It was a fun listen. I read this book years ago and had forgotten much of it.

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The multiple voices help the story’s expansiveness

I liked the pace of the storytelling and the characters, the multiple voice actors helped to make it even more immersive.

That said, there were some audio elements from time to time that I can’t really describe or explain, but they pulled me out of the story temporarily. They may just be editing or maybe my phone hiccuping.

Overall, I enjoyed the story and I hope to find the second book on audible.

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heavily abridged

if you liked the original spellsinger books, you will find about 1/3 of the original story missing. sad. it was much better in the longer version.

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A Classic Brought To Life

Spellsinger is one of my favorite book series from my childhood, and to hear it brought to life like this was fantastic. The fact that they treated it like an audio drama makes me so happy, and the casting was spot on (with Pog's voice being better than I imagined in my childhood).

If I have any complaint, it's one I understand, as they didn't use any of the licensed songs they talked about in the books (Purple Haze, Red Corvette, etc). But since they're licensed, it's understandable that they couldn't.

I highly recommend this for anyone who like Audio Dramas and/or fantasy novels.

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A Great Listen!!


The dramatized adaptation of "Spellsinger" beautifully brings Alan Dean Foster's beloved series to life. The cast delivers outstanding performances that truly capture the essence of the characters. My only disappointment was the absence of the songs featured in the book, likely due to copyright restrictions. However, this minor drawback doesn’t overshadow the overall experience. This adaptation is a fantastic listen and a must for fans of the series!

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fantastic fun

simple but entertaining! a real treat with a fantastic cast that brings this world to life

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