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Five Star Five: John Lovell and the Zargon Threat Audiobook [CD and DOWNLOAD]
Five Star Five: John Lovell and the Zargon Threat Audiobook [CD and DOWNLOAD]
Description
A brand new audiobook of the previously unreleased Gerry Anderson feature 'Five Star Five'. Five Star Five was Gerry Anderson's answer to Star Wars and was on the cusp of entering production in 1978 when the financing for the feature collapsed. Now, for the first time, the world of Five Star Five has been brought to life by author Richard James and narrator Robbie Stevens in this novelisation of the original feature script by Gerry Anderson and Tony Barwick.
THE TIME: THE FUTURE
THE PLACE: THE UNIVERSEThe peaceful planet of Kestra is under threat. The evil Zargon forces are preparing to launch a devastating attack from an asteroid fortress. With the whole Kestran system in the Zargons' sights, Colonel Zana looks to one man to save them.
Except one man isn't enough.
Gathering a crack team around him including a talking chimpanzee, a marauding robot and a mystic monk, John Lovell must infiltrate the enemy base and save Kestra from the Zargons!
Five Star Five is a novelisation of a script by Gerry Anderson and Tony Barwick.
Written by Richard James
Read by Robbie Stevens
FX and music by Benji Clifford
Edited by Laura Samulionyte
Produced by Jamie Anderson
Format: 5 CD Box set with slipcase or digital download
Running time: 319 minutesAbout the Author
Richard James's association with the worlds of Gerry Anderson began with playing Officer Orrin in Space Precinct. Since then, he has novelised the pilot episode of Space Precinct, Demeter City, and written four new adventures for the officers of Precinct 88, Space Precinct: Revisited. His memoir, Space Precinct Unmasked, details his time spent filming Gerry's last live-action series. He has also adapted a lost sit-com script from Gerry Anderson and Ronnie Cass, The Fat of the Land, as a play for the stage. Aside from his Anderson credentials, Richard has written a Victorian detective series following the fortunes of Detective Inspector Bowman of the Yard.Shipping
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United KingdomFirst rate!
I loved the book and I loved the audio version. Richard James did a great job with these novels and I forgot one would love more stories with those characters. As ever the service from Anderson Entertainment was first rate. Thanks.
United KingdomStellar Conflict
I won the audiobook in a competition, I enjoyed recognising the similarities between this work and another well known franchise. Robbie Stevens brings Richard James' adaptation to life and there's a nice little twist at the end.
United KingdomFun
Five Star Five is different. That much is certain. Had the film been made when it was planned to be, one cannot help wandering what it would be like, especially when compared to both films of the time and Gerry Anderson's previous works. When I saw that this release was going to be an audiobook with a single narrator rather than with a cast like the Theydon book adaptions, I was dubious how immersive and/or epic this set would be, considering what it was based on. I was, naturally, very wrong to doubt. Richard James has done a very good job indeed in telling a gripping story, and Robbie Stevens has such a versatile voice that I honestly forgot at times that this was only him in a recording booth. Benji Clifford's scoring and sound effects cannot be understated either, and they greatly enhance the experience too. The Star Wars influence on the plot, story beats and setting is very clear, but that should not put anyone who doesn't like those films off, as the overall piece is sufficiently different enough to stand on its own. James has evidently remained as loyal to the original script as he could, which means that some of the problems I have of the story itself most probably originate from there; for example, the ending felt a little abrupt, and some characters seemed to not finish their arc, or do so very quickly. Overall, this was a fun listen. If there are at all plans to write a new instalment of Five Star Five in the same way that we got a continuation of Into Infinity a few years ago, I certainly wouldn't be opposed to it.
Netherlands5 stars for 5star 5
Nice relaxing voice. Nice that you can listen to the book. And if you have the book, also read with it.
United Kingdomthe zargon threat
haven't had a chance to listen to it yet but i think it would be good.