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Earthsearch

By: James Follett
Narrated by: Amanda Murray, Full Cast, Sean Arnold
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The acclaimed BBC Radio 4 space drama arrives in its entirety for the very first time, with a bonus introduction by creator and writer James Follett. The starship Challenger has been on a 115-year-long mission, exploring other galaxies for suitable Earth-like planets to colonise. The present crew of four were born on the ship and have never left it. But when the Challenger attempts to return to the crew's home planet, it discovers that the Earth has vanished! When they were first broadcast on radio, Earthsearch and Earthsearch II generated a flood of fan letters to Radio Times. Now at last their superb sound is available, digitally remastered for the first time. Also included is an introduction from James Follett, first broadcast as part of BBC7's "Men, Martians, and Machines".© and (P)2004 BBC Audiobooks Ltd. Science Fiction Fiction Solar System Interstellar Mars
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Great sci-fi story remember hearing it on the radio in the 80s on Sunday morning. Ioved it then and loving it now.

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This is a genuinely entertaining full cast listen.
I never had the luck to hear or read this when I was young, but sometimes it's great to stumble onto a classic well after the event. James Follett was indeed a gifted storyteller, and his quirky imagining of the future is refreshingly different to most offerings that I've found within the genre.
The pacing is professional and the characters' world will easily draw you in. I wasn't familiar with any of the actors in this, so I had a clean slate with which to appreciate this classic.
I can confidently give this 5 Stars!!!!!
I have listened to this at least 3 times over the years since I originally bought it on Audible.co.uk, and have thoroughly enjoyed it each time, and have fallen into the story each time. That to me is a mark of quality wordsmithing... and James Follett was just that, a quality wordsmith!
If I was only allowed to take a few audiobooks with me to a desert island or oblivion; this would be one of them.

Classic 20th Century Sci-Fi

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I listened to this as a kid and have spent 10 years trying to figure out what it was. It's every bit as good as I remember :)

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