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The Langoliers

Four Past Midnight, Book 1

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The Langoliers

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Willem Dafoe
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Number one best-selling author Stephen King's unforgettable novella - first included in his 1990 award-winning collection Four Past Midnight and made into a highly acclaimed miniseries - about a terrifying plane ride into a most unfriendly sky is now available as a stand-alone publication.

The flight attendants were gone; almost all the passengers were gone; Brian Engle was willing to bet the 767's two-man cockpit crew was also gone. He believed Flight 29 was heading east on automatic pilot.

On a red-eye flight from LA to Boston, 10 passengers wake up to discover everyone else has disappeared. Brian Engle, a trained pilot, remembers something about a strange aurora borealis and turbulence reports over the desert. Now he has to try to land the plane.

But the safe haven of Bangor airport is not what it seems. It's eerily empty. The clocks have stopped. The food and drink is tasteless. The fuel doesn't burn. And the sound, like 'radio static', is getting closer. Craig Toomy, an investment banker, believes he knows what's coming. The Langoliers. Which means time is, quite literally, running out....

A spine-tingling, propulsive novella, The Langoliers is a brilliant listen from the masterful Stephen King.

©1990 Stephen King (P)2016 Simon & Schuster Audio Fantasy Genre Fiction Horror Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Tie-in Paranormal Transportation Fiction Aviation Scary Exciting

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I really liked this story and the performance. Trust Mr King to deliver an interesting adventure which will leave you appreciating your whole existence.

Fascinating

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The TV dramatisation was my first exposure to Stephen King in the 90’s, I love it. And the book absolutely did not disappoint

Love this story

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Thought it was Silly ending but still an entertaining book. Enjoyed the characters but a little confusing.

Narrators voice

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If you like Stephen King, you'll enjoy this. And Dafoe is doing a good job narrating. But the volume issues are annoying. I often had to listen on max volume (I never do that), and even then couldn't hear some parts because they were so soft. Only to then be shocked at someone shouting at much higher volume.

classic King but bad audio

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The editing on the audio is generally pretty poor. Dafoe is an excellent narrator, but there's a "ghost-echo" of his voice throughout. The music over some sections is incredibly annoying - it gives a feeling of radio theatre, and I half-expected other sound effects like creaky doors or ripping paper.
It's a shame on what is one of my favourite underrated classic King stories.

Old production hurts a good book

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story is basic 3/5 Stephen king, not his best work, not as gripping as I has hopes.

I did like the narrator but I found that the volume level was highly inconsistent. There were parts where characters are almost whispering and even with high volume it's hard to hear, this then is followed by much louder narration at which point when my head phones are set loud the effect is deafening. It was really off putting to listen to.

story ok, narration volume variations odd.

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I really enjoy Stephen King books. I found the audio quality a bit low. I listen on headphones, my amazon echo and speaker on my phone. all devices nearly had to be at full volume for me to hear the narrator. overall was a good performance and story just hard to hear at stages.

Good story but the sound isn't great

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Half decent story line but I’m a die hard King fan. Anyone who isn’t probably would find it somewhat lack lustre.

When I learned William Dafoe (one of my favourite actors) was the narrator I believed I would be in for a treat. That is until I heard his British accent. Trust me it makes Dick Van Dyke’s sound authentic!

William Dafoe’s British accent is laughable

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First of all, the narration by Willem Dafoe is as good as you would expect, the problem is that a goodly chunk of Chapter 6 is missing. In the middle of a conversation, the recording jumps to the beginning of Chapter 7, Audible have been made aware of the issue. PE

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Each time the English character is voiced it ruins the scene and I'm taken out of the story through distraction, not only is the pronunciation too bad to ignore, at times it's almost incomprehensible (flukkie/flukey).

English accent ruins it

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