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LibriVox recording of 2 B R 0 2 B, by Kurt Vonnegut.
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was a prolific and genre-bending American novelist known for works blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction, such as Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat's Cradle, and Breakfast of Champions. 2 B R 0 2 B is a satiric short story that imagines life (and death) in a future world where aging has been "cured" and population control is mandated and administered by the government. (Summary by Wikipedia and Laurie Anne Walden)
This recording is done as a dramatic reading.
Characters:
Narrator: Denny Sayers
Hospital Orderly: Mark F. Smith
Painter: Alan Davis-Drake
Leora Duncan: Laurie Anne Walden
Dr. Hitz: Michael Yard
Wehling: Julian Jamison
Federal Bureau of Termination hostess: Kara Shallenberg
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was a prolific and genre-bending American novelist known for works blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction, such as Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat's Cradle, and Breakfast of Champions. 2 B R 0 2 B is a satiric short story that imagines life (and death) in a future world where aging has been "cured" and population control is mandated and administered by the government. (Summary by Wikipedia and Laurie Anne Walden)
This recording is done as a dramatic reading.
Characters:
Narrator: Denny Sayers
Hospital Orderly: Mark F. Smith
Painter: Alan Davis-Drake
Leora Duncan: Laurie Anne Walden
Dr. Hitz: Michael Yard
Wehling: Julian Jamison
Federal Bureau of Termination hostess: Kara Shallenberg
For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.
For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org.
Download M4B (10MB)
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librivoxbooks
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July 20, 2023
Subject: LibriVox Policy
Subject: LibriVox Policy
For the record, LibriVox policy is to read the texts as written without omissions. That means, even in a dramatization, that all the "he said" and "she said" texts still get recorded. We do not alter texts.
Reviewer:
impalex
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July 20, 2023
Subject: Nearly unlistenable despite crystal clear audio quality
Subject: Nearly unlistenable despite crystal clear audio quality
The quality of the recording is incredibly high, sound quality. Unfortunately the robotic reading of the text gives the impression it was read by an artificial-intelligence with multiple personality disorder. I mean I appreciate the clear, crisp enunciating. Unfortunately the speach is too slow. Too close to monotone dialogue delivery (per character). Sadly the audio is voices read verbatim off of the page instead of reading aloud only the details of the story and just reading silently the various literary indicators within the full composition on the page. IE. ["....." he said.] ["....." she said.] I am not sure how a recording like this is ever produced and distributed. The performers (actors) ruined it, and then maybe the editors, not the audio engineers. For production value alone it gets 3 stars from me.
Reviewer:
Vamelo
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September 27, 2018
Subject: I'm sorry
Subject: I'm sorry
I get the idea behind the presentation. I think the narrator's voice production is way too tinny, and harsh. When mixed with the more mellow and bassy characters it makes a cacophony.
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That just lost the continuity and creates its own sensation which then loses the thread of the story. I love Vonnegut. I am not searching for an alternative way to grab this story.
Sorry,
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That just lost the continuity and creates its own sensation which then loses the thread of the story. I love Vonnegut. I am not searching for an alternative way to grab this story.
Sorry,
Reviewer:
EricJ
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December 6, 2017
Subject: Excellent!
Subject: Excellent!
I enjoy Vonnegut's books especially Slaughter House Five or the children's crusade; as always his books was far better than any cinema could dream of depicting.
Reviewer:
thepiffler
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January 17, 2017
Subject: 2BR02B Theatrical quality!
Subject: 2BR02B Theatrical quality!
Excellent production. Job well done to all and a treat to enjoy. Love the story the author and the efforts of all involved!
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