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Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Volume I

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Stephen King, Tim Curry, Rob Lowe, Whoopi Goldberg
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A star-studded cast of readers present unabridged tales of horror and suspense from Stephen King's classic best-selling short story collection. This volume includes an Introduction by Stephen King, plus "Suffer the Children" read by Whoopi Goldberg; "Crouch End", Tim Curry; "Rainy Season", Yeardley Smith; "Dolan's Cadillac", Rob Lowe: "The House on Maple Street", Tabitha King; "Umney's Last Case", Robert B. Parker; "Head Down", Stephen King; and "Brooklyn August", Stephen J. Gould.
©1993 Stephen King (P)2009 Simon and Schuster
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Stephen King always the master., Love his books ,

I read every thing he writes, he just doesn't put them out fast enough. Give me more...

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Wonderful!

I loved the narrators. They were perfect matches for their stories. Was sorry when it ended and will definitely listen again

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Hit and Miss

The fiction is great, and the stories read by actors really sing.

BUT, two gripes: the last entry is a long non-fiction piece about baseball, and the voice acting is a very mixed bag.

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Great read as always with Stephen King.

wonderful stories, terrific narrations! Thank you again. I loved it. So grate ful to have Authors and Audible.

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Excellent !!

Wonderfully narrated by all. I've always loved Tim Curry and Whoopi, and have now fallen in love with Yeardley Smith. Her reading of RAINY SEASON was talented and interesting.. a real performance. And, as always, King rules all. <3

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I love these short stories!

Beautifully done. The narrators did an amazing job. The stories were great. Wonderful book and presentation!

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Head Down

Head Down was wonderful! I was going to skip it because it was an essay and I’m not much of a baseball fan. But the words and story of these young boys was so well done! Don’t skip it! When people talk today about young men being left behind they should listen and learn from this.

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Excellent Story Writing, so far..

have only listened to two stories so far will update this review as we listen to the rest…

- Dolans Cadillac
Excellent story! Perfect narrator! Fabulous modern take on one of your favorite old stories from one of your very favorite old authors. No spoiler here listen and you’ll discover it yourself.

- House on Maple Street
Great story! Questionable narrator. It sounds like she has a slight speech impediment, which is an odd choice for an audiobook narrator, but in any event her overpowering accent is just past the line of annoying. Also odd background noises, which obviously were intended to be dramatic, but really were mostly just distracting.


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Great!!!

Love this. I thought that all the readers were perfect for the story they read.

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Great collection! Can't wait to start volume 2!

Great Stories! Different then most of his other short story books, but if you know Stephen King, you then know that he's not just the Master of Horror. He's also the Master of having no need for a comfort zone or M.O. To rely on. He writes incredibly, exploring different genres and states of mind. The short stories in this collection are no different.

The readers are all fantastic! Whoopi Goldberg was a delightful surprise in that I never expected her to be such an amazing story teller. Everyone else was amazing as well.

Now... On to Volume 2!

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