Audio - Horror & Dark Fantasy 2000

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New Audio - Horror & Dark Fantasy Titles 2000

Christopher Golden Buffy: Immortal Published July 2000 by Simon & Schuster Audio at Ł8.99 ISBN: 0-671-03809-5
Read by Charisma Carpenter
and Nancy Holder

As long as there have been vampires, there has been the slayer. One girl in all the world, to find them where they gather and to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their numbers. She is the Slayer.

During a routine slaying, Buffy Summers runs into a small group of vampires who seem to be out for more than the usual bite-and-suck. As the vamps scatter, one of them stays behind, willing to sacrifice itself to help the others escape. Though surprised - vampires aren't exactly known for their generosity - the Slayer doesn't waste time pondering the demon's motivation and kills it. Or so she thinks.
But the next night a new vampire confronts the Chosen One and her friends. One who knows Buffy's name and can anticipate her basic attack. One who doesn't have the proper respect for Mr. Pointy. One whose name is Veronique.

She cannot die. Strike her down, but like the night she will always come again. And she will bring forth the end of Man ...

Every time Buffy kills her, Veronique rises again in a new body
'Great. Instant replay.' An invincible demon is the last thing the Slayer needs right now. Joyce Summers is about to undergo a serious operation, calling up all of her daughter's fears about her own mortality. Angel wants to comfort Buffy but her mother's crisis underscores the difference between them: he will live forever, while she will grow old... or die young.
Torn between her duties as a daughter and as the Chosen One, Buffy will need the support of her friends to help her solve a rash of grave robberies, head off an influx of new vampires, and take Veronique down, once and for all.
For Veronique is on a mission - to bring about the unification of her masters. the Triumverate, into one all-powerful demon who will drink the blood of the last man on earth...
2 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 3 hrs

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James Herbert The Fog Published October 2000 by ISIS at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0-7531-0983-2 Buy direct from ISIS: freephone order number (UK) 0800 731 5637 or click on the Order button to visit their website N.B. P&P Ł2.50 or Ł3.50 for two or more titles
Read by Gareth Armstrong
A classic tale of horror from the master of the genre.
You can't escape the fog ...
The peaceful life of a village in Wiltshire is suddenly shattered by a disaster which leaves behind it a trail of misery and horror. A yawning crack spreads through the earth, out of which creeps a fog that drives people insane.
Born in Wales and a graduate in Drama from Hull University, Gareth Armstrong started his career in regional repertory theatres. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and has appeared in London's West End in plays by Torn Stoppard, Agatha Christie and Noel Coward.
He has directed Much Ado About Nothing and A Winter's Tale for the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff, where he was an Artistic Director for three years. As an Associate Director of the American-based Shakespeare company, Acter, he has undertaken three tours of the USA.
He broadcasts regularly for the BBC and plays a running character in the radio serial The Archers.
8 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 11 hrs 10 mins
About The Author
James Herbert has been described as one of the most influential and widely imitated writers of our time. He has achieved worldwide success with novels such as The Fog, The Magic Cottage and '48.

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Dean R. Koontz Demon Seed Published August 2000 by ISIS at Ł14.99 ISBN: 0-7531-0914-X Buy direct from ISIS: freephone order number (UK) 0800 731 5637 or click on the Order button to visit their website N.B. P&P Ł2.50 or Ł3.50 for two or more titles
Read by Jeff Harding
Created in the Prometheus Project, he is officially called Adam Two - the first self-aware machine intelligence, designed to be a servant to mankind. No-one knows that he is able to escape the confines of his physical form, his box in the laboratory. Until he gains entry to the house of Susan Harris, and closes it off against the world. There he plans to show Susan the future. Their future. With her, he intends to create a "child".
The original novel of Demon Seed was made into film starring Julie Christie.
Jeff Harding was born in Massachusetts, U.S.A.
He has worked extensively in television, with recent roles in The Fast Show and Trail of Guilt. Jeff also played Father Buzz Cagney in Father Ted. Jeff has appeared in feature films including Tomorrow Never Dies.
4 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 5 hrs 10 mins
About The Author
Dean Koontz was born into a very poor family and learned early on to escape into fiction. His novels have sold nearly 200 million copies worldwide, and twenty-nine have appeared on national and international bestseller lists.

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Anne Rice Interview with the Vampire Published October 2000 by ISIS at Ł19.99 ISBN: 0-7531-0953-0 Buy direct from ISIS: freephone order number (UK) 0800 731 5637 or click on the Order button to visit their website N.B. P&P Ł2.50 or Ł3.50 for two or more titles
Read by Jeff Harding
Anne Rice's breathtaking account of a vampire with a conscience was a sensation when first published and has since become a classic.
Already a major film starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, this is the first time that this opening chapter of her Vampire Chronicles has been recorded in unabridged audio in this country.
In a darkened room a Young man sits telling the macabre story of his life ... the story of a vampire, gifted with eternal life, cursed with an exquisite craving for human blood.
Jeff Harding was born in Massachusetts, U.S.A.
He has worked extensively in television, with recent roles in The Fast Show and Trail of Guilt. Jeff also played Father Buzz Cagney in Father Ted. Jeff has appeared in feature films including Tomorrow Never Dies.
12 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 15 hrs
About The Author
Having lost her mother when she was 15 years old and later on a daughter to leukaemia, Anne Rice created tales of vampires and everlasting life to help her through the pain. She attended college in San Francisco with her husband, poet Stan Rice who she married after high school.
She has written many novels about vampires, witches and all the things your parents told you didn't exist through which she has built an adoring readership, regularly answering readers' questions on the Internet.

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Peter Straub Pork Pie Hat Published January 2000 by ISIS at Ł9.99 ISBN: 0-7531-0754-6 Buy direct from ISIS: freephone order number (UK) 0800 731 5637 or click on the Order button to visit their website N.B. P&P Ł2.50 or Ł3.50 for two or more titles
See Review by Liz Lees
Read by Peter Marinker
When a graduate student with a passion for jazz arrives in New York to discover that a legendary saxophonist he had assumed long dead is not only still alive but playing in an East Village club, he spends night after night in awe-struck attendance. When the legend grants him an interview on Halloween, he jumps at the opportunity. What unfolds is an endless night filled with an extraordinary story told by a dying master: a story centred upon the Halloween night of his eleventh year, a white woman screaming in a shanty town, a killer and an unidentified man fleeing with a strange bundle in his arms.
Peter Marinker is a well seasoned actor, performing not only in Great Britain but also in various productions in Canada.
He has taken many roles on stage, as well as appearing in film and television, including episodes of Z-Cars and Casualty. He has also worked extensively in radio.
2 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 3 hrs
About The Author
Peter Straub was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was educated at the University of Wisconsin, Columbia University and University College, Dublin. He is the author of fourteen novels, including Ghost Story, Shadowland, The Talisman (with Stephen King), Koko, Mystery and The Throat. He has won the British Fantasy Award, the Bram Stoker Award and two World Fantasy Awards, and his books have been translated into twenty one languages. For a decade he lived in Ireland and England, and he now resides in New York City.

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