Audio - Science Fiction Titles 1999
New Audio - Science Fiction Titles
1999
Kevin J. Anderson
The Jedi Academy Trilogy
Published August 99 by HarperCollins Audio at £17.99
ISBN: 0-00-105588-7
Boxed Set
Read by Anthony Heald
Volume 1: Jedi Search
As the war between the Republic and the scattered remnants of the Empire continues, Han and Leia’s two children - the Jedi twins - grow up into toddlers - and begin to come into their powers in a universe on the brink of vast changes and challenges. In this time of turmoil and discovery, an extraordinary new Star Wars saga begins...
While Luke Skywalker fakes his first step toward setting up an academy to train a new order of Jedi Knights, Han Solo and Chewbacca are taken prisoner on the planet Kessel and to forced to work in the fathomless depths of a spice mine. But when Han and Chewie break away, they flee desperately to a secret Imperial research laboratory surrounded by a cluster of black holes - and go from one danger to a far greater one...
On Kessel, Luke picks up the trail of his two friends, only to come face-to-face with a weapon so awesome, it can wipe out an entire solar system. It is a death ship called the Sun Crusher, invented by a reclusive genius and piloted by none other than Han himself...
Volume 2: Dark Apprentice
As the New Republic takes devastating losses in the ongoing war with the scattered remnants of the Empire, the galaxy's future depends on three small children - among them the Jedi twins born to incredible powers and perils, as an extraordinary new Star Wars saga unfolds...
Breaking the Pax Republica, Admiral Daala uses her imperial fleet to conduct guerrilla warfare on peaceful worlds. And now she threatens the watery homeworld of Admiral Ackbar. But while the battle for a planet rages, an even greater danger emerges at Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy. A brilliant young student, Kyp Durron, delves dangerously into the dark side of the Force. Impatient to rid the universe of its conflicts, Kyp steals an extraordinary doomsday weapon – the Sun Crusher - to subjugate the Republic's last enemies. And when Luke Skywalker confronts his rebellious student, a titanic duel of Jedi powers erupts. But Kyp has a dark and deadly ally on his side ... and together they may prove more than even a Jedi Master can handle.
Volume 3: Champions of the Force
As the New Republic continues its struggle for survival, a scattered but powerful remnant of the shattered Empire seeks to destroy three precious children - among them Han and Leia's Jedi twins - who represent the next generation of Jedi Knights, in this third and final novel of the Jedi Academy Trilogy…
Suspended helplessly between life and death, Luke Skywalker lies in state at the Jedi academy. But on the spirit plane, Luke' fights desperately for survival, reaching out psychically to the Jedi twins. At the same time, Leia is on a life-and-death mission of her own, a race against imperial agents hoping to destroy a third Jedi child - Leia and Nan's baby Anakin - hidden on the planet Anoth. Meanwhile, Luke's former protege Kyp Durron has pirated the deadly Sun Crusher on an apocalyptic mission of mass destruction, convinced he is fighting for a just cause. Hunting down the rogue warrior, Nan must persuade Kyp to renounce his dark crusade and regain his lost honour. To do it, Kyp must take the Sun Crusher on a suicide mission against the awesome Death Star prototype -a battle Nan knows they may be unable to win... even with Luke Skywalker at their side!
Anthony Heald’s
This deluxe production features original Star Wars music and sound effects.
Each Volume consists of two tapes, abridged with approx 3 hours of playing time.
About The Author
Kevin J.Anderson is the bestselling author of Ruins.
Terry Brooks
The Phantom Menace
Published May 99 by Random House Audio at £10.00
Read by Michael Cumpsty
In barren desert lands and seedy spaceports ... in vast underwater cities and in the blackest depths of space ... unfolds a tale of good and evil, of myth and magic, of innocence and power. At last the saga that captured the imagination of millions turns back in time to reveal its cloaked origins - the start of a legend - the story of Star Wars.
Based on the screenplay and story by George Lucas, this novel by master storyteller Terry Brooks probes the depths of one of the greatest tales of our time, providing rich detail and insight into the minds and motives of the characters and shedding bold new light on Lucas' brilliant creation.
Visit the official Star Wars website at: http://www.starwars.com
Michael Cumpsty's feature film credits include The Ice Storm, Fatal Instinct and State of Grace.
An abridgement of Star Wars: Episode 1 The Phantom Menace. Published by Century in hardback
Abridgement by Sharon Mattlin
Music composed by John Williams
Playing time approx 4 hours - three cassettes
About The Author
Terry Brooks published his first novel The Sword of Shannara in 1977, and has published fifteen consecutive bestselling novels since. He lives with his wife in the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii.
Michael Crichton
Timeline
Published November 99 by Random House Audio at £12.99
ISBN: 1-85686-304-2
Read by Stephen Lang
This abridgement approved by the author
Published by Century in hardback and Arow in paperback
Michael Crichton's new novel opens on the threshold of the twenty-first century. It is a world of exploding advances on the frontiers of technology. Information moves instantly between two points, without wires or networks. Computers are built from single molecules. Any moment of the past can be actualised - and a group of historians can enter, literally, life in fourteenth-century feudal France. Imagine the risks of such a journey. Not since Jurassic Park has Michael Crichton given us such a magnificent adventure. Here, he combines a science of the future - the emerging field of quantum technology - with the complex realities of the medieval past. In a heart-stopping narrative, Timeline carries into a realm of unexpected suspense and danger, overturning our basic ideas of what is possible.
Stephen Lang's theatre work includes roles on Broadway in Hamlet and A Few Good Men. He has appeared in the filme The Hard Way, Another You, and Last Exit to Brooklyn
4 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 6 hrs
Abridged by Virginia Noonan
Produced by John Wagner
About The Author
Michael Crichton was born in Chicago in 1942. He took his first degree at Harvard in anthropology, and then qualified as a medical doctor in 1969. His latest book will be his sixteenth, following the worldwide bestsellers Jurassic Park, Rising Sun, Disclosure, The Lost World, and most recently, Airframe. Crichton has also been a screenwriter and producer/ director. His successes include Westworld, The Great Train Robbery, Coma and Twister and he is the creator of the smash hit TV Drama ER. He now lives and works in Los Angeles and is married with one daughter.
R.A. Salvatore
Starwars: Vector Prime The New Jedi Order
Published October 99 by Random House Audio at £8.99
ISBN: 1-85686-752-8
Read by Anthony Heald
With the exciting arrival of The New Jedi Order series, the next era of Star Wars history is about to begin. Here, fantasy and science fiction's most acclaimed authors propel the legendary epic into the next millennium, introducing us to a rich cast of characters that features old favourites - Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo - along with the next generation of Jedi and never-before seen creatures, droids and deadly agents of darkness.
Twenty-one years have passed since the heroes of the Rebel Alliance destroyed the Death Star, breaking the power of the Emperor. Since then, the New Republic has valiantly struggled to maintain peace and prosperity among the peoples of the galaxy. But unrest has begun to spread; tensions erupt in outbreaks of rebellion that, if unchecked, threaten to destroy the Republic's tenuous reign…
2 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 3 hours
Abridged by Sharon Mattlin
Produced by David Rapkin
Directed by Lars Hoel
