Acid Bath

The starways' Lone Watcher had expected some odd developments in his singular, nerve-fraught job on the asteroid. But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues. Unlike the usual style of audio book, this release has a music and effects soundtrack backing the narration giving it a radio play feel rather than a straightforward reading. Garson's sci-fi adventure story set in the outskirts of the Solar System. The story was written in 1952 by Vaseleos Garson (a pseudonym of William J. Garson) and is typical of the science fiction written for the teenagers of that era. Robots, ray-guns, space travel and aliens. Sound track in this audio book edition contains impressive orchestral music and numerous special effects. For 400 years scientists had been preaching preparedness as Earth flung her ships into the reaches of the solar system, taking the first long step toward the conquest of space -; A space pioneer at a lonely outpost is captured by aliens and condemned to die. Can he hold out until the relief ship arrives...?; The tale is enriched with music and special effects that make it very special. "Acid Bath" mixes old and new; Exceptional music and sound effects and alien voice distortions so realistic they jolt the listener, is not unlike the infamous Orson Welles WAR OF THE WORLDS;

ISBN 0956116531   Pages 45 ISBN13 9780956116536 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 90 Publisher Max Bollinger   Published in London Imprint Fantastica   Height (mm) 190 Format Audio CD   Width (mm) 135 Publication date 30 Sep 2009   Spine width (mm) 15 Playing time (mins) 45   Academic level General Other artists Max Bollinger

01 The Steel-Blues; 02 Outside Solar System; 03 Solarians and Extraterestrials; 04 Examination Room; 05 Yellow Liquid; 06 The Hemlock; 07 SP Ship; 08 Water Cannons;

If you admire stories of the Patrol and of Lone Watchers at the edge of the solar system then this tale is for you. I was not quite sure what to expect from this audio book at first but I was very pleasantly surprised. This is classic old-school scifi in the tradition of the paperbacks and pulps. It is the sort of story one would expect of Andre Norton, Isaac Asimov, or A.E. van Vogt. I had almost despaired of finding anything in this heroic and promethean spirit nowadays. The production is excellent - the sound effects, voice characterizations, and background music fully support the story telling. Oakshaman (Algoma, USA) A space pioneer at a lonely outpost is captured by aliens and condemned to die. Can he hold out until the relief ship arrives? I understand that this story by Vaseleos Garson was written in the 1950s, a time when space flight became a reality for the human race and there is a sense of wonder in its telling that reflects that age of goggle-eyed expectancy. Max Bollinger narrates the tale beautifully, his Russian vowels adding yet another link to that time of east-west space-racing. Someone has also been playing with some Dalek-voice electronics allowing the aliens to have strange mechanical voices. Martin Warminger (UK) Because we often travel via car, we are never without audio books We've sampled some of the best and the worst and we have heard a range of narrators as well. I don't typically gear my tastes towards sci-fi however, I'll admit it...nonetheless new is good and we just listened to Acid Bath on a weekend trip. I have to say, I liked the originality as much as the story. I've never heard a story set to an orchestral background to enhance the storytelling and I LOVED the idea. Whereas we typically hear narrator only during a book on cd, this was almost like getting the best of both worlds...interesting sound effects and music enhancing the tale and that, on a long car trip, was refreshing. It made our trip seem shorter, ..we give it four thumbs up and recommend it. A. Chandler (Austin, TX, USA)

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