Space Race Nostalgia

A space pioneer at a lonely outpost is captured by aliens and condemned to die. Can he hold out until the relief ship arrives...?

Martin Warminger gives top rating to recent audio book release from Max Bollinger Interactive Media.  www.maxbollinger.co.uk  Acid Bath http://www.interactive.eu.com/acid_bath.html

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. Russian born TV producer and writer, Max Bollinger, narrates the tale beautifully, his Russian vowels adding yet another link to that time of east-west space-racing. 

Unlike the usual style of audio book, this has a music and effects soundtrack backing the narration giving it a radio play feel rather than a straightforward reading. Someone has also been playing with some Dalek-voice electronics allowing the aliens to have strange mechanical voices. The whole effect gives a slightly `boys own' ambience which is not unpleasant and is a nostalgic link to those years of sitting in front of the `wireless'. 

As other reviewers have indicated, this is a short story, not a full length novel and as such should be balanced against price. Nevertheless, this is a charming audio book which evokes a period feel of Dan Dare style early space travel and alien encounters which no boy, or even `old' boy should miss.

Acid Bath is available from the following retailers

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