Simon’s Reviews > Earthsea & The Left Hand of Darkness: Two BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations > Status Update
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is 34% done
Listened to the 2 CD dramatisation by the BBC, which abridges this brilliant book. This is an excellent introduction to this long Sci-fi novel which has always been one of the most intelligent and interesting novels I have read.
This could be abridged too far (sorry!) because it misses out so, so much of the story in all its richness. It must have been a big task to know how to approach abridging and do it will.
— Jan 09, 2023 11:08AM
This could be abridged too far (sorry!) because it misses out so, so much of the story in all its richness. It must have been a big task to know how to approach abridging and do it will.
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Simon
is 50% done
Good but not as good as the book, in the case of Left Hand of Darkness, anyway.
Having got so far, I seem to have ground to a halt on finishing LHoD and transitioning to The Earthsea Trilogy, which I haven't read in years. More a young adult book, certainly far less mature than my favourite Sci-fi, Left Hand of Darkness.
Still, I'll get there at some stage!!
— Sep 01, 2023 02:09AM
Having got so far, I seem to have ground to a halt on finishing LHoD and transitioning to The Earthsea Trilogy, which I haven't read in years. More a young adult book, certainly far less mature than my favourite Sci-fi, Left Hand of Darkness.
Still, I'll get there at some stage!!
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Feb 12, 2023 04:16AM
There is also appears to be a shorter version of this dramatisation which doesn't include the 3 Wizard of Earthsea books. Published on the same day, apparently, they are both BBC dramatisations.
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