Wow this was a surprise. A major 6 hour full-cast NPR radio production from 1981 of one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written. The sound effects, music, voice actors, adaptation, all hooked me from the start. Others have said the same, after 10 minutes you can't stop listening. And it pretty much holds the spell through to the end. The adaptation by John Reeves is more linear and clear than the novel which was mysterious in places. Still the highlight of both novel and radio is the first section, during the dark ages.

What makes it so effective is Miller understands history doesn't repeat, exactly, but does rhyme. Writers of science fiction foretelling the future would do well to study the past, live in the past. Because that is the future. Not exactly, but Miller found a rhyme that rings true. He recognizes some things never change: people. This is a highly recommended performance. Freely available. ( )