Wolves of the Calla
Record details
- ISBN: 9780743561693
- ISBN: 0743561694
- ISBN: 9781508219163
- ISBN: 1508219168
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1 online resource (1 sound file (25 hr., 53 min., 25 sec.)) : digital. - Edition: Unabridged,
- Publisher: [New York] : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2003].
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Participant or Performer Note: | Read by George Guidall. |
Source of Description Note: | Title from title details screen (Overdrive; viewed on January 27, 2016). |
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Genre: | Audiobooks. Downloadable audio books. Audiobooks. Fiction. Horror fiction. Epic fiction. Fantasy fiction. |
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Electronic resources
- AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 2004 April/May
In their continuing journey toward the Dark Tower, Roland and his KA-TET--three twentieth-century New Yorkers, now gunslingers--encounter a peaceful village, Calla Bryn Sturgis, which is suffering attacks on its children by violent robotic wolves. Through sinister understatement, George Guidall conveys the horror of the wolves and the growing tension of the group's arrival at their destination. Guidall shows startling ineptitude for the protagonist's Maine accent but invests the Calla people with a language all their own, identifiable and consistent throughout the production. His characterization of series character Susannah Dean somewhat reprises Frank Muller's excellent portrayal, but, for the most part, Guidall underplays vocal distinctions among the characters. R.P.L. (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2004 March #2
Fans of King's long-running "Dark Tower" series have been waiting over five years for the book to succeed 1997's Wizard and Glass. In Wolves, our band of gunslingers (Roland Deschain; Eddie Dean and his wife, Susannah; Jake Chambers; and the Billy Bumbler, Oy) continue their journey toward the Dark Tower along the Path of the Beam but pause to assist the small farming community of Calla Bryn Sturgis, which falls prey once every generation to the fearsome "wolves," stealing away one child from each pair of twins. While preparing for this fight, Roland's posse finds a door to 1977 Manhattan, where a vacant lot on the corner of Second Avenue fosters a very special red rose. As listeners, we can appreciate the skillful reading by George Guidall, while at the same time mourning the loss of Frank Muller as narrator-Muller's enlivening and energetic readings of the previous volumes of the series continue to resonate. Highly recommended and essential for all collections holding the earlier "Dark Tower" books.-Kristen L. Smith, Loras Coll. Lib., Dubuque, IA Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews July #1
Roland, who keeps trying to reach the Dark Tower, is waylaid in the town of Calla Bryn Sturgis. With 12 full-color illustrations. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2004 January #1
Roland of Gilead's quest to save all worlds from evil continues in this fifth installment of King's epic tale, which finds the gunslinger and his companions helping the farmers of Calla Bryn Sturgis fight against the terrifying "Wolves" who threaten to kidnap the Calla's children. Joining them is Father Callahan, who first appeared in King's second book,'Salem's Lot (1975). Using a low, gruff voice that only Clint Eastwood could equal, Guidall aptly captures Roland's rough-edged character, but it's often difficult to distinguish between the tenors he employs for the book's many male characters. Andy the robot, however, is one character that listeners won't confuse with the others. Wise-guy gunslinger Eddie might compare Andy to Star Wars' C3PO, both in his "complacent, slightly prissy voice" and his lanky, mechanical appearance, but avid listeners will find that the tone Guidall adopts for Andy more closely resembles that of the beloved 1980s toy Speak & Spell. In the afterword, King thanks the narrator of the first four Dark Tower novels, Frank Muller, whose debilitating motorcycle accident in 2001 prevented him from finishing the series. "[A]udio insists you absorb everything," King notes, and in Muller's absence, Guidall does a fine job of bringing this epic tale to life. Simultaneous release with the Donald M. Grant/Scribner hardcover (Forecasts, Aug. 4). (Nov.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.