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A Stir of Echoes

By: Richard Matheson
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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About this listen

 Tom Wallace lived an ordinary life, until a chance event awakened psychic abilities he never knew he possessed. Now, he's hearing the private thoughts of the people around him - and learning shocking secrets he never wanted to know. But as Tom's existence becomes a waking nightmare, even greater jolts are in store, as he becomes the unwilling recipient of a compelling message from beyond the grave.

This eerie ghost story, by the award-winning author of Hell House and I Am Legend, inspired the acclaimed 1999 film starring Kevin Bacon.

©1986 Richard Matheson (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ghosts Horror Supernatural Suspense Thriller & Suspense

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Critic reviews

"Perhaps no author living is as responsible for chilling a generation with tantalizing nightmare visions." ( The New York Times)
"One of the most important writers of the twentieth century." ( Ray Bradbury)
"Matheson is one of the great names in American terror fiction." ( Philadelphia Inquirer)
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I enjoyed the film with Kevin Bacon but this spoken version is worthy of an Oscar.

A reading worthy of the story

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Would you consider the audio edition of A Stir of Echoes to be better than the print version?

Only seen the movie and listened to this

What did you like best about this story?

The descriptions of losing your mind to another power

What about Scott Brick’s performance did you like?

Excellent character voices and superb use of temprement and tone
and very good at first person narrative

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes it is one of the best stories in the ghost story genre

Any additional comments?

I consider the author to be one of the greatest writers.

Scott Brick's brilliant narration of a Great Story

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Good story but the narrator read it with too many long slow pauses. I did enjoy the book and wanted to finish it .

Good story

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My second audiobook by Richard Matheson and another I enjoyed very much. The story was nicely crafted and well narrated. Being just over 5 hours long it didn’t deviate as many longer books do. An unexpected but good ending…

Great story

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I went in with an open mind and was really surprised. I love the film, (Kevin Bacon crush), and thought the book would be similar. No! The book has more characters and more scenes that would have been great on screen. The narrator was a little dull at first. Obviously finding his feet with the voices. Stuck with him and sure enough.....he got good 👍

Loved it!

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Scott Brick is as excellent as always. Such a great book, and well worth a listen.

Loved it!

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Started off great but then I found my mind wandering about 2/3 way through. But stick with it.
Enjoyed the full story and the narrator does an excellent job.

Stick with it

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i enjoyed this more than I thought. pacing is great characters are good. very accessible. some people might find it boring but it surprised me. cant go wrong with scott brick narrating.

Classic well paced ghoststory

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Every book I read, I always compare it to Richard Matheson. Another classic from the writer that always leaves you wanting more.

Brilliant.

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I Am Legend is a favourite of mine, (I read it long before the Will Smith film and have seen all the film versions). I have also read and enjoyed other Matheson stories, including the Incredible Shrinking Man, so I was looking forward to this. However, it's not in the same league.

The typical Matheson hero, morally upright, (by 1950s American standards), isolated, but refusing to give up, whilst ploughing a lonely furrow, is front and centre here. However, whilst his other heroes have had me rooting for them, I found the agonising of Tom intensely irritating, as is the behaviour of his wife. I found the story dragged somewhat and the 1950s misogyny was hard to take.

The narrator was OK, but I found his voice irritating. Speeding up the delivery to 1.10 helped a bit.

If this was the only Matheson book I had encountered, I wouldn't have bothered with any others. If new to his work, don't start here. Die-hard fans may enjoy this, for me it was more of an interesting period piece rather than gripping and engaging.

Interesting period piece.

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