On the Beach by Nevil Shute. Read by Sam Neill. Abridged
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- čas přidán 7. 03. 2023
- In the 1950s, as the US and Soviet Union were increasing and testing their nuclear weapons arsenal beyond all reason. It became evident to some that full scale nuclear war would end humanity. The first to die would be those within the radius of the blast. The subsequent radiation poisoning of the atmosphere would kill everyone else over the next few months. Nevil Shute's 1957 book On the Beach tells the story of individuals from the second group and how they prepare for the inevitable.
Nevil Shute Norway (1899-1960) was born in England and began his career as an aeronautical engineer. He worked for de Havilland Aircraft Company and Vickers where he worked as an engineer on the R100 dirigible. At the same time Nevil Shute (his pen name) was writing books. On The Beach and A Town Like Alice (also on this channel) where two of his most successful novels, though Mr. Shute considered Round The Bend his best work.
Sam Neill is best known for his roles in Jurassic Park, The Hunt For Red October, and a 12 episode series titled Reilly The Ace of Spies. Mr. Neill was also executive producer (i.e. he bankrolled the project) and host of a document series - The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neil. - Zábava
Narration makes or breaks a book. Sam Neill has made this book soar. Thank you for 2 hours of pleasurable listening from an Australian listener.
Sobering cautionary tale beautifully read by Sam Neill.
Made more relevant today since a certain world power has threated to use them.
Just finished listening to this at the office while doing mundane work and had to stop my work many times and completely stop at the end to just dwell on it. A well-written book well-read so that you can really relate to the characters. So much so that you have to break off as it’s too acute and needs thinking about.
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I read this once, in 1974, while I was in the US Navy, and I've never forgotten it. I'm looking forward to hearing this audiobook version.
This was adapted into a good film starring Gregory Peck I believe. With war going on today, it doesn’t seem like a far reach.
Yep! But the US Navy wouldn’t allow them to film in a nuclear submarine, so they had to use a diesel/electric boat instead. For those with knowledge, it was kind of a let down. All in all, it was a great movie.
The remake had a real nuke sub
@@angloaust1575 But the remake was rubbish.
Thank you for sharing the amazing book. One of the greatest books ever written.
Sam Neill was the perfect choice. He had an English mother and a New Zealander for a dad, so he had both of the main required accents absolutely naturally! And he is known as a master of acting flexibility. 👍
Excellent audio book !!! Thank You!
Sam Neill rocks!
Good looking fella too,. Attack force z.
Nevil Shute pretty good too.
I remember reading this book years ago. This audio version read by Sam Neill is so very poignant. Wonderful reader.
Thankyou so much. Have a seminar on this book next week. Showed up on just the right time ❤️
Thanks for the work and efforts you offer us on this channel here. Love from #Liverpool 👋☘️📚
I appreciate that.
I just read the full book and feel it was worth it.
Still this is a nicely narrated, abridged version if you don't have the book.
I was born in 1961! That means something!
Listening for the nth time, still love it ❤
I have this one! Thanks for posting this!❤
Pity its not the whole book. I loved this book. Not sure what Im going to be missing.
It’s a sad but honest tale. Thanks
I wish that Moira's farewell line, as she stands on the bluff watching the submarine head out on its final voyage, had been in the film.
In the original with Gregory Peck, that is exactly what Moira does.
“Mr. Hammond, after careful consideration, I’ve decided not to endorse your park.” - Alan Grant, Jurassic Park
Wow. Best audiobook ever . I read and saw the most vie several times, always scared me. Now I find it comforting. We all have to die sometime and this situation has been coming down the pipes for years now. Much love and peace to all of you.
Read this 50 years ago. Now, in 2024, it really doesn't seem like fiction.
I was only born 30 years ago...
I think about it every day. The Berlin Wall fell before I was in Pampers, and it seems like humanity has conveniently compartmentalized the threat of nuclear weapons ever since.
We live in a world akin to an armed mine left in a room full of Kindergartners.
The one book to make me truly think about being, i hate the idea but i would mercy kill my own animals,
Nuclear bombs are scary, radiation more scary.
Radiation is indescriminate.
Love this book and the very idea
Please let your animals make their own way.
Surprising that Shute foresees Russia/China vs us/nato 6 decades later after the fall of ussr and vast changes in china and nato was still an organization for defense. So much change yet will the outcome be the same?
We need more government!!! Ever look at what we (USA) spend on the military industrial complex... It's staggering,
Can someone help me with finding a soft copy of this version of the book?
There's an ebook version at Rakuten Kobo for 99 cents.
Does he read the whole book?
Abridged means not the whole book
I heard to book is better than the film so here I am. The movie was problematic. (spoiler) the world ends, but everyone in the film is just worried about their own petty issues. E.g. Gregory Peck only cares about his wife and child; not the billions of others. The only character who was realistic was Anthony Perkins. Anyway I'm about to listen to this.
He was doomed to die thousands of miles from home and knew he wasn’t with them when the end came. He had intense survivors guilt. For the others it was a literal matter of fact that they could either die painlessly aided by their government who themselves would also die, either painlessly or trying to hang on for a few more days only to die by horrendous radiation sickness. Imagine the paranoia and horror they all faced as Southern Hemisphere cities went dark over the radio. The hopelessness and despair had to have been so thick you could practically taste it
Great audio book, but don’t listen to it while trying to sleep! You’ll have some crazy ass dreams like I did last night!