Alliance-Union dramatised adaptations

[meteordust]

CJ Cherryh is one of my favourite SF authors of all time. No one does immersion quite like her: the details of a lived in future, and how sometimes the aliens are us. And when she does epic, it's epic. Some of her work, I've listened to as audiobooks, but most of it, I've read in print format, including her Alliance-Union series.

I was aware that Downbelow Station was available as an audiobook, but I never felt compelled to experience it that way. It's a massive tome, and a pretty intense ride, and I'm used to just dipping into my favourite scenes.

But! I recently discovered a new dramatised adaptation! It's a cross between an audiobook and a radioplay, where there's a narrator doing an abridged version of the text, and a full cast of voice actors doing the dialogue, and a soundscape of music and effects. GraphicAudio calls it "a movie in your mind", and it feels a lot like that.

I'm partway through listening to Part 1. Some of the voices are better than others, but I'm really loving the overall experience. I'll do a proper review when I've finished the whole thing.

What excites me most though is, it's subtitled "Alliance-Union Universe: The Company Wars 1". We might get the whole series! They've already released Merchanter's Luck and Rimrunners. It looks like they're available from GraphicAudio and Audible.

There are samples at the links:

Alliance-Union Universe
Downbelow Station 1 of 2
Downbelow Station 2 of 2
Merchanter's Luck
Rimrunners