Details:
- author: Josh Winning
- full title: The Shadow Glass
- narrator: Colin Mace
- genre: fantasy
- topics: #movie #eighties #puppetshow
- publisher: Recorded Books
- publish date: 22.03.2022
- timing: 10:16:00
My Rating of the Audiobook:
- content: 💙💙💙💙
- narration: 💙💙💙💙💙
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Excerpt from the Book:
Jack Corman swore as he seized the window shutter and forced it to stop flapping. It had been striking the frame when he arrived at his father's house, making a sound like gunshots that echoed across the street, and he was surprised the neighbors hadn't come out to complain. Then again, Kettu House wasn't just any house. People tended to approach it with caution.
Gritting his teeth, he wrestled the shutter back. Like everything to do with his father, it resisted, and Jack's knuckles ached with the cold as the wind bit into them. His suit jacket squeezed his torso, making it difficult for him to move, and the shutter bucked and jerked as if attempting to throw him off.
My Thoughts:
The Shadow Glass is a fantasy puppet movie from 1986, written by Bob Corman. It wasn’t a huge success back then. But it still has some fans today. When Bob’s son Jack was a child, he loved the story of The Shadow Glass. But now, years after the movie, after his father’s death, he is bitter and resents his father his over obsession with the world of Iri.This audiobook was a pleasant surprise. I enjoyed this 80s nostalgia dark fantasy novel. I would recommend it to all who like Labyrinth, Neverending Story, and similar 80s fantasy novels or movies.
The narrator, Colin Mace, was very good. Just the right voice for this kind of story. I enjoyed his narration.
About the Author:
Josh Winning is a nostalgia nut, book/film lover and author of The Shadow Glass, which is perfect for fans of Henson Company puppet classics like Labyrinth and Dark Crystal, and The NeverEnding Story.
He is senior film writer at Radio Times, contributing editor at Total Film magazine, writer at SFX and Den of Geek, and the co-host of movie podcast Torn Stubs. He has been on set with Kermit the Frog (and Miss Piggy), devoured breakfast with zombies on The Walking Dead, and sat on the Iron Throne on the Dublin set of Game of Thrones.
Josh lives in London with his cat Penny and dreams of one day convincing Sigourney Weaver to yell “Goddammit!” at him.
