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Homefront: An Expeditionary Force Audio Drama Special

Expeditionary Force, Book 7.5

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Homefront: An Expeditionary Force Audio Drama Special

By: Craig Alanson
Narrated by: Zachary Quinto, R.C. Bray, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, Peter Berkrot, full cast
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A full-cast performance of a thrilling new episode in the New York Times best-selling Expeditionary Force series.

After the latest mission of the starship Flying Dutchman, Earth is safe not just for a year, but for hundreds of years. The ship’s weary crew wonders what they will do with their lives in peacetime, but the enemy has other plans, and there is danger on the Homefront.

Starring Zachary Quinto, R.C. Bray, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, and everyone's favorite AI, Skippy the Magnificent, alongside a full cast. Includes plenty of pew-pew-pew, original sound composition, and maybe some singing by R.C. Bray.

Produced by Odd Origin Media and Dagaz Media

Executive Producer Greg Lawrence

Story by Craig Alanson

Script by Craig Alanson and Jack Bowman

Talent Director William Dufris

Sound Director Fred Greenhalgh

Associate Producer Casey Turner

Dialogue edited by Jack Bowman

Sound design by Jamie Mahaffey/The Mix Room and O'Shea Creative Media

Music by Jeroen Grommen

Check out exclusive bonus content at homefrontaudio.com.

Full cast includes: Zachary Quinto, R.C. Bray, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, Peter Berkrot, Kym Dakin, Bill Dufris, Corey Gagne, Nimo Gandhi, Emily Grotz, Dalton S. Kimball, Austin Ku, Daniel Logan, John Dalton Logan, PJ Ochlan, Lisa Renee Pitts, Christopher Price, Michael Rafkin, Lisa Stathoplos, Casey Turner, Jennywren Walker, Marjolaine Whittlesey, Ashanti Williams, Jonathan Woodward, and Collin Young.

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Its very different to the books. Struggled to get through the first hour due to there being a lot going on and the audio quality suffering as a result. Music, sound effects and dialogue at times clashing. Had it not been integral the Expeditionary Force series i may well have given up. It got better in parts but some passages had me pulling the headphones off due to extremely loud sound effects.
All in all the story is good. Smythe would not last 5 mins iin the SAS with that accent and im not sure he was well supported with his STAR team. Skippy was ........Skippy Joe was Joe. RC Bray was Mag MF'in nificent as always. Margaret Adams was not as I had immagined her to sound but Nagatha was almost spot on.
As an experiment it kind of works in the end. It was better than i expected it to be, but you have to concentrate and i was rewinding a lot to catch missed dialogue.
Looking forward to a return to normal in book 8 Armageddon and just one voice and having second thoughts about a TV series being a good idea.

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I was really excited when the audio drama was announced, and it did not disappoint. Overall, the production was of an extremely high quality, however there are a few little gripes with the series but nothing that makes this not worth buying.

My main issue is that sometimes during the action parts, the voices aren't boosted enough above the background to properly decipher what the characters are saying - this doesn't happen too much.

Secondly I am somewhat disappointed in the way the new STAR team is portrayed. Throughout the books the special forces have been described as extremely disciplined, however the new characters sounded more like rookies fresh into the military, I would have preferred writing these characters as a bit more series and more sure of themselves.

My last gripe is that some of the scenes with Nagatha are a little bit drawn out (especially her "battle") and in general the AI scenes were a bit too long to listen to. Also she seemed a bit too AI and unlike Skippy but this isn't really an issue.

Usually, RC Brays performance of Skippy is flawless and what I look forward to in the ExForce audiobooks, however, I believe he really shines playing Joe in this; I really liked the way he was shown. (Skippy was magnificent as always)

I also have to say that the casting for this was excellent. The use of RC Bray for both Skippy and Joe was an excellent idea, along with picking up Zachary too. Loved most people's performance (not so keen on the new STAR team though). Adam's voice actor was also really good.

As for the story, it was a good fit for the audio drama style and was paced much better than the audiobooks, and was exciting start to finish. Unfortunately it does not really progress the story beyond Renegades but that was sort of expected. I'd like to see less of the "new threat discovered, neutralise new threat" and more of the forward thinking, planning and exploring the elders and Skippy's origin in the new few bits of the series. Saving the world is getting a bit old now.

Would I recommend this? Yes definitely, especially if you have a free credit. Despite only being 6 hours, it is done at a much faster pace than the audiobooks so there isn't much less story. For the amount of money invested into this project it is definitely worth the price.

Great direction for the series

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This is an audio drama so expect music and sound effects. I recommend having a quiet place to listen to this. I split my time, some of it listening via a speaker and some time with headphones. I had no problems with either. But when outside with surrounding noise it was a little harder to concentrate. Not to hear, but there is a lot going on and it’s best to concentrate to enjoy it all.

I really enjoyed this audio drama. A lot of work went into it. I would buy another one if one became available again. I enjoyed the story. Can’t wait until the next audiobook or audio drama.

I love that Kate Mulgrew was Nagatha.

R. C. Bray is as awesome as ever.
Skippy might sing a little! So enjoy!

Oh be warned Brock Steal is a clicker/snapper when thinking.


Trust the awesomeness!

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I really like listening to audiobooks. This is much more and tbh it took me 30 min to get used to it. it's so much more sounds then just one voice. But after a bit I liked all performers.

The story is great and Skippy is Skippy he sings.

it's different but I liked it

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so im not usually a fan of audio dramas as i find all the background noise can be to distracting and yes this can get noisy in places but i found i acclimatised to it and after about 45mins of listening i found i didn't notice it too much, because the story is as awesome as the rest of the series. Craig Alanson sure can write. really enjoyed the full cast added a nes dimension to the series, again this took me a little while to adjust but once over that i really got into it, (although for me i will always prefer a straight up audio book especially if read by the likes of R.C Bray)

different from the rest

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