Dennis Quaid Performs Tom Wolfes The Right Stuff for Audible

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Business Wire 6-Feb-2018 9:00 AM
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Award-winning actor and star of epic film adaptation voices first digital audio version of Tom Wolfes classic work of nonfiction
NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Audible Inc., the worlds largest producer and provider of audiobooks and other spoken-word entertainment, today announced the release of Tom Wolfes best-selling adventure story The Right Stuff, performed by dramatic and comedic actor Dennis Quaid, who also starred in the 1983 epic film adaptation. The Audible book, available for the first time in digital audio, can now be downloaded exclusively from Audible atwww.audible.com/therightstuff.
The Right Stuff is a breathtaking space epic that explores the minds and courageous spirits of the first American astronauts to conquer space. In the National Book Award for Nonfiction winner, Wolfe channels the inner life of the astronauts with almost uncanny, empathetic powers that have generated critical acclaim since the books 1979 release.
Recording The Right Stuff for Audible my very first audiobook recording was both a familiar and entirely new thing for me, said Quaid. I enjoyed revisiting the story after my role in the film, but reading it aloud by myself in a studio without the aid of costumes, props, or other actors to play off of was different than anything I had ever done before. It was a fun and challenging experience, and I think listeners will enjoy my interpretation.
Dennis Quaids indelible performance as Gordon Cooper in the film was an early landmark in a storied career, and his nuanced interpretation of each character in the Audible edition of The Right Stuff is just as rewarding, said Audible EVP and Publisher Beth Anderson. Whether youve been a fan of the book for decades or an Audible connoisseur looking for your next great listen, this title is an absolute must-have for your library.
Audible Studios has also acquired the rights to produce Wolfes The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test for the first time in digital audio, with casting and a release date to be announced.
With a 30-day membership trial at Audible, new listeners can enjoy any one audiobook, including this performance of The Right Stuff, free.
Among the acclaimed performers who have narrated works of literature for Audible are Nick Offerman, Zachary Quinto, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Lily Collins, Emma Thompson, and Jesse Eisenberg. Audible Studios has won a Grammy Award, for its production of Janis Ians memoir Societys Child, and has also been recognized with the Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year, for Colin Firths performance of Graham Greenes The End of the Affair. Audible invented and commercialized the first digital audio player in 1997, and has since been at the forefront of the explosively growing audiobook download segment. In 2017, listeners around the world downloaded over two billion hours of Audible content.
ABOUT AUDIBLE, INC.
Audible, Inc., anAmazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), is the leading provider of premium digital spoken audio content, offering customers a new way to enhance and enrich their lives every day. Audible was created to unleash the emotive music in language and the habituating power and utility of verbal expression. Audible content includes more than 400,000 audio programs from leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and business information providers. Audible is also the provider of spoken-word audio products for Apples iTunes Store.

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