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  • Floating Dragon

  • By: Peter Straub
  • Narrated by: Fritz Weaver
  • Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
  • 2.9 out of 5 stars (39 ratings)

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Floating Dragon

By: Peter Straub
Narrated by: Fritz Weaver
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Publisher's summary

Two monstrous evils. The quiet suburban town of Hampstead is threatened by two horrors. One is natural. The hideous, unstoppable creation of man's power gone mad. The other is not natural at all. And it makes the first look like child's play.
©1983 Peter Straub (P)2009 Audio Holdings, LLC
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Seriously condensed form of book

I enjoyed this - but - the severely abridged version here was disappointing! The original book was so good. Why doesn’t the title page advise this is condensed edition? It should say so!

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Good Story

I enjoyed the book. But felt the abridged version left a lot out. Characters felt under developed and the story wrapped up too quickly. Overall I liked the story but knowing Mr. Straub's association with S. King, the story felt very reminiscent of It.

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kind of stupid

sorry, didn't like this at all. stuff happens that comes out of thin air and have no basis in the story. and Fritz, too many breathing and mouth noises for me.

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Horrible!!! Nothing like original book

Horrible!!! One of my favorite books and it has been butchered on this audible!!!

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It's abridged!!!

This is not advertised as an abridged version of the book. Very disappointed that I paid for an entire audiobook and got a less than 2 hour version!!!

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Like bad cliff notes

One of Mr Straub’s better fairy tales not abridged - literally hacked to pieces and spit onto tape.

Excellent performance navigating the disaster by Mr. Weaver

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The book was better

Half the book was skipped. We didn’t get the whole story and this has always been one of my favorite books.

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Don't Bother

This is a condensed version ... I was horrified to see that its running time was three hours. I don't spend money for a few paragraphs.

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Don't don't don't

I can't believe Peter Straub would allow this. Floating Dragon is an incredible book, one of my favorites. How can they release a title with the same name that is nothing like the book. I'm so disappointed and feel completely scammed

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what is this?

I don't kno what this is but is not a correct audiobook of the actual novel by Straub because I have his actual novel and it is over 500 pages and should be about 15 hours long at least, not a jumbled 2 and half hours. Does anyone know where this version comes from? did Straub ok this? or even write it? Because it's terrible and almost incoherent! Also the narrator is one of the worst I've ever heard. hes constantly swallowing loud in our ears and smacking his lips and tongue. he takes long pauses as well. very amateurish.

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