Product Description The first in a projected four volume series featuring original short novels by acclaimed fantasy authors in which they return their own special fantasy worlds presents Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Little Sisters of Eluria and Robert Silverberg's Majipoor: The Seventh Shrine. Simultaneous. From Library Journal This work is the first of four planned unabridged audiobook programs from the recently published fantasy anthology Legends: Stories by the Masters of Modern Fantasy, edited by Silverberg (Tor, 1998). The anthology contains 11 new and original works from famous writers of epic fantasy, each set in an established fictional universe. Some stories take place at an earlier moment in the history of their worlds (prequels), others fit into the already-established framework but as an aside from the main action. The current program contains Stephen King's "The Dark Tower: The Little Sisters of Eularia," read by Frank Muller, and Robert Silverberg's "Majipoor: The Seventh Shrine," read by Sam Tsoutsouvas. Both readers perform with consummate skill and imagination. The program should be popular among fans of epic fantasy and as a nice companion to the printed anthology. Recommended for all sf/fantasy collections.?Kristen L. Smith, Loras Coll. Lib., Dubuque, IACopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. About the Author Robert Silverberg has won five Nebula Awards, four Hugo Awards, and the prestigious Prix Apollo. He is the author of more than one hundred science fiction and fantasy novels -- including the best-selling Lord Valentine trilogy and the classics Dying Inside and A Time of Changes -- and more than sixty nonfiction works. Among the sixty-plus anthologies he has edited are Legends and Far Horizons, which contain original short stories set in the most popular universe of Robert Jordan, Stephen King, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gregory Benford, Greg Bear, Orson Scott Card, and virtually every other bestselling fantasy and SF writer today. Mr. Silverberg's Majipoor Cycle, set on perhaps the grandest and greatest world ever imagined, is considered one of the jewels in the crown of speculative fiction.Frank Muller is widely regarded as one of the finest of all audio book performers. From AudioFile The first installment in this four-volume anthology features two novellas, Stephen King's "The Little Sisters of Eluria" and Robert Silverberg's "Seventh Shrine." Both posit alternative universes. There's no denying the potent combination of King's storytelling acumen and Muller's indefinable dramatic power. Nonetheless, King's literary shortcomings do not bring out the best in Muller. He brings out a lot of King's unintentional silliness, which he compounds with his own overused mannerisms and difficulty impersonating young women. Sam Tsoutsouvas is far more successful with "Shrine," a murder mystery set on a distant planet. He possesses an exciting voice, and he's helped by Silverberg's graceful writing. Y.R. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine