THE LONGEST WAY HOME

A 15-year-old boy named Joseph finds himself far away from home during an uprising on a distant planet. The planet's culture is fully realized through observations Joseph makes during his travels. There's not much dialogue here, and not much action either. Robert Silverberg paints a vivid and detailed picture of this foreign world and its inhabitants, but the story is slow and at times tedious. Stefan Rudnicki does a fine job with the narration, which is in one voice throughout. Where the story allows, he adds interesting character. S.D. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine [Published: JUN/JUL 03]