Otherland (radio play)

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Otherland is a radio play staged by Walter Adler and produced by Hessischer Rundfunk (hr) in 2004 and 2005. It was broadcast in four seasons of six hours each in the cultural program hr2 and in You FM , the latest radio program on the hr. The Hörverlag published the work in four parts, each with six CDs with a total of 1365 minutes running time. The novel cycle Otherland by Tad Williams served as a template , whereby in the context of the radio play some of the very extensive storylines in the novel were shortened or in some cases even dropped entirely.

With a total of 24 hours and 220 speakers, Otherland was advertised as the largest radio play production in German radio history. From January 19, 2004 to September 9, 2005, the radio play was produced in the Hessischer Rundfunk studios in Frankfurt am Main .

At the center of the plot is a gigantic computer network in which various virtual realities are simulated: Otherland tells the story of Paul Jonas, who escaped as a soldier in World War I and began a journey through wondrous worlds.

The radio play was realized with numerous effects. For the different narrative strands, different speakers are used for the role of the narrator.

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Otherland - this is the virtual universe in which fantasy becomes reality. Felix Jongleur, the oldest man in the world, and a group of very rich, very powerful men and women created the gigantic network. Your goal is to become immortal as digitized beings in their virtual world. For two generations, they have invested billions in the project and built various simulations in which they can live out their fantasies. Now finally, at the end of the 21st century, the transformation into another level of being is imminent.

Otherland is the fulfillment of mankind's greatest dream, but it also holds a dangerous secret. All over the world children fall into a mysterious coma. A young South African computer specialist, a Bushman and a small group of adventurers penetrate the network together to uncover the secret.

You wander through fairy tale worlds, the Ice Age, experience the adventures of Odysseus and are threatened by comic pirates. Unable to get back into their bodies in the real world, they are constantly threatened by virtual dangers so real that they can kill. And time is running out.

Contributors

Director

music

occupation

  • Gudrun Eggert

technology

  • André Bouchareb
  • Ursula Potyra
  • Helmuth Schick

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Award

The German Academy of Performing Arts recognized Otherland as radio play of the month October 2004. Your reason:

“Paul Jonas, who flees as a soldier in World War I and begins a journey through wondrous worlds; the South African computer specialist Renie Sulaweyo, who with the help of Bushman! Xabbu wants to find out why her little brother fell into a coma; the American teenager Orlando Gardiner, who as Thargor the barbarian fights his way through virtual game worlds with his companion Pithlit - these are just a few of the countless characters, travel groups, so to speak, through the fantastic universe that Tad Williams' fantasy novel Otherland unfolds. The American's tetralogy comprises well over 3000 pages, the radio play version by Walter Adler has 250 speakers, lasts 24 hours and is considered the largest radio play production in the history of ARD. This quantity alone is remarkable. "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ der Hörverlag: Otherland ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 19, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.randomhouse.de
  2. ↑ Der Tagesspiegel [1] , accessed on July 19, 2015
  3. ↑ hr2: Otherland 1-4 , accessed June 29, 2013