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(closed): Eligible for Inclusion? “Classic Radio Detectives”
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(last edited May 20, 2023 01:07AM)
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May 20, 2023 01:06AM
"Original radio broadcasts" (the author credited in the first link on Amazon) does not sound as if it was originally published as a book. So I'd say no. (But I must admit the rules around audio recordings are clear as mud for me.)
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Corinne wrote: "https://www.amazon.com/Richard-Diamon......"Radio shows generally are not books even if there are books with the same characters. For instance the October 30, 1938 broadcast of The War of the Worlds, Mercury Theatre Orson Welles production, is radio play based on H. G. Wells novel The War of the Worlds (1898) not a reading of the novel.
Corinne wrote: "Hi lethe and L J, ty.Muddy indeed. I guess it would fall under this "Valid books - audio productions of books, not recordings of theatrical productions" Assuming we consider radio broadcasts theat..."
Most radio drama episodes I listened to were 30 minutes to 1 hour long including commercials, though a few stories took more than one episode. Even the multi episode stories could be termed inspired by book rather than being book.
Of course there were serialized radio dramas, aka soap operas, but I think all the ones you are asking about are radio dramas.
