Ooh, the OPL does have all the HP audiobooks. That sounds like a good plan after The Graveyard Book.
And then maybe one day I'll try to do an audiobook of a book I haven't already read. Heh.
Wesley: Hey. Hey, Gunn. Is something weird going on? … Charles, you just peed on my shoes. Gunn: I'll be damned. That's weird.
'Life of the Party'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Polter-Cow - Apr 20, 2011 10:33:01 am PDT #14517 of 28295
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
megan walker - Apr 20, 2011 10:58:57 am PDT #14518 of 28295
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
And then maybe one day I'll try to do an audiobook of a book I haven't already read. Heh.
(Fiction) audiobooks only really work for me if I've already read the book.
Polter-Cow - Apr 20, 2011 11:00:16 am PDT #14519 of 28295
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm afraid I'd have to concentrate too hard on hearing every word if I hadn't read the book before. And with a real book, I can easily flip back to refer to things.
erin_obscure - Apr 20, 2011 12:23:52 pm PDT #14520 of 28295
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I love listening to Neil Gaiman's books read by the author, ditto with Stephen King. They are both quite good at narration. The Game of Thrones audio books are fantastic, i can't recall the actor's name off the top of my head but he's quite good. I do find myself going back and skimming through a hard copy of the books to pick up the bits i glossed over while listening.
sumi - Apr 20, 2011 1:01:19 pm PDT #14521 of 28295
Art Crawl!!!
Roy Dotrice reads GRRM's A Song of Ice and Fire books - and it's already been announced that he will read the next one too.
Polter-Cow - Apr 21, 2011 6:17:29 pm PDT #14522 of 28295
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I did pick up The Graveyard Book, and I saw that they also had Charlie and the Chocolate Factory read by Eric Idle, so how could I resist??
Has anyone listened to the Good Omens audiobook? That one could be fun.
Consuela - Apr 21, 2011 8:41:32 pm PDT #14523 of 28295
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I have. It's quite good, although I think (heresy!) I enjoyed straight Pratchett more.
Polter-Cow - Apr 21, 2011 9:01:56 pm PDT #14524 of 28295
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I know many Buffistas have been affected by cancer. I highly, highly recommend The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. It's a fantastic history of cancer and cancer treatment, with a generous dose of public health and awareness.
Polter-Cow - Apr 24, 2011 8:47:49 pm PDT #14525 of 28295
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Best Novel
Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)
Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
The Dervish House by Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)
Feed by Mira Grant (Orbit)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
EXCITEMENT!!
Atropa - Apr 24, 2011 9:04:15 pm PDT #14526 of 28295
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oooh, “Ponies” by Kij Johnson (Tor.com, November 17, 2010) is up for Best Short Story! And Girl Genius was nominated!