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.
You've got my support. Just think of me as...as your... You know, I'm searching for 'supportive things' and I'm coming up all bras.
Xander ,'Empty Places'
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."
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
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!
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Apr 24, 2011 11:23:00 pm PDT #14527 of 28295
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
So now I'm totally into audiobooks for my commute. What audiobooks do people recommend, specifically because they're good audiobooks?
I listen to audiobooks for my commute too - it's a great way to arrive not-stressed, despite traffic etc. If you can get hold of this version of The Little Stranger [link] , I loved the way it was read, as well as the writing. It's a lovely modern gothic novel, set in the 1950s if I remember right.