Yeah it's undemanding but really good fun.

Currently listening to Doug Stanhope's "Digging Up Mother" which is fucking brilliant as an audiobook.

Talking books that have accompanied me on my ramblings and runnings lately have been, Children Of Time and We Are Legion (We Are Bob). Children Of Time was a space opera and a good one at that, definitely worth the time. I'm about halfway through We Are Legion which is more of a romp and loads of fun so far.

Ok, I'm a bit new to this audiobook game.

I loved the Alan Partridge books because they're read by Alan.

I enjoyed the Vic Reeves autobiography because it's read by Vic.

I enjoyed the Narnia books because they're recordings of BBC radio play versions of the books, with a full cast and other trappings.

Now, what I'm having trouble with is fiction. Is it typical for the reader to "do" the voices for all the characters? Because I started listening to Shantaram the other day, and while I found the aussie guy doing an Indian accent a little off-putting, I found him putting on a sultry female voice for the protagonist's love-interest absolutely ludicrous, and I had to stop listening and delete it. No way am I listening to 48 hours of that nonsense.

Is that normal? Or is it more common for voices to be read flatly, in a he said, she said, kind of way?

Loved Children of Time when I read it. So, very good!

Bought We are Legion a while back, but never got round to listenting to it. Started because of your recommendation and I'm really enjoying it.

I was put off because I'm wary of the somewhat new trend of[i] 'science fiction geek authors, writing science fiction that only references science fiction because they've only read science fiction, and all their characters are science fiction geeks that keep talking" and it boggles my mind it's getting big directors adapting it all*.

But half way through Bobiverse 1 and it's managed to side step (most of) that. It's just great fun. Addictive and I'm enjoying every second.

I did not know you could pause audible.. will give me chance to listen to the books

I meant my membership

I meant my membership

Thanks! I bought this after reading your post. I have fallen asleep three times, so have restarted it three times. I’m enjoying it, but also enjoying the words and descriptions run over me, and combined with my exhaustion i keep dropping off.

Started listening to Mythos by Stephen Fry, after I decided to give God of War another go on the PS4. Admittedly God of War deals with Norse mythology, but it was the trigger I needed.

I highly recommend it. Those Greek gods were some fucked up dudes, with a serious problem with eating their own babies and general familial murder. Fry's analogies and matter of fact language make it all highly relatable, though I must confess I struggle to keep track of who is who, there are some many names being thrown at you.

Neil Gaiman's Norse mythology audiobook is good, if you can get past his slightly irksome accent. The Norse gods are even more ridiculous than their Greek cousins, with a healthy dose of cross-dressing, getting drunk, turning into sexy horses and stealing things from giants.

Neil Gaiman's Norse mythology audiobook is good, if you can get past his slightly irksome accent. The Norse gods are even more ridiculous than their Greek cousins, with a healthy dose of cross-dressing, getting drunk, turning into sexy horses and stealing things from giants.

Is it read by Spike?

Does anyone have any suggestions?

I actually downloaded Neverwhere yesterday, by almost chance as Audible showed me it as I’d finished the Norse Myths. I really enjoyed the Pratchett books I listened to, though I think I lost my way with k owing which one(s) to go for next as I see a lot of people talk about some have to be listened to in a particular order to make sense, but every source I looked at said a different order, so I stuck mostly to the ones that people said worked as ‘standalone’ stories.

I actually downloaded Neverwhere yesterday, by almost chance as Audible showed me it as I’d finished the Norse Myths. I really enjoyed the Pratchett books I listened to, though I think I lost my way with k owing which one(s) to go for next as I see a lot of people talk about some have to be listened to in a particular order to make sense, but every source I looked at said a different order, so I stuck mostly to the ones that people said worked as ‘standalone’ stories.

I'd say just about any can be a standalone , however they work better if you know a little of the history of the characters - they also are all set on the one world and generally in order so you occasionally get characters who are in one book show up later in another

One of the problems with the early ones (and Terry was open about this) is that they are not as good as the later ones - and some people then get stuck in some of the earlier books thinking they have got to read them before they do the later ones.

Other than the very last book (which i think you really do need some backstory for) I think any of the others could be viewed as a standalone - as long as you remember if you go backwards through them some of the characters are not as fully developed.

So :

Any Pterrys you've not read should be on the list my advice is to pick a guards or witches story where the 'story' part interests you and then if you like the series there are a lot more to read

For other Neil Gaimen ones he doesnt do horror as such but there are horror-y touches to some like Coraline - I liked Neverwhere , Startdust is great (and an amazing film if you've not seen it) , The Graveyard book , The Ocean at the end of the lane , Odd and the frost giants.

I enjoyed Guards, Guards! And I loved Small Gods. I enjoyed Moving Pictures, though it didn’t give me such and escape as the other two. The ones about the little folk were good, too (the ones who live in a department store then drive a tractor to a shed)... I think I listened to three of those on Grim...’s recommendation.

I might try the Death one. He popped by in Small Gods, and he was great.

Is Coraline the same story as the film of the girl with buttons for eyes, or is that something else altogether?

Is the character different in the audiobook versions, somehow? Illustrated in the books in some way, maybe?