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I used to live there. By the outboard motor shop on the river

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Yup - apparently my server is popular enough to get DDoS'd. Yay, I guess.

Yup - apparently my server is popular enough to get DDoS'd. Yay, I guess.

I think that's one of the reasons I like the Dresden Files audio books. James Marsters is an actor, not a narrator.

I can't tolerate the discworld audio books after the first two because of the awful voices, sadly

Is The Wheel of Time worth getting on Audible. I've never read the books, so I was interested in spending my next credit on something epic.

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?