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Yeah, audiobooks introduce a whole 'nother twist... Gher Send a noteboard - 06/02/2010 06:37:54 PM
So yeah. I see what you mean and I agree with most of it, but I'd still probably recommend it to my friends that can read fast and move on without wasting too much time on it. ;)


I actually "read" Fall of Hyperion via Audiobook, which means I couldn't read fast and skim over the more boring parts. Plus the narrator has an extremely emotional, melodramatic voice. Perhaps I'd have enjoyed it better as a real read, it's just hard to find time these days. Audiobooks in the car are a good way to fit some books into the schedule.

Anyway, thanks for posting impressions. Glad to see you agree with me, because lately, I haven't gotten much backup when it comes to my book positions. :P


In my experience, a well done audiobook can be a good thing, to the point that if I ever read the book that I've heard done well, I read it it the narrator's voice.

But an adequate audiobook always comes off as poor or annoying. Maybe that's not how it is for you, but listening to someone being melodramatic about a story would really irritate me.

And just to be clear, I didn't skip any passages. It bugs me to do that, even if I can pretty well tell that the passage is irrelevant/tangential. I just recommend books differently to my friends that read faster than my friends who take more time. I can recommend a pretty good to fair book to my fast friends, because if they really hate it, they only waste a few days. ;)
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The Fall of Hyperion (no spoilers beyond what Amazon has in their book description) Aemon - 03/02/2010 06:28:47 AM 666 Views
Keats was the best part of that book. Ghavrel - 03/02/2010 06:39:54 AM 522 Views
Well like I said, I didn't mind the AIs! Aemon - 03/02/2010 06:49:42 AM 486 Views
Well, it's not exactly out of character for Keats. Ghavrel - 03/02/2010 08:43:50 AM 417 Views
Redeem Simmons for you from what? Jacob - 03/02/2010 03:45:48 PM 493 Views
Yeah, I meant from the first book, which I didn't particularly care for. Aemon - 03/02/2010 04:20:51 PM 539 Views
Oh don't worry there... Jacob - 03/02/2010 04:46:34 PM 438 Views
But that's the problem: by sheer word volume, it WAS the primary story. Aemon - 03/02/2010 05:30:06 PM 479 Views
Oh, I agree. That's what I meant by 'dragging'. Jacob - 03/02/2010 08:46:02 PM 446 Views
Wow, I'm reading this right now. Little more than halfway. Gher - 03/02/2010 05:58:48 PM 521 Views
Yeah, definitely! Aemon - 03/02/2010 06:28:16 PM 506 Views
Alright, just finished it. Gher - 05/02/2010 08:08:17 PM 570 Views
Maybe that was part of the problem. Aemon - 06/02/2010 12:31:41 AM 652 Views
Yeah, audiobooks introduce a whole 'nother twist... Gher - 06/02/2010 06:37:54 PM 618 Views
Heh. A lot can change in three centuries. Ghavrel - 06/02/2010 06:24:58 AM 569 Views
Yeah, I just read the blurb. Gher - 06/02/2010 06:39:52 PM 528 Views
The Endymion books are... different. It's less of an ensemble. beetnemesis - 04/02/2010 07:15:41 AM 530 Views
Hmm. Thanks. Aemon - 04/02/2010 06:34:45 PM 551 Views
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