01-03-2013, 04:35 AM | #406 | |
Cambrian crab
Posts: 2,833
Karma: 3229927
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Germany
Device: Kindle, Pocket Book, Kobo, Sony
|
Quote:
I recommend you stay away from Blackout/All Clear then, because it also reads much more like historical fiction than science fiction. |
|
01-03-2013, 11:18 AM | #407 | |
Lunatic
Posts: 1,691
Karma: 4386372
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Land of the Loonie
Device: Kindle Paperwhite and Keyboard, Kobo Aura, iPad mini, iPod Touch
|
Quote:
I liked 11/22/63 and loved Unbroken (not fiction, but definitely historical) which are probably the two stories closest to this that I've tackled lately, so history isn't a no go for me entirely. I think the problem with Doomsday was the pace and the audiobook format exaggerates this, since it's much slower than reading. Maybe I'll try Blackout/All Clear on 2X speed. Last edited by Synamon; 01-03-2013 at 11:21 AM. |
|
01-03-2013, 01:06 PM | #408 | |
Cambrian crab
Posts: 2,833
Karma: 3229927
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Germany
Device: Kindle, Pocket Book, Kobo, Sony
|
Quote:
|
|
01-03-2013, 01:12 PM | #409 |
Home Guard
Posts: 4,729
Karma: 86721650
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard
Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6
|
My favorite Connie Willis audiobook is To Say Nothing of the Dog, narrated by Steven Crossley.
It's another Oxford time travel book, this time to the Victorian era (with side trips to Coventry during the Blitz), but it's a light comedy rather than the tragedy of the Doomsday Book. It takes it's title from Jerome K. Jerome's comedy about a trip down the Thames Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog). One of my favorite books in any form. Last edited by BenG; 01-03-2013 at 01:15 PM. |
01-03-2013, 01:27 PM | #410 |
Banned
Posts: 1,431
Karma: 5222495
Join Date: Jun 2011
Device: Nook Color, Entourage Pocket Edge, iPod Touch 5th Gen
|
I LOVE the Connie Willis books read by Katherine Kellgren! IMO, she's just a joy to listen to.
I also loved the disclaimer by Connie at the beginning of All Clear -- "If you haven't read Blackout yet, you need to stop listening to this right now!" Made me smile |
01-03-2013, 02:22 PM | #411 | |
Cambrian crab
Posts: 2,833
Karma: 3229927
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Germany
Device: Kindle, Pocket Book, Kobo, Sony
|
Quote:
To Say Nothing of the Dog narrated by Steven Crossley is very good, too, but I really fell in love with the characters of Blackout/All Clear. |
|
01-03-2013, 02:35 PM | #412 | |||
Lunatic
Posts: 1,691
Karma: 4386372
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Land of the Loonie
Device: Kindle Paperwhite and Keyboard, Kobo Aura, iPad mini, iPod Touch
|
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
|
|||
01-04-2013, 02:17 AM | #413 |
Wizard
Posts: 1,399
Karma: 5573651
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Perth AU
Device: Sony PRS650, Sony T3
|
Recently finished The Last Policeman by Ben Winters narrated by Peter Berkrot I very much liked it. I think in this case the narrator really added to the book he did a brilliant job of bringing the earnest young Hank to life and I really doubt I would have liked the book quite as much had someone else narrated it
Currently listening to Stay Close by Harlan Coben so far it's not really grabbing me plotting seems kinda lazy and characters thin but I'll give it a bit longer maybe it will come together better further in |
01-04-2013, 12:27 PM | #414 |
Professor of Law
Posts: 3,641
Karma: 65925980
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini
|
I'm listening to the free recording of The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, from the University of South Florida's "Lit2Go" program.
|
01-07-2013, 01:41 AM | #415 |
(he/him/his)
Posts: 12,163
Karma: 79742714
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sunshine Coast, BC
Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), Fire HD 8
|
C. J. Cherryh Foreigner Series
Finished Invader, by C. J. Cherryh, read by Daniel Thomas May. Very good. The reading is a bit slow, but tolerable, and the voices well done and easily distinguished. This is a strange series in some ways. Long passages that don't really have much happening, but the main character, Bren Cameron, doing a stream of consciousness angst. Which usually I would avoid like the plague. But here, it works for me. The world Ms. Cherryh has created is compelling, different, and interesting, and the characters are consistent. This is the second book in the series, and the entire series is available on Audible. I'm enjoying it and finding excuses to listen -- always a good sign.
|
01-08-2013, 08:02 AM | #416 | |
Cambrian crab
Posts: 2,833
Karma: 3229927
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Germany
Device: Kindle, Pocket Book, Kobo, Sony
|
Quote:
My bedtime story for this week is The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins. While this is clearly a young adult book, it is very well written and I am enjoying it quite a bit. |
|
01-08-2013, 07:20 PM | #417 |
SF/Fantasy Author
Posts: 297
Karma: 214264
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: San Ramon,California, USA
Device: Adobe Digital Editions
|
I just finished Greg Benford's In the Ocean of Night. A little too introspective and mystical for my taste. Who would've thought you could make the subject of first alien contact boring?
|
01-17-2013, 12:45 AM | #418 |
SF/Fantasy Author
Posts: 297
Karma: 214264
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: San Ramon,California, USA
Device: Adobe Digital Editions
|
I just finished The Silk Code by Paul Levinson. The story has an interesting premise and a decent amount of action, but the plot is pretty complex and tends to fall apart in confusion near the ending, making me wonder whether it was worth the journey. And maybe I'm too much of a stylistic purist, but a book that haphazardly switches between 1st and 3rd person indiscriminately is a bit much.
|
01-17-2013, 01:15 AM | #419 | |
(he/him/his)
Posts: 12,163
Karma: 79742714
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sunshine Coast, BC
Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), Fire HD 8
|
Quote:
|
|
01-17-2013, 02:10 AM | #420 |
SF/Fantasy Author
Posts: 297
Karma: 214264
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: San Ramon,California, USA
Device: Adobe Digital Editions
|
Always hard to say, but the ending rushed up on me without adequate explanation. I think a few more pages (at least) of denouement would have been very helpful.
|
Tags |
audible, audiobooks, recommendations |
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
What Are You Listening to Right Now? | RWood | Lounge | 10027 | 05-01-2024 03:33 PM |
Publishers are listening... | davidhburton | General Discussions | 34 | 07-27-2010 09:47 AM |
PRS-900 Sony, if you're listening | chiefwili | Sony Reader | 22 | 01-02-2010 11:17 AM |
Reading or listening? I need both! | jetreader | Ectaco jetBook | 9 | 09-02-2009 10:27 AM |
Listening to Music ??? | Stu Segal | Sony Reader | 7 | 10-14-2007 12:19 AM |