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pwalker8 · 05-04-2013, 02:30 PM

Finished up the Compleat Enchanter by L Sprague De Camp, Murder and Magic, the first Lord Darcy book by Randall Garrett and Blood of Amber, the 7th Amber book.

The Compleat Enchanter was one of my favorite books. The audio book version is actually the complete Compleat Enchanter - i.e. it's the omnibook version with all four of the Harold Shea stories (The Roaring Trumpet, The Mathematics of Magic, The Castle of Iron and the Wall of Serpents). The reader was more of a reader rather than a voice actor. It is perhaps not as engaging as a good voice actor, but still quite listenable. I enjoyed it.

Murder and Magic was very well done. The voice actor did well and the stories have aged well. The book is a series of short stores set in an alternate universe where magic works and King Richard is not killed by the crossbow man, but rather returns to England and establishes a successful line of kings that continues to this day, controlling an empire stretching from France, the UK and the New World. There are two more books in the Lord Darcy work, one a novel the other another set of short stores. I have already purchased the next book. Well worth getting.

The Blood of Amber was also quite good. Will Wheaton is well suited to these books and is an excellent voice actor. Since I hadn't read the book ahead of time, it's a bit of a different twist for me. Most audiobooks that I listen to, I've read the book first. Definitely recommended.

I keep a play list of audiobooks that I haven't listened to yet. That allows me to listen in the car without having to mess with my iTouch looking for the next book when one book (or even worse one part of a book) ends. It also lets me set up what I'm going to listen to, alternating between different types of books, so I don't get burned out on a given author or style. For example the last two books that I've listened to in the car have been The Compleat Enchanter and The Blood of Amber. I just started Fair Game by Patricia Briggs. I also sometimes listen to audiobooks at work, but that's only when I'm doing what I call grunt work, i.e. repetitive tasks that don't really require much thought.

05-04-2013, 02:30 PM	#545
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,196 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	Finished up the Compleat Enchanter by L Sprague De Camp, Murder and Magic, the first Lord Darcy book by Randall Garrett and Blood of Amber, the 7th Amber book. The Compleat Enchanter was one of my favorite books. The audio book version is actually the complete Compleat Enchanter - i.e. it's the omnibook version with all four of the Harold Shea stories (The Roaring Trumpet, The Mathematics of Magic, The Castle of Iron and the Wall of Serpents). The reader was more of a reader rather than a voice actor. It is perhaps not as engaging as a good voice actor, but still quite listenable. I enjoyed it. Murder and Magic was very well done. The voice actor did well and the stories have aged well. The book is a series of short stores set in an alternate universe where magic works and King Richard is not killed by the crossbow man, but rather returns to England and establishes a successful line of kings that continues to this day, controlling an empire stretching from France, the UK and the New World. There are two more books in the Lord Darcy work, one a novel the other another set of short stores. I have already purchased the next book. Well worth getting. The Blood of Amber was also quite good. Will Wheaton is well suited to these books and is an excellent voice actor. Since I hadn't read the book ahead of time, it's a bit of a different twist for me. Most audiobooks that I listen to, I've read the book first. Definitely recommended. I keep a play list of audiobooks that I haven't listened to yet. That allows me to listen in the car without having to mess with my iTouch looking for the next book when one book (or even worse one part of a book) ends. It also lets me set up what I'm going to listen to, alternating between different types of books, so I don't get burned out on a given author or style. For example the last two books that I've listened to in the car have been The Compleat Enchanter and The Blood of Amber. I just started Fair Game by Patricia Briggs. I also sometimes listen to audiobooks at work, but that's only when I'm doing what I call grunt work, i.e. repetitive tasks that don't really require much thought.