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Old 01-07-2015, 10:53 AM   #21
uppon2
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Originally Posted by Sweetpea View Post
I really enjoyed the Song of Ice and Fire Audible version. But I just can't get started in the books...
I will check this out

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Originally Posted by Lin2412 View Post
This is really interesting. I've never heard of autobiographies made as audiobooks myself. What I mean is I have known that they exist, but I've never purchased such. I really like Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, but sadly I can never hear it read by the actual person. Haha. It must be pretty awesome listening to it, like you're having a personal conversation with the author even if it's totally one-sided.
My thoughts exactly

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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
Simon Winchester reads his own books, including his somewhat autobiographical "Outposts". He's really quite good and has a very rich voice.

Audiobooks over the years have improved so much. While some of the non professional readers are pretty good, voice talent really is, well, a talent as well as a skill/craft. It's amazing how a really good voice talent can spice up a just ok book. It's also amazing how a bad voice talent (or perhaps I should say an inappropriate voice talent) can ruin a great book.
Luckily I have not listened to any bad audiobooks, yet!
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