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Old 05-09-2020, 03:17 PM   #1
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Multi-cast audiobooks
I've been listening to The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife. They are books 1 & 2 of the His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman. They are multi-cast with Pullman as the narrator. They are very good. Another one I really enjoyed was Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

Does anyone know of other really good multi-cast audiobooks?
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Some of Tamora Pierce's books also used the multi-cast approach.
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Old 05-10-2020, 07:41 AM   #3
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Old 05-10-2020, 01:18 PM   #4
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Some of Tamora Pierce's books also used the multi-cast approach.
How are they?
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Old 05-11-2020, 07:20 AM   #5
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They are ok. I liked them well enough. It's all a matter of expectations. Like most multi-cast audiobooks I've heard, most of the voice actors are amateurs. None were bad, but yea, it does make me respect the top voice actors. I've seen a few multi-cast audiobooks with multicast professionals, but most of those tend to be PD books. Let's face it, there is a reason that they used a 15 year old Tim Mathenson as the voice actor for Johnny Quest. It's a lot easier for a teenager to make his voice sound younger than in is to find a 11 year old who is a good voice actor. When you are doing a multi-cast audiobook with children, you lower your expectations a bit.
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Years ago, I listened to Jane Austen's epistolary novel Lady Susan with a different reader for each of the several characters (letter writers).
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World War Z was perfect as a multicast audiobook. Almost like it was written as such.
Probably my favorite audiobook ever.
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World War Z was perfect as a multicast audiobook. Almost like it was written as such.
Probably my favorite audiobook ever.
Yea, that was an excellent one, but then again, being Mel Brooks' son has a bit of an advantage when it come to getting some major Hollywood talent. I have heard that Mel Brooks called in some favors for that, but it's very good and the list of voice actors is like of who's who of Hollywood talent from the 70's and 80's.
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The upcoming The Sandman by Neil Gaiman has a very impressive cast.

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what's less impressive is that is going to be an overpriced audible exclusive - until it gets cracked
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what's less impressive is that is going to be an overpriced audible exclusive - until it gets cracked
You think all that talent comes free? $25 for an audiobook is pretty much market is right now. I just bought Stephen Fry's Heroes for $21. There are plenty of discounted audiobooks out there if you want cheap.

Audible was cracked long ago. I always remove the DRM and convert to MP3 for backup purposes.
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it was more the "exclusive " bit that narked me
I hate artists ( however good, whatever type) agreeing to let some mega-corp dictate on what platforms I can see/hear their stuff
For me that's a sell out. I don't care how big the Amazon bribe was, he should have told them where to stick it.
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Audible was cracked long ago. I always remove the DRM and convert to MP3 for backup purposes.[/QUOTE]

If you have a subscription to Audible, you can get it for one credit.

Besides, you don't find many audiobooks with such an impressive cast.

And it's not overpriced compared to other audiobooks.
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it was more the "exclusive " bit that narked me
I hate artists ( however good, whatever type) agreeing to let some mega-corp dictate on what platforms I can see/hear their stuff
For me that's a sell out. I don't care how big the Amazon bribe was, he should have told them where to stick it.
You buy an audiobook from Audible that's not labled as exclusive or you buy The Sandman that is labeeld as exclusive. There is no difference at all.
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Audible's exclusive multicast version of Dracula is terrific. The book's structure makes it perfect for multiple readers.
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