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Moon Over Soho (Peter Grant #2) by Ben Aaronovitch | 3 | 18.75% | |
Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon #1) by Nevada Barr | 2 | 12.50% | |
Lardner on the Loose (collected short fiction) by Ring Lardner | 4 | 25.00% | |
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell | 3 | 18.75% | |
The Man of Property by John Galsworthy | 6 | 37.50% | |
The Light of Day by Eric Ambler | 2 | 12.50% | |
In Times Like These: A Time Travel Adventure by Nathan van Coops | 3 | 18.75% | |
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach | 5 | 31.25% | |
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe | 0 | 0% | |
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin (Translator) | 0 | 0% | |
The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean | 2 | 12.50% | |
Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey #1) by Dorothy L. Sayers | 8 | 50.00% | |
Breakup (Kate Shugak #7) by Dana Stabenow | 1 | 6.25% | |
The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945 by Ian Kershaw | 3 | 18.75% | |
The Magic City by Edith Nesbit | 6 | 37.50% | |
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12-09-2017, 02:01 PM | #31 | |
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You do know that David Case and Wanda McCaddon were partners in their audio work, right? Until, of course, Case died of throat cancer. Apparently Ms. McCaddon introduced him to the business. |
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Interestingly, both the David Case and the Nadia May (Wanda McCaddon) versions are available in the BC Public Library AND NO WAITS! I think I'll grab the Nadia May one first, because I might just get the David Case one directly on Audible, given that it's on sale at 50% off right now.
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Hoopla has three different audiobook versions.
1. Roe Kendall 2. Frederick Davidson 3. Nadia May |
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I'm going with kindle book and audible companion with Nadia May, just to be a bit different from you David Case ones
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I wouldn't say he's better, especially since he and Nadia May are two of my favorite three narrators. It's mostly the gender issue; the majority of the characters in Whose Body? are men and transgender voicing is always a compromise. But then, too, Davidson is particularly good at "silly ass" type voices.
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I'd agree. On any given book, I might prefer Nadia May/Donada Peters/Wanda McCaddon, but for Lord Peter Wimsey, David Case's voice is a better fit. And both are in my too 4 or 5 narrators.
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I've completed my Audible listen to Whose Body, narrated by David Case. An excellent narration, and I look forward to the discussion. I expect to re-read the eBook before then, just to catch things I didn't catch in the Audible book.
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I just started reading.... hoping to finish the book in a couple of days, and then listen to the audio book on my commute next week
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If I had known about the anti-semitic comments in Whose Body?, I never would have voted for it. I would have said it's offensive before it was up for the vote in the first place.
Can we dump this book and pick a different one? |
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Longer answer: Books with biased descriptions and dialogues aren't limited to anti-Semitism; only white male protestants would rarely run across something offensive. Citing anti-Semitism as a deal-breaker in the context of a literary tradition which is guaranteed to offend most people if they choose to be offended by something written decades ago shows a different set of blinders, frankly. Look at the book in the context of its time and bring the topic of anti-Semitism to the discussion, where it will be both valid and interesting. Don't shy away from talking about it, which seems counter-productive to me. If it's unacceptable, make a point of it. I, personally, find the depiction of women in early Star Trek to be extremely offensive. And yet I know there are Star Trek fans here. |
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One more point; consider whether the anti-Semitism is a reflection of the characters' attitudes in the early 20s, the author's attitude, or both.
I'll leave it at that. The discussion's still nearly a month away. |
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And feel free to look at the author's later works, including non-fiction, and bring that to the discussion.
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