What book are you reading?

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Originally Posted by Sidelle [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

^^Lol.

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So, anyways... I have a serious question for the busy people who use audiobooks for reasons of convenience and/or lack of free time to sit down with a book... If you suddenly had more time and it didn't make a difference in your life either way, which method would you prefer the most? Old-school or audiobook?

I have yet to try the audiobook thing. I'm concerned that there is too much potential for stories that I love to become corny and ridiculous with someone reading every word aloud while changing character voices, playing out dramatic scenes, etc... (They do change character voices, right? Cuz I really don't know. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.])

I also wonder if audiobooks ever make a listener feel awkward during certain stories. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It really depends on the reader. Neuromancer is read by William Gibson himself and i really enjoyed it. It has a music for different scenes, electronic music, well done. Same with the dark tower audio book. Some are just a robot reader and those are really bad, and i had to stop the audio book version of Menzoberanzzan because the reader was unbearable. Kinda depends how much effort was put into it.