[Baco Xtath]

JPK, on 15 April 2017 - 12:59 AM, said:

I polished off Cornwell's The Burning Land yesterday.

Spoiler

I can't wait to see who Uhtred's next woman is. Joking aside, I'm surprised that he went for Alfred's daughter. I mean, he's giving her husband exactly the excuse he was looking for to divorce her and force Alfred's hand. I can't wait to see the fallout from that situation in the next book.

Now I've started Zahn's new Thrawn book. I'm still really early in, but it's refreshing to see the cold calculating Thrawn back. Also, this audiobook has sound effects like birds and crickets chirping as well as explosions. I'm not sure how I feel about that addition yet.

Dune was like that with sound effects and a whole cast. It's...... different. Especially if you're like me and listen to books on a daily basis. I ended up liking it very much but it is sort of jarring.

[Abyss]

Not a book, an actual audio play with cast and sound fx, zombie story WE'RE ALIVE starts 'ok' and grows into an involving work with some great character storylines, crazy plot twits and well done action.
Season 1 is good. 2 through 4 gradually escalate from better to great to tense as fuck. Doesn't wildly reinvent the zombie genre but it does have some fun with it.
http://www.werealive.com/episodes/

Also it's complete and HUGE so you get hours of story. For free.

[Dolmen 2.0]

Im listening to Joe Abercrombies Half the world and Queen of fire by Anthony Ryan.

Both are excellently narrated. A bit jarring to have the switch in narration with the Abercrombie book but I like John Keatings voice on these types of stories so i was not too upset. Older Javi suits most.

Brian stavley is voicing Queen of fire, the raven shadow series as a whole has been great via Audio. I'm enjoying the scope of the story and it makes for easy listening as the diction is crisp and rarely distorted even when accents are rife within a scene. And I have to say the end of Book two was Epicly well done.

[Andorion]

Listening to Gaiman's Norse Mythology. Excellent narration and the subject matter is fascinating.

[QuickTidal]

Andorion, on 18 April 2017 - 04:50 PM, said:

Listening to Gaiman's Norse Mythology. Excellent narration and the subject matter is fascinating.

It's Gaiman himself who narrates that one right?

He's SUCH a phenomenal speaker.

Even with his short stories...check this one out (From FRAGILE THINGS).

[QuickTidal]

P3:

[Andorion]

Gaiman is a fantastic narrator. I am really loving Norse Mythology.

[Abyss]

Andorion, on 20 April 2017 - 06:34 AM, said:

Gaiman is a fantastic narrator. I am really loving Norse Mythology.

Same.
His narration is always excellent, but OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE was particularly well done. manages to convey childlike wonder and very adult dark practically between words.

[JPK]

Baco Xtath, on 15 April 2017 - 07:06 PM, said:

JPK, on 15 April 2017 - 12:59 AM, said:

I polished off Cornwell's The Burning Land yesterday.

Spoiler

I can't wait to see who Uhtred's next woman is. Joking aside, I'm surprised that he went for Alfred's daughter. I mean, he's giving her husband exactly the excuse he was looking for to divorce her and force Alfred's hand. I can't wait to see the fallout from that situation in the next book.

Now I've started Zahn's new Thrawn book. I'm still really early in, but it's refreshing to see the cold calculating Thrawn back. Also, this audiobook has sound effects like birds and crickets chirping as well as explosions. I'm not sure how I feel about that addition yet.

Dune was like that with sound effects and a whole cast. It's...... different. Especially if you're like me and listen to books on a daily basis. I ended up liking it very much but it is sort of jarring.

Yeah, I'm usually a daily listener. I had a two week gap this month I the middle of the Thrawn book, but it was due to hardware issues with my phone. I've found a workaround and now I'm back on track. In the long run I enjoyed the book but found that I didn't care for the sound effects. At all. Next listen is Midnight Tides.

[Andorion]

Listening to Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky. This book has some interesting ideas, I quite like it, but it tends to get a little irritating in places - like both the protagonists seem to lack maturity.

[QuickTidal]

Andorion, on 03 May 2017 - 05:23 PM, said:

Listening to Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky. This book has some interesting ideas, I quite like it, but it tends to get a little irritating in places - like both the protagonists seem to lack maturity.

Having read her usually vitriolic posts at various pop-culture websites over the years...you could not PAY me to read/listen to a book by her, fictional or otherwise.

[Dolmen 2.0]

Listening to C.T. Phipps The Games of Supervillainy.

I can't tell if it's bad or not. It's not Peter Clines Ex-Heroes. Not even the D-List Superheroes series level which is actually pretty good...

The audio book ambushes me with some weirdly awesome voice acting in dialogue though.

The narration...its non stop and a bit over the top. I'm annoyed and pleased by it. This is a Novel feeling for me.

[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 03 May 2017 - 05:28 PM, said:

Andorion, on 03 May 2017 - 05:23 PM, said:

Listening to Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky. This book has some interesting ideas, I quite like it, but it tends to get a little irritating in places - like both the protagonists seem to lack maturity.

Having read her usually vitriolic posts at various pop-culture websites over the years...you could not PAY me to read/listen to a book by her, fictional or otherwise.

I enjoyed the book. It slanted YA at times but the characters were engaging and the story, while not strikingly original at times, was fun and built nicely to the satisfying end.

[worry]

For the record, if anyone's paying, I'll listen to anything.

[Andorion]

QuickTidal, on 03 May 2017 - 05:28 PM, said:

Andorion, on 03 May 2017 - 05:23 PM, said:

Listening to Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky. This book has some interesting ideas, I quite like it, but it tends to get a little irritating in places - like both the protagonists seem to lack maturity.

Having read her usually vitriolic posts at various pop-culture websites over the years...you could not PAY me to read/listen to a book by her, fictional or otherwise.

Was this when she wrote for io9? I just have this vague idea that she was part of that website, other than that I no nothing about her

Abyss, on 04 May 2017 - 04:21 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 03 May 2017 - 05:28 PM, said:

Andorion, on 03 May 2017 - 05:23 PM, said:

Listening to Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky. This book has some interesting ideas, I quite like it, but it tends to get a little irritating in places - like both the protagonists seem to lack maturity.

Having read her usually vitriolic posts at various pop-culture websites over the years...you could not PAY me to read/listen to a book by her, fictional or otherwise.

I enjoyed the book. It slanted YA at times but the characters were engaging and the story, while not strikingly original at times, was fun and built nicely to the satisfying end.

The first part is when Laurence and Patricia are kids is naturally YA. But the second part when they are adults really irritates me, Both of them seem to lack something.

[Abyss]

Andorion, on 04 May 2017 - 05:35 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 03 May 2017 - 05:28 PM, said:

Andorion, on 03 May 2017 - 05:23 PM, said:

Listening to Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky. This book has some interesting ideas, I quite like it, but it tends to get a little irritating in places - like both the protagonists seem to lack maturity.

Having read her usually vitriolic posts at various pop-culture websites over the years...you could not PAY me to read/listen to a book by her, fictional or otherwise.

Was this when she wrote for io9? I just have this vague idea that she was part of that website, other than that I no nothing about her

Abyss, on 04 May 2017 - 04:21 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 03 May 2017 - 05:28 PM, said:

Andorion, on 03 May 2017 - 05:23 PM, said:

Listening to Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky. This book has some interesting ideas, I quite like it, but it tends to get a little irritating in places - like both the protagonists seem to lack maturity.

Having read her usually vitriolic posts at various pop-culture websites over the years...you could not PAY me to read/listen to a book by her, fictional or otherwise.

I enjoyed the book. It slanted YA at times but the characters were engaging and the story, while not strikingly original at times, was fun and built nicely to the satisfying end.

The first part is when Laurence and Patricia are kids is naturally YA. But the second part when they are adults really irritates me, Both of them seem to lack something.

The storylines or the characters?

[Andorion]

Abyss, on 04 May 2017 - 07:24 PM, said:

Andorion, on 04 May 2017 - 05:35 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 03 May 2017 - 05:28 PM, said:

Andorion, on 03 May 2017 - 05:23 PM, said:

Listening to Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky. This book has some interesting ideas, I quite like it, but it tends to get a little irritating in places - like both the protagonists seem to lack maturity.

Having read her usually vitriolic posts at various pop-culture websites over the years...you could not PAY me to read/listen to a book by her, fictional or otherwise.

Was this when she wrote for io9? I just have this vague idea that she was part of that website, other than that I no nothing about her

Abyss, on 04 May 2017 - 04:21 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 03 May 2017 - 05:28 PM, said:

Andorion, on 03 May 2017 - 05:23 PM, said:

Listening to Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky. This book has some interesting ideas, I quite like it, but it tends to get a little irritating in places - like both the protagonists seem to lack maturity.

Having read her usually vitriolic posts at various pop-culture websites over the years...you could not PAY me to read/listen to a book by her, fictional or otherwise.

I enjoyed the book. It slanted YA at times but the characters were engaging and the story, while not strikingly original at times, was fun and built nicely to the satisfying end.

The first part is when Laurence and Patricia are kids is naturally YA. But the second part when they are adults really irritates me, Both of them seem to lack something.

The storylines or the characters?

A mix of both. The characters are not really reading as full adults for some reason. Also I just completed a rather oddly placed flashback section. It was necessary but I keep on feeling it could have been placed better.

[Andorion]

Started listening to Sword of Destiny from the Witcher books. I really like it so far.

[JPK]

Andorion, on 12 May 2017 - 12:19 PM, said:

Started listening to Sword of Destiny from the Witcher books. I really like it so far.

I did that one a couple month's ago and really enjoyed it. I've actually got the second short story collection lined up for my next listen. I suspect that it's gonna be a couple weeks out though since my current listen is Midnight Tides.

[Andorion]

JPK, on 12 May 2017 - 03:17 PM, said:

Andorion, on 12 May 2017 - 12:19 PM, said:

Started listening to Sword of Destiny from the Witcher books. I really like it so far.

I did that one a couple month's ago and really enjoyed it. I've actually got the second short story collection lined up for my next listen. I suspect that it's gonna be a couple weeks out though since my current listen is Midnight Tides.

Having listened to a bit of the Witcher it struck me how little of the orthodox elf-dwarf-wizard fantasy I have actually read. Outside of Tolkien, its almost none. And I love the feel of this world. Is there more fantasy like this?