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I just finished listening to Shadow of the Hegemon, and at the end of it there is a little Postscript, or something similar, read by OSC himself. In it he talks about how he thinks he stories work best when they are read aloud, and I couldn't agree more. I absolutly love listening to these books while I'm driving to and from work, or where ever for that matter. The one question I have after listening to this book in paticular is about pronunciation, there are parts in this book when hegemon is pronounced: hej-e-mon which is correct if you look the word up in a dictionary, however there are parts where it is pronounced: heg-e-mon with the g makeing a 'ja' sound in the first one, and a 'ga' sound in the second one. I personally didn't care which one they used I only wish that they would have been consistant. Gotta wonder why this happend, and if you (OSC) have any say in the production of these pieces?
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Meh. Audiobooks leave me absolutely cold. I do not enjoy them . . . and, in any case, they could not even begin to match the enjoyment, for me, of the written word.
To each their own, I guess. But I personally would find it tragic if (when?) e-books replace written books. I guess it's inevitable, given the trend in reading, that one day reading as we know it will be a thing of the past. I, for one, will be sad if that comes to pass. Posts: 13680 | Registered: Mar 2002
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I listened to "Mazer in Prison" on my commute one day recently, and it made the normally dull drive to work really entertaining. I generally prefer the printed page myself, but a good reader (like Stefan Rudnicki who did MiP) can really bring a story to life. And audio stories are great to have when you *can't* read, like when driving.
But I think there'll always be a demand for the kind of reading experience you get from books. Even if the books of the future aren't exactly like the books of today, folks will want something they can carry around, flip through, and physically stick somewhere to add to their collection. I don't know how it'll be implemented, but I know that book lovers won't settle for anything less.
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I collect the books, but drives to the audiobooks. OSC's audiobooks, in which he has multiple readers (male/female) to fulfill the parts is like a good Reader's Theater. Really good stuff. Check them out at http://www.audible.com/Posts: 202 | Registered: Aug 2005
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I listened to the first 2 Alvin books on tapes on a road trip. Nana Visitor gave so much life to those characters. However I started reading the rest of the story. I seem to catch more of it actually reading. My mind starts to wander too often with audio books, and even movies.
I see nothing wrong with audio books. Literature was born by stories being passed down verbally through the centuries.
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Gotta beat this dead thread and say I LOVE AUDIOBOOKS!!! I bike alot, they are awesome for bike comuters (ipods and such). And you learn alot, and you learn how to be more attentive to what you hear, you eventually learn how to listen on the fly and retain information all at once. But it certain does take practice to make the listening as valuable as reading is.
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I generally prefer the printed page myself, but a good reader (like Stefan Rudnicki who did MiP) can really bring a story to life. And audio stories are great to have when you *can't* read, like when driving.![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
