Mr_Danger Posted June 23, 2021 Author Share Posted June 23, 2021 39 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said: Loved Sandman. Listening to Norse Mythology now and it's just making me want to play God of War again... Haha and that’s exactly what I did after it. Stupid Muspelheim trials…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted June 23, 2021 Moderators Share Posted June 23, 2021 Ugh. The no hit trials are so annoying. The rest were fun... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Healys Chutney Spoon Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 My friend wrote a post-apocolypse book called Ever Winter. Dan Stevens (FX, Beauty and the Beast, Downton Abbey) does the voice over. Its been very highly rated on Amazon and he's done very nicely out of it too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted July 9, 2021 Moderators Share Posted July 9, 2021 Any recommendations for anything else on Audible that's a big production like Sandman? Or is that really a one of a kind at the moment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted July 15, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted July 15, 2021 There's a collection of the BBC's audio performances of some Terry Pratchett things on there. I got one which was an adaptation of the William Gibson version of Alien 3, which was pretty good. I've finished listening to Chris Barrie reading the first two Red Dwarf novels, and using this month's credit picked up the complete radio version of Yes Minister & Yes Prime Minister. I remember it being on while I used to stay at my gran's at the weekend as a nipper. I obviously had no idea what it was about back then, but do remember the theme and credits  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Wiseau Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 I'm only four or five chapters in to "And Away" (Bob Mortimer's autobiography) but it's a two thumbs up recommendation. I've actually been laughing out loud while washing up, which isn't too common an occurrence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted September 18, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted September 18, 2021 Martin Jarvis reading Good Omens. One of the chapters is 6 hours long. That's going to be a heck of a commute home from work. I listened to Parsley Sidings, which was interesting. Had some decent gags, but it's not all aged that well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted September 18, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted September 18, 2021 31 minutes ago, Harry Wiseau said: I'm only four or five chapters in to "And Away" (Bob Mortimer's autobiography) but it's a two thumbs up recommendation. I've actually been laughing out loud while washing up, which isn't too common an occurrence. I finished listening to this yesterday. An utter joy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted September 18, 2021 Moderators Share Posted September 18, 2021 Just finished Project Hail Mary. Really fun. If you liked The Martian is basically more of the same but in a good way. I never read Artemis but I heard he was shit at writing a female lead. But I enjoyed this one a lot and the guy reading it did a great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted September 18, 2021 Author Share Posted September 18, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, Chest Rockwell said: Just finished Project Hail Mary. Really fun. If you liked The Martian is basically more of the same but in a good way. I never read Artemis but I heard he was shit at writing a female lead. But I enjoyed this one a lot and the guy reading it did a great job. Sandman Act 2 is out on Wednesday if you didn’t already know. Edited September 18, 2021 by Mr_Danger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted October 25, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted October 25, 2021 I'm making my way through Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell at the moment as ready by Simon Prebble. He's got just the kind of voice you'd expect to be reading something of that era. I know the book itself has only been out for 20 years, but it sounds like it could be a hundred years old from the way it's written, especially with the way it's narrated as well. The chapter markers are all over the place though. The audio ok itself has been divided into sections of about an hour each, but the chapters are anywhere from 10 to 40 minutes and seem to cross over the chapter breaks in the audio, which is frustrating. It is a great story though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Healys Chutney Spoon Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 On 6/23/2021 at 8:13 PM, Big'Olympic_Hero'Pete said: My friend wrote a post-apocolypse book called Ever Winter. Dan Stevens (FX, Beauty and the Beast, Downton Abbey) does the voice over. Its been very highly rated on Amazon and he's done very nicely out of it too... Just to bump it up, but his new book is out now called Shadow Sect - Neitherdei 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted November 16, 2021 Author Share Posted November 16, 2021 Finished up The Sandman: Act II (not back in the habit). I started on the day it released and the fact I’ve only just finished compared to the first where I polished it off by the second day probably sums it up. It’s not bad it just doesn’t grab you the way the first load of stories did and it suffers from not having that central story running through it that the first did. It plants some seeds but I imagine they’ll be played out in further editions. None of the stand alone stories stand up to the best of the first lot and one of them drags so much that if you’re not invested in the main character of it Spoiler Barbie from book 1 then you won’t get a lot from it. It’s s still a brilliant production and even sub par by Gaiman standards is pretty damn good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted November 16, 2021 Moderators Share Posted November 16, 2021 (edited) I've almost finished it and I'd agree with everything in that review. It's still really enjoyable but does suffer from not having that overall series arc. The particular story you mention I was enjoying enough as it was going on but I found the conclusion to be a bit unsatisfying. Edited November 16, 2021 by Chest Rockwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 Bob Mortimers And Away…and Louis Theroux’s Theroux the Keyhole. Bob Mortimer is just a wonderful wonderful man. I loved listening to him talking about his social justice lawyering and working on the bins but the love and admiration he has for Vic Reeves when talking about them meeting then eventually working together is really lovely. Louis Theroux’s lock down diary had me strangely nostalgic for the dark day of lockdown and who’d have thought a posho like him had kids who act just like mine. Both books were really easy listens and I did them both over 4 days in work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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