Comments on: Love-hate with audiobooks and “real” books – capping with science fiction

By: Clay Walkers

Clay Walkers — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:42:11 +0000

This is a cool site – I love scifi television

By: Discovering Roy Dotrice and his 500 voices | Jayvee Fernandez on Technology and New Media in the Philippines

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:41:10 +0000

[...] a year from my iPod. And it was with such audacity that I invested time to a reading of book one of A Song of Fire and Ice: A Game of Thrones by famous fantasy author George R. R. Martin. The audiobook spans 33 hours and is read by British [...]

By: Some realizations about Audiobooks, DRM and Neil Gaiman — A Bugged Life // Jayvee Fernandez

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:50:55 +0000

[...] P.S. The only full audiobook available in the Philippines via Audible is Interworlds. [...]

By: Jayvee

Jayvee — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:16:54 +0000

i see your point — wanted to buy the dreamsongs vol 1 and 2 on audio but i didn’t like the guy reading it. besides that, there is jsut some fantasy i prefer reading than listening to.

By: Hou Keat

Hou Keat — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:57:55 +0000

Wouldn't it take shorter time to finish hearing the novel than reading? No doubt it could be more than 10 hours, but you also get to bring it with you where ever you go.

By: Jayvee

Jayvee — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:31:01 +0000

Gaiman, like Sting has had his moments. I stopped reading him after American Gods. I’m giving this one a chance because its short

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:03:24 +0000

Shanarra! Leah! Leah!

Anyway.

I think there are books that are better read and better heard too. For example, I’m sick neil gaiman’s writing already. I really am. His cutesy flowery way of writing about the simplest things captivated me for a good ten years before I finally ODed on it. But. I would definitely listen to him read one of his books. Hell, I’d love ot just have a conversation with him than read any of his new material.

By: Juned

Juned — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:00:48 +0000

One of the joys of this world is snuggling up and reading a book. In like reading … but there is also something positive to be said about listening to a book. Although I listen more to radioplays than to audiobooks. BBC has the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit radio play. Short stories are often wonderfully rendered in voice.If you think about it is storytelling.