audio book poll..

[Tonyblack]

Tell me - would you like the books to be just read or do you want the reader to do the accents and inflections?

As with the Nigel Planer version of Lords & Ladies, I wasn't too keen on his version of the accents (some of them) - they weren't as I imagined them to be.

The funny thing is, when I first met Terry for ages afterwards when I read the books, I would always hear them in my head with Terry's voice.

 

[Skazz]

I don't really care for voice acting, I tend to prefer the smaller range of a single reader in a fairly normal voice. It's a bit like movies - often the visual image doesn't match up to the imagined one.

The exception to that are Kidby illustrations, he generally hits my image of characters with uncanny accuracy, or at least with enough character to make me think they work anyway even if they aren't quite how I imagined!

 

[The rat]

I have both audio by all three, since I work the night shift I have plenty of time to listen to them.

My first audio book was by Tony and was Wee Free Men and I thought it was great! Then I got Brigg's and that was fantastic.

I have a lot of Planners and I think for the Witches books his is the best. His Nanny Ogg just gets me rolling.

I like Briggs for the Watch books, but not for his Colon (TEEHEE! ) which I think Planner does better.

For Death books both Planner and Briggs does a decent voice of Death, but Planner has done the bulk of the work so I think he does better on that.

Briggs range of voices for all the different races though just blows my mind! His work in 5th Elephant shows it all. Trolls, Vampires Werewolves, Igors, Nobby is a work of brilliance and also in The Truth the swithng back and forth of voices amazes me. So it is hard to choose just one for me. So I choose A and C.

As a side note, can you please add the names to the Polls so it is easier to vote. Kind of hard after typing all this to remember who is who.

Also, I need to add that I like Planners Vimes, even though Vimes was sober in the later in the books Vimes is sober Planner keeps his 'roughen drunkeness' quality to his voice. But Briggs has added the toughness that a commander needs in his voice.

Funny enough both Planner and Briggs Carrot and Nobby is just about the same, and either of the Vetinari is spectaular in their own way.

 

[Dotsie]

As with the Nigel Planer version of Lords & Ladies, I wasn't too keen on his version of the accents (some of them) - they weren't as I imagined them to be.

I've just heard my first Planer-read audio book & it was this one. I quite liked it (better than Robinson), but I thought Granny sounded like a bloke (!). It was difficult to tell when it was narrative & when it was Granny.

 

[The rat]

Okay, for those of you who have heard both Briggs and Planner here's a question for you.

Whose Gaspode do you like better?

Planner has the street wise olde wise man about him, and Briggs has the loveable, wise cracker scamp about him. I think that it is just too close to call about him.

I do think that Briggs' Cherri and Angua is a lot better than Planners sorry to say.

So whose Gaspode do you like?

 

[tc4734]

A little off topic but I couldn’t figure out where to post, or see that anyone else has.

Penguin books are releasing the bbc dramatisation of the 7 TP books they have done due out this November. £16 to download all or £40 for the cd’s.

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1114491 ... 785298233/

Hopefully this link will work

 

[Tonyblack]

Penguin Random House are the owners of this site. Thanks for the link! These are pretty good. I've heard most, if not all, when they were first broadcast on the radio. Radio dramatisations are a great medium for fantasy.

 

[RathDarkblade]

Um, the link doesn't work...? I'm confused.

 

[Tonyblack]

Um, the link doesn't work...? I'm confused.

It did work on Wednesday. Not sure why it isn't now. I just Googled Penguin Discworld Radio 4 and the first result said: "Collected together for the first time are seven full-cast BBC Radio dramatisations of Terry Pratchett's novels, with star-studded casts including Martin Jarvis, ...". But when I clicked on the link, I got a Penguin page but the article doesn't seem to be there now.

 

[The Mad Collector]

Looks like they moved it

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111...bbc-radio-drama-collection/9781785298226.html

 

[RathDarkblade]

Wehey! :-D My birthday is coming up in less than two weeks' time... now I know what I want for my birthday.

40 GBP seems rather steep (just over $70 AUD), but for 7 dramatisations, is it worth it? :-|

 

[tc4734]

Currently £29 on pre order from hive, not sure what happened to the download option it’s not there now

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Found in The Works book outlet abridged version by Tony Robinson

also Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy latest film read by Martin Freeman. Plus two others

Audio books by Nac MacFeegle, on Flickr

 

[Tonyblack]

Nice one, Dug!

 

[RathDarkblade]

So just wondering. What did you think of Philip Jackson as a reader (or part of the dramatisations), then?

I've seen him on David Suchet's Poirot, and I like him...

 

[Tonyblack]

Yes, Philip Jackson is good.

 

[RathDarkblade]

Looks like they moved it

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111...bbc-radio-drama-collection/9781785298226.html

Hooray! :-D I found this on Book Depository yesterday, and it was 33% off. It's now 30% off, so if you've been thinking about it - now might be a good time. I ordered my copy...

By the way, speaking of Discworldia ... has anyone read either of these? Do you know if they're any good?

The Folklore of Discworld
Terry Pratchett's Discworld Diary 2019

I have a hard copy of "Folklore", but apparently the soft copy has even more stuff...

 

[RathDarkblade]

Hmmm... anyone? Anyone at all? :-|