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[No Spoilers] New Audiobooks vs Old (lemmy.ca)

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Hey folks, I am curious how the community feels about the Penguin re-production of the Discworld audio books. I’d imagine people become attached to whatever they listen to first. I read Guards, Guards on my own, Men At Arms with Nigel Planer, and now am trying the new release of Feet of Clay.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Some of the Nigel and Stephen audiobooks have absolutely woeful audio quality. Tony’s were always good quality but the Abridgements did result in a sub-par experience.

All the new Penguin Audiobooks have excellent production and audio quality and although some of the narrators performances aren’t very popular, they are very entertaining.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

My problem with Jon Culshaw is that his voice makes me fall asleep, so I keep missing stuff. He's not boring, just very relaxing. Unless he's doing Big Fido 😱

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I will say Bill Nighy seems completely disinterested with the footnotes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

That's the point. It's supposed to be very dry.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

You just described all of Bill Nighy’s roles.