I saw the book thread and thought there should be an audiobook thread, to discuss good narrators and good books, bad narrators and good books, and great narrators that turn a bad book into a pretty good one!
Audible is a great source if you like to pay out the butthole for audiobooks. i find other means more effective.
One series I'd recommend hands down: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. detective noir meets wizard. REALLY unique, great humor, great action, great mystery. and the books arent that big either, so its not a huge investment. its narrated by James Marsters, who plays Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Icewind Dale books by RA Salvator were free on audible, though they keep changing narrators, which is super annoying.
Of course, theres the Name of the Wind books, which I feel everyone should read. They are more epic-like. very long and drawn out story rife with character development. excellent narrator for these ones as well.
When i first started out, i listend to I Am Legend. its completely different from the actual movie. i accidentally listened to it on shuffle though. that sucked, but at the same time the book was pretty awesome.
I also listened to Starship Troopers. the book was good enough to offset the godawful narration. i dont recommend this one.
For an app, i use android's Smart Audiobook Player. its hands down the last audiobook app i'll ever use, and its free. one of these days when money is less tight i'm going to donate a nice chunk of money to the dev. he's an awesome dude.
Audible is a great source if you like to pay out the butthole for audiobooks. i find other means more effective.
One series I'd recommend hands down: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. detective noir meets wizard. REALLY unique, great humor, great action, great mystery. and the books arent that big either, so its not a huge investment. its narrated by James Marsters, who plays Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Icewind Dale books by RA Salvator were free on audible, though they keep changing narrators, which is super annoying.
Of course, theres the Name of the Wind books, which I feel everyone should read. They are more epic-like. very long and drawn out story rife with character development. excellent narrator for these ones as well.
When i first started out, i listend to I Am Legend. its completely different from the actual movie. i accidentally listened to it on shuffle though. that sucked, but at the same time the book was pretty awesome.
I also listened to Starship Troopers. the book was good enough to offset the godawful narration. i dont recommend this one.
For an app, i use android's Smart Audiobook Player. its hands down the last audiobook app i'll ever use, and its free. one of these days when money is less tight i'm going to donate a nice chunk of money to the dev. he's an awesome dude.
