I have reread the books, all at least once... I don’t remember and may have reread them more than that. I have also listened to the audio versions of all the books and I recommend that fans do that. It’s a completely different experience to listen to the books than to read them. I have started to selectively buy audio books (they are expensive) and especially used books. I bought this hard back last book at a used book store for $18. I’m now lurking in that same bookstore waiting for the audio versions of all the books. I belong to an audio lending club (like Netflix only audio books and that’s how I got them).
Interesting about your enjoyment of the audio books. Mr. A is into audio books right now because of an eye problem and he really, really likes them. I hear one going all the time.
I never thought I would like them, but after reading your post, I might try one.
Maybe Amazon will have some used ones on hand by now.
Sometimes you can get those used books for a few cents plus $3 s&H. It’s still a good deal. I got “It Takes a Parent” for my daughter for 46 cents and it’s not that old a book. The copy was great.
I listen to audio books a lot. I’ve heard a lot of readers, but the narrator who reads the Harry Potter books is bar none the best I’ve ever heard. He’s just so dead on with the voices of the characters.
If I had one fantasy wish, it would be to hear him read “The Great Divorce” by CS Lewis. That has a lot of British characters (the Big Man, etc) -It would be awesome to hear that.
John Cleese does a fantastic job with “Screwtape Letters”.
A lot of public libraries carry audiobooks. I usually listen to audiobooks only n the car — at home, I prefer to read.
Before a long road trip, I go to the library, check out a few, and rip them to my MP3 player. Audiobooks are great for road trips — they help me fight off boredom and keep me alert and focused much better than music does. And since audiobooks don’t require the sound quality of music, you can fit days’ worth of audiobooks even on a modest little 512MB or 1 or 2 GB MP3 player.
I’ve had a few conversations with a few different folks about the ethics of doing this. Arguably, what I’m doing is illegal copying. But the while point of a public library is to make information available to the public for free, and by acting as I do rather than taking the CDs with me, I get the discs back to the library and into another patron’s hands sooner, and with less risk that I’ll damage the discs.
I need to find out if my university library — where I have alumni privileges — has audiobooks. If so, I can just take the CDs into a study carrel and rip to MP3 without even checking the discs out.
I've enjoyed Harry Potter on audio, read by Jim Dale, and have two of them. However, I recently learned that the British version of the audio books are read by Stephen Fry. I'm gonna have to start collecting THOSE, because I just love his voice!
Carolyn