DPCyric Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 So I have a stack of credits to burn before I cancel my subscription... I have the Wheel of Time series to listen to so probably can avoid the Fantasy genre unless there is something I NEED to listen to. I would like a Science Fiction series to listen to but beyond that I'm open to all sorts of suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 When it comes to audio books the narrator is as important as the writer, so I will recommend books not by author but by narrator (as I wouldn't recommend a book by a crappy writer) I'd suggest Name of the Wind and A Wise Man's Fear, both narrated by Nick Podehl, but those are fantasy. Nick also narrates a fun series about con artist and his crew that run cons in Vegas. Take Down, Bad Action, Super Con (Billy Cunningham series by James Swain) Luke Daniels is another of my favorite narrators and I can recommend several series he words on. Frontline series by Marko Kloos is a sci-fi series. And can also recommend the Atticus Fish novels by Shaun Morey there are 3 books in the series. Not sure what category I would put them in. I think Amazon lists them as mystery, but I wouldn't call them that, more like humorous adventures, reminded me a bit of Dave Barry or Carl Hiaasen....should also note that at the moment the series is on sale for 99 cents each and then you can add on the audio for only 1.99 so no sense in using a credit when you can get them that cheap. Kate Mulgrew does a great job narrating Nos4A2. Jeff Hays and his team at Soundbooth Theater are freaking fantastic. Jeff gives each and every person their own voice and own distinct speech patterns, he doesn't narrate, he performs. He does a ton of LitRPG novels and I can easily recommend Harmon Cooper's Fantasy Online series, great action and absolutely hilarious. Also recommend Life Reset by Shemer Kuznits, a cool twist on the LitRPG series in that the main character is forced to be a villain. that's just off the top of my head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Stephen Fry reading the complete stories of Sherlock Holmes is probably my favorite Audible purchase. I've been listening to it on and off for over a year and I still have quite a bit left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 13 minutes ago, TheLeon said: Stephen Fry reading the complete stories of Sherlock Holmes is probably my favorite Audible purchase. I've been listening to it on and off for over a year and I still have quite a bit left. Hmm that's one I may consider. I have a bunch of credits I need to burn before I cancel my subscription as well. @DPCyric did you sign up for audible last year when it was on sale? for only 99? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 The Stephen Fry Harry Potter series is the worst thing I've ever listened to. If you want to listen to what equates to an old man sitting by the fire reading in a dreadfully monotone voice with zero characters, that's your bag of tea. Fucking horrible. #TeamJimDale Sci Fi series: Old Man's War Omega Force (Omega Rising is book 1) Saturn Run Columbus Day series Fear Saga The Fold The Breach series Artemis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, Emblazon said: The Stephen Fry Harry Potter series is the worst thing I've ever listened to. If you want to listen to what equates to an old man sitting by the fire reading in a dreadfully monotone voice with zero characters, that's your bag of tea. Fucking horrible. #TeamJimDale Though I like him as an actor, I've never listened to any of Fry's work. As for Jim Dale, he's okay but there are plenty of narrators that blow him out of the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 I grew up listening to the Jim Dale HP books (I love having them on hand thanks to Audible), so Fry reading them just sounds wrong. He's a good fit for Holmes though. Those are stories that should be told by a tired old man in front of a cozy fire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 7 minutes ago, EternallDarkness said: Though I like him as an actor, I've never listened to any of Fry's work. As for Jim Dale, he's okay but there are plenty of narrators that blow him out of the water. Marc Thompson is far and away the best narrator I've ever heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Kevin Pierce sounds like a tired old man telling stories around a fire, though I don't believe him to be all that old. I love his narration He tends to narrate mostly post apocalyptic/survival stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Also, RC Bray's reading of The Martian is spot on. So much better than the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Just now, Emblazon said: Also, RC Bray's reading of The Martian is spot on. So much better than the movie. Bray is damn good. I don't think I've ever heard Thompson. as I mentioned early my favorites include Luke Daniels, Jeff Hays (seriously with his vocal range he is the mel blanc of audiobooks), and Nick Podehl (though I think part of the reason I like Nick so much is simply some of the books he's narrated. I love the Kingkiller Chronicles so much and have listened to them repeatedly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 oh another series that just occurred to me. The Tome of Bill. It's an 8 book series, but I think you can get the entire thing for 2 credits, books 1-4 and 5-8 are bundled. It's a funny horror series about a this geek who gets turned into a vampire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 4 hours ago, EternallDarkness said: oh another series that just occurred to me. The Tome of Bill. It's an 8 book series, but I think you can get the entire thing for 2 credits, books 1-4 and 5-8 are bundled. It's a funny horror series about a this geek who gets turned into a vampire. If you're going that route, there's the Off to be a Wizard series. And Marc Thompson: When it's conversations between Lando and Han, it's like it's Billy D and Harrison Ford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 2 hours ago, Emblazon said: If you're going that route, there's the Off to be a Wizard series. Yes and no, very different types of books, though I do love the Wizard 2.0 series...as long as you stop after the 3rd one. But with the Tome of Bill (or Bill the Vampire series) he can get 8 books for two credits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 though in Wizard 2.0's favor, those books are narrated by Luke Daniels I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 @DPCyric World War Z Its a good book with one hell of cast Max Brooks as The Interviewer Steve Park as Kwang Jingshu Frank Kamai as Nury Televadi Nathan Fillion as Stanley MacDonald* Paul Sorvino as Fernando Oliveira* Ade M'Cormack as Jacob Nyathi* Carl Reiner as Jurgen Warmbrunn Waleed Zuaiter as Saladin Kader Jay O. Sanders as Bob Archer Dennis Boutsikaris as General Travis D'Ambrosia Martin Scorsese as Breckinridge “Breck” Scott* Simon Pegg as Grover Carlson* Denise Crosby as Mary Jo Miller* Bruce Boxleitner as Gavin Blaire* Ajay Naidu as Ajay Shah Nicki Clyne as Sharon* Jeri Ryan as Maria Zhuganova* Henry Rollins as T. Sean Collins Maz Jobrani as Ahmed Farahnakian Mark Hamill as Todd Wainio Eamonn Walker as Xolelwa Azania / Paul Redeker / David Allen Forbes Jürgen Prochnow as Philip Adler David Ogden Stiers as Bohdan Taras Kondratiuk* Michelle Kholos as Jesika Hendricks Kal Penn as Sardar Khan* Alan Alda as Arthur Sinclair Junior Rob Reiner as "The Whacko" Dean Edwards as Joe Muhammad Frank Darabont as Roy Elliot* Becky Ann Baker as Christina Eliopolis Parminder Nagra as Barati Palshigar* Brian Tee as Hyungchol Choi / Michael Choi* Masi Oka as Kondo Tatsumi* Frank Kamai as Tomonaga Ijiro John Turturro as Seryosha Garcia Alvarez Ric Young as Admiral Xu Zhicai* Alfred Molina as Terry Knox* John McElroy as Ernesto Olguin Common as Darnell Hackworth* F. Murray Abraham as Father Sergei Ryzhkov* René Auberjonois as Andre Renard* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 12 hours ago, DPCyric said: So I have a stack of credits to burn before I cancel my subscription... I have the Wheel of Time series to listen to so probably can avoid the Fantasy genre unless there is something I NEED to listen to. I would like a Science Fiction series to listen to but beyond that I'm open to all sorts of suggestions. Funny you say that, after two decades of listening to me recommended the series Carl finally started listening to it on audiobook. I think the audiobook format finally got him over the hump of Jordan's dense prose. Keep in mind, New Spring is probably best listened to right before or right after book 7. Being a prequel you can read it just about anytime(though reading it before book 1 will spoil things) it's best read around book 7 simply because that's around the time Jordan wrote it. So that's when it feels like the pieces connect the most immediately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPCyric Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 14 hours ago, Chairslinger said: Funny you say that, after two decades of listening to me recommended the series Carl finally started listening to it on audiobook. I think the audiobook format finally got him over the hump of Jordan's dense prose. Keep in mind, New Spring is probably best listened to right before or right after book 7. Being a prequel you can read it just about anytime(though reading it before book 1 will spoil things) it's best read around book 7 simply because that's around the time Jordan wrote it. So that's when it feels like the pieces connect the most immediately. Yeah I used my first credit on The Eye of The World way back when and the narration is really good. Thanks for the heads up on when to read the prequel I will check it out in that time frame I ended up getting the Mistborn trilogy as well wanted to try some more of Sanderson's work! Now have all my credits used thanks for the suggestions everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Horus Heresy. Probably gonna be grim darker then what you are used to. Book 1 is Horus Rising. Start there. Some books are skippable so if you like horus rising I will make a list of recommendations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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