Audiobooks

[Ezekiel000]

The unabridged audio books need to be republished as at the moment you can only get them second hand from £50-300 which is insane. Although even the rrp was a bit to high I think.

Celia Imrie did the first 3 witches books and they are not good, where as Nigel Planer or Steven Briggs doing female voices is fine. But Celia Imrie doing male voices grates on my nerves.

 

[windle poons]

The unabridged audio books need to be republished as at the moment you can only get them second hand from £50-300 which is insane. Although even the rrp was a bit to high I think.
They are all available in physical form direct from Isis,the publishers at www.isis-publishing.co.uk/ or as downloads from Audible.co.uk
I hope this helps
Bob

 

[Ezekiel000]

Thanks.

Will the Science of the Discworld books ever be available as audio books?

 

[Jason]

I would think that would be extremely unlikely. Normally (not always) the audio books are released at or around the same time as the novels. Nation for example is available from the US publisher HarperColins on unabridged audio read by Stephen Briggs - the last I heard (11th September) Stephen hadn't read it for ISIS in the UK.

 

[Tiffany]

I have several audio books of the Discworld series. Thgough I did buy the abridged, not knowing anything different. I like Tony Robinson. They are still good to listen to.
I have all the books as well, which I read over & over, most of them in hard back, as I am gradually changing them from the paperback editions.

 

[mspanners]

Get the unabridged ones if you can, you are missing out on soooo much more. Better readers and characterisation (A part from celia imrie, sorry but Her style of reading is not my cup of tea) and full the books. 8)

 

[Tiffany]

When funds permit I will try to do that.

 

[Tiffany]

I am currently listening to The Wee Free Men, for the 2nd time. I do like Tony Robinson, I think he is very good at the different voices.

 

[Dotsie]

Some of his voices are so quiet I have to keep turning the volume up & then down again, which puts me off when I'm running!

I've just finished listening to Monstrous Regiment & I could barely hear Maledict(a) and Angua.

Which reminds me - how come Angua didn't have a huge problem like she did with Sally?

 

[mspanners]

Listening The Truth read by S briggs....... 8) V good.

 

[Tiffany]

I've got Thud, but haven't listened to it yet.

 

[Tonyblack]

Thud! is the only unabridged Pratchett book that I have and it's really good. Stephen Briggs does an excellent job on the reading. There are bits that send a shiver down my spine every time I listen to it.

 

[Tiffany]

Unfortunatey, mine is the abridged version by Tony Robinson, it was given to me as a present for Christmas last year. I guess the person couldn't afford the unabridged version, they left the price on it too.

 

[aichtay]

Abridged vs un

I've got to argue again here, the abridged ones read by tony robinson are FAB, I have almost the entire collection (Still waiting on 3). His voice is brilliant, he does a different voice for each character and as for characterisation he is fab. Yes they cut out some of the book which means that when you re -read them you find new and exciting things which you either missed the first time you read it or subsequently forgot when listening to Tony.

 

[Tiffany]

I'm not sure if I did a wrong thing or not, but I saw recently in a charity shop 10 audio cassette books of Discworld books, they were the unabridged versions.
I didn't buy them as the assistant couldn't guarantee they all worked, nor was the price reasonable, considering they were tapes not C.D's. They wouldn't reduce the price if I bought all either, so I passed.
Apart from the fact I didn't have enough money on me anyway, not for all 10, I did think at £3.50 each they were rather expensive. But I do wonder if I did the right thing though.......................

 

[Dotsie]

I don't think £3.50 each is bad, but when you're buying all 10 it gets a bit expensive. I would have had to pass though as I no longer own anything to play tapes on

I've been listening to Going Postal lately, and I was just thinking that Tony Robinson wasn't so bad when he suddenly changed the voice of Mr Pump from something like a troll (slow & deep voice) to one of the Smash aliens (1970's robots that don't like peeling potatoes for all you young 'uns)

 

[Tiffany]

I suppose if there had only been a couple of the cassette tape books, Dotsie, I would have bought them, no problem, but no way could I chose just two out of them all. I am still in two minds about not getting them though.
As the shop was in a town not close to me, we were just visiting at the time, I couldn't go back to see if they still have them, sadly.
I do still have a cassette player on my radio/C.D. player.

I haven't got Going Postal audio.

 

[Tonyblack]

You could always see if your local library could get the audio books for you to borrow.

 

[Tiffany]

Tony, that isn't the same as owning them at all Guess I'll have to save for the CD's or get em as presents, ones I've not got that is.

 

[MoRt]

i remember my dad putting these stories on for me when i was alot younger

and since reading this topic i have been keeping my eye out for them
its always good to bring back old lost memories ( only the good 1s though )