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blank_isainmdom t1_j2d3soc wrote
Reply to comment by Civil-Ad-9968 in What's the best audiobook you've listened to? by TheAres1999
I will check it out! I wasn't familiar with her before, but I went out and bought all the Witches books first because she was so damn good!
blank_isainmdom t1_j29rgm3 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in What's the best audiobook you've listened to? by TheAres1999
Haha that's fair! Sure look, Stephen Fry narrates probably half the audiobooks i've bought, but listening to him emphasize things differently to Adams makes me very childish as i've listened to Adams repeatedly over the last 15 years. They were good friends too, which just irks me even more about it haha.
blank_isainmdom t1_j29qg57 wrote
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy read by Douglas Adams. And Dirk Gently the Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul, read by Douglas Adams are my two favorites. I have listened to them easily a hundred times each.
On the non-Douglas Adams side, i absolutely adored Samuel West reading The Day of the Triffids. Listened to it probably 15 times. Indira Varma did an amazing job of reading the Witches books of Terry Pratchett. And Kristin Atherton did an amazing job of reading Howl's Moving Castle!
blank_isainmdom t1_j29ownb wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in What's the best audiobook you've listened to? by TheAres1999
Blasphemy!!!!
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The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy read by DOUGLAS ADAMS.
(Sorry Fry, I love you, and listen to a load of your audiobooks but you did a shit version of Hitchhikers)
blank_isainmdom t1_j0y9wzy wrote
Reply to comment by lainelect in [TEXT] "... I thought it was only worth doing things if you could 'win'..." - K. Vonnegut by pale_blue_dots
There's plenty of "articles" attributing it to him as well so can't blame them too much haha
blank_isainmdom t1_j0vclqk wrote
Reply to comment by glootech in [TEXT] "... I thought it was only worth doing things if you could 'win'..." - K. Vonnegut by pale_blue_dots
I agree. It's fairly on message for him, but completely lacks his usual cadence. I'd say it's unlikely to be him, but happy to be proved wrong.
blank_isainmdom t1_jdkcess wrote
Reply to comment by bluegrassgazer in TIL: A Mambo No. 5 cover by Bob the Builder went to number 1 in the UK on 9th September 2001, but was removed from BBC radio playlists after the 9/11 attacks as it was ‘too frivolous’ by gnomageddon7
Well. That's a memory I didn't know I had.