Audio Books

Feb 22, 2008 at 7:54 PM
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Have you done the audio book thing? Like it?

I hedge. I hem and haw. The thing is, isn't it like reading Peanuts all your life and then watching "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and feeling like you're let down because TV Charlie Brown sounds nothing like the Charlie Brown of your imagination? Granted, there are visuals involved but when I read, my brain gives a definite voice to characters and I feel really disappointed when they don't sound right (I'm not quite happy about Liam Nieson being Aslan in the movie adaptation of the CS Lewis book, for instance).

Is my take on this an issue of being a visual vs. auditory person?

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I am definitely a "book" person as opposed to an audio book or e-book one. I like the feel and weight of an actual book. I like being able to go back and re-read pages, know where they are, and be able to pick up where I left off. I don't like earplugs/earphones so the few times I've listened to audio books, I use the household CD player. But after a few minutes I start drifting away only to remember a while later that I was supposed to be "reading" a book. And I agree with you, I, too, put my own faces and voices to the characters in the book. A narrator may use different accents or inflections or pitches but it's still not as satisfying.

I know what you mean...I'm like that sometimes, but not quite as severe. Hehehe

I was pretty much ok with liam neeson as aslan, i think.

Edie, I get the re-read thing. I didn't think of it because I don't do that because I'm one of those who has to rush to the end. Things tend to be missed or important things overlooked when you rush, though. I get my hubby asking me about stuff and I have to answer "Huh?"

K...really? You didn't think Quaigon everytime you heard him? Or the leader of the League of Shadows from Batman Begins? Same voice, same persona.

I had a different voice for Aslan in my head and it wasn't Liam Neeson! I do the same thing and I can NOT listen to a book on tape/CD.
1. the voices drive me nuts
2. it doesn't keep my attention like a book
3. I don't relax when I listen to something and I like to just relax with a book.

I think I'm a visual person. I've tried audio books and I found that I don't retain the information. I have had to keep repeating them from the beginning. And like Piexiemom, audio books don't keep my attention. I end up thinking of something else while listening to an audio book.

I didn't know Liam Neeson was Aslan's voice. Hehe. I'm not sure I remember how he sounded as Aslan. Like you, my mind also gives definite voices to characters in the book, and I've no doubt it would depress me if a character's voice didn't sound the way I imagined it would.

For the longest time I've been contemplating petitioning that David Eddings' books be made to movies, but then I think about how much they mess up books when making them into movies... so I killed the urge to see the books portrayed on the big screen. I didn't want to end up getting so disappointed.

The closest I've gotten to audio books was when the kids were small, they had those books where you pushed the buttons to hear the narration. LOL

I'm visual too. I don't like someone reading something to me. I'd rather read it myself. I haven't read a book in a very long time. Used to stay up late reading romance/mystery novels before we had kids.

I agree with you! I'm a visual person, too. I'd much rather read it myself. DH likes books on tape, though.

I'm glad I'm not alone on this one. I have to admit to wanting to try, though, because then I can knit while "reading" but it feels like a cheezy way to get through a book.

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