New Ravenloft Audio Books [was: James Lowder Audio Books]
New Ravenloft Audio Books [was: James Lowder Audio Books]
Soth Audio Books links
I thought I'd share this great news with you all. It is on another site but heck, I had to tell you all!
I thought I'd share this great news with you all. It is on another site but heck, I had to tell you all!
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Reason: Now that we know it's more than the Lowder books, I wanted to make sure everyone knew about them...
Reason: Now that we know it's more than the Lowder books, I wanted to make sure everyone knew about them...
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Re: James Lowder Audio Books
As this is Ravenloft-related, I'm moving it to the General Forum.
With that said, WOOHOO!!! Can't wait for these....
With that said, WOOHOO!!! Can't wait for these....
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Re: James Lowder Audio Books
Do we know who will read these?
I remember Roddy McDowell doing I, Strahd. It was pretty awesome. I hope these are as good.
I remember Roddy McDowell doing I, Strahd. It was pretty awesome. I hope these are as good.
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Re: James Lowder Audio Books
Lowder just posted the Audible.com link on his Facebook feed:
http://www.audible.com/series/?asin=B00AEURZWM
They're read by Danny Campbell, whose voice I'm not familiar with.
Anyway... PSYCHED!!
http://www.audible.com/series/?asin=B00AEURZWM
They're read by Danny Campbell, whose voice I'm not familiar with.
Anyway... PSYCHED!!
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Re: James Lowder Audio Books
I LOVE Audiobooks.
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Re: James Lowder Audio Books
Ken of Ghastria wrote:Lowder just posted the Audible.com link on his Facebook feed:
http://www.audible.com/series/?asin=B00AEURZWM
They're read by Danny Campbell, whose voice I'm not familiar with.
Anyway... PSYCHED!!
Danny Campbell link
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Wow.... it's actually bigger than that... a bunch of D&D books are now on audible, including the Soth books AND 6 more Ravenloft books:
Death of a Darklord
I, Strahd
I, Strahd: The War Against Azalin
Heaven's Bones
Dance of the Dead
The Enemy Within
Oddly, I, Strahd is NOT the Roddy McDowell version. It's been re-recorded by someone named Paul Boehmer.
Death of a Darklord
I, Strahd
I, Strahd: The War Against Azalin
Heaven's Bones
Dance of the Dead
The Enemy Within
Oddly, I, Strahd is NOT the Roddy McDowell version. It's been re-recorded by someone named Paul Boehmer.
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Re: James Lowder Audio Books
What is heaven's bones and how much it costs to buy those audiobooks?
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Re: James Lowder Audio Books
Heaven's Bones novel:alhoon wrote:What is heaven's bones and how much it costs to buy those audiobooks?
http://www.fraternityofshadows.com/Draw ... Bones.html
Ravenloft Audio books on Audible.com (enter keyword Ravenloft), most are $20 to $25 USD
http://www.audible.com/search/ref=sr_lftbox_1_1
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There are a few special offers for new members.Catman Jim wrote:Ravenloft Audio books on Audible.com (enter keyword Ravenloft), most are $20 to $25 USD
If you go through audible.com, you can sign up for a subsctiption. $7.95 for the first 3 months, $14.95/month thereafter. 1 book credit per month. 30% off additional books.
If you go through amazon.com (who owns audible) you can get a free month trial with a bonus credit, so 2 free books, and then the same $14.95/month with 1 book/month.
EDIT: not sure if any of this applies to you over in Greece, alhoon.
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Re: New Ravenloft Audio Books [was: James Lowder Audio Books
I am on audible.DE - and a couple of RL and also Dragonlance novels just became available.
FANTASTIC!
FANTASTIC!
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Re: New Ravenloft Audio Books [was: James Lowder Audio Books
Wow.
The Heaven's Bones voice actor is awesome. And I forgot how awesomely written that novel is.
The Heaven's Bones voice actor is awesome. And I forgot how awesomely written that novel is.
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Re: New Ravenloft Audio Books [was: James Lowder Audio Books
Just finished listening to KotBR last week. Overall, very good. It was great to refresh my memory of this fun book. Only a few quibbles:
1) Seems to have missed a step of editting/proofreading (proof-listening?). There were several places I thought were mistakes/slips of the tongue. ("at" instead of "an", for example). One outright error: ("Lord Sath sot and waited...") and a few words that were pronounced differently at different times, even though it was the same reader. (The most glaring: "Soth's" was pronounced sometimes as a one-syllable "Soths" and sometimes as a two-syllable "Soth-is".) The total effect was to make the production seem thrown together, though it was otherwise professional-sounding. Makes me wonder if these audible.com voice actors work on a piecework basis, cranking out audio files in their basements and just sending them in for a cursory check before upload.
2) The always jarring audiobook issue: names pronounced completely differently than you always imagined. I've always said "VAL-uh-kai". Here it's "vuh-LOCK-ee". Also, since they often call her "Kit", I thought Kitiara would be "KIT-ee-ahr-uh". Here it's "KEE-tee-ahr-uh."
3) The actor used a completely different voice for Azrael than I'd expected. Normally this wouldn't bother me, but it seemed to turn him into more of a jester-like prankster-gnome, and not a grizzled thuggish dwarf. Harder to take him seriously.
Beyond that... a great way to spend several hours in the car. Onward to SotDR...
1) Seems to have missed a step of editting/proofreading (proof-listening?). There were several places I thought were mistakes/slips of the tongue. ("at" instead of "an", for example). One outright error: ("Lord Sath sot and waited...") and a few words that were pronounced differently at different times, even though it was the same reader. (The most glaring: "Soth's" was pronounced sometimes as a one-syllable "Soths" and sometimes as a two-syllable "Soth-is".) The total effect was to make the production seem thrown together, though it was otherwise professional-sounding. Makes me wonder if these audible.com voice actors work on a piecework basis, cranking out audio files in their basements and just sending them in for a cursory check before upload.
2) The always jarring audiobook issue: names pronounced completely differently than you always imagined. I've always said "VAL-uh-kai". Here it's "vuh-LOCK-ee". Also, since they often call her "Kit", I thought Kitiara would be "KIT-ee-ahr-uh". Here it's "KEE-tee-ahr-uh."
3) The actor used a completely different voice for Azrael than I'd expected. Normally this wouldn't bother me, but it seemed to turn him into more of a jester-like prankster-gnome, and not a grizzled thuggish dwarf. Harder to take him seriously.
Beyond that... a great way to spend several hours in the car. Onward to SotDR...
"We're realistic heroes. We're not here to save the world, just nudge the world into a better place."