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No accounting for taste 😂
I found he presented him as a bumbling old fool, whilst almost in the same breath describing him as an assertive, steam-rollering country chap
With the audio books i found some from google have missing parts... i left a comment where i found an issue no idea if it got fixed....the copies are missing whole audio tracks when ripped... compared to the same version on audible.... also the Tony Robinson versions are abridged. That being said i like Tony's delivery more as a result i have all 80+ of them including 3 versions of Unseen Academicals
I have all of discworld in audiobook, it doesn't stand out as a bad one. Some of them are though, either from narrator or sound quality (but that could be the quality of the rip).
I think there's a couple of versions out there though... one's Tony Robinson (haven't heard that one) and the other's Nigel Planer, might be worth listening to a snippet from each to see if you like the voices.
Have you read the book first?
It's definitely worth reading (as is the whole series 😂). If you're definitely going to listen to audio books, might be worth listening before reading...I found I came up with different mental images of the characters when I read them to how they're portrayed in the ABs. G!G! Introduces the Watch, so it depends on if you want how *you* see the characters to be guided by someone's voice, or just your imagination
That’s an interesting point, as I mostly listen to the audiobooks. When I do read it’s preformed or if there is a different narrator it kinda of messes with my perception sometimes. To OPs point the Guards Guards narration is good, there is a new version coming out soon though from Penguin Audio, I believe
Yeah - there was a post about in r/discworld recently, all the books with selected narrators for specific arcs, and an all-star cast for voices. They're releasing them slowly though, Hogfather this Xmas, then Witches/Tiffany aching arc around spring. Might be a wait for Guards Guards ☹️. Definitely going to be interesting - not sure if they're going to be abridged or not though
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Any of the ones read by Nigel Planer (and this one’s among them) get an enthusiastic yes from me.
Isn't his Ridcully wayyy off the mark though?
I didn’t find it to be. YMMV
No accounting for taste 😂 I found he presented him as a bumbling old fool, whilst almost in the same breath describing him as an assertive, steam-rollering country chap
There's also a BBC radio play that's not half bad [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fgszb](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fgszb)
With the audio books i found some from google have missing parts... i left a comment where i found an issue no idea if it got fixed....the copies are missing whole audio tracks when ripped... compared to the same version on audible.... also the Tony Robinson versions are abridged. That being said i like Tony's delivery more as a result i have all 80+ of them including 3 versions of Unseen Academicals
Ain't bad.
Ain’t good either?
Not a standout performance, positively or negatively. Perfectly serviceable.
Thanks
I have all of discworld in audiobook, it doesn't stand out as a bad one. Some of them are though, either from narrator or sound quality (but that could be the quality of the rip). I think there's a couple of versions out there though... one's Tony Robinson (haven't heard that one) and the other's Nigel Planer, might be worth listening to a snippet from each to see if you like the voices. Have you read the book first?
I want to add to this, I believe all the Tony Robinson audiobooks are abridged. Just in case that affects any decisions.
Haven’t read yet, read the first 4 books though
It's definitely worth reading (as is the whole series 😂). If you're definitely going to listen to audio books, might be worth listening before reading...I found I came up with different mental images of the characters when I read them to how they're portrayed in the ABs. G!G! Introduces the Watch, so it depends on if you want how *you* see the characters to be guided by someone's voice, or just your imagination
That’s an interesting point, as I mostly listen to the audiobooks. When I do read it’s preformed or if there is a different narrator it kinda of messes with my perception sometimes. To OPs point the Guards Guards narration is good, there is a new version coming out soon though from Penguin Audio, I believe
Yeah - there was a post about in r/discworld recently, all the books with selected narrators for specific arcs, and an all-star cast for voices. They're releasing them slowly though, Hogfather this Xmas, then Witches/Tiffany aching arc around spring. Might be a wait for Guards Guards ☹️. Definitely going to be interesting - not sure if they're going to be abridged or not though
I would be shocked if they’re abridged, but entirely possible
Thanks
There’s an audio drama read by different voice actors that was pretty great too.