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May 22, 2007
Some Things Are Better Left Unspoken
I have an audio book version of Neuromancer read by William Gibson. I got it on cassette while I was in college for my undergrad degree, and the sides of the tape were just about perfect for the drive from Anaheim to Riverside.
I got audiobook copies of Richard Morgans Takeshi Kovacs novels (Altered Carbon, Broken Angles, and Woken Furies which join Neuromancer on a very short list of books I re-read on occasion) from the local library, hoping they'd be as compelling and repeatable as Neuromancer.
In fact, the library didn't have Carbon or Angels in their collection, and ordered them at my request.
So I feel a little guilty that I can't sit through them, and am returning them unlistened.
The narrator leaves me completely flat, and managed to turn some of the most evocative intro paragraphs I've read into an endurance trial.
Sure glad I didn't buy them as audiobooks...
Posted by dberger at May 22, 2007 8:00 PM