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Returning to a topic I think about a lot - how our experience of #audiobooks are influenced by the voice / narrator, whether there are one or many (cast), and the expression and emotions they put into the work. It’s a whole lens (or another better audio and not visual related word) that impacts how we perceive things. (1/?) #bookstodon
For example, books that use the same voice. I listen to books read by Wil Wheaton all the time and each time it takes a little time to adjust to - oh - this is a different story / reader. Sometimes my brain assumes it’s the same character because it’s the same voice. Does that happen to any of you? #audiobooks #Bookstodon (2/?)
Also - single reader versus full cast, and unabridged versus more like a radio show. I strongly prefer unabridged versions, even if a full cast is sometimes appealing. If it’s a full cast, I still want all the other context that comes with the unabridged text. It’s not that I don’t like radio plays, it’s that for an #audiobook experience I want THE BOOK TEXT. #Bookstodon (3/?)
@consumablejoy I strongly dislike the "dramatasized adaptations" or whatever they're calling them. Where they do like a radio show version. Hard pass.
I don't mind different readers for different chapters from various PoV, but I've also not minded a single reader thru the whole thing.