Horror Aficionados discussion

This folder is for the exclusive use of members to discuss all things audio books.

The moderators will be adding an Audio Zone Group "Listen" starting in the new year.

Nice. :)

can't wait

Sounds exciting!

I'm in!

Excellent news!

Very cool. Queuing up the audio.

Great!

I love audio books!

Great. I do most of my "reading" on audio.

On the subject of "reading" do your friends make fun of the fact that you call it reading when you listen.

As luck would have it... here's some things I prepared earlier...

My audiobooks... 12 novels there, with more coming in 2015

http://www.williammeikle.com/audioboo...


And there's also this -- stories in podcasts / online zines etc. A whole bunch of free listening in the 'to listen to' column.

http://www.williammeikle.com/freebies...

That's awesome, Willie! Thanks for posting. :)

yay!

Just by way of introduction, I'm a narrator who specialises in Horror Novels. I've had the pleasure of working with Willie Meikle on a few books, as well as providing the voice to Graeme Reynolds High Moor series along with some other notable authors like Iain Rob Wright.

Feel free to ask me any questions you have :)

Michael wrote: "On the subject of "reading" do your friends make fun of the fact that you call it reading when you listen."

They try - they get shot down - I convert them. simples!

I listened to High Moor 1 & 2 on audio that Chris narrated and they were both excellent! I still find myself saying "Moor" in a super thick Scottish accent every chance I get. My family really enjoys it! (Ok, maybe not...)

Chris wrote: "Michael wrote: "On the subject of "reading" do your friends make fun of the fact that you call it reading when you listen."

They try - they get shot down - I convert them. simples!"

Nice to "meet" you, Chris. Thanks for dropping in. :)

Chris has the perfect accent for my work - we were born within a few miles of each other.

William wrote: "Chris has the perfect accent for my work - we were born within a few miles of each other."

That's cool, Willie! I plan on checking out some of those stories you posted above. I'm just recently getting into audiobooks.

I need to start listening to audiobooks.
I love the old radio shows, but part of me is still resistant to the idea of having someone read to me.

@ Jon
you need to give it a try when the narration is good it is very enjoyable.

I found when I first started I had to get used to it. Now a couple of hundred books later I feel I am reading.

I will, Michael.

I just need to pick up some headphones. :)

I listen to audiobooks during my commute to and from work. Mostly Modern Scholar lecture series stuff, though I have listened to a (very) few novels.

Interesting tidbit, I've heard that audio book narrators have their own fanbases, with people following them from one book to another irrespective of the author. If I lived someplace different, I'd consider playing with it myself (I spent years doing theater, have one of 'those' voices, or so I've been told).

@Walter, that is true. some do have fanbases :)

Morgan Freeman and Vincent Price?

vince didnt do many reads. i reckon the closest you'll come would be Tales of the Macabre slotshe did for Kiss Radio (possibly in the 60s)

Walter wrote: "I listen to audiobooks during my commute to and from work. Mostly Modern Scholar lecture series stuff, though I have listened to a (very) few novels.

Interesting tidbit, I've heard that audio book..."

I wish I could hear your voice, Walter! :)

If you Google or Bing Free Vincent Price radio plays there are a ton of them, Jon:
The Price of Fear: http://www.oldradioworld.com/shows/Pr...

The Saint
https://archive.org/details/TheSaintV...

These are the old plays, not audio books, but still very cool. :)

The Price Of Fear is also very good :)

Charlene wrote: "If you Google or Bing Free Vincent Price radio plays there are a ton of them, Jon:
The Price of Fear: http://www.oldradioworld.com/shows/Pr...

The Saint
https://archive.org/details/The..."

My sister got me a few radio plays.

I don't have an mp3 player.....

JON!! Happy belated birthday, my friend! Sorry I missed it by 2 days, but hope you had a great day!

(sorry for going off topic for a moment)

Bill wrote: "JON!! Happy belated birthday, my friend! Sorry I missed it by 2 days, but hope you had a great day!

(sorry for going off topic for a moment)"

Thanks, Bill!

Maybe not audiobooks exactly but BBC radio has a great selection of adaptations.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4extra/prog...

When are we gonna start this?

Michael wrote: "On the subject of "reading" do your friends make fun of the fact that you call it reading when you listen."

My friends don't, but I'm part of a large online book club and there's one guy that jumps in EVERY time someone says they listened to the book and says, "I don't really think that should count..."

Drives me a little bit crazy. Who keeps track of what other people "count" as reading??

Exactly, Denise.

of course its bloody reading!

So, this bloke thinks that people with sight impairment should be denied a good book? idiot I say!

I second that, Chris.

Thanks for bearing with us while we, (meaning mostly Scot), have been working to put everything together for our new feature-Group Listens.

Our very first group listen will be in February and the thread for suggestions is now up here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Please pop in and vote. Once we have some suggestions going we will have a poll and the winner will be our very first Group Listen at Goodreads!

Chris wrote: "of course its bloody reading!

So, this bloke thinks that people with sight impairment should be denied a good book? idiot I say!"

Excellent point. And I feel so much better now. ;)

Does anyone know how to purchase audible audio books? Do u have to go to the website now? Kinda sucks if u do. I much prefer the app.

addy, yes, the app is purely for listening these days

Addy wrote: "Does anyone know how to purchase audible audio books? Do u have to go to the website now? Kinda sucks if u do. I much prefer the app."

You can click on the links on Amazon and it will take you to Audible.

Thanks guys! I was just making sure. Definitely liked the app better when u cud purchase right on there. Oh well.

Chris are you in need of audiobooks only

My friends and i enjoy audiobooks. They are vision impaired, im not

i just purchase straight off the audible site :)

im not either Sonya,but folk who say audiobooks are not reading, failto think of those who cannot read in the sighted sense :) bugs me

Do people who don't count audiobooks as reading also not count Braille as reading?

Anyway, how did I miss that there was a horror audiobook Zone in this group? I have an audio version of my second book, Sarcophagus, available. One of my readers turned out to be a voice actor with his own professional studio etc. and talked me into letting him do an unabridged adaptation. It's available through all the usual channels (Amazon, iTunes etc.) but if you're quick enough you can use code G7PDYJ26MC7QD to grab a free copy off the Audible UK site. :-O

http://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Sci-Fi-Fa...
http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fant...

Hopefully it might float someone's boat. :-)