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devilinlaw
Posted 2015-11-03 4:50 PM (#11699 - in reply to #11694)
Subject: Re: Audiobook Reading Challenge 2015 - 2016		Quote Reply



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spectru - 2015-11-03 1:40 PM
I'll begin with the one I started yesterday, the third book in a trilogy. I read the first two books and never would have gotten the pronunciation of some (most) of the names. Now I know how they are pronounced, but if I had heard the previous books, I couldn't have guessed at their spelling.


That is an inherent risk when it comes to audiobooks. I listened to the Hunger Games series and had no idea how any of the names were spelled until I asked my significant other, who has a general aversion to audiobooks, and who is a huge fan of the series. She read them, I listened to them and it was interesting to compare notes on pronunciations and spelling. I can tell you for sure that I would have had a tough time with some of the names in the Ringworld books had I read and not listened to them.

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