Thoughts about audiobooks

I dislike them because they’re so slow. And I feel like it’s easier to comprehend things you read since you can just read the line again if you missed something, while in audio books you have to rewind which again, is so slow it frustrates me.

I found that there are two types of audiobooks.

Those from people who read it, word for word, in a monotonal voice.

And those that differ between narratives, when a character speaks, and alters when another character speaks.

Some of those have multiple people doing various parts.

There is a third type, which included music and sound effects (for those like Star Wars).  But this is an extended version of the second type.

While I do enjoy audionovels, the types I like is very limited.

My personal collect are all on MP3-CDs (with come older cassettes which I can’t find a CD version to replace with).

I have listened to a bunch on u-tube (while at home working on the computer).

Any of the Star Wars audio novels (movie adaptions) from what I recall, all had sound effects and music.

I have not listened to my LoTR / silmarillion in a long time (pre-Jackson), so I don’t recall how many voice actors were in it, but it was the BBC radio drama.

Batman: The Complete Knightfall Saga has a whole cast of voice actors plus original music composed for it.

Superman Lives! also has a whole cast of voice actors plus original music composed for it.

My DragonLance: Chronicles are all by one narrator, but his does a great job of making each character sound different.

Same goes for Conan audio books (The Coming of…, the Conquering Sword of…, the Bloody Crown of…), as well as Savage Tales of Solomon Kane.

Each time I look for more MP3-CDs, all I get are those darn download sh!t.

I want the physical media.

Curious, what good audio novels do you have, StarLord?

Is there a preferred author or genre you like?

I listed a few of mine.