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Hey everybody, new member and lifelong Covenant fan Scott Brick here. I just wanted to update anyone who's interested in the audiobook versions of the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant that they're finally here. I’m posting this in as many places here on Kevin’s Watch as I can think of, so if you’ve already read this, my apologies.

If you go to scottbrickpresents.com you can download FATAL REVENANT and LORD FOUL'S BANE as of May 1st. (They'll also be available at audible, itunes, amazon, netlibrary and overdrive shortly thereafter.) The plan is to then start filling in all the other installments about every six months or so, so we'll be completely done by the time the latest in the Last Chronicles comes out.

As of right now, the first chapter of LORD FOUL’S BANE is available as a free preview:

www.scottbrickpresents.com/wordpress/blog/

Anybody got any questions, I hope you'll get in touch. This has been a lifelong dream come true. Hope you enjoy them.

Best,

Scott Brick

Audio Covenant wrote:Hey everybody, new member and lifelong Covenant fan Scott Brick here. I just wanted to update anyone who's interested in the audiobook versions of the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant that they're finally here. I’m posting this in as many places here on Kevin’s Watch as I can think of, so if you’ve already read this, my apologies.

Just in case a Watcher has not read the Announcements forum, Scott was given permission to do this.

Thanks Pam! And thank you for your love and devotion to the Covenant series Scott!!!

Scott I am very happy to read that you will be doing at least the first book in the series.I am listening now to the 19 minute part you put up on your site,via headphone.I really like it.Consider this a guaranteed sale on the two coming up next month,and whatever other titles you pick out to lend your talents to.

I have listened to the first six books on tape,literally,dozens of times now,and wanted to know if you knew anything about Terry Hay Sales (sp?) ?

The net has never given up any info about her. Is she still alive ? She sounded like she was in her mid sixties,at the very least
when she did the first reading.

I know all about Bob Askey

And I think if you do go that far into the series,you will have massive shoes to fill.I cant think of many other narrators that could do,not only Pitch Wife's voice,but also his personality with such aplomb,as Bob did.I have a 42 minute interview with him that NPR did a few years back,in mp3.He's a very interesting man.

Mithy Freelander's (another one I cant find anything about on the net,or ILS/CNIB's website) voice always kinda grated on me,took me a long time to get used to her voice,but she did do Elena's justice (As well as Mhoram's for that matter !!),or at least what I always thought her voice would sound like.Merwin Smith did WGW well I think,I always loved hearing him describe the First of the Search,and the appointed.But its when Grimmand Honninscrave's dialog came up in the reading,that he really shined,especially after the first few chapters.

My father is blind,and has access to the original tapes.So I got hear the
tapes at a very young age.Its always bugged me that I have heard them all dozens of times,but was never able to give back to the author,as it was years later that I actually bought the books in hard cover on Ebay.Then years again in buying them all in soft cover brand new from Chapters here in Canada....oh.btw!

My wife just loves your voice !

Manny Calavera wrote:Scott I am very happy to read that you will be doing at least the first book in the series.I am listening now to the 19 minute part you put up on your site,via headphone.I really like it.Consider this a guaranteed sale on the two coming up next month,and whatever other titles you pick out to lend your talents to.

I have listened to the first six books on tape,literally,dozens of times now,and wanted to know if you knew anything about Terry Hay Sales (sp?) ?

The net has never given up any info about her. Is she still alive ? She sounded like she was in her mid sixties,at the very least
when she did the first reading.

I know all about Bob Askey

And I think if you do go that far into the series,you will have massive shoes to fill.I cant think of many other narrators that could do,not only Pitch Wife's voice,but also his personality with such aplomb,as Bob did.I have a 42 minute interview with him that NPR did a few years back,in mp3.He's a very interesting man.

Mithy Freelander's (another one I cant find anything about on the net,or ILS/CNIB's website) voice always kinda grated on me,took me a long time to get used to her voice,but she did do Elena's justice (As well as Mhoram's for that matter !!),or at least what I always thought her voice would sound like.Merwin Smith did WGW well I think,I always loved hearing him describe the First of the Search,and the appointed.But its when Grimmand Honninscrave's dialog came up in the reading,that he really shined,especially after the first few chapters.

My father is blind,and has access to the original tapes.So I got hear the
tapes at a very young age.Its always bugged me that I have heard them all dozens of times,but was never able to give back to the author,as it was years later that I actually bought the books in hard cover on Ebay.Then years again in buying them all in soft cover brand new from Chapters here in Canada....oh.btw!

My wife just loves your voice !

Thanks so much for all the kind words, Manny, I really appreciate it. Unfortunately I don't know anything about those narrators; to be honest I've never heard of them before. The recording I do is for the retail market and libraries, whereas the books for the blind are done by the Library of Congress, and their books are never made available for retail. Interesting that they would have different narrators handle different titles, rather than a single narrator doing the entire series. From your description it sounds like they made the books sound dynamic, acting them out. I talk to various listeners who are blind and they tell me books from that program are usually presented rather straightforward, with no acting at all.

As a matter of fact, I recorded a book at a studio in New York that records a lot of books for the Library of Congress, and when I came in and started narrating a Brad Meltzer title, they were surprised I was giving it inflection, acting it out, what have you. They said nobody ever does that for the books for the blind, so they were pleasantly surprised. I can't imagine listening to books that way, but that's just me. Could have been just the titles they were listening to, I guess, that were flat. Who knows?

Anyway, thanks again, I appreciate it your advance order! I hope you enjoy them when you get to take a listen.

Best,

Scott

a lot of work is involved in audio books but not the same as reading a book

limelight wrote:a lot of work is involved in audio books but not the same as reading a book

Ah, you don't expect me to agree with THAT, do you?

If you listen to a book on audio, do you consider that you've read it? Just curious. Some do, some don't. Orson Scott Card tells people all the time that listening to his books makes the experience better than reading them.

But then again, I'm biased.

Best,

Scott

the minds eye can envisage words better than voices

but then again any reworking of srd work must be a good thing
this is coming from a man who has only just got back into his books after 15 years keep up the good work (mod edit...try not to double post whenever possible...thanks-and welcome! d)

I have a hard time listening to a book that I've never read, but if I've read the book first, then I can get so much more out of the audio version. For example, take Brick's preview of chapter 1 of LFB, particularly the section where Covenant is thinking back on his marriage to Joan prior to his leprosy. As I listened to that section, I recalled the insights that SRD has given us about Covenant and Joan, and for the first time I felt a deep sympathy for Covenant's loss that I've never felt before.

dlbpharmd wrote:I have a hard time listening to a book that I've never read, but if I've read the book first, then I can get so much more out of the audio version. For example, take Brick's preview of chapter 1 of LFB, particularly the section where Covenant is thinking back on his marriage to Joan prior to his leprosy. As I listened to that section, I recalled the insights that SRD has given us about Covenant and Joan, and for the first time I felt a deep sympathy for Covenant's loss that I've never felt before.

Thanks, dlbpharmd. And welcome back to The Land, limelight.

Best,

Scott

Audio Covenant wrote:

dlbpharmd wrote:I have a hard time listening to a book that I've never read, but if I've read the book first, then I can get so much more out of the audio version. For example, take Brick's preview of chapter 1 of LFB, particularly the section where Covenant is thinking back on his marriage to Joan prior to his leprosy. As I listened to that section, I recalled the insights that SRD has given us about Covenant and Joan, and for the first time I felt a deep sympathy for Covenant's loss that I've never felt before.

Thanks, dlbpharmd. And welcome back to The Land, limelight.

Best,

Scott

I felt the same way when i was listening to the books, I got alot of little things that i had overlooked until I had listened to it. less brain activity needed to listen than to read i think......

I enjoy both reading and listening to books...I dont feel any different having listened to Runes than if i had read it myself. actually i feel like i have read it though the words have never crossed my eyes... literally ,.. for the last 6-7 years i have had Audio Versions of the first two Chronicles I read myself and did a pretty good job, and i kept doing it..only for books not available on audio yet anyway for TCTC..the first three were a bit tiresome but i got alot better through PTP and was glad i did..because i had to wait 7 years for someone to take what looked as if it would never happen and turn it into a reality that everyone can now listen to. thanks again Scott..anyway when i read or listen to a book my mind processes it the same way but reading it the process is slower and things will be forgotten a little more easily(At least for me) , my mind also has to process the words with my eyes and not all attention can be on the meaning...listening to it gives you a different perspective, I love reading but after i have read it a few times i want to have it read to me instead of me having to read it, it allows me to do other things at the same time, mainly while im working after all words are words no matter how you take them in. But i do believe that if you have the time, reading the book is like seeing an old friend.

I have a hard time w/ books I haven't read too, mostly because my mind tends to wander and then I'll have missed something... either because I'm thinking about something that just happened in the story, or sometimes just being ADD. I can get really lost in the world of a book, to the point where I'm not really seeing the words anymore, but it's still easy to pause for a second, or to realize I just read three paragraphs and have no idea what they said... so I can back up easily. With audio, you have to know how far to rewind, etc...

But once I've already read a book, then I love to listen to it. As has been said, I'll get a different take on things. Runes being a great example

And come to think of it, what I said above only really applies to "stories." I listen to stuff like Deepak Chopra, Eckhart Tolle, Harv Ecker, or Steven Covey a lot and don't need to read it first. I think the difference is that those are conceptual as opposed to the linear style of a novel where you really want to read it in order.

Scott, just listened to the preview of Golden Boy. Wow. I really enjoyed it and I definitely intend to buy the entire audio file. You've got a great delivery, interesting and engaging. Very appropriate for the material. I'm looking forward to hearing the rest.
Very well done!

I'm an audio book virgin.

I'm about to remedy that by going to listen to the preview...

ControlFreak wrote:I'm an audio book virgin.

I'm about to remedy that by going to listen to the preview...

I think you will enjoy it. it is addictive.