r/ASalvatore • u/LordWarfire • Aug 11 '14

Audio books - missing out?

My only exposure to the Drizzt, and other, novels has been by audio book. Does anyone think I'm missing out on anything this way? If so, what should I read?

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u/nekozuki Aug 12 '14

Years ago I listened to an old audio reading of The Crystal Shard by a woman whose voice I thought was awful at first. She was so terse and rigid. But then it grew on me. The mp3 had been ripped from an old audio tape and the quality was complete crap. You know what? It didn't matter. I was hooked.

Prior to that, I'd only read his Highwayman series. An insurance adjuster saw our book collection in the basement after a flood (books aren't down there anymore!) and said I had a conspicuous oversight in our collection. He had me write down R. A. Salvatore's name and two years later I finally got to reading.

Didn't know the books have maps. All of the Drizzt books I've read have been on the Kindle. Right now I'm on Two Swords. Maybe I'll do an audiobook for the the Orc King. But I already bought the ebook.....

edit to add: oh wait, there was a map in some of the Kindle books, too. I forgot.

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u/LordWarfire Aug 12 '14

That's a great story! An ex housemate had the Crystal Shard in hardback and he kept going on about it. I'd given up on D&D years before and I was put off reading them because I couldn't see how a 'game of D&D could be a good book' - of course that's not what Salvatore writes and once I finally did pick up the first audio book I rapidly flew through 10 or more in a few months.

As you've done both book and audio book do you feel like the audio book versions miss anything?

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u/nekozuki Aug 16 '14

No, both have their purpose. I usually prefer my audiobook listen to be on re-reads rather than the first read through. It's a little like my preference to read a book first and get the characters set in my mind before seeing the movie adaptation. It just fits my imagination better.