Excellent reading; shame about the intro
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“I've always loved A Christmas Carol and I like Geoffrey Palmer, so it was nice for the two to be combined here.
Geoffrey Palmer reads this book excellently; his vocal flexbility is much greater than I'd expected, having seen him mainly in his long-suffering sitcom roles, and he characterises the book extremely well. The sound quality is very clear, and this is an excellent production (all the better for being free).
My gripe is with the absolutely appalling introduction 'noise' (I won't call it 'music'), which combines a profoundly irritating repetitive drone with weird and extraneous vocal clips. It's wholly inappropriate, and constitutes a minute-and-a-half of utter garbage, to be endured five times. (Yes, I can skip through it, but that isn't the point; it shouldn't be there.)
The announcer isn't much cop either (though at least she's brief), and I was annoyed by her politically-correct envoi at the end of episode 5: "Happy Holidays". Indeed, it seemed conspicuously ironic, given the title of the book: it's A *Christmas* Carol, not A *Holiday* Carol! I wish people would stop worrying about offending non-Christians and just say "Merry Christmas"; the mealy-mouthed modern alternative is far more likely to offend people than the traditional seasonal greeting that it replaces.
I've knocked a star off my rating because of the dreadful intro and the foolish political correctness, but it deserves five for Geoffrey Palmer's efforts. Needless to say, I will be editing the entraneous junk off my downloaded copies, leaving just the reading.”Read full review »
Richard Hallas via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
12/21/05
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“A really interesting podcast. Lots of great insight into how books come to life and plenty of interviews with authors, actors, athletes, editors etc. Like the way each episode is themed too with extracts from audiobooks that fit into the theme of the show. Great stuff, keep it up!”
Kaliko19 via Apple Podcasts ·
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12/11/13
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“Penguin Books has done a very nice job on their podcast, which features readings and author interviews from the publishing company's authors. They consistently put out a wide variety of subjects, ranging from crime novels to cooking and children's books to "acclaimed novels." ...”Read full review »
TaguchiJapan via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/14/06
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“stuck in bed with flu, lovely to listen to a really good book, more please. how about a bit of jane austin?”
mollymillar via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
12/19/05
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