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I got three months of Audible membership for cheap, so I will be getting three credits for audiobooks over the next three months! (I only ever have an Audible membership when they have a sale.)
So I have been going over my wishlist to consider what I might want to get! And here are my options:
My first thought was the Zahn trilogy, i.e. the first three Star Wars books that Timothy Zahn wrote back in the early 90s which kicked off the EU (Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command). They are, hands down, the best Star Wars novels I've ever read, and very well-written books in their own right; I learned a lot about the craft of writing from reading them. I've loved them for thirty years. Three months, three credits, get the whole trilogy in one swoop.
But in listening to the sample audio, something was ... off. The first book starts with Admiral Pellaeon (a devoted Imperial) remembering the horrors of Endor and mourning how far the Imperial Navy has fallen. And guess what music from the Star Wars soundtrack they paired with it? The Binary Sunset theme! The music that plays while Luke stares wistfully off across the desert! It is. um. not music I would want paired with musings about how awesome the Imperial Navy used to be. So now I'm not sure.
Other options include
So I have been going over my wishlist to consider what I might want to get! And here are my options:
My first thought was the Zahn trilogy, i.e. the first three Star Wars books that Timothy Zahn wrote back in the early 90s which kicked off the EU (Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command). They are, hands down, the best Star Wars novels I've ever read, and very well-written books in their own right; I learned a lot about the craft of writing from reading them. I've loved them for thirty years. Three months, three credits, get the whole trilogy in one swoop.
But in listening to the sample audio, something was ... off. The first book starts with Admiral Pellaeon (a devoted Imperial) remembering the horrors of Endor and mourning how far the Imperial Navy has fallen. And guess what music from the Star Wars soundtrack they paired with it? The Binary Sunset theme! The music that plays while Luke stares wistfully off across the desert! It is. um. not music I would want paired with musings about how awesome the Imperial Navy used to be. So now I'm not sure.
Other options include
- one or more of the Peter Wimsey mysteries narrated by Ian Carmichael (who has the perfect voice for Lord Peter, and spent half his career playing him in one form or another it seems).
- one or more of the Rivers of London books. Love them, love Kobna Holdbrook-Smith's narration. I've already got a few.
- one or more of the Goblin Emperor books
- one or more Bujold books
- a compilation of Jane Austen novels that is on sale for $8, which I might just buy with cash instead of spending a credit on it, and use the credit for more expensive books.
