October 10th, 2007
#352 - Sleepy
Now that they are available digitally, I’m starting to really like audiobooks. Back in college I checked a few of them out of the library but they were abridged and they were recorded on a box full of cassette tapes. Now I can listen to them on my iPod while driving to work. The main things that I like is that the person reading the book usually acts out the scenes better than I would have and I don’t have to try and figure out how to pronounce some character’s weird name every time I come across it.
October 10th, 2007 at 12:09 am
LOL…I like it.
October 10th, 2007 at 12:16 am
Haha, great pun.
It’s easier for me just to read a story >.>
October 10th, 2007 at 12:28 am
GOLD.
October 10th, 2007 at 12:31 am
How would Biff use hooked-on-phonics?
October 10th, 2007 at 1:21 am
I find that Shakespeare read aloud by people that know how it goes sounds so much better than just reading it in your head, but it has to be read by people who know EXACTLY how to read it.
October 10th, 2007 at 1:23 am
Now I’m thinking of a poster in my school, with a bunch of books strapped to Garfield, and the caption reading “I’m learning by osmosis!”
October 10th, 2007 at 2:51 am
This is another one of your good ones; the premise is quite amusing, the pun is good (albeit a groaner), and the art is… Biffy. I love that his mouth over-laps the tape.
October 10th, 2007 at 3:23 am
I don’t see how anybody could enjoy that kind of book-on-tape(although this is more tape-on-book), but this IS Biff, who likes chocolate-covered reuben sandwiches on a stick.
October 10th, 2007 at 7:06 am
yes, audiobooks are much nicer than actually reading (well, I guess it depends on the reader, but if you stick with a good company then they usually hire the better guys/gals) and if you have either a Walkman (really old school) or a tape deck right next to your bed it’s not that hard to listen as you’re going to sleep…you might miss some important details and have to rewind a bit, but who cares about petty details like that?
October 10th, 2007 at 8:49 am
# Jace Says:
#October 10th, 2007 at 1:21 am
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#I find that Shakespeare read aloud by people that know how it goes #sounds so much better than just reading it in your head, but it has to be #read by people who know EXACTLY how to read it.
Patric Stewart for the WIN
He should totally make some shakespear on tape.
October 10th, 2007 at 10:20 am
amelia bedelia. My favorite was when she would draw the curtains
October 10th, 2007 at 10:58 am
Listening to audiotapes in my car,
I hear the first three words and
tune out the rest. I can’t do it.
October 10th, 2007 at 11:00 am
*slaps biff* You sir have just been PUNished.
October 10th, 2007 at 11:39 am
To Ryan:
Stewart does do Shakespeare on tape. He also does Dickens. Just check out Amazon.
October 10th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
I love how Biff looks like hes trying really hard to learn while he is asleep.
October 10th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Lol, this reminds me of the Dester’s Lab episode where Dexter tries learning French, but because the record skipped he could only say “cheese omlette” in French. Maybe Biff’ll wake up only able to quote Shakespeare.
October 10th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
I am amazingly impressed at the quality of work, ideas and brilliance this comic has shown! I have been reading them since 10am early this morning (gmt +0) with many breaks, of course, and it provided a wonderful read. I will probably be buying the book (it would be a great book to have) and I will spread the word.
October 10th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
The best book on tape I’ve ever heard is Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. The voice work, done by Johnathan Davis, is really top notch.
October 10th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
I never liked to read books when I was a kid, but then I tried books on tape. I realized I don’t like to hear people reading a book I thought was too boring to read myself. Also biff’s head kinda looks like it was from #175.
October 10th, 2007 at 6:35 pm
Heh-heh, I l just love puns.
I only like the audio books where the person does voice acting. It’s like listening to those old radio programs…plus, it’s really funny when a guy tries to do a girl’s voice, even funnier when he has to do an accent for her too.
October 10th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Hmm… yes…
October 10th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
Biff is a GENIUS!
October 12th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
Lol, going to literal extremes there a bit xD.
October 16th, 2007 at 12:20 am
Biff, wrong tape…
I like the idea of books on tape. My mother likes the Harry Potter series (on CD), but she hasn’t gotten as far as book 4.
April 6th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Biff’s just…. Biff! That’s something only he would think of.
April 9th, 2008 at 7:16 am
Thats actually something I never thought of. I never had the desire for a book on tape until you mentioned that about the names. Some books have horribley unpronouncable names or names that lots of people pronounce differently when I show them the book. I wonder if people who read this post will pronounce the following names the way I do… feel free to try to write out how you think they are. That is… as long as Chris doesn’t mind.
Other than the first one I made them up for my own works of fiction.
Dekar
Cive
Ransu
Zitire
Riliraro
Afluve
Taphle.
May 5th, 2008 at 11:55 am
I’ve been going through Terry Pratchett’s Discworld audiobooks and there are a LOT of characters in there. The three readers used for the series will invariably pronounce names differently from each other, and often differently from their own previous recordings. One would think that the readers could quickly check with the author. Despite that one complaint, they do some top-notch reading/acting, especially considering all the different characters.
Then there are some voices that I automatically tune out or grate on me. George Wilson as the narrator for Crichton’s “State of Fear” sounded too much like a narrator for high school movies. Matt Modine was incredibly flat for “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” was flat and completely upstaged by Calista Flockhart whenever a woman’s voice was required.
May 11th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Books on tape are fun, BoTs on your iPod are convienent, but don’t accidentally put it on shuffle.
May 21st, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Oh, god. Bad pun alert!
June 20th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Mm, books on tape are okay, but I prefer audio-drama podcasts. May I recommend Decoder Ring Theatre?
http://decoderring.libsyn.com/
The Red Panda Adventures are about this superhero in the 1930s; Black Jack Justice is some kind of private detective; and Deck Gibson is science fiction.
Oh, and they’re also Canadian, but only the Red Panda ones are set in Canada (Toronto, to be specific). It won’t impair your enjoyment if you’re from a different country, but it’s nice hearing about a setting you’re familiar with if you ARE Canadian. (If you end up going on the boards, mention me. I use the same name there.)