Comments on: #352 – Sleepy (32 Comments) http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/10/10/352-sleepy/ new adventures every monday through friday Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:51:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: DaemonThanatos http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/10/10/352-sleepy/comment-page-1/#comment-94977 DaemonThanatos Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:49:05 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/10/10/352-sleepy/#comment-94977 bad pun, Chris. VERY bad pun. (I'm saving this one in my pun archives) bad pun, Chris. VERY bad pun. (I’m saving this one in my pun archives)

]]> By: Alice Love http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/10/10/352-sleepy/comment-page-1/#comment-78287 Alice Love Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:38:38 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/10/10/352-sleepy/#comment-78287 Awesome! I used to sleep with books under my pillow when I was little thinking it would help me learn. Now I just blast music in my ears. Has the same effect :P Awesome! I used to sleep with books under my pillow when I was little thinking it would help me learn. Now I just blast music in my ears. Has the same effect :P

]]> By: Pom Rania http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/10/10/352-sleepy/comment-page-1/#comment-65224 Pom Rania Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:12:13 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/10/10/352-sleepy/#comment-65224 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.) 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.)

]]> By: Shorty http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/10/10/352-sleepy/comment-page-1/#comment-62276 Shorty Wed, 21 May 2008 23:52:49 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/10/10/352-sleepy/#comment-62276 Oh, god. Bad pun alert! Oh, god. Bad pun alert!

]]> By: Extra http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/10/10/352-sleepy/comment-page-1/#comment-60988 Extra Sun, 11 May 2008 18:43:55 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/10/10/352-sleepy/#comment-60988 Books on tape are fun, BoTs on your iPod are convienent, but don't accidentally put it on shuffle. Books on tape are fun, BoTs on your iPod are convienent, but don’t accidentally put it on shuffle.

]]> By: Another Chris http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/10/10/352-sleepy/comment-page-1/#comment-59834 Another Chris Mon, 05 May 2008 16:55:35 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/10/10/352-sleepy/#comment-59834 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. 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.

]]> By: KZero http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/10/10/352-sleepy/comment-page-1/#comment-56558 KZero Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:16:53 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/10/10/352-sleepy/#comment-56558 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. 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.

]]> By: Septimus Crudelious http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/10/10/352-sleepy/comment-page-1/#comment-56086 Septimus Crudelious Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:14:06 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/10/10/352-sleepy/#comment-56086 Biff's just.... Biff! That's something only he would think of. Biff’s just…. Biff! That’s something only he would think of.

]]> By: Radical Edward http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/10/10/352-sleepy/comment-page-1/#comment-28449 Radical Edward Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:20:18 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/10/10/352-sleepy/#comment-28449 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. 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.

]]> By: pyrocat100 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/10/10/352-sleepy/comment-page-1/#comment-28171 pyrocat100 Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:11:23 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/10/10/352-sleepy/#comment-28171 Lol, going to literal extremes there a bit xD. Lol, going to literal extremes there a bit xD.

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