Well, all I wrote about it was: "17. The Stainless Steel Rat, Harry Harrison (audio): I read a lot of these in high school and loved them. This one held up pretty well for its age. Was pretty short, though. I might listen to the rest, but they're fairly pricy at $14.69 or one credit for an average of five hours each. I'll probably wait for a credit sale."
The reader was good, I listened while I was walking and found myself giggling quite often. I think it did hold up, although maybe it was less clever than I had remembered it. Still, it was fun to go back to that universe. James Bolivar DiGriz was quite the right bastard, really, and the reader is properly pompous. I'm not sure if I had a good experience because I was listening to a skilled reader, or if it was indeed the books that kept me entertained.
I never read Daniel Keys Moran. It really is the worst when you revisit old loves and they aren't at all what you remember, though. Like going back to a childhood home and finding everything is much smaller than you remembered.
Audible has previews of all their books on their site, if that helps. http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_3?asin=B0041M5MRE&qid=1338872928&sr=1-3 (sample under the image)
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Date: 2012-06-05 05:10 am (UTC)The reader was good, I listened while I was walking and found myself giggling quite often. I think it did hold up, although maybe it was less clever than I had remembered it. Still, it was fun to go back to that universe. James Bolivar DiGriz was quite the right bastard, really, and the reader is properly pompous. I'm not sure if I had a good experience because I was listening to a skilled reader, or if it was indeed the books that kept me entertained.
I never read Daniel Keys Moran. It really is the worst when you revisit old loves and they aren't at all what you remember, though. Like going back to a childhood home and finding everything is much smaller than you remembered.
Audible has previews of all their books on their site, if that helps.
http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_3?asin=B0041M5MRE&qid=1338872928&sr=1-3 (sample under the image)