tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post2062837020897768863..comments2024-03-26T17:54:54.592+01:00Comments on Speculiction...: Review of Lagoon by Nnedi OkoraforUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-4846124167450611892015-05-10T20:51:37.005+02:002015-05-10T20:51:37.005+02:00I should have also confessed I picked up the audio...I should have also confessed I picked up the audiobook based on your recommendation. ;)Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796098208589965362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-54166768306274398422015-05-10T20:26:26.666+02:002015-05-10T20:26:26.666+02:00Lots of yes, yes, yessing as I read your review! Y...Lots of yes, yes, yessing as I read your review! You completely captured my experience with Lagoon, which I also enjoyed in the superb audiobook format with those brilliant actors. I'm with you that they add a dimension that the book-book version probably does not provide.<br /><br />I love the comparison to Heinlein, and never would have thought about connecting Lagoon's compassion with the destructiveness of Stranger in a Strange Land, but this is just brilliant. Where Heinlein gets distracted by the things that, er, usually, predictably, distract him, Okorafor offers some real, biting commentary about the world at large. She intertwines humor with violence in a natural way and you can tell she had a lot of fun with it (as did the actors). A fun and necessary addition to the First Contact field.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-54375622694883177162015-05-10T19:30:12.818+02:002015-05-10T19:30:12.818+02:00Firstly, thanks for stopping by my backwaters of t...Firstly, thanks for stopping by my backwaters of the web. I do my very best not to include spoilers in my reviews, so feel free to read. :)<br /><br />Regarding audiobooks, the quality depends on many factors - some inherent to the text and some to the voice actors. A good voice actor enhances, or at least doesn't detract from a story, whereas bad one completely destroys the experience. That being said, I think there are some stories that work very well in audio format, while others fall flat. Listening to Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow would be a futile experience, whereas works more plot and character centric have a chance of being good in audio format - as long as the voice actor is good, of course. In short, not all audiobooks are good, and not all books were made to be read, but Lagoon I can whole-heartedly recommend.Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796098208589965362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-24154818925435225092015-05-10T15:40:17.061+02:002015-05-10T15:40:17.061+02:00Hey thanks for this review as well as the confessi...Hey thanks for this review as well as the confession at the end. I skimmed the review itself to avoid possible spoilers because the comparison to Heinlein was enough to convince me to seek it out. I started Stranger in a Strange Land last year but only got through about twenty or so pages - that had to do with the style of story telling more than anything else. Heinlein I've always struggled with. But the confession was also useful because I've also struggled with reading for almost fifteen years now, where for ten years prior I had no issues, and have never tried the audiobook route. <br /><br />Thanks! :)Warstubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462907599044043765noreply@blogger.com