Hi: It's aug 14 now so does anybody have a release date for any of the audio books? i've already done a preorder for one. and could you plz alow purchese of these with u.s. dollars? they can be quite expensive converting u.s. to pounds or euros....
thanks
From recent Lave Radio podcast discussions, Chris is still hard at work producing the audio versions. It's proving to take longer than initially anticipated but the word is the quality promises to make the wait worthwhile
Just don't expect an audio release round the corner - It looks like we should currently expect a release sometime in December (EDIT :
Link here) - and likely tied close to the eventual release date of Elite Dangerous itself
The audiobooks won't necessarily be verbatim copies of the written text either - in one particular case the presentation will be more that of an audioplay. In other cases the narrator will carry the story (Toby Longworth is renowned for his ability as a Master of many voices) but there may be small changes to better suit the audio format. To my understanding there will not be any "abridging" of the text in the classic (butchering
) sense of the term
So my advice if you want to get stuck into the fiction right now then pick up one or several of the ebooks (or pre-order a physical copy). The anthology Tales from the Frontier contains some great short stories if you don't have time currently to commit to reading one of the novels.
When the audiobooks get released the experience should be significantly different to reading the written books and due to the time gap you'll hopefully have experienced the best of both worlds rather than (as was my personal original fear) spoiling the enjoyment of one format over another.
