I'm currently listening to a bit of The Chrysalids, as the librarian at RNIB told me it's one they're thinking of rerecording because it's so bad it's beyond a joke. This was probably just after I mentioned that the narrator for The Day of the Triffids is quite audibly drunk for most of the recording. There are strange wibbling noises and random wind howling in the background for this, pretty much constantly, and it's not precisely an alluring recording, with a middle-aged man speaking conservative RP in a very pausy way. Not as bad as it could have been. Oh dear, he just paused to tell us how to spell solanaceae, and spelt it wrong, too. Yes, it is rather odd. Boozing was at least appropriate for The Day of the Triffids, and really brought out the theme of, "The world's ending! Let's get hammered!"
Anyway, The Other Boleyn Girl is now added to my bookshelf. I could possibly fancy some nice science fiction. Recommendations, anyone? I go for "soft" rather than "hard" SF, the stuff that's more interested in sociology and so forth.
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Date: Tuesday, 9 September 2008 03:13 pm (UTC)From:Anyway, The Other Boleyn Girl is now added to my bookshelf. I could possibly fancy some nice science fiction. Recommendations, anyone? I go for "soft" rather than "hard" SF, the stuff that's more interested in sociology and so forth.