Voices Again

I don't like audio books.

Don't get me wrong, I like the concept of them. Having someone read to you is comforting and, for you regular people, often brings back fond childhood memories. But the execution of an audio book? Having some kindly, gentle voice reading to me and suddenly saying "'Sh*t', the officer said as he looked at the corpse hanging from the telephone pole" is a bit jarring. Plus, it takes away one of the most powerful elements in my mind while I'm reading someone else's work —...