Cara
Cara asked:

Has anyone listened to the audiobook? If so, did you feel you missed out due to not being able to easily stop and think over the content of the novel, annotate & take notes etc, or do you still feel you got the full experience?

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Scott Martin I listened to the audiobook and checked out the print copy from the library. I thought I would read along. I didn't end up doing that - the story was much more clear than I expected (I expected something like Neal Stephenson). I believe the footnotes and chapter intros are by a female vocalist while the main story is by a male. This is a nice dichotomy. I considered going back through the print book to copy down good quotes and such for use later, but I didn't end up doing that. I think I'll just re-listen to it again if I want to relive the adventure.
Rainey Williams I did it on audio and felt like I missed out on nothing. I could easily pause any time I needed to. But Im not really a note taker, nor do I write in the margins of books. I feel like anyone who likes to do that would not, and should not, do this book on audio.
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