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P.S. If possible could you get them to record it like The Golden Compass was? A full cast makes a good book infinitely better in my opinion.That would be marvelous! Alas, I have no say in these things. And I'm pretty sure I don't rate a full cast like Mr. Pullman. :)
Ian
Well, there has been a development on the audio book front. My agent and I have just received and accepted an offer from Audible.com to produce audio versions of all 3 novels in the Milkweed Triptych (Bitter Seeds, The Coldest War, and Necessary Evil). I'll share more information when I have it, regarding publication dates and so forth. But for now, hooray!
I've seen that some folks are already anticipating the Audible.com version of Bitter Seeds. Hooray!I thought I should point out, though, that it might be a while before the book is available through Audible. I don't know how long it typically takes to produce one of these things, but it's not going to happen overnight.
Another update on the audiobook front:The narrator for Bitter Seeds should be selected in the next couple of weeks. Production will start soon after that, and I'm told will take about 3 months. So, if everything goes well, the audio version of the book should be available by Labor Day, if not sooner.
Good question! I don't know the answer to that, but I do know they want copies of the hardcovers as the books are released. For Bitter Seeds, anyway, they're working directly from the published book. So unless they ask to see the corrected galleys prior to publication, there will probably be some delay between the hardcover and the audio versions. But they've already asked me about the pub date for The Coldest War, so they're thinking ahead :)
Here's an update on the audiobook situation: I'm told by Audible that they're planning to release the audio of Bitter Seeds on August 24, so just over a month from now.I've heard an excerpt and it sounds terrific.
Update, 24 August 2010:Bitter Seeds is now available from Audible.com! Details can be found here.
The book was narrated by Kevin Pariseau, and as I've said before, I think he did a terrific job. I've been delighted by the excerpts I've heard.
Pariseau has an odd halting cadence that takes some getting used to. It doesn't happen when he's doing dialogue, just when he's reading the text. It almost sounds like they edited out breaths or something. Takes some getting used to, but once I got through a couple chapters I almost didn't hear it anymore.Love this and The Coldest War and can't wait for Necessary Evil.
Thanks, Matthew! I'm happy you're enjoying the audiobooks.It's a little strange listening to a professional recording of the books, because I hear it all in my head when I write it. But everybody reads their own interpretation differently, so Kevin has his take on the books and I have mine. I tend to think that every reader's interpretation is correct for him or herself.
On the other hand, Kevin can read German and do a variety of accents, whereas I can do none of those things :) So in that regard, his is more correct than mine. In fact, it was from listening to Kevin that I learned the primary pronunciation of "Eidolon" is not what I thought it was! I pronounce it differently, though I believe his is the more correct pronunciation.
Oh, what is the primary pronounciation? Obviously I'd know yours, thanks to hearing you say it in critgroup.
Kevin pronounces it "eye-doh-lan". It could also be "eh-doh-lawn" or "eye-doh-lawn".
I've always pronounced it EYE-doh-lawn (as Emily heard me say in critgroup probably a trillion times) with the accent on the first syllable. Kevin Pariseau pronounces it "eye-DOH-lawn," with the accent on the second syllable, which is the preferred pronunciation in several dictionaries. (Some also list my pronunciation.) As you can tell, I never bothered to study the pronunciation when I first learned this word! I probably would have written certain sentences differently if I'd been aware of the "correct" pronunciation.
*hangs head in shame*
See, now if you'd taken some small children and locked them away so that they spoke eye-DOH-lawn, you would have known better. This is a poor research issue, really. You need to cut back on all your Robot Unicorn gaming and get serious about the writing thing. Enough slacking with the "day job" and the whole, "I need to make enough money to feed myself" excuse. Food is for the weak.Here I should probably add a note to explain that Ian once tried to bribe me to get myself punched by Walter Jon Williams, and that he sends me Youtube clips of robot unicorns dodging obstacles to the beat of Erasure's "Always", with the lyrics displayed in helpful thought bubbles. Because I'm sure that explains it all, really.
Here I should probably add a note to explain that Ian once tried to bribe me to get myself punched by Walter Jon WilliamsIt almost worked. It was *this* close!
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Jaime,
To be honest, I haven't the foggiest idea of how audiobooks are produced, and what kind of decision-making process has to happen. I'll ask my editor the next time I talk to him-- now I'm curious, too :)
Ian