Hyp: Better read than listened to?

[Vincent]

Hate to breask out a whole new topic but when I read the story originally in the 90s the words really popped out at me and Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion were both fast page turners for me . I listened to it again from Audible and with the exception of the first story, I did not find the narrations lived up to the task of convening the feeling of the story. I've heard most of these narrators on other book where they were great but I just didn't feel it on this production. I'll probably reread Fall of Hyperion as an e-book. What did you guys and gals think?

[David Sven]

I only read it on ebook - but I imagine it would be difficult to do a "double-take" on the audio book when he throws in some of those unusual words - especially at the beginning.

[terpkristin]

I read it originally in paperback, 8 or so years ago. I listened to the audio this time around and didn't feel any less attraction to the book (that I recall). I found the stories I didn't care for harder to "skim" while listening to it but I thought the audio was equally gripping/compelling.

That said, I'm an "experienced" audiobook listener, had read it before, and am not afraid of funny language. I imagine that different people, depending on how they handle those types of things, could have a vastly different experience.

[Mike]

I listened to Hyperion over audio book, and having not read the book in print, I quite enjoyed the voice-acting of the cast used to narrate the pilgrims and their stories. However the audio edition of Fall of Hyperion only uses the voice of the narrator (makes sense given the second book's point of view) and I'm having trouble getting through this book since the attempt at voicing the pilgrims is so different this time around.

[Joyce]

The voice acting in the audio book is excellent!. I think it might be better this way.