Comments on: Grey http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/ News from the Staff of Podiobooks.com Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:45:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Nobilis http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-204870 Nobilis Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:21:35 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-204870 A marvelous voice reading a marvelous story. The bizarrely surreal contrasted with the warmly human. A marvelous voice reading a marvelous story. The bizarrely surreal contrasted with the warmly human.

]]> By: Jersey Todd http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-198379 Jersey Todd Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:22:54 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-198379 I just finished. What an ending. What a book. Sequel please? Pretty please? I may have to start the podiobook over. There is so much room to fantasize about the back-story of the world created here, and where the characters go after the story ends. I'm really going to miss not being part of the "Grey" world. [btw, Mr. Armstrong must do a dead-on Kevin Spacey impersonation] I just finished. What an ending. What a book. Sequel please? Pretty please?

I may have to start the podiobook over. There is so much room to fantasize about the back-story of the world created here, and where the characters go after the story ends. I’m really going to miss not being part of the “Grey” world.

[btw, Mr. Armstrong must do a dead-on Kevin Spacey impersonation]

]]> By: Traeonna http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-177451 Traeonna Fri, 23 May 2008 22:45:54 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-177451 I’ve just finished Chapter 9. Typically I wait until I’ve finished an entire book before I post a comment, but I just couldn’t this time. I wanted to tell you that every time Michael’s world is described, the endless details regarding fashion, the snippets from Pure H; I’m in heaven. I can almost touch and feel all the various fabrics and can see all of the lovely details and embellishments. Charcoal is just so beautiful. I find myself smiling each time you describe Michael and Nora’s world. And then you go and ruin it with Michael’s father. Every time Michael’s father opens his mouth, I feel like retching. His world is completely grotesque in my eyes. I’m visually and aurally assaulted each time he pops up in the story. Yes, he is a delightfully horrid character for which I have cursed death upon so many times. But you don’t stop there. Oh no. You have that frightfully hideous scene with that other girl. You know the one I’m talking about. Good gods, I got chills. I about died when she turned around and there was a tail…as if the pink fur and hairdo wasn’t enough to kill me. Good gods, could it be any worse? I look forward to seeing where this story takes me next. I’ve just finished Chapter 9. Typically I wait until I’ve finished an entire book before I post a comment, but I just couldn’t this time. I wanted to tell you that every time Michael’s world is described, the endless details regarding fashion, the snippets from Pure H; I’m in heaven. I can almost touch and feel all the various fabrics and can see all of the lovely details and embellishments. Charcoal is just so beautiful. I find myself smiling each time you describe Michael and Nora’s world. And then you go and ruin it with Michael’s father. Every time Michael’s father opens his mouth, I feel like retching. His world is completely grotesque in my eyes. I’m visually and aurally assaulted each time he pops up in the story. Yes, he is a delightfully horrid character for which I have cursed death upon so many times. But you don’t stop there. Oh no. You have that frightfully hideous scene with that other girl. You know the one I’m talking about. Good gods, I got chills. I about died when she turned around and there was a tail…as if the pink fur and hairdo wasn’t enough to kill me. Good gods, could it be any worse? I look forward to seeing where this story takes me next.

]]> By: Heywoody http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-168354 Heywoody Sat, 03 May 2008 10:12:47 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-168354 Holy crap! Armstrong is a Hemingway on LSD! Writes well, but he probably would write well regardless of the subject. In this case he wrote about a bad acid trip, or while on one. That kind of story is usually not my cup of tea, but it was interesting enough to finish the book. Now if Armstrong would only have used his powers for good....... Holy crap! Armstrong is a Hemingway on LSD! Writes well, but he probably would write well regardless of the subject. In this case he wrote about a bad acid trip, or while on one.
That kind of story is usually not my cup of tea, but it was interesting enough to finish the book.
Now if Armstrong would only have used his powers for good…….

]]> By: Samantha http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-159846 Samantha Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:04:50 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-159846 Amazing writing! Mr. Armstrong sure does know how to turn a phrase. The plotline is increasingly addictive too. A delicious read. It's stimulating both my sense of writing aesthetics (if you will) and my desire for a good fun story. Whee! Amazing writing! Mr. Armstrong sure does know how to turn a phrase. The plotline is increasingly addictive too. A delicious read. It’s stimulating both my sense of writing aesthetics (if you will) and my desire for a good fun story. Whee!

]]> By: Heather http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-156717 Heather Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:06:55 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-156717 I'm on chapter 5 and really enjoying the book thoroughly. Just my kind of dystopian satire. I’m on chapter 5 and really enjoying the book thoroughly. Just my kind of dystopian satire.

]]> By: james http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-81176 james Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:02:47 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-81176 I agree this book starts slow, but it is like a train wreck. You know what is coming, but you just keep watching to see what happens next. I agree this book starts slow, but it is like a train wreck. You know what is coming, but you just keep watching to see what happens next.

]]> By: charley hardman http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-72949 charley hardman Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:28:50 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-72949 iPodSlaaf, <a href="http://saltypig.com/blog/2007/10/grey.htm" rel="nofollow">i agree</a>. doubt anyone could have lifted these characters off the page like armstrong has with his reading. wasn't a fan at the start, but now that i've gone back to listen to the earlier chapters (some parts many times), it was only because i was too skeptical. this... this is a good one. just bought the print version at barnes and noble yesterday. the cover art's genius to match the book. <em>Grey</em> and <em>Beautiful Red</em> are two podiobooks i'd love to see made into films. was funny in the bookstore listening to my iPod and reading along. saw quickly that armstrong made many minor edits for the podiobook. iPodSlaaf, i agree. doubt anyone could have lifted these characters off the page like armstrong has with his reading. wasn’t a fan at the start, but now that i’ve gone back to listen to the earlier chapters (some parts many times), it was only because i was too skeptical. this… this is a good one. just bought the print version at barnes and noble yesterday. the cover art’s genius to match the book. Grey and Beautiful Red are two podiobooks i’d love to see made into films.

was funny in the bookstore listening to my iPod and reading along. saw quickly that armstrong made many minor edits for the podiobook.

]]> By: iPodSlaaf http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-72495 iPodSlaaf Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:21:28 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-72495 This is turning into one of my best yet subscriptions at PodioBooks, the narration is spot-on, and the storyline is evolving into what seems to be a classic of its genre. This is turning into one of my best yet subscriptions at PodioBooks, the narration is spot-on, and the storyline is evolving into what seems to be a classic of its genre.

]]> By: ChrisAaron http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-70314 ChrisAaron Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:04:01 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-70314 I am captured. Caught off guard and disoriented but very happy with it all. I wonder if I'm the only one who sees any simularity between the feel of Grey and the feel of Aeon Flux? Mind you Grey seems to have more depth and be more thought out, but still they both juxtapose extreme violence, breath taking and strange beauty, erotic and repulsive with a commentary on society and where it might be headed. Either way, I am enjoying myself immensely, thank you Jon. I am captured. Caught off guard and disoriented but very happy with it all. I wonder if I’m the only one who sees any simularity between the feel of Grey and the feel of Aeon Flux? Mind you Grey seems to have more depth and be more thought out, but still they both juxtapose extreme violence, breath taking and strange beauty, erotic and repulsive with a commentary on society and where it might be headed. Either way, I am enjoying myself immensely, thank you Jon.

]]> By: ChrisAaron http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-70313 ChrisAaron Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:02:18 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-70313 I am captured. Caught off guard and disoriented but very happy with it all. I wonder if I'm the only one who sees a similarity with the feel of Aeon Flux? Mind you this seems to have more depth and be more thought out, but still they both juxtapose extreme violence, breath taking and strange beauty, erotic and repulsive with a nice commentary on society and where it might be headed. Either way, I am enjoying myself immensely, thank you Jon. I am captured. Caught off guard and disoriented but very happy with it all. I wonder if I’m the only one who sees a similarity with the feel of Aeon Flux? Mind you this seems to have more depth and be more thought out, but still they both juxtapose extreme violence, breath taking and strange beauty, erotic and repulsive with a nice commentary on society and where it might be headed. Either way, I am enjoying myself immensely, thank you Jon.

]]> By: Shaun Farrell http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-69274 Shaun Farrell Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:51:12 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-69274 I love this book. Imaginative, scary, funny, and read with wonderful feeling by Jon Armstrong. Listen to it, and then go buy a copy. I love this book. Imaginative, scary, funny, and read with wonderful feeling by Jon Armstrong. Listen to it, and then go buy a copy.

]]> By: Chris http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-66925 Chris Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:48:34 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-66925 The narration is great. The author has a unique reading style the meshes with the style of the book to make a fascinating listen. The story itself is great, I feel enveloped in their world, and it's a very unique world to be in. The narration is great. The author has a unique reading style the meshes with the style of the book to make a fascinating listen.

The story itself is great, I feel enveloped in their world, and it’s a very unique world to be in.

]]> By: Steven Wells http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-61973 Steven Wells Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:13:44 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-61973 This book caught me off gaurd from the very first paragraph! It is, i think, the most original and imaginative thing I have read (well, listened to) in a very long time. It is completely over the top, yet sadly beleivable. A brilliant, razor sharp commentary on today's bigger, louder, and brighter is better outlook, and the counter cultures that it drives. Thank you Jon for a beautiful work! I can't wait for the next chapter. This book caught me off gaurd from the very first paragraph! It is, i think, the most original and imaginative thing I have read (well, listened to) in a very long time. It is completely over the top, yet sadly beleivable. A brilliant, razor sharp commentary on today’s bigger, louder, and brighter is better outlook, and the counter cultures that it drives. Thank you Jon for a beautiful work! I can’t wait for the next chapter.

]]> By: Barry Bounous http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-55235 Barry Bounous Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:27:32 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-55235 Starting to grow on me after hearing chapter 6. Starting to grow on me after hearing chapter 6.

]]> By: This book is getting some serious buzz on the net … | Jon Armstrong’s Blog http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-49065 This book is getting some serious buzz on the net … | Jon Armstrong’s Blog Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:08:22 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/03/grey/#comment-49065 [...] And now Grey is on Podiobooks with lots of help from Evo Terra. If you’re a subscriber of Podiobooks, check it out. Or if you’re having any trouble with the files I’m posting here, Podiobooks has different requirements for their files, and they might work better for some mp3 players. Also see their blog entry. [...] […] And now Grey is on Podiobooks with lots of help from Evo Terra. If you’re a subscriber of Podiobooks, check it out. Or if you’re having any trouble with the files I’m posting here, Podiobooks has different requirements for their files, and they might work better for some mp3 players. Also see their blog entry. […]

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