If i’ve got time I wouldn’t mind giving it a shot, just for kicks, no charge! I *was* a drama geek once upon a time after all, maybe I still have some of that in me still I only lasted to episode 17.
I wanted to go on as the story was getting really interesting. I just couldn’t listen any more; 1) the audio quality was so poor it was difficult to understand the script (too soft), 2) the music!!! AHHHHHH too loud , in the middle of the text. It blasted ears.
I am sorry to say this is the first audiobook in 4 years that I havent completed.
Please re-record it.
I only lasted to episode 17.
I wanted to go on as the story was getting really interesting. I just couldn’t listen any more; 1) the audio quality was so poor it was difficult to understand the script (too soft), 2) the music!!! AHHHHHH too loud , in the middle of the text. It blasted ears.
I am sorry to say this is the first audiobook in 4 years that I havent completed.
Please re-record it.
Please…turn down the music…scared the hell out of me when i started to snooze with the headphones on.
";}s:7:"summary";s:105:"Please...turn down the music...scared the hell out of me when i started to snooze with the headphones on.";s:12:"atom_content";s:121:"Please…turn down the music…scared the hell out of me when i started to snooze with the headphones on.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1299018743;}i:2;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:7:"By: *D*";s:4:"link";s:91:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/comment-page-1/#comment-321367";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:3:"*D*";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:37:16 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:76:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/#comment-321367";s:11:"description";s:216:"Wish you would have posted an other book. It was a great story and i wish it would just keep going. I agree with SOME sound remarks from above you could have a really great 5star audio book with a few simple changes.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:224:"Wish you would have posted an other book. It was a great story and i wish it would just keep going. I agree with SOME sound remarks from above you could have a really great 5star audio book with a few simple changes.
";}s:7:"summary";s:216:"Wish you would have posted an other book. It was a great story and i wish it would just keep going. I agree with SOME sound remarks from above you could have a really great 5star audio book with a few simple changes.";s:12:"atom_content";s:224:"Wish you would have posted an other book. It was a great story and i wish it would just keep going. I agree with SOME sound remarks from above you could have a really great 5star audio book with a few simple changes.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1285922236;}i:3;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:10:"By: Boxman";s:4:"link";s:91:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/comment-page-1/#comment-320507";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:6:"Boxman";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:21:51 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:76:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/#comment-320507";s:11:"description";s:1130:"I waded through all episodes through an act of will power. The story, while good, is completely overshadowed by 30% of every chapter being non-value add music, intros and exits...5 minutes of a 15 minute episode is a bit much for non-value info. Another detriment to the story is the narration, just like some song writers can't sing it seems that some authors can't read aloud. Some future work suggestions for Maggie: Hire someone to read for you. Someone with skill at reading aloud. Make sure that each session is longer than 10 minutes of story, 30 minutes is the sweet spot in my opinion. Keep the intro, exit and interlude music to less than 10% of the session. Don't refer to the main character by his proper name in most every reference, Him, He, His, they...all perfectly acceptable and easy to follow...heck it was 3 chapters before I realized that the main character wasn't named Shaol-him. Now, don't get me wrong, I didn't hate the story. It was entertaining and well thought out, within the limits of dramatic writing of course. I believe I would have enjoyed reading it much more than I did listening to it.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:1222:"I waded through all episodes through an act of will power. The story, while good, is completely overshadowed by 30% of every chapter being non-value add music, intros and exits…5 minutes of a 15 minute episode is a bit much for non-value info. Another detriment to the story is the narration, just like some song writers can’t sing it seems that some authors can’t read aloud.
Some future work suggestions for Maggie:
Hire someone to read for you. Someone with skill at reading aloud.
Make sure that each session is longer than 10 minutes of story, 30 minutes is the sweet spot in my opinion.
Keep the intro, exit and interlude music to less than 10% of the session.
Don’t refer to the main character by his proper name in most every reference, Him, He, His, they…all perfectly acceptable and easy to follow…heck it was 3 chapters before I realized that the main character wasn’t named Shaol-him.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I didn’t hate the story. It was entertaining and well thought out, within the limits of dramatic writing of course. I believe I would have enjoyed reading it much more than I did listening to it.
";}s:7:"summary";s:1130:"I waded through all episodes through an act of will power. The story, while good, is completely overshadowed by 30% of every chapter being non-value add music, intros and exits...5 minutes of a 15 minute episode is a bit much for non-value info. Another detriment to the story is the narration, just like some song writers can't sing it seems that some authors can't read aloud. Some future work suggestions for Maggie: Hire someone to read for you. Someone with skill at reading aloud. Make sure that each session is longer than 10 minutes of story, 30 minutes is the sweet spot in my opinion. Keep the intro, exit and interlude music to less than 10% of the session. Don't refer to the main character by his proper name in most every reference, Him, He, His, they...all perfectly acceptable and easy to follow...heck it was 3 chapters before I realized that the main character wasn't named Shaol-him. Now, don't get me wrong, I didn't hate the story. It was entertaining and well thought out, within the limits of dramatic writing of course. I believe I would have enjoyed reading it much more than I did listening to it.";s:12:"atom_content";s:1222:"I waded through all episodes through an act of will power. The story, while good, is completely overshadowed by 30% of every chapter being non-value add music, intros and exits…5 minutes of a 15 minute episode is a bit much for non-value info. Another detriment to the story is the narration, just like some song writers can’t sing it seems that some authors can’t read aloud.
Some future work suggestions for Maggie:
Hire someone to read for you. Someone with skill at reading aloud.
Make sure that each session is longer than 10 minutes of story, 30 minutes is the sweet spot in my opinion.
Keep the intro, exit and interlude music to less than 10% of the session.
Don’t refer to the main character by his proper name in most every reference, Him, He, His, they…all perfectly acceptable and easy to follow…heck it was 3 chapters before I realized that the main character wasn’t named Shaol-him.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I didn’t hate the story. It was entertaining and well thought out, within the limits of dramatic writing of course. I believe I would have enjoyed reading it much more than I did listening to it.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1280280111;}i:4;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:8:"By: Ruth";s:4:"link";s:91:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/comment-page-1/#comment-319506";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ruth";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 03 May 2010 16:35:43 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:76:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/#comment-319506";s:11:"description";s:326:"Although I liked the story, I stopped listening to it after about 15 episodes.. A random episode is 17 minutes, of which the first 3 min. is music and commercials, and the last 3 min. same story.. In between you have to listen over and over to the same classical music (40 sec. each time) that is way to loud.. Very annoying!";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:339:"Although I liked the story, I stopped listening to it after about 15 episodes.. A random episode is 17 minutes, of which the first 3 min. is music and commercials, and the last 3 min. same story.. In between you have to listen over and over to the same classical music (40 sec. each time) that is way to loud..
Very annoying!
Although I liked the story, I stopped listening to it after about 15 episodes.. A random episode is 17 minutes, of which the first 3 min. is music and commercials, and the last 3 min. same story.. In between you have to listen over and over to the same classical music (40 sec. each time) that is way to loud..
Very annoying!
Well, Thanks for this wonderfull post.
To be frank i have both postive and negative comments on this work. They have a good theme to come up with but the overall work seems not be worth on it. The drawback as always lies on the sound and also the original genre on swords.
";}s:7:"summary";s:273:"Well, Thanks for this wonderfull post. To be frank i have both postive and negative comments on this work. They have a good theme to come up with but the overall work seems not be worth on it. The drawback as always lies on the sound and also the original genre on swords.";s:12:"atom_content";s:287:"Well, Thanks for this wonderfull post.
To be frank i have both postive and negative comments on this work. They have a good theme to come up with but the overall work seems not be worth on it. The drawback as always lies on the sound and also the original genre on swords.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1253937883;}i:6;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:12:"By: Jedanatc";s:4:"link";s:91:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/comment-page-1/#comment-316840";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:8:"Jedanatc";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:54:18 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:76:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/#comment-316840";s:11:"description";s:206:"I am enjoying this book; however the sound quality is driving me nuts. The music is so loud and the narration is soft. I may not be able to finish the book. This podcast is not alone in this sound issue.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:214:"I am enjoying this book; however the sound quality is driving me nuts. The music is so loud and the narration is soft. I may not be able to finish the book. This podcast is not alone in this sound issue.
";}s:7:"summary";s:206:"I am enjoying this book; however the sound quality is driving me nuts. The music is so loud and the narration is soft. I may not be able to finish the book. This podcast is not alone in this sound issue.";s:12:"atom_content";s:214:"I am enjoying this book; however the sound quality is driving me nuts. The music is so loud and the narration is soft. I may not be able to finish the book. This podcast is not alone in this sound issue.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1251766458;}i:7;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:12:"By: genevere";s:4:"link";s:91:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/comment-page-1/#comment-283531";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:8:"genevere";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:57:18 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:76:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/#comment-283531";s:11:"description";s:396:"What a great story! The pace was good and my interest continued throughout. Some ingenious plotting - quite a few unexpected twists and turns. I was intrigued to hear Maggie expand on the world she has created at the end of her last episode. She's obviously put a lot of thought into how her world operates. It's made me keen to purchase the sequel. Thank you for a most diverting experience.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:422:"What a great story! The pace was good and my interest continued throughout. Some ingenious plotting – quite a few unexpected twists and turns. I was intrigued to hear Maggie expand on the world she has created at the end of her last episode. She’s obviously put a lot of thought into how her world operates. It’s made me keen to purchase the sequel. Thank you for a most diverting experience.
";}s:7:"summary";s:396:"What a great story! The pace was good and my interest continued throughout. Some ingenious plotting - quite a few unexpected twists and turns. I was intrigued to hear Maggie expand on the world she has created at the end of her last episode. She's obviously put a lot of thought into how her world operates. It's made me keen to purchase the sequel. Thank you for a most diverting experience.";s:12:"atom_content";s:422:"What a great story! The pace was good and my interest continued throughout. Some ingenious plotting – quite a few unexpected twists and turns. I was intrigued to hear Maggie expand on the world she has created at the end of her last episode. She’s obviously put a lot of thought into how her world operates. It’s made me keen to purchase the sequel. Thank you for a most diverting experience.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1238749038;}i:8;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:8:"By: Anji";s:4:"link";s:91:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/comment-page-1/#comment-154519";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Anji";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:54:59 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:76:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/#comment-154519";s:11:"description";s:1397:"Well, I decided to give this book a try after going past it one too many times. I am enjoying the story, but not the intros and closings. I do have issues with the sound quality as I feel I am constantly adjusting the volume of my mp3 player.....annoying. Also, I have to agree with some of the other reviewers, the comments are way way too long. I understand that for podcasters it can be difficult on the first try to get everything right....but around episode 8 I found that I'd had enough of the "self promotion". Speaking for myself, when I like an author, I will search out all of their available material and purchase and listen/read without thinking twice. However, I don't like to spend 7-8 minutes of each podcast episode listening to the same "advertisements" and only getting 5-8 minutes of story. It is discouraging to say the least and I almost gave up on the story for something that required less effort to listen to. But I am a trooper. I finish what I start, so I finished the story. Good work. Advice - Email Mur Lafferty and ask how she manages to make her many stories relatively enjoyable. Not perfect by any standards...but I don't want to throw the mp3 player against the wall every 5-8 minutes with her stuff. Last thing...Next time around ditch the music. It eats up too much story. 65 episodes could have been 25 without the music and promotions. Otherwise good stuff.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:1469:"Well, I decided to give this book a try after going past it one too many times. I am enjoying the story, but not the intros and closings. I do have issues with the sound quality as I feel I am constantly adjusting the volume of my mp3 player…..annoying. Also, I have to agree with some of the other reviewers, the comments are way way too long. I understand that for podcasters it can be difficult on the first try to get everything right….but around episode 8 I found that I’d had enough of the “self promotion”. Speaking for myself, when I like an author, I will search out all of their available material and purchase and listen/read without thinking twice. However, I don’t like to spend 7-8 minutes of each podcast episode listening to the same “advertisements” and only getting 5-8 minutes of story. It is discouraging to say the least and I almost gave up on the story for something that required less effort to listen to. But I am a trooper. I finish what I start, so I finished the story. Good work. Advice – Email Mur Lafferty and ask how she manages to make her many stories relatively enjoyable. Not perfect by any standards…but I don’t want to throw the mp3 player against the wall every 5-8 minutes with her stuff. Last thing…Next time around ditch the music. It eats up too much story. 65 episodes could have been 25 without the music and promotions. Otherwise good stuff.
";}s:7:"summary";s:1397:"Well, I decided to give this book a try after going past it one too many times. I am enjoying the story, but not the intros and closings. I do have issues with the sound quality as I feel I am constantly adjusting the volume of my mp3 player.....annoying. Also, I have to agree with some of the other reviewers, the comments are way way too long. I understand that for podcasters it can be difficult on the first try to get everything right....but around episode 8 I found that I'd had enough of the "self promotion". Speaking for myself, when I like an author, I will search out all of their available material and purchase and listen/read without thinking twice. However, I don't like to spend 7-8 minutes of each podcast episode listening to the same "advertisements" and only getting 5-8 minutes of story. It is discouraging to say the least and I almost gave up on the story for something that required less effort to listen to. But I am a trooper. I finish what I start, so I finished the story. Good work. Advice - Email Mur Lafferty and ask how she manages to make her many stories relatively enjoyable. Not perfect by any standards...but I don't want to throw the mp3 player against the wall every 5-8 minutes with her stuff. Last thing...Next time around ditch the music. It eats up too much story. 65 episodes could have been 25 without the music and promotions. Otherwise good stuff.";s:12:"atom_content";s:1469:"Well, I decided to give this book a try after going past it one too many times. I am enjoying the story, but not the intros and closings. I do have issues with the sound quality as I feel I am constantly adjusting the volume of my mp3 player…..annoying. Also, I have to agree with some of the other reviewers, the comments are way way too long. I understand that for podcasters it can be difficult on the first try to get everything right….but around episode 8 I found that I’d had enough of the “self promotion”. Speaking for myself, when I like an author, I will search out all of their available material and purchase and listen/read without thinking twice. However, I don’t like to spend 7-8 minutes of each podcast episode listening to the same “advertisements” and only getting 5-8 minutes of story. It is discouraging to say the least and I almost gave up on the story for something that required less effort to listen to. But I am a trooper. I finish what I start, so I finished the story. Good work. Advice – Email Mur Lafferty and ask how she manages to make her many stories relatively enjoyable. Not perfect by any standards…but I don’t want to throw the mp3 player against the wall every 5-8 minutes with her stuff. Last thing…Next time around ditch the music. It eats up too much story. 65 episodes could have been 25 without the music and promotions. Otherwise good stuff.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1206208499;}i:9;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:9:"By: Audri";s:4:"link";s:91:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/comment-page-1/#comment-144795";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:5:"Audri";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:26:43 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:76:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/#comment-144795";s:11:"description";s:1841:"Argh! I made a big comment and it got eaten by the internet! Anyways, I just wanted to say i'm really enjoying the heck out of this book, and i'm looking forward to getting into others in the future! It's good writing and a good adventure to go on! That being said, I do have a couple of qualms with the book. Nothing big, just my opinions. But as someone else mentioned, very little emotion in the way of narration, and there are some spots where that's a real drawback. So hey Maggie, if you ever wanted to try someone else out with narrating your stuff you could always drop me a line! ;) If i've got time I wouldn't mind giving it a shot, just for kicks, no charge! I *was* a drama geek once upon a time after all, maybe I still have some of that in me still ;) The really major issue I had though was that the introduction and closing chatting was just WAY too long in my opinion. There are times it gets up to and even exceeds 3 minutes before the book starts up, and nearly that much AFTER once in a while too, and it's generally the same message each time with the occasional bit of news here and there. After the first few chapters I found myself reaching into my pocket every 10 minutes to fastforward my ipod past the intro music/chat so I could get back to the story. Maybe next time you could consider summarizing that stuff a bit? Or even just put the things you feel are necessary to say (legal stuff, asking for donations, blog site etc) into the description portion of the file where it is readable, and save the chatting portions for news and recaps and such! Then we can read it rather than hear it every time. I know I miss a lot of news updates in the intro and afterwards because i'm busy fastfowarding past it after hearing the same speech for so many chapters. The important info gets lost in it. Just suggestions.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:2137:"Argh! I made a big comment and it got eaten by the internet!
Anyways, I just wanted to say i’m really enjoying the heck out of this book, and i’m looking forward to getting into others in the future! It’s good writing and a good adventure to go on!
That being said, I do have a couple of qualms with the book. Nothing big, just my opinions. But as someone else mentioned, very little emotion in the way of narration, and there are some spots where that’s a real drawback. So hey Maggie, if you ever wanted to try someone else out with narrating your stuff you could always drop me a line! If i’ve got time I wouldn’t mind giving it a shot, just for kicks, no charge! I *was* a drama geek once upon a time after all, maybe I still have some of that in me still
The really major issue I had though was that the introduction and closing chatting was just WAY too long in my opinion. There are times it gets up to and even exceeds 3 minutes before the book starts up, and nearly that much AFTER once in a while too, and it’s generally the same message each time with the occasional bit of news here and there. After the first few chapters I found myself reaching into my pocket every 10 minutes to fastforward my ipod past the intro music/chat so I could get back to the story. Maybe next time you could consider summarizing that stuff a bit? Or even just put the things you feel are necessary to say (legal stuff, asking for donations, blog site etc) into the description portion of the file where it is readable, and save the chatting portions for news and recaps and such! Then we can read it rather than hear it every time. I know I miss a lot of news updates in the intro and afterwards because i’m busy fastfowarding past it after hearing the same speech for so many chapters. The important info gets lost in it. Just suggestions.
";}s:7:"summary";s:1841:"Argh! I made a big comment and it got eaten by the internet! Anyways, I just wanted to say i'm really enjoying the heck out of this book, and i'm looking forward to getting into others in the future! It's good writing and a good adventure to go on! That being said, I do have a couple of qualms with the book. Nothing big, just my opinions. But as someone else mentioned, very little emotion in the way of narration, and there are some spots where that's a real drawback. So hey Maggie, if you ever wanted to try someone else out with narrating your stuff you could always drop me a line! ;) If i've got time I wouldn't mind giving it a shot, just for kicks, no charge! I *was* a drama geek once upon a time after all, maybe I still have some of that in me still ;) The really major issue I had though was that the introduction and closing chatting was just WAY too long in my opinion. There are times it gets up to and even exceeds 3 minutes before the book starts up, and nearly that much AFTER once in a while too, and it's generally the same message each time with the occasional bit of news here and there. After the first few chapters I found myself reaching into my pocket every 10 minutes to fastforward my ipod past the intro music/chat so I could get back to the story. Maybe next time you could consider summarizing that stuff a bit? Or even just put the things you feel are necessary to say (legal stuff, asking for donations, blog site etc) into the description portion of the file where it is readable, and save the chatting portions for news and recaps and such! Then we can read it rather than hear it every time. I know I miss a lot of news updates in the intro and afterwards because i'm busy fastfowarding past it after hearing the same speech for so many chapters. The important info gets lost in it. Just suggestions.";s:12:"atom_content";s:2137:"Argh! I made a big comment and it got eaten by the internet!
Anyways, I just wanted to say i’m really enjoying the heck out of this book, and i’m looking forward to getting into others in the future! It’s good writing and a good adventure to go on!
That being said, I do have a couple of qualms with the book. Nothing big, just my opinions. But as someone else mentioned, very little emotion in the way of narration, and there are some spots where that’s a real drawback. So hey Maggie, if you ever wanted to try someone else out with narrating your stuff you could always drop me a line! If i’ve got time I wouldn’t mind giving it a shot, just for kicks, no charge! I *was* a drama geek once upon a time after all, maybe I still have some of that in me still
The really major issue I had though was that the introduction and closing chatting was just WAY too long in my opinion. There are times it gets up to and even exceeds 3 minutes before the book starts up, and nearly that much AFTER once in a while too, and it’s generally the same message each time with the occasional bit of news here and there. After the first few chapters I found myself reaching into my pocket every 10 minutes to fastforward my ipod past the intro music/chat so I could get back to the story. Maybe next time you could consider summarizing that stuff a bit? Or even just put the things you feel are necessary to say (legal stuff, asking for donations, blog site etc) into the description portion of the file where it is readable, and save the chatting portions for news and recaps and such! Then we can read it rather than hear it every time. I know I miss a lot of news updates in the intro and afterwards because i’m busy fastfowarding past it after hearing the same speech for so many chapters. The important info gets lost in it. Just suggestions.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1203492403;}i:10;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:17:"By: Maggie Bonham";s:4:"link";s:91:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/comment-page-1/#comment-112892";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Maggie Bonham";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:24:05 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:76:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/#comment-112892";s:11:"description";s:34:"Thanks Jeffrey! We aim to please!";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:42:"Thanks Jeffrey! We aim to please!
";}s:7:"summary";s:34:"Thanks Jeffrey! We aim to please!";s:12:"atom_content";s:42:"Thanks Jeffrey! We aim to please!
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1197775445;}i:11;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:17:"By: Maggie Bonham";s:4:"link";s:91:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/comment-page-1/#comment-112890";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Maggie Bonham";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:22:07 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:76:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/#comment-112890";s:11:"description";s:83:"Thanks Robert. I'll try to remember that when I have some money to put towards it.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:97:"Thanks Robert. I’ll try to remember that when I have some money to put towards it.
";}s:7:"summary";s:83:"Thanks Robert. I'll try to remember that when I have some money to put towards it.";s:12:"atom_content";s:97:"Thanks Robert. I’ll try to remember that when I have some money to put towards it.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1197775327;}i:12;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:16:"By: Robert Grant";s:4:"link";s:91:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/comment-page-1/#comment-112353";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Robert Grant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:56:59 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:76:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/#comment-112353";s:11:"description";s:921:"Maggie Bonham can definitely write, this is a great story with a richly defined world populated by well-rounded and interesting characters. Sure, it carries a few of the standard fantasy tropes but they are well realised and all the better for that. It has to be said though, that while she may be able to write she cannot read! The narration is poor at best and in places downright appalling. She offers little or no emotion, pacing is non-existent and the inflection nearly always in the wrong place. This coupled with musical breaks that are too loud, way too long and way too frequent really spoil the experience. I paid my ten bucks 'cos I think the story was worth it and I look forward to the next one, but Maggie, please, recognise your limitations and get someone else to read the next one, a drama student looking for exposure, anything, just don't do it yourself - the stories are worth better than that.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:959:"Maggie Bonham can definitely write, this is a great story with a richly defined world populated by well-rounded and interesting characters. Sure, it carries a few of the standard fantasy tropes but they are well realised and all the better for that.
It has to be said though, that while she may be able to write she cannot read! The narration is poor at best and in places downright appalling. She offers little or no emotion, pacing is non-existent and the inflection nearly always in the wrong place. This coupled with musical breaks that are too loud, way too long and way too frequent really spoil the experience.
I paid my ten bucks ‘cos I think the story was worth it and I look forward to the next one, but Maggie, please, recognise your limitations and get someone else to read the next one, a drama student looking for exposure, anything, just don’t do it yourself – the stories are worth better than that.
";}s:7:"summary";s:921:"Maggie Bonham can definitely write, this is a great story with a richly defined world populated by well-rounded and interesting characters. Sure, it carries a few of the standard fantasy tropes but they are well realised and all the better for that. It has to be said though, that while she may be able to write she cannot read! The narration is poor at best and in places downright appalling. She offers little or no emotion, pacing is non-existent and the inflection nearly always in the wrong place. This coupled with musical breaks that are too loud, way too long and way too frequent really spoil the experience. I paid my ten bucks 'cos I think the story was worth it and I look forward to the next one, but Maggie, please, recognise your limitations and get someone else to read the next one, a drama student looking for exposure, anything, just don't do it yourself - the stories are worth better than that.";s:12:"atom_content";s:959:"Maggie Bonham can definitely write, this is a great story with a richly defined world populated by well-rounded and interesting characters. Sure, it carries a few of the standard fantasy tropes but they are well realised and all the better for that.
It has to be said though, that while she may be able to write she cannot read! The narration is poor at best and in places downright appalling. She offers little or no emotion, pacing is non-existent and the inflection nearly always in the wrong place. This coupled with musical breaks that are too loud, way too long and way too frequent really spoil the experience.
I paid my ten bucks ‘cos I think the story was worth it and I look forward to the next one, but Maggie, please, recognise your limitations and get someone else to read the next one, a drama student looking for exposure, anything, just don’t do it yourself – the stories are worth better than that.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1197647819;}i:13;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:11:"By: jeffrey";s:4:"link";s:91:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/comment-page-1/#comment-109923";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"jeffrey";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:36:13 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:76:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/#comment-109923";s:11:"description";s:61:"This book is great! Im on episode 4 and I am liking it a lot!";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:69:"This book is great! Im on episode 4 and I am liking it a lot!
";}s:7:"summary";s:61:"This book is great! Im on episode 4 and I am liking it a lot!";s:12:"atom_content";s:69:"This book is great! Im on episode 4 and I am liking it a lot!
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1197250573;}i:14;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:14:"By: M H Bonham";s:4:"link";s:90:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/comment-page-1/#comment-68681";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"M H Bonham";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 24 Sep 2007 02:25:38 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:75:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/#comment-68681";s:11:"description";s:13:"Thanks Chris!";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:21:"Thanks Chris!
";}s:7:"summary";s:13:"Thanks Chris!";s:12:"atom_content";s:21:"Thanks Chris!
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1190600738;}i:15;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:9:"By: Chris";s:4:"link";s:90:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/comment-page-1/#comment-65566";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:5:"Chris";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:04:14 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:75:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/#comment-65566";s:11:"description";s:1339:"I've had a bit of a love hate relationship with this podcast. The book has generally been enjoyable and I understand the learning curve of creating a podcast. I was glad to see the five minute ads pushing stuff go by the wayside, but then it was replaced by spelling out the email address, which was annoying, ironically the email address that consumes the last three minutes of every chapter is different than the one at the beginning. Additionally I really feel the chapters are too short, if the chapters in the book are really so short, just combine two or three chapters together and call it an episode (seems to be common practice amongst podcasters). With the intro, the outro and the music in between a rather short thirteen minute mp3 might only have eight minutes of book in it, which actually caused a lot of confusion for me during the course of the book. So many names being introduced and family lineages, etc, etc I could only get eight minutes of info and then take a two week break and get another eight minutes of info so I was constantly losing the story. On a lighter note though, I did enjoy the story. It was interesting and well thought out and for fantasy buffs it is a must. The author did get better over time, but there is still some room for more improvement. If she podcasts again I'll be subscribing.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:1371:"I’ve had a bit of a love hate relationship with this podcast. The book has generally been enjoyable and I understand the learning curve of creating a podcast. I was glad to see the five minute ads pushing stuff go by the wayside, but then it was replaced by spelling out the email address, which was annoying, ironically the email address that consumes the last three minutes of every chapter is different than the one at the beginning.
Additionally I really feel the chapters are too short, if the chapters in the book are really so short, just combine two or three chapters together and call it an episode (seems to be common practice amongst podcasters). With the intro, the outro and the music in between a rather short thirteen minute mp3 might only have eight minutes of book in it, which actually caused a lot of confusion for me during the course of the book. So many names being introduced and family lineages, etc, etc I could only get eight minutes of info and then take a two week break and get another eight minutes of info so I was constantly losing the story.
On a lighter note though, I did enjoy the story. It was interesting and well thought out and for fantasy buffs it is a must. The author did get better over time, but there is still some room for more improvement. If she podcasts again I’ll be subscribing.
";}s:7:"summary";s:1339:"I've had a bit of a love hate relationship with this podcast. The book has generally been enjoyable and I understand the learning curve of creating a podcast. I was glad to see the five minute ads pushing stuff go by the wayside, but then it was replaced by spelling out the email address, which was annoying, ironically the email address that consumes the last three minutes of every chapter is different than the one at the beginning. Additionally I really feel the chapters are too short, if the chapters in the book are really so short, just combine two or three chapters together and call it an episode (seems to be common practice amongst podcasters). With the intro, the outro and the music in between a rather short thirteen minute mp3 might only have eight minutes of book in it, which actually caused a lot of confusion for me during the course of the book. So many names being introduced and family lineages, etc, etc I could only get eight minutes of info and then take a two week break and get another eight minutes of info so I was constantly losing the story. On a lighter note though, I did enjoy the story. It was interesting and well thought out and for fantasy buffs it is a must. The author did get better over time, but there is still some room for more improvement. If she podcasts again I'll be subscribing.";s:12:"atom_content";s:1371:"I’ve had a bit of a love hate relationship with this podcast. The book has generally been enjoyable and I understand the learning curve of creating a podcast. I was glad to see the five minute ads pushing stuff go by the wayside, but then it was replaced by spelling out the email address, which was annoying, ironically the email address that consumes the last three minutes of every chapter is different than the one at the beginning.
Additionally I really feel the chapters are too short, if the chapters in the book are really so short, just combine two or three chapters together and call it an episode (seems to be common practice amongst podcasters). With the intro, the outro and the music in between a rather short thirteen minute mp3 might only have eight minutes of book in it, which actually caused a lot of confusion for me during the course of the book. So many names being introduced and family lineages, etc, etc I could only get eight minutes of info and then take a two week break and get another eight minutes of info so I was constantly losing the story.
On a lighter note though, I did enjoy the story. It was interesting and well thought out and for fantasy buffs it is a must. The author did get better over time, but there is still some room for more improvement. If she podcasts again I’ll be subscribing.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1190001854;}i:16;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:14:"By: M H Bonham";s:4:"link";s:90:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/comment-page-1/#comment-64888";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"M H Bonham";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 15 Sep 2007 06:10:16 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:75:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/#comment-64888";s:11:"description";s:16:"Thanks David!!!!";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:24:"Thanks David!!!!
";}s:7:"summary";s:16:"Thanks David!!!!";s:12:"atom_content";s:24:"Thanks David!!!!
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1189836616;}i:17;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:9:"By: David";s:4:"link";s:90:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/comment-page-1/#comment-64246";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:5:"David";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:16:03 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:75:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/#comment-64246";s:11:"description";s:322:"I got to say that this is one of the best books I've listened to on podiobooks. Each episode is a good range of time. It has enough action to keep you interested, but not so much that you just get overwhelmed from it. I would give this book a 8.5 out of 10. If you like fantasy books you would probably like this book too.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:342:"I got to say that this is one of the best books I’ve listened to on podiobooks. Each episode is a good range of time. It has enough action to keep you interested, but not so much that you just get overwhelmed from it.
I would give this book a 8.5 out of 10. If you like fantasy books you would probably like this book too.
I got to say that this is one of the best books I’ve listened to on podiobooks. Each episode is a good range of time. It has enough action to keep you interested, but not so much that you just get overwhelmed from it.
I would give this book a 8.5 out of 10. If you like fantasy books you would probably like this book too.
Thanks MadJo!!!!
";}s:7:"summary";s:16:"Thanks MadJo!!!!";s:12:"atom_content";s:24:"Thanks MadJo!!!!
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1189566863;}i:19;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:9:"By: MadJo";s:4:"link";s:90:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/comment-page-1/#comment-63343";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:5:"MadJo";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:13:49 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:75:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/04/11/prophecy-of-swords/#comment-63343";s:11:"description";s:973:"My short review of Prophecy of Swords (I have listened to 61 out of 65 episodes now). It's a gripping fantasy tale of a man called Shadowhelm, and his role in a prophecy of lore about someone called the Lachlan. It's a tale about good and evil, and the Swords of Destiny. The narration is good, though there sometimes are some rough edges in sound quality. And the story telling does get mixed with an instrumental score to differentiate between chapters or when the narration goes to another viewpoint. For me it wasn't a bother, but some might have some objections to it. A few episodes do seem to be a bit short, but most times the length is good, ranging between 15 minutes to 45 minutes. Great during commutes. I thoroughly enjoyed the story so far, and I look forward to the final battle. :) If I had to give this story a grade, I'd give it an 8 out of 10. If you like fantasy, and you like a good hero story, then this is a good suggestion for you to listen to.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:1158:"My short review of Prophecy of Swords (I have listened to 61 out of 65 episodes now).
It’s a gripping fantasy tale of a man called Shadowhelm, and his role in a prophecy of lore about someone called the Lachlan.
It’s a tale about good and evil, and the Swords of Destiny.
The narration is good, though there sometimes are some rough edges in sound quality. And the story telling does get mixed with an instrumental score to differentiate between chapters or when the narration goes to another viewpoint. For me it wasn’t a bother, but some might have some objections to it.
A few episodes do seem to be a bit short, but most times the length is good, ranging between 15 minutes to 45 minutes. Great during commutes.
I thoroughly enjoyed the story so far, and I look forward to the final battle. 
If I had to give this story a grade, I’d give it an 8 out of 10.
If you like fantasy, and you like a good hero story, then this is a good suggestion for you to listen to.
";}s:7:"summary";s:973:"My short review of Prophecy of Swords (I have listened to 61 out of 65 episodes now). It's a gripping fantasy tale of a man called Shadowhelm, and his role in a prophecy of lore about someone called the Lachlan. It's a tale about good and evil, and the Swords of Destiny. The narration is good, though there sometimes are some rough edges in sound quality. And the story telling does get mixed with an instrumental score to differentiate between chapters or when the narration goes to another viewpoint. For me it wasn't a bother, but some might have some objections to it. A few episodes do seem to be a bit short, but most times the length is good, ranging between 15 minutes to 45 minutes. Great during commutes. I thoroughly enjoyed the story so far, and I look forward to the final battle. :) If I had to give this story a grade, I'd give it an 8 out of 10. If you like fantasy, and you like a good hero story, then this is a good suggestion for you to listen to.";s:12:"atom_content";s:1158:"My short review of Prophecy of Swords (I have listened to 61 out of 65 episodes now).
It’s a gripping fantasy tale of a man called Shadowhelm, and his role in a prophecy of lore about someone called the Lachlan.
It’s a tale about good and evil, and the Swords of Destiny.
The narration is good, though there sometimes are some rough edges in sound quality. And the story telling does get mixed with an instrumental score to differentiate between chapters or when the narration goes to another viewpoint. For me it wasn’t a bother, but some might have some objections to it.
A few episodes do seem to be a bit short, but most times the length is good, ranging between 15 minutes to 45 minutes. Great during commutes.
I thoroughly enjoyed the story so far, and I look forward to the final battle.
If I had to give this story a grade, I’d give it an 8 out of 10.
If you like fantasy, and you like a good hero story, then this is a good suggestion for you to listen to.
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