British and Audio Editions

[akatonbo]

I've done a little bit of poking around with Google and good old Amazon.co.uk, but no answers to my questions were immediately forthcoming. Perhaps some of you already know what I haven't been able to figure out

Comments

[10pmpacifictime]

Well the author's names are listed in different order. And I'm pretty sure the footnote talking about the development that both Aizraphale and Crowley claim is added in the U.S. edition.

[musegaarid]

I know in the American version of the book, Crowley is watching the Golden Girls, and in the UK version, it's Cheers. (Or maybe it's the other way around...) Dunno why, though.

[ida_pea]

irisbleu talks about the differences between the US and UK (first edition) here.

[akatonbo]

Ooh, that's exactly the sort of information I was looking for. Hm, now to see if I can put my used bookseller wiles to good use. Thank you very much.

[elfbystarlight]

I may be wrong on this, so don't hold me to it, but I *think* the audio version you see on fileshares and torrents is an American version recorded for the blind rather than a commercially released recording. There seems to be a lot of those available for books that never had a commercial audio release - possibly you see so many of them available *because* there's a demand for audio versions of those books that either wasn't suffient, or wasn't recognised as such, for a commercial audio version.

[akatonbo]

That's quite possible, especially given all the things that are read out loud at the start of the first file before it actually gets into the story. Bother. I'd have been happy to shell out anything at all reasonable for a CD version with a good British reader.

[elfbystarlight]

Likewise - I've got any number of similar files that I gladly would have bought if only there was a version available to buy! A lot more books are released in audio format now, especially by big names like Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman - those two are so big that the audio version comes out at the same time as the print, lesser authors tend to have to wait a while. Audible.com/Audible.co.uk are a cheaper way of buying them, if you want unabridged versions, especially if you buy via subscription. But the older books, even by big names, are still a bit hit and miss - although frankly I can't imagine why there's an audio version of, say, 'Strata' (early Pratchett) and not one of Good Omens - the latter is infinitely more well known and popular, but however these decisions are made, it's not based on logic....

[akatonbo]

Oh, very nice. Thank you!