Are Audiobooks the full books?

[ndee]

The LOTR Audiobooks, are they the whole books? 12 CDs are about 18 hours but I don't think I could read the whole first book in 18 hours. So?

 

[Anubis]

yes i have it on tape old school style and its like 12-15 tapes, and its all 3 books, the hobbit is like 5 tapes

 

[Bootprint]

Which ones? Who's the publisher?

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: Anubis
yes i have it on tape old school style and its like 12-15 tapes, and its all 3 books, the hobbit is like 5 tapes

so it is word for word from the book? Wow, I must suck at reading I think.

 

[DeadByDawn]

Check out the case. If it says "unabridged" on it anywhere, it's the whole book. Abridged means they shortened it by leaving stuff out.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: Anubis
yes i have it on tape old school style and its like 12-15 tapes, and its all 3 books, the hobbit is like 5 tapes

so it is word for word from the book? Wow, I must suck at reading I think.

yea its cool i read fellowship in 2 days i coudl have killed it in 1 if i wanted to i think

i also have the BBC brocasts on mp3 they are cool also

 

[ndee]

For example http://www.audiobooksonline.com/shopsite/1565117077.html

 

[AvesPKS]

It depends. Some are abridged, and not the full book. Some are unabridged, and are the full book.

 

[Electric Amish]

The BBC recordings are abridged. I don't know about the new recordings.

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: ndee
For example http://www.audiobooksonline.com/shopsite/1565117077.html

That's not an audiobook, that's a radio dramatization. Here is an unabridged version. It's about 45 CDs.

 

[iamme]

i have the unabridged LOTR audiobook....it's ~54 hours long.

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: iamme
i have the unabridged LOTR audiobook....it's ~54 hours long.

I have it and the BBC Dramatization. The 46 CD Set is nice if you want to drop the $