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Don't make the mistake of making this your first audio book, it will ruin all other audio books for you.
Ray Porter (the narrator of this one and the Martian) is a freaking treasure. Easily the best I've stumbled across.
After PHM I just listened to other Ray porter audiobooks for awhile, it was ok. And yes, the audio book is very very very good.
There's 2 versions of the Martian, but IIRC Porter didn't do either. I think it's r c bray and the star trek kid, is it whedon?
Just started listening to it as a wind down. It's Wil Wheaton.
I only read the book, so I'm very interested: How does the audio book deal with the main foreign language?
It's so good. It's mostly just little happy musical chords that are inserted into the dialog. The tones give Rocky a great depth of character.
Major spoilers for anyone that hasn't read the book. >!It does it all with what sounds like a synthesizer. It really, really brings the character to life. You get used to short notes for quick things he says, but then the longer expressions are amazing.!< If you loved the book and haven't heard the audio book, I highly recommend giving it a shot.
Haha, I made this exact mistake when I started with audiobooks recently.
Went with The Martian as #2, and currently on the Bobiverse books, but so far they just aren't as amazing.