Audiobooks range

[retroenzo]

I tend to take my books these days in audio format and listen to them on my daily commute to work (alongside podcasts and good music that is).

A workmate knows of my passion towards Trek and asked If I'd listened to any good Trek audiobooks. I admit that I hadn't listened to any but it's something I'd always considered getting an Audible subscription for if the range was better than it actually is.

I can see on Amazon that the range has slightly improved with some newer titles but mostly the only other audiobooks I can find are abridged cassette copies.

Why is the Trek audiobook range so overlooked? Lack of demand?

 

[borgboy]

The good news is that new audiobooks are coming out pretty regularly now. I'd think it was just a fault of the publishers that they didn't get on board with digital unabridged audiobooks sooner. The days of abridged books on cassettes are long long gone.

 

[Smitty]

There are several. Best to peruse the catalog and see if enough unabridged titles exist for you. Many abridged Trek books out there so look for that.

 

[Therin of Andor]

My exhaustive page on the older "Star Trek" audios is here:
http://therinofandor.blogspot.com.au/2007/05/i-hear-star-trek.html

I haven't caught all of the recent unabridged audio details. People might mention here any titles, narrators and running times I've missed, please?

Unabridged audios
"Star Trek" by Alan Dean Foster, read by Zachary Quinto, 2009, approx. 480 min. (Trade paperback novelization.)
"Sarek" by AC Crispin, read by Nick Sullivan, 2012 (Re-release of 2001 Chivers/BBC version, now by S & S Audio via Audible Frontiers download), approx. 879 min. (Hardcover.)
"Star Trek Into Darkness" by Alan Dean Foster, read by Alice Eve, 2013, approx. 535 min. (Trade paperback novelization.)
"Legacies, Book 1: Captain to Captain" by Greg Cox, read by Robert Petkoff, 2016, approx. 579 min. (Audio download.)
"Legacies, Book 2: Best Defense" by David Mack, read by Robert Petkoff, 2016, approx. xxx min. (Audio download.)
"Legacies, Book 3: Purgatory's Key" by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore, read by Robert Petkoff, 2016, approx. xxx min. (Audio download.)

and

"The Face of the Unknown" by Christopher L Bennett, read by ???, 2016, approx. xxx min. (Forthcoming Audio download.)
"The Next Generation: Headlong Flight" by Dayton Ward, read by ???, 2017, approx. xxx min. (Forthcoming Audio download.)
"Prey, Book 1: Hell's Heart" by John Jackson Miller, read by ???, 2017, approx. xxx min. (Forthcoming Audio download.)
"Prey, Book 2: The Jackal's Trick" by John Jackson Miller, read by ???, 2017, approx. xxx min. (Forthcoming Audio download.)
"Prey, Book 3: The Hall of Heroes" by John Jackson Miller, read by ???, 2017, approx. xxx min. (Forthcoming Audio download.)

 

[JJMiller]

Robert Petkoff is the narrator on the Prey books listed, and I think the other two new ones.

I was very impressed with the research the production team put in, and their time on the phone with me getting pronunciations. I'd be delighted if they started retroactively recording earlier books.

Prey 1 runtime: 12 hours 31 minutes
Prey 2 runtime: 11 hours 47 minutes
Prey 3 runtime: 11 hours 16 minutes

That's 35:34! Whew!

 

[Snaploud]

I would recommend Star Trek: Spock Vs. Q and Star Trek: Spock vs. Q, the Sequel. Both are available on Audible:

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Sp...F8&qid=1491454147&sr=8-2&keywords=Spock+vs.+Q

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Sp...F8&qid=1491454147&sr=8-3&keywords=Spock+vs.+Q