Ep. 1: Welcome to Audicted to Sci-Fi

Informative

The podcast was a great listen. This was a fun discussion on scifi and it reminded me of some really great listens as well as gave me ideas for some new ones.

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Excited to follow this new series!

Thank you, Sam, Emily, and Sean - the podcast was enjoyable on many levels, and it really helped me feel connected to the writing and listening world we’re in right now.
One suggestion, please: it would be very helpful if you could repeat a quick list of the books and authors at the end of the podcast, for folks like me who don’t have great memories and don’t take notes as we listen.
I look forward to enjoying several of the ones you mentioned. Thanks again!

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I had higher hopes

I haven't listened to Audicted in the past but no one in my life nowadays shares my interest in Sci-Fi, so I looked forward to listening in on a discussion among people who do. That's not so much what I got. It was a kind of halting conversation among three, probably very nice but, not particularly interesting people who spent most of their time comparing neuroses. They did manage a half-hearted conversation about, if I recall, 3 books and 2 stories but, if they had edited out all of the "likes," "you knows" and "ums," They would have had time for that many again.

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Interesting ...

I did listen to the "Forward" series (for free). Popular authors. These are short and pretty good. It is interesting that they mentioned this. It is a 'Zon product - so yes of course. But they were good. So do it again? They were all Sci-Fi.

Short works are key - the listening experience is close to movie length - attention span thing. I write for audio as short works in Sci-Fi ... so take a gander. Second audiobook out soon of a series

I wish ACX/Audible would create a Select section for Sci-Fi like they do Escape (romance - ugh! gag!) There are more than enough titles. But the author's would have to sign up and be accepted - so would authors jump in? I think so. The books are too expensive (the <3 hour range --- $6.95 for a 1.5 hour audiobook - really?) and not worth the CREDIT to save the $. Thus traffic is low for those authors. But if there were a Select program for Sci-Fi? This could be managed by Audible/ACX and generate revenue for Audible and the authors.

The good sci-fi tends to be short. Paying for all the audiobooks you want can be expensive. So can you make a Select Audible Sci-Fi section like you do Escape? I would buy in. I can get them free with promo codes from Unleashed. But short works are hard to find there. I want short good Sci-Fi. Forward was great..

There really are not that many titles in Escape (and they are pretty long too). I think a Select Sci-Fi section would do much better. As an author i would get more traffic I think. eBooks are a bust so far - way to many eBooks (but I get good short works for free - (Top 100 Free)). Trying Goodreads, hope that is better for traffic. But Audio can be the next big thing in short Sci-Fi

So the point of this episode is to ...? See the interest in Sci-Fi ... maybe ...

Frank LaCroix

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Piss poor

Sounds like a liberal political commentary rather than a discussion among sci fi fans. Couldn’t even make it past 10 minutes before having to turn it off.👎🏻

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Narrators with vocal fry should not be allowed

I did not get past the first ten minutes. There is nothing more disagreeable than narrators - male or female - who speak with a vocal fry.

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Fun listen ignored bad reviews

I enjoyed this and valued their recommendations, having already listened to some of the books they discussed. The main reason for the five stars is a response to the negative reviews. This is a free product! Why discourage them? Don't ruin it for those of us that value these podcasts.

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Like what?

Stop saying “like” while telling your opinion. If you’re among friends say it every other word. If you’re presenting to an audience speak as an adult.

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Great recommendations for sci-fi I’ve overlooked

I’ve been hunting for new sci-fi listens and appreciate the wide range of tastes among the hosts. It's like hanging out with my sci-fi friends and office mates to talk new and old favorites (something that's hard to do right now). Please keep this podcast rolling!

5.28.20 addendum: Holy (robotic) cow, I just read some of the negative reviews of this and just want to say—take those rants with a borg-cube-sized grain of salt. I think those folks are suffering kwuarantine krank.

To the hosts: Never mind the curmudgeons, many of us enjoyed the pilot episode and I'm sharing this with my Audible member friends.

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Audicted is the worst

I tried listening to your reviews of books that you recommend. They are usually a load of crap. Just tell me the name of the book, the author, the narrator and generally what the story is about and then move onto the next book. Right now I am looking for a book that has a positive story or humor or something that can get me through the lockdown. I don’t get any of that from any of your reviews.

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