I was torn between giving this 3 or 4 stars.
I’ve notified Audible about them and they say they are looking into it. There are a few small audio glitches as of this writing, although they don’t impact the overall experience significantly. But if you want to understand all the obscure references in LOTR and The Hobbit to the elder days (Gondolin, Elbereth, Eärendel, Gil-galad, etc), then this is the place to come. Even people who consider themselves fans of The Lord of the Rings may find it pretty off-putting, because it’s written in an extremely “high mythic” style. The music may not win an academy award, but it feels appropriate in tone. As far as I know, he gets all the pronunciations right, which is nice. You could argue that his delivery is a tad too stentorian or declamatory, but the text is a hard one to read naturally, and this way of reading it is not inappropriate. Here it is, and it’s great! The narrator does a good job, I think. We do not recommend economy surface mail for international posting due to the extreme slowness of this method and the high risk for fraud.I’ve been waiting for a good audiobook version of the Silmarillion for a while. An ABE e-mail will inform the buyer of this lower rate. Albion Books will adjust downward the airmail shipping from the listed rate at the time of order placement if the book will fit into the flat rate envelope. All flat rate Global Priority mailings are $25.00 to all countries except Canada and Mexico, which are $23.00. For books too large to fit the GPM envelope the buyer will be quoted extra postage charges based on the Parcel Post Air rate, always considerably higher than the Global Priority rate. For international orders Global Priority shipping is used when the book will fit into the standard large Global Priority envelope and Global Priority services are available to that destination. If the book is too large to fit into the $10.00 flat rate box the buyer will be quoted actual costs based on their postal zone and the weight from Irvine, California. This avoids having to query the customer in order to approve extra shipping charges. If the book does fit into the smaller envelope Albion Books will adjust the cost to the customer down to the normal $5.50 flat rate charge before processing the order. This price will only be charged if the book will not fit into a smaller flat rate envelope. Large heavy items requiring extra postage will be quoted separately to the buyer when placing an order through ABE. Domestic shipping is at cost, usually $4.00 for normal octavo sized books via Media surface mail. All orders to California addresses will be charged California sales tax of 7.75% at the time of order placement through a separate e-mail notification. Shipping costs are based on books of average size.
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