abridged but finely edited 3 CD version of Moab Is My Washpot
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I initially bought the eight cassette unabridged "Moab Is My Washpot", but was horrified when one of the tapes was eaten by my ghetto blaster. The fragile nature of audio cassette tape is (sadly) matched by the inherent poor sonic performance and alignment inconsistencies due to mass production. Commercial audio cassettes cannot match the consistent quality or convenience of Compact Discs.
I immediately fell in love with this audiobook (and with Stephen Fry) and I couldn't stand owning a less than perfect copy. However the unabridged version was never released on CD, so I happily bought another unabridged tape set when it was reissued.
When I was shopping for that 2nd set on amazon.uk I spotted a reference to this abridged 3 CD set and bought it as well, because I was very keen to hear if there is a noticeable quality difference. The CD version sounds far superior - with a more dynamic bandwidth, no hiss, and perfectly stable channel balance. You can relax and appreciate the superb production by Stuart Owen - who also edited this abridged version for the CD format.
The CDs are also very neatly trackmarked and titled as self-contained chapters.
If you're a true fan of Stephen Fry then you still must own the unabridged cassette version - that's the only way you'll hear his excellent blustering and passionate essay on the real reason why homophobes hate gay people (basically a fear of bona fide love between two people of the same gender). Stephen's argument works well on paper - but is raised to an entirely new level in the spoken word.
Everything on this abridged 3 hour 3CD version (1998 Random House RC 473) is superb - including the 11m 17s chapter "And The I Saw Him" in which Stephen describes, in breathtaking, heart-rending beauty, his experience of falling head over heels in love for the very first time as a quite young teenager (and it was love at first sight).
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autobiography of stephen fry
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You do not have to be a lover of autobiographys to enjoy this book it was the first autobiography I have read. The humor of this book stands out it could be described as black humor it is not full of self praise and includes ups and downs of his life from prep school days to late teens you will identify with his feelings and learn a lot about the man his self well worth the price highly recomended
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