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Post by ukelelehip on May 27, 2007 10:42:04 GMT
www.silksoundbooks.com/Welcome to Silksoundbooks.com. In the next few weeks this site will go live, bringing you downloads of classic British literature, read by the very best of British and American acting talent and recorded to the highest of standards. From Beowulf to Brontë, from Chaucer to Conan-Doyle, great words brought to life by great voices such as Edward Fox, Richard E Grant, Jane Horrocks, Terry Jones, Natascha McElhone, Virginia McKenna, Bill Nighy, Rufus Sewell, Fiona Shaw, Sir Ian Richardson, and many others. These recordings are unique to silksoundbooks. The use of the finest studios and directors has ensured some extraordinary audio books, available for you to download for just £7.95.
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Post by maxx02 on May 27, 2007 12:46:26 GMT
more rufus reading! Yay! Hope this isn't another of those things that can't be gotten outside of he UK. ah I see. This is Bill Nighy's project. From www.billnighy.infoBill Nighy also reveals what he is currently working on: The thing I’ve mostly been involved in lately is a project that is basically my project, which is this thing where I want to put great books on your iPod, read by great people. So basically, famous people reading your favorite book. Its called Silk Sounds. I read Edgar Allen Poe, we have the complete Sherlock Holmes, we’ve got Jules Verne, we’ve got Henry James. We’ve got some very cool people reading. The idea is that it would introduce younger people to great literature. You can download it on your iPod for a couple of bucks. The idea is that its ridiculously cheap and you get to hear some of the greatest books ever written, read entertainingly by some of your favorite actors.which explains a lot.  |
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Post by quoll on May 27, 2007 14:59:13 GMT
Woo hoo, sounds great - as long as it isnt just for ipods! I use my palm for things like this! Wonder what Rufus will have been reading. Now I can just imagine him doing Sherlock Holmes!
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Post by maxx02 on May 27, 2007 15:12:46 GMT
Of this list, I'd like Jules Verne. I wonder if they are doing Henry Miller or "Papa"... I'd like to hear Rufus read that since he seems to be capable of making nearly anything sound somehow romantic.
Poor fellow. He's never going to get away from that image.
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Post by sevensisters on May 28, 2007 1:50:32 GMT
Ooh, interesting! Maybe those of you collecting Rufus' Ian Fleming's works will be able to finish your collections. I hope they will have The Woodlanders!
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Post by ree on May 28, 2007 5:45:55 GMT
I love this!  Surely they realize they need to make them available outside the UK! If not, we should certainly inform them! |
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Post by maxx02 on May 28, 2007 14:06:36 GMT
Ooh, interesting! Maybe those of you collecting Rufus' Ian Fleming's works will be able to finish your collections. I hope they will have The Woodlanders! I think it's going to be new stuff SS. "Classics" is a pretty large category though. |
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Post by ukelelehip on May 29, 2007 16:52:24 GMT
If Nighy said 'bucks' and not 'quid', then it looks likely to be available outside the UK as well.
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Post by etherealtb on May 29, 2007 17:22:51 GMT
Er....perhaps these books might already be recorded or might be re-releases of audio books, as Ian Richardson passed away a few months ago?
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Post by maxx02 on May 29, 2007 17:40:02 GMT
I noticed his name as well. I'm hoping they are new and they've just been working on them for a while. Richardson's death afterall was completely unexpected. The only thing Rufus has ever done that fits into the genre that Nighy describes is The Woodlanders and that would rot your teeth before you got through it. I was hoping for something a little more... or maybe a little less... if you know what I mean. Updated: well duh...  it says right on the website that they are unique to Silk Sound Books. lol! Any day I'm hoping to learn to read... |
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Post by mcr5137 on May 31, 2007 3:54:02 GMT
Well this just sounds fantastic! I would love to hear Rufus read something besides Bond! Maybe I could even get my girls to listen! Nah, they wouldn't unless someone like Ryan Gosling or Channing Tatum (or whatever his name is) read the book. If it's not required by school, my girls don't read.......which is a pity. Our son LOVES to read and that is about the only thing that saved that kid in school!
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Post by ukelelehip on Jun 2, 2007 18:40:20 GMT
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Post by maxx02 on Jun 2, 2007 19:11:06 GMT
not much of a sample is it...
ah well, as if I wouldn't buy it anyway. I love this stuff.
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Post by maxx02 on Jun 3, 2007 15:18:44 GMT
Oh boy! If you can't perform Congrieve or Wycherley or Moliere you can certainly read something like it. What fun. I'm listening to the first book while I type this and I can just see Rufus reading this thing. If you've ever read or seen Tom Jones which is also by Fielding you've got a good feeling for what it's like. Perhaps others know this story. I had never read it. so, download it. It's great fun I think my biggest problem with this is how much Rufus hates reading it... lol! He's clearly doing it against his will...  |
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Post by Terri Mac on Jun 4, 2007 0:23:59 GMT
;D Thanks for the link -- I've purchased it and was able to get the folder with all those chapters onto my ipod (with the help of my teenage son). I'm listening to Ruf reading it now -- love that voice  |
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