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Excellent! I have the Audible ones for the Laundry series and really enjoy them. It will be interesting to see how another voice actor handles them. I may have to get a new voice in my head when reading Bob's...
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UriGagarin commented on
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Well, public transport is extremely good in the UK, but its still a bit of a slog to go to lunch with someone living in say, Brighton from somewhere like Catford. In The Fuller Memorandum - Bob and Mo go to lunch with Bob's parents , which to my mind implies they are within reasonable travel time by public transport. Any further and it starts becoming a day out, and that impression isn't given from the story. More over-analysis by me, than anything else. In any case my comment was more to do with what accent Bob would have than...
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Martin H commented on
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As a resident of Catford and fan of public transport I'd take issue with that! Though I suppose it depends on your definition of "a bit of a slog". Catford's sort of halfway-ish between the middle and the edge of London. I reckon I can get to most places in London in an hour and a half or less, and most places in the home counties (or cities beyond that) in a couple of hours. So, perfectly manageable for a day trip given a good book! Oops, slight thread drift......
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UriGagarin commented on
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Blimey , didn't mean to turn this into how quick it is from here to there - but a couple of hours journey to go for lunch ? seems somewhat extreme ... Anyway rather off-topic, as i was merely speculating on who would be suitable for the audio version....
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Bellinghman commented on
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'Extreme'? Perhaps if it's only the meal itself. But 'going over to the parents for lunch' could quite easily involve leaving after a leisurely breakfast, starting back in the late afternoon, and spending a few hours there. I'd reckon that any time the total travelling time is less than the time spent there, it's not extreme. (I speak as one who considers it quite natural to spend 3 hours round trip travelling for a 3 hour gig each month in London. Flying to Ireland for a 4 hour afternoon house-warming party, now that would be extreme. It would also involve...
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mjwalshe77 commented on
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Yes woudl sort of imply that Bobs parents live in a home counties commuter town possibly in the leafier bits of surrey or some where on the south coast woudl certainly fit. As Bob and Mo live near the route of the necropolitian railway which runs west ward roughly from london. I suspect that Bob has a standard home counties accent....
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