The George R. R. Martin Audiobook Collection

-------------George R. R. Martin Audio Collection------------- George R. R. Martin’s incredible imagination has created possibly the most detailed and believable fantasy world in modern literature. A new HBO series has further increased interest in these great novels. Unfortunately, many of the audio versions of Martin’s wonderful A Song of Ice and Fire series that have been released in torrents are incomplete, badly ripped, and generally of low quality. I have thus reripped everything I could get a hold of and thus present the most complete Martin audio collection ever assembled. I have processed all these UNABRIDGED books in the following ways: 1. Most of these were ripped BY ME. All my rips are from high quality CDs. As stated above, I decided to rerip all of the Roy Dotrice/John Lee versions myself as most of the versions that have been offered in older torrents have severe problems. These new versions should be perfect without any deletions, skips, pops, fuzz-outs, or tape hiss. :) 2. FULLY CHAPTERIZED. This took weeks. Each audio book was compiled into a single file (deleting bits like "Disc 2, please insert Disc 3") and then separated into Parts and Chapters as defined by the original books. I find this to be the best way to enjoy audiobooks and it is perfect for iPods. 3. Encoded all books to a uniform MP3 96kbps 44.1kHz. 4. ID3 Tagged. All audiobook files have been fully ID3 tagged including full COVER ART. Martin has written so many short stories and worked on so many projects that a complete audio bibliography would be impossible. HOWEVER, I have compiled here, I believe, a complete collection of his works that exist on audio. In addition to the 5 reripped A Song of Ice and Fire versions are 3 alternate recordings from that series as well as the complete Tales of Dunk and Egg series which takes place in the same world. I have also managed to find two recordings of Martin’s double-volume anthology of short stories and novellas, Dreamsongs: A RRetrospective. Altogether I believe this to be the most exhaustively complete audio collection of George R. R. Martin’s work offered to date. Please leave any comments, questions, or suggestions you might have as they are HIGHLY APPRECIATED! :) Enjoy! --CL8 -------------Included in this torrent------------- Novels: 1996 - A Song of Ice and Fire 1 - A Game of Thrones (read by Roy Avers) 1996 - A Song of Ice and Fire 1 - A Game of Thrones (read by Roy Dotrice) [also ripped by me] 1998 - A Song of Ice and Fire 2 - A Clash of Kings (read by Roy Dotrice) [also ripped by me] 2000 - A Song of Ice and Fire 3 - A Storm of Swords (read by Roy Avers) 2000 - A Song of Ice and Fire 3 - A Storm of Swords (read by Roy Dotrice) [also ripped by me] 2005 - A Song of Ice and Fire 4 - A Feast for Crows (read by John Lee) [also ripped by me] 2005 - A Song of Ice and Fire 4 - A Feast for Crows (read by Ted Stoddard) 2011 - A Song of Ice and Fire 5 - A Dance With Dragons (read by Roy Dotrice) [also ripped by me] Short Stories and Novellas: 1980 - The Ice Dragon (read by Maggi-Meg Reed) 1998 - Tales of Dunk and Egg 1 - The Hedge Knight (read by Frank Muller) 2003 - Tales of Dunk and Egg 2 - The Sworn Sword (read by Graham Malcolm) 2007 - Dreamsongs (32 stories - various narrators) [also ripped by me] 2007 - Dreamsongs (34 stories - read by Eric Sandvold) 2010 - Tales of Dunk and Egg 3 - The Mystery Knight (read by Patrick Lawlor) plus a huge set of Martin eBooks AND a great collection of Maps Enjoy and Seed!!

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4rcane (2011-09-30)

best complete version

BD001 (2011-09-30)

Worth the dl for Tuf Voyaging alone

4rcane (2011-10-01)

I like how you give different cover design to each reader. Roy Dotrice get the standard cover design while Roy Avers get the modern design.
Do you have Roy Avers book2 audiobook? Its the hardest to find. Roy Avers is better than Roy Dotrice imho, esp when doing the female voices

4rcane (2011-10-01)

in order from best to worst
Roy Avers > Roy Dotrice > John Lee > Ted Stoddard

Bk-I-HaKz (2011-10-01)

This is unbelievably great work Neil ! I can't thank you enough !. I really appreciate all the work you put into this so people like me can enjoy Martins works. Thx again !

4rcane (2011-10-13)

actually I noticed, there quite a bit of corruption and problem in your encodes. Stutters, skips, pops etc e.g in A Clash of Kings chapter 67 Tyrion 14.44. This isn't the only one, there are MANY

tekproxy (2012-01-24)

I know how long this stuff takes and how tedious it gets. Please know, deep down in your gutty-wuts, that I am very, very appreciative. Even if, as someone pointed out earlier, there are encoding problems. Thanks to you and Martin and everyone else that made this stuff.

Pringworm (2012-02-17)

Baller package Neil.

 politux (2012-04-03)

Thanks so much, this is a great torrent.

oOtalOo (2012-04-06)

Are the skips mentioned bad? or are they minor?
I just don't want to miss anything

w00tbie (2012-04-17)

much appreciation to you my good sir :)

snippet. (2012-04-26)

@neil1966hardy
Thanks very much for the work you did!
Nonetheless two points of criticism concerning “A Storm of Swords” read by Roy Avers:
- it has a second voice/recording whispering in the background (compression artifacts?).
- the loudness has not been normalized; look at the waveforms for the chapter 52 of the book “A Storm of Swords” and compare yourself >> (first one is Roy Avers, second one is Roy Dotrice); when in loud ambience it is hard to understand Roy Avers.

6nike9 (2012-05-01)

utterly epic upp,
some good shit homes

muttam_kurami (2012-05-04)

Thanks..
Could some one put some true story novel ,audio books?

mudd12 (2012-05-07)

I noticed no skips or stuttering in Game of Thrones but there are several chapters of Clash of Kings that are affected. It's still possible to understand the passages but it's annoying nonetheless.

LittleGod (2012-05-24)

Awesome!
Super fast download.
You rock Neil.

Cman12 (2012-06-01)

You fucking rule dude. Thanks for all the hard work. Just finished reading ADWD, can't wait to listen my way through this time.

KingFisheR222 (2012-09-04)

Just started download this supposedly owesome torrent. Thanks for this anyway. Though cant help myself but saying after i've listened to the both versions of the prologue to the Game of Thrones, i disliked any of them.
In the narration by Roy Avers i could barely understand a word due to all kinds of hissings and craccking noises on the recording. The voice and intonations of his are much closer to the style i like.
The second recording, by Roy Dotrice is of much clearer, but the style he reads it with is barely to be called suitable for this reading. Fromthe very first sentence it gives the impression he reads rather a fairytale for 4 to5 year old kids, like, say, Pussy Cat, and not something that will include majestic battle scenes, blood , swerings of soldiers, sluts, and gayfucking. :)
I hope, after having such a sucess as the series does, somebody like Sean Bean or, say Natalie Dormer, or Jeremy Irons, at the worst end, would re-read thiswhole saga perfectly! :)
Thanks for the torrent anyway. And for all the PDFs too. :)

Cat.cat (2012-09-14)

nice list of titles, looking at listening to only a few, how do you dwld individual files without having to do entire torrent?

kelmar78 (2012-09-16)

I agree Roy Dotrices' various extreme voice grate me too.
But it doesn't make the torrent any less amazing. Great one!

faniefiets (2012-09-23)

Amazing collection. Thank you! Actually enjoy Roy's reading. Will try Lee for Feast of crows.

nhtquang94 (2012-11-10)

Amazing work. Thanks a lot! I'm from Vietnam and I'm reading book one :). That feels great but I want to listen to these books so bad... I just can't enjoy it with some other collections - the quality was terrible. So thanks again!

TheSpenner (2012-11-11)

This is fantastic. Thanks for the work uploader.

Powerzeh (2012-12-06)

Thank you so much, +1. I ll be seeding.

27y2323 (2012-12-08)

Thank you SO FUCKING MUCH for this. You have no idea how grateful I am to have found this torrent. For months I have been looking for the first book in the ASoIaF series that has listenable quality, but every torrent I've found sounds like it was recorded with a potato. And of course, it has to be narrated by Roy Dotrice.
The fact that you also included all of GRRM's other works is a major bonus. GRRM and Roy Dotrice are my two favorite human beings alive. I only hope they both live long enough to finish the series. Thanks again man, I fucking screamed for joy when I opened the prologue chapter of AGoT and heard Roy's voice crisp and clear. Major success.
Long and happy life to you, my friend. Much love.
10/10

TheSpenner (2013-02-04)

Wow. Thanks so much. This is a fantastic set. I've listened to A Feast For Crows (Lee) and A Dance With Dragons (Dotrice) from here, and both were perfect, no skips or any audio defects. Coming back to listen to A Storm of Swords - already read it twice, but hey I've got a long commute so getting ready for the broadcast of Season 3.

TUYUQ1 (2013-02-04)

thanks, I will recommend this torrent

BosuxRedsux (2013-02-16)

thanks

Talos63 (2013-03-16)

Thank you so very much! This is tremendously helpful for my son who has difficulty reading and benefits so much from being able to read listen to a book at the same time. I had bought the books for him and just couldn't afford these wonderful recordings right now.
I will be buying the audio recordings eventually, but this gives him a chance to start this wonderful series now.
Grateful thanks again!

tflagger997 (2013-03-29)

Thanks for all the hard work!

BioHaZZarD99 (2013-03-30)

I'm not sure about the rest, but the Game of Thrones version read by Roy Avers is shit. There's a constant hissing and the sound is muffled as if it was played off of speakers and then recorded with a microphone. There's also talking in the background as if someone was watching TV while doing this. I skipped around and it's present in all the mp3 files of that book. I will be finding another copy.

tohzoku (2013-04-30)

@BioHaZZarD99 - Agreed, someone is clearly watching TV or something in the background and the sound quality is terrible, at least in GoT.

SiN4 (2013-05-05)

great job, thanks :)

kileko (2013-06-06)

The hissing, popping, and sound of people talking is because of the ripping the audio from cassette tapes. The sound of people talking is the bleed through from the other side of the magnetic tape.
Best quality you're going to get without buying them from CD and ripping.

thewierd_ (2013-08-05)

Awsome, thank you mate.

Bitrader (2013-08-27)

Books 1 & 2: (Read by Roy Dotrice) are Excellent Quality, Properly Chaperized, and Unabridged.
Book 3: (Read by Roy Dotrice) is of equal quality but skips and stutters about 10 different times throughout, tho it's still listenable. Would recommend finding a different rip if you can.
Book 4: didn't listen b/c I found a rip read by Roy Dotrice. After listening to him read the first 3 I couldn't stand having a stranger's voice speak for familiar and beloved characters.
Overall this series is of the most fantastic fantasy adventures I have ever known.
Thanks for the upload!

jseph1234 (2013-12-25)

Anyone know where I can get ROY AVERS reading of 1. A Clash of Kings and 2. A Dance with Dragons?
Thanks for uploading

HADOPIworkedjustgreat (2014-02-25)

In response to @bitrader Here's a seemingly good copy of book 3 and 4 read by Roy Dotrice
-- I haven't listened to any of these yet, was just heeding his advice and sought out better quality copies

vinivitesmw456 (2014-08-06)

DAMN, what an amazing torrent!

Timbo6669 (2014-08-27)

^^^i agree totally...Thanks Neil for this!!! you have started your legend status by doing this solely!!!