He convinced his publisher, Signet Books, to print these novels under a pseudonym. King therefore wanted to write under another name, in order to increase his publication without over-saturating the market for the King "brand".
Make sure you listen to this one in a conducive environment or with a good set of headphones.At the beginning of Stephen King's career, the general view among publishers was that an author was limited to one book per year, since publishing more would be unacceptable to the public. Listening to this one is a little hard work and requires intense focus and some skipping back and forth to try and gather exactly what is being read. I listen to audio books all the time while driving and this is the first time I have had this problem.
For much of the book the sentences start out loud but the volume decreases as the sentence continues and towards the end of the sentence fades into an unintelligible whisper. Unfortunately I found myself continuously trying to adjust the volume and losing out on much of the intricacies of the story as I often just couldn’t make out the words being read. The performance was not all bad and I enjoyed the actors tone and storytelling at times, but here is my frustration: I don’t find as much time as I would like to read so I really enjoy making my time stuck in traffic a positive experience and I listen to audio books while driving almost every day. I am a huge King fan ever since first reading The Stand as a kid, so I am a bit hesitant to write any kind of commentary on one of his works, but as my frustration is not with the story itself I feel I can vent a little here, mostly in hope that my concerns could be addressed and provide a more enjoyable experience for everyone.
I did enjoy the book but listening to it was a frustrating experience. At some times I really enjoyed the narration, I was just extremely frustrated with the sentences fading out. I am not certain if my issues were related directly to the narrator or due to technical problems. Who would you have cast as narrator instead of G. Reminds me a little of The Stationary Bike, probably because of the construction crew, and for some reason the tone and first person narrative reminded me of The Green mile serial novel. What other book might you compare Roadwork to and why? I don’t know much about audio recording but standardising the volume level so that it is consistent would make this a completely different experience.
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