Art

Still listening to 3 Men in a Boat today.

Audiobooks certainly aren't an artform that can be commented on at high speed.

I am, by the by, quite serious on the artform point.
Audiobook readings are performances - interpretations of a book rather than the book itself. As such they can enhance the text or make it dreadful. I suppose less creative effort needs to go into converting book to unabridged audio than book to two hour movie or book to the medium of dance but screw it the stakes are so much bigger! Average audiobook is what 8? 10 hours? The audiobook audience may be relatively low but 8-10 hours of badly performed prose - that's the kind of evil that gets passed on.