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John asks Nerdfighters whether he should read the audiobook of The Fault in Our Stars (2011)

ask · status: reported back · last event: result reported (2011-11-21) · owner: John

In June 2011 John asked Nerdfighters whether they would like him to read the audiobook of The Fault in Our Stars, though its narrator is a young woman. In November 2011 he announced two audiobooks: one narrated by Kate Rudd, and his own reading only in a limited-edition box set from DFTBA.

Part of: The Fault in Our Stars: writing, title and publication (2011)

Told alongside: John reading his new novel's audiobook in a young woman's voice: 'And then I took off my bra' (2011)

About: John's untitled novel (2011)

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2011-06-10 asked John asks Nerdfighteria whether they would like him to read the audiobook of his new novel, narrated by a young woman. Then I Took Off My Bra 00:02:51
2011-11-21 result reported There will be two audiobooks of The Fault in Our Stars: the real one narrated by Kate Rudd, available everywhere, and John's, only in a physical limited-edition box set from DFTBA. Old Man Narrates Young Girl 00:00:41

What is said about it

4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).

  • 2011-11-21 · Old Man Narrates Young Girl — John: Before Chicago, John was at Brilliance Audio, his audiobook publisher, narrating The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:00:35
  • 2011-11-21 · Old Man Narrates Young Girl — John says Kate Rudd sounds exactly like Hazel and her recording is brilliant, while he sounds like a 34-year-old man, which makes for awkward moments. — 00:00:49
  • 2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — John says he is nervous: apart from recording the audiobook, he has never read the book aloud. — 00:01:23
  • 2012-01-13 (said on 2012-01-10, implied) · TFiOS PARTY! — announcement: Hank warns that buyers of the audiobook from DFTBA Records should not watch its DVD before reading or listening to the book, because the DVD contains spoilers. — 00:01:07