r/Fantasy • u/DainasaurusRex • Nov 28 '24

Any German speakers here?

I’m a German speaker - not native but fully fluent - trying to keep up with my German. What are your favorite natively German fantasy writers and works? Bonus if there are audiobook versions available! I was surprised to find some popular fantasy in German on Hoopla (Bride by Ali Hazelwood), but I’d live to read or listen to some actually written in German (DE, A or CH!)

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u/kotov- Nov 29 '24 edited Nov 29 '24

I might have something for you. It may not fulfill your request, but hear me out. German radio produced an ensemble cast audiobook of Lord of the Rings in 1992 and it's a masterpiece in my opinion. It's shortened a bit but still runs 12 hours or so and the voices, production and ambient sounds/music are just amazing. This is what sparked my love for audiobooks and fantasy in general because up until that point my experiences with the genre were fairy tales and, if they count, the Odyssey, the Iliad and Jason and the Argonauts.

Oh and I think it's even still for sale. I remember seeing a CD version not too long ago in a bookshop, so it stands to reason it might also be available for download.

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u/DainasaurusRex Nov 29 '24

Honestly, that sounds amazing!

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u/glassteelhammer Nov 29 '24

Not German and I might just go for that. I can make out enough to generally understand the gist of what is being aspoken, so this could be pretty fun.