Loved it so much, I got a signed copy
Suffice it to say that Nightvale gains a lot from being able to tell a longer story. It has time for plots and character drama that wouldn't have been possible in the usual podcast format. I'm glad I got it in audio as well, because it still has the feel of listening to the podcast. Cecil and Disparition sound excellent as usual, alongside new cast members, making it sound both familiar an unfamiliar at the same time, which is pretty much Night Vale in a nutshell. I was only mildly surprised to find that my copy of the book had been signed in gold pen by its two authors. Perhaps a little moreso when I recalled that, being as this is an audio book (as mentioned above), it transcends the need for a physical form, and thus should offer up no surface on which to sign. I am not sure how this happened exactly, but when I first saw its purple and orange cover on my phone's lock screen, it bore the unmistakable signatures of co-creators Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor in the aforementioned gold pen. They were still there when I looked away, closed my eyes and depowered my phone, in that order. I have not yet tired of seeing their names imprinted on my field of vision wherever I go, and I don't believe I will. The latter looks very good next to the floater in my right eye. The completionist in me would still like to have the names of all five narrators, whispered to me in their own voices while I try to sleep, thinking I am alone, knowing I am alone in the room. Is anyone ever really alone?