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Audiobooks and You
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Posted: 27th December 2009 16:57
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I have an iTunes voucher for £25 as part of my Christmas haul and since I get all my music from Spotify I'm going to download some audiobooks instead.
So then, which audiobooks have you listened to and are any of them worth downloading? A good book is one thing but I'd like a good narrator too. It can be anything, non-fiction and educational is fine. -------------------- Scepticism, that dry rot of the intellect, had not left one entire idea in his mind. Me on the Starcraft. |
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Posted: 27th December 2009 19:47
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I once listened to Frankenstein on audio. I enjoyed that, but I haven't had any other audio books. I guess it would depend on what you enjoy reading.
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Posted: 27th December 2009 20:35
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Agreed. I listen to audiobooks quite a bit actually. If there's a particular book I have to read for class during a busy period, then I will try to find the audiobook for that. Otherwise, it's just somewhat random: sometimes I listen to novels, other times I listen to nonfiction. Usually I'm restricted by my public library's selection, as audiobooks can be a bit pricey, even over itunes.
I've never really put too much emphasis on the narrator's voice. Even if it's a voice I don't like too much right away, I'll usually just get used to it after a while and it won't bother me much. That said, itunes does (or did, at least) let you listen to 90 seconds of an audiobook as a preview, which should be enough for you to be able to judge whether or not you like the narration. -------------------- Currently Playing : Final Fantasy V Most Recently Beat : Elder Scrolls: Skyrim Favorite Game : Final Fantasy X The newest CoNcast is up! Have a listen! |
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Posted: 31st December 2009 03:05
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I love audiobooks. A lot. I love the real thing more, but when you're on a long trip by yourself, they're wonderful.
They are freakishly expensive though. However, for books whose author's copyright has run out (like people who've been dead forever and a day), you can download other people reading the books and copy them onto your own CD. Librivox The quality of readers varies quite a bit, but the whole free part is excellent. |
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Posted: 8th January 2010 16:50
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Quote (BlitzSage @ 27th December 2009 20:47) I once listened to Frankenstein on audio. I enjoyed that, but I haven't had any other audio books. I guess it would depend on what you enjoy reading. I've read Frankenstein but you put me in the mood for some other gothic stuff. I never really enjoyed Hawthorne or Melville before so maybe now's the time for a another try. Yeah they are really expensive. I was tempted to buy the unabridged Dune but it was nearly the full £25. So far I've bought A Week In December by Sebastian Faulks and Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion. The former is a brilliant satire of London life at the end of 2007, I mean a lavishly clever and suitably ambitious satire, and the latter I haven't listened to yet but I hear it's very good. Still open to suggestions!  This post has been edited by sweetdude on 8th January 2010 19:12 -------------------- Scepticism, that dry rot of the intellect, had not left one entire idea in his mind. Me on the Starcraft. |
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