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geekhack Community => Other Geeky Stuff => Topic started by: SpAmRaY on Mon, 26 January 2015, 13:03:42
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So I've realized I enjoy listening to something other than music on my daily commute.
I've went through a few audiobooks that lean towards the self help side of things but am considering branching out.
I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for audiobooks you really enjoyed?
I also have $10 in credit at audible I need to use. ???
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Ohh! I like audiobooks!
I especially enjoy when the author reads their own material. "Consider the Lobster and Other Short Stories" by David Foster Wallace is a favorite of mine! It's on audible.
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The Dresden Files are expertly done by the guy who played Spike on Buffy.
If you like that genre, that is.
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Audiobooks really help me deal with my stupid 90 min commute to/from work. I would definitely keep an eye on Humble Bundle in case they do another audio bundle - got the Hunger Games trilogy unabridged for $15, along with some other stuff I haven't listened to. So far I've just been listening to entertaining fiction stuff since I still want to pay attention to my driving.
I really loved the Diamond Age (and Snowcrash) by Neal Stephenson. I actually bootlegged it at first, was so confused but still enjoying it, then bought the real deal once I had some change to spare and realized my bootleg version was all out of order, hence my confusion :))
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Audiobooks are a huge part of my reading now. Some days, I have to drive a sales route as part of my job, and I've gone through more than a few books while on the road.
Do you like Wil Wheaton's voice? Three that I've listened to have him as narrator. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, Redshirts by John Scalzi, and Homeland by Cory Doctorow. I enjoyed all of those.
Also, I can recommend Stephen King's Mr. Mercedes. It's read by the actor Will Patton.
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I tried some out over the years.. but they read quite slowly.. It would be nice for the first 10 minutes, but then you're just like, oh hurry up..
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I was a little into audiobooks way back in college.. autobiographies can be really good, and horror is fun when driving at night. I remember I liked these few out of the ones I've ever listened to:
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
My Life by Bill Clinton
John Dies at the End by David Wong
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I would recommend The Teaching Company lecture series if you haven't heard them before. They have college professors record a set of 30 minute lectures on a topic(usually 12 or 24). They are perfect for the morning commute. There are a lot of different topics, but I mostly listen to the history courses.
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Also, not an audiobook, but something to listen to on your commute:
No Agenda Podcast (http://noagendashow.com)
;)
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^^ I'll check this out. Thanks for all the suggestions.
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So I've realized I enjoy listening to something other than music on my daily commute.
I've went through a few audiobooks that lean towards the self help side of things but am considering branching out.
I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for audiobooks you really enjoyed?
I also have $10 in credit at audible I need to use. ???
I enjoyed The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and also Star Wars (The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, and Episodes 4-6). There are various Star Trek audio books that I'm currently listening to.
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I'm on a one book a month subscription to Audible, really starting to love audio books. Never been a big reader but having a 20x2 min walk to work every day and doing the dishes its just perfect. Can just about fit in one book a month and for like £7/month its not much money to speak of.
Last book I finished was "Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance", fantastic book can really recomend it.
Currently listning to "The Metamorphosis" by Kafka because I finished my monthly book a little early so I had to pick up two. Sneaking a short one in between. So far it's rather bizarre but interesting
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I'm getting into audiobooks again.
Anyone have any current recommendations?
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I've been listening to audiobooks and musicals at work.
Now, keep in mind I started the audiobook world only late last year; for years I've scoffed at them, seeing them as the lazier man's book medium. But life's too busy and I need my fixes, so alas I caved.
I started with Jim Dale's fantastic Harry Potter narrations, then went into the Thrawn trilogy. Marc Thompson is great, but man-oh-man I can't stand his Leia.
That's as far as I've gotten; I have Dune next in queue, as well as The Eye of the World.
Oh, and the NPR radio dramatizations of the first three Star Wars films by Brian Daley! Those are phenomenal. Stellar, really.
I listened to them years ago, and it was the first time I heard about how the rebels got the plans to the Death Star. This was way before Disney had the license, let alone created Rogue One.
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Ya'll read the Gaia books , james lovelock ?
/Tp4 recommends
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Ready Player One had a great audio book. Plus it was read by Wil Wheaton who is really good at that stuff.
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How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan is great. I like when authors read their own books. It's an amazing array of studies.
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I work in a lab, and go for whole shifts without speaking to anyone. Audiobooks are AMAZING. I highly, hiiiighly recommend them! They are great for work, for working out, for relaxing, for putting on while you're cooking, whatever.
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I like audiobooks and I like podcasts too. There are no specifics as to what I listen to, either some recommends me to listen to it or if I see something intriguing then I just go with the flow.
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Theres a recent "full cast" read of Neil Gaiman's American Gods by a cast that sounds a lot like the cast on the show which is really cool. Another fantastic one where the author reads it with all the right inflection and phrasing is Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy.. and all the others.
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I tried audiobooks starting with The Wheel of Time series (probably around the same time this thread started). I couldn't get into listening to someone read. It bugs me for some reason. I made it through Eye of the World, then maybe halfway through The Great Hunt, but my mind phased out. I can follow along to some nerdy af podcasts though.
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Currently enjoying His Dark Materials trilogy plus it's read by the author Philip Pullman along with a cast.
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Currently listening to
We Are Legion: We Are Bob
And
Emperor Mollusk Versus The Sinister Brain
Audible has a big sale going on and I bought these two.
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Got my wife into audiobooks recently. She's listening to self-help ones.
I just finished the first book in the Thrawn trilogy; trying to get the next one, but going to catch up on podcasts first.
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One of the truck drivers in my company really likes them.
I am rarely driving far enough, alone, to get engaged, although my wife often plays podcasts when the family is taking a drive (my kids are teenagers and mature enough to understand significant concepts).
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Also, not an audiobook, but something to listen to on your commute:
No Agenda Podcast (http://noagendashow.com)
;)
I listened to that on and off for nearly a decade. Fell out of the habit recently.
Used listen to a lot of audiobooks before I started reading ebooks on my phone. If work eventually gets a little less interruption filled I'll probably start listening to more of them while doing autocad.
I've got an almost 4 year old and have managed to get him into audio instead of one of those in car DVD players because he watches enough TV already. Built it up over a year and a half so now he's heard Charlottes Web, The Iron Giant, Fantastic Mr. Fox and we're starting a 5 CD edition of Pinnochio next.
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I listened to the andromeda strain Friday, I know I read it years ago but I'd forgotten most of it.
Also recently finished Lock In, it was good.
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What apps you all use for non-DRM books? I was switching between Smart AudioBook Player and Listen Audiobook Player for Android. Settled on Smart.
Listen has more options, but I don't listen to audiobooks enough to utilize them all.
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Just finished the 3rd bobiverse book.
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I've went off the deep end, I'm listening to about 3 books a week.
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I've went off the deep end, I'm listening to about 3 books a week.
New Ultra- ADHD medication ?
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I'm listening to like 5+ podcasts a week but.. Still haven't tried any new audio books. I'd rather read the books so that I can process my own interpretation of the inflections.
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Currently listening to
We Are Legion: We Are Bob
I. Loved. That. Trilogy.
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The black tapes is quite good. Kinda a paranormal mockumentary
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Audio books are SO much better then regular books. They give the book more of an "immersive" and "atmospheric" vibe. Personally, i find them more as a companion and they go well with reading the book, like coffee and a biscotti.
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The book I'm listening to is bugging me, every time they say usb stick it sounds like they're saying us beef stick.
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The voices don't always match what I envisaged when reading the paper versions.
And it's really annoying when two different people read books from the same series and give the characters different voices.
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The book I'm listening to is bugging me, every time they say usb stick it sounds like they're saying us beef stick.
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Slim jim ftw.
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The voices don't always match what I envisaged when reading the paper versions.
And it's really annoying when two different people read books from the same series and give the characters different voices.
What's worse is when the readers don't plan for people speeding up tapes. The book I'm currently listening is read so the words are fast and the pauses between words is long. Speeding the book to 1.5x sounds like burst fire.
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I recently finished the themis files trilogy, quick listens and full cast, would recommend.
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I've listed to the entirety of A Song of Ice and Fire (book series that Game of Thrones is based on) on audiobook and really enjoyed it. The narrator for them is the late Roy Dotrice.
There's another min-series called "Tales of Dunk and Egg" set in the same universe that was a great listen as well.
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Audio books seem so novel and convenient; I haven't tried listening to one while driving; but in any other circumstance I just can't pay attention while simultaneously being engaged in something else. Could be the material as well.
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I started to listen to audiobooks during my route to work last year.
Even prefer audiobooks than music.
I listen to all Witcher audiobooks, dozens of actors, sound effects, amazing. I'm talking about polish version, I don't know if english are good as well...
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I don't have a long commute, but I think I'll give it a shot; I have plenty of books on my "to read" list
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Just some of the stuff I've listed to in no particular order and tmoes isn't
NBC bca
the entire Jack Reacher series
most of David Baldacci's various series
all of the Mitch Rapp series
many Ray Porter narrated books
most of John Scalzi's stuff
the Crusader One series
most of Daniel Suarez stuff
All of Greg Hurwitz Orphan X series
All of Mark Greaney Gray Man series
Quite a few good listens from Peter Clines, Michael Crichton, Brad Meltzer
Many autobiographies and inspired type stories, military and otherwise
Some self help, negotiating, time management, etc.
Some weeks I'm doing a book a day.
Right now I've got the entire Longmire series rotating in and out with some recent audible purchases and some random cloud library books and I tried a book from chirp.
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