AUDIOBOOKS

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hey guys anyone here into them audiobooks? you know, dat good feelin when its a sunny day and you can just turn the FUCK off and listen to some good ass stories through the power of the EARS. i have been listening to lots of czech and slovak ones (theres more of em than youd think), i especially like the ones that also have music and atmospheric sound effects so it takes you IN to the full experience (and some of them jingles are catchy).

i got no clue if theres any english ones out there, you guys got anything? like any nice books/audiobooks?

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good thing i have richard stallman personally send me all the files i require

[Jinxtengu]

I like audio books, and I'm currently listening to HUNGER by knut hamsun which can be downloaded from the librevox website:
here librivox.org/author/1288?primary_key=1288&search_category=author&search_page=1&search_form=get_results

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I listen to them, but not much. Prefer regular books myself. Audio can be taxing and gets difficult to follow after a while, forcing me to take a break. Also it's a lot harder to navigate through the text in case you need it - especially when you're using a portable player as opposed to desktop PC. Plus the filesize can be a problem, even when the sound is compressed.

But audiobooks are still a lot of fun, there's a great version of Re-Animator read by Jeffrey Combs, I remember listening to that one. Also an old Soviet guide to herbaceous plants - I wonder who came up with an idea of creating the audio version of it, but it was a really interesting experience (though I don't think I finished listening to it, it's really long). So yeah, scientific literature in audio form is worth trying too. Tried some Theodore Dreiser stuff on Librivox, but it didn't work out, maybe due to the fact they often change narrators, which is understandable for a volunteer project though.

Still can't say for sure whether I like the ambience sounds in audiobooks (and illustrations in regular books, for that matter). Sometimes I really feel they rob you of your own imagination, enforcing a certain picture within your head. But sometimes these additions aren't in the way at all, and can complement the text nicely.

[Jinxtengu]

Mar 15, 2020 11:13:22 GMT speedos said:

books are nerd SHIT

maybe learn to read.
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[dragotiger]

Mar 15, 2020 11:27:17 GMT burning thurster said:

books are good if you like to WIPE YOUR ASS

Maybe you can cut the shit and leave the forums now

[dragotiger]

Mar 15, 2020 11:24:36 GMT Jinxtengu said:

Mar 15, 2020 11:13:22 GMT speedos said:

books are nerd SHIT

maybe learn to read.
dead

I'm here to support

[Jinxtengu]

Thanks Dragotiger.

[Jinxtengu]

but who cares about clicks?
I like listening to some audio books when I'm drawing animations in MS paint, because it is a long process, and they help to break up the monotony.
Dvd commentaries are good too, lately however i've mostly been listening to music. I have to admit I learn better when I'm actively reading rather than passively (as with audio books)

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I guess I do remember some things since that listening session, mostly I was shocked how methodical and meticulous scientific research was in Soviet times - they listed almost every possible kind of grass they could find, everything was covered - from the botanical anatomy and all the related species to the practical significance like toxicity or medicinal use and effects on cattle. It was amazingly thorough, and it actually makes me sad because obviously science in modern Russia isn't nearly as advanced. I still think I'd have remembered a lot more if I read the actual book. Especially since when plants are concerned, illustrations are a must, just listening to the descriptions makes it too vague.

I'm not using youtube much, and I don't even have an account there, but making a podcast or something similar out of that book is an interesting idea, I never thought about that! I can imagine reading that text with something like Love Spirals Downwards playing in the background, this can turn out good...

[man]

I dislike silence, when doing anything i listen to something in the background sometimes music sometimes talking. However audiobooks i feel strangely about. Sometimes i like to listen to an audiobook while reading in the same time if i don't have that much interest in the book but i mostly just dry-read because i like going at my own pace. I feel like i can't concentrate on the book if im not reading it and that i lose out on some of the experience. 

[January0]

I usually don't listen to them since I absorb info easier via reading, but I really love the audiobook of I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream narrated by the author himself, hopefully I haven't shared it before hehe. It helps that I've read the original story about a dozen times but I really like how Ellison reads it and the voice he puts on for AM. 

[Jinxtengu]

Aug 27, 2020 1:34:38 GMT January0 said:

I usually don't listen to them since I absorb info easier via reading, but I really love the audiobook of I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream narrated by the author himself, hopefully I haven't shared it before hehe. It helps that I've read the original story about a dozen times but I really like how Ellison reads it and the voice he puts on for AM. 

thanks for sharing. I read that story a while back and I remember listening to one of Harlan elisions readings of it.
I liked his uncouth guttural rasp of NIMDOCK!!!

The last audio books I listened to were "hunger" by Knut Hamsun, and essays on anarchy by Emma goldman. Both are available on the librevox website. The essays are interesting but a bit didactic. I can kind of relate to the character in Hunger, which as a story, is pretty good for early train of thought style writing. As I understand it Hamsun basically pioneered that style, way before the so called beat writers of the 1950s popularized it.