tec Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 I have been looking for something to do between sending out inevitably unsuccessful job applications and losing my dole cash on cheap wine. To escape catching a horrible strain of cabin fever I decided that it would be a nice idea to go out on an hour long walk everyday. Can anyone recommend good audiobooks to keep me company on these journeys and distract me from the casual violence enacted on the streets of South London? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Moss Acid Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 yes duma key by stephen king and luna park by bee (read by dawsons creek's james va der beak) very good audio books imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Moss Acid Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 i might add the worst audio book ive ever heard was the road. so fucking boring. wheres your flute? i threw it away? you threw it away? yes ok ok thats the majority of the book. father and son talking the same dioage after each other. i dont think i can finish this book if its like this any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 thats the majority of the book. father and son talking the same dioage after each other. i dont think i can finish this book if its like this any more. Unfortunately it is. I found in a real struggle to get through (especially as I've only read like 10 books in my life) - they trundle about a bit and get hungry, find some place with food then trundle about a bit more (rinse, repeat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas. It's a radio play... and I went through this period of listening to it about once a day back in November thats the majority of the book. father and son talking the same dioage after each other. i dont think i can finish this book if its like this any more. Unfortunately it is. I found in a real struggle to get through (especially as I've only read like 10 books in my life) - they trundle about a bit and get hungry, find some place with food then trundle about a bit more (rinse, repeat) Way to miss the point entirely... Maybe try reading the actual novel, it could just be cursed with poor voice-acting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tec Posted August 16, 2009 Author Share Posted August 16, 2009 Yeah the actual book is amazing. I can't really imagine it translating to audio too well. Thanks Iain C, will be sure to give it a listen. I'm thinking about making a start on some Alan Bennett, I have just always been turned off by the idea in the past after his criticism of Witchfinder General. Fickle I know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 i just downloaded a collection of phillip k dick's works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Moss Acid Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 i did read the book and listen o the audio book as well as reading it at the same time.. the audio book is slow as fuck and utter shit.. least when i read it i can skim a page of repeating diolog. but still i dont liek the repetativeness of it or the sons questions all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Maybe try reading the actual novel, it could just be cursed with poor voice-acting. It was the book that I read, it's unusual as it sounded like something I'd really like but, well I didn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Npoess Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Anyone who know any good history audiobooks? Maybe something in the lines of 'Dan Carlin's Hardcore History' podcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosmachine Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 William Gibson Reads Neuromancer this is my favorite audiobook. there's a CD-quality torrent of this, if you look around. also, the full cast production of Dune is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Tony Robinsons Midsummer nights dream. It doesn't just contain this story though, there about 8 altogther I think, including the one where the broomstick gets broken in half and it just regrows and they keep multiplying and stuff and the house floods, its awesome just get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J3FF3R00 Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 This is quite entertaining. If you like wham or George michael at all, it’s a must. Andrew reads it too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iococoi Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 (edited) also ... Quote Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers (Audiobook) A complete unabridged audiobook, read by regular cast member Chris Barrie (who plays Arnold Rimmer in the series) was released by Laughing Stock Productions in 1992. It has a total play time of about 8 hours and 15 minutes, and is now available in a variety of formats, including digital download from Audible.com. A much shorter abridged version also circulates. barrie is quite the voice wiz, xlnt. Edited September 2, 2022 by iococoi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iococoi Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 (edited) Friedrich Dürrenmatt - The Physicists https://archive.org/details/durrenmatt-the-physicists-2013-bond-whitehead-hodgkinson radio play from Theatre Audio Archive https://archive.org/details/@jeanjoel? Edited February 10 by iococoi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iococoi Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Quote Dune Book 1 Audiobook Quote Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins https://archive.org/details/dune_20230417 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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