Favorite Audio Books
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Reamde might go faster than you plan. Maybe. It's like the opposite of cryptnomicon. (Sp?)
Agreed. After Snowcrash 20 years ago, Reamde was my next Stephenson book. It's a rocket. I then dove back in and found his other stuff to be as compelling, but more cerebral, less visceral. Fall is a pretty nice wrap-up of the Reamde story though.
Caution-don't be tempted to start reading/listening to the Stephenson/George stuff. It's garbarge. I was thoroughly pissed after listening all the way through Interface. At myself, mostly.
Caution-don't be tempted to start reading/listening to the Stephenson/George stuff. It's garbarge. I was thoroughly pissed after listening all the way through Interface. At myself, mostly.
So it was 1 month and 13 days, but I finished it yesterday. Mind you I work at home, so it takes a while for one to get through a 38 hour book. While I wouldn't say I LOVED it, I will say I really liked it. He keeps the story entertaining and frankly I am not sure how he is able to stay on top of so many details through that much of the book. I am even tempted to listen to Cryptonomicon again one day. For sure I will listen to more of his. Maybe he is better in audio, or maybe the narrator was that good. But I did really enjoy it.
Have not decided what is next but I did buy a bunch when I started this thread.
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The Martian is one of the best books I've ever read. I listened to Ready Player One narrated by Wil Wheaton, and I thought he was excellent. So definitely an excellent combo.
Have you read/listened to the second book yet? It’s on my list of things to do. Loved the first book...the movie not so much.
Lol, I didn't know there was a second book. I will definitely listen to it.
Yeah.
I use audible. But it’s $
Download Libby and you can use your library card. But you have to check it out, and it can only be lended out to one person at a time. Which makes sense from a DRM perspective but sucks from a logical standpoint.
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Audible is great because you never have to wait on a book. I use Libby as well but if someone else is waiting on the book and you take longer then 14 days, you have to give the book up and wait in line to start again. I found myself listening all the time just to finish and that ruined the experience for me; I like to read(listen) on my own time. $15 a month for audible is somewhat justified although a few times during the year I feel that it isn't and cancel my membership only to restart it two months later. I guess it boils down to whatever your time is worth.
When you find a string of good books, it's well worth $15. When you don't, it's like a wide open chasm of emptiness.
I really wish the algorithms to suggest books didn't always end up on Obama and the ball of tripe they are promoting. I mean I voted for the guy, but as someone who has listened to 12 straight SciFi books, you'd think they might suggest something else.
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What I don’t like about audible is if you cancel your membership you lose your current credit if you haven’t used it. I keep wanting to cancel my membership but keep forgetting to use my credits. I use Libby the majority of the time but sometimes you can’t get what you want.