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>> No. 6528 Anonymous
18th November 2016
Friday 8:31 pm
6528 Audiobooks
This past year I have been listening to audiobooks on my walks and find the experience to be quite enjoyable. However whilst there is no end of recommendations for written works I feel as if there should be a distinction between a good book and a good audio book due to how written work translates into the spoken word and the narrators delivery.

That may or may not sound strange to you but I was hoping we could have an audiobook recommendation thread. Tell us about the works you have enjoyed and why so we can all go for contemplative walks or listen to something on our commute beyond the same songs day-in day-out.

I would like to start by recommending a classic or rather Classic American Short Stories as narrated by William Roberts. It is of course a collection of short stories from authors such as Twain and Bierce that whilst working on a range of themes and styles I feel all work perfectly as something you would hear by a camp-fire.
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>> No. 6530 Anonymous
18th November 2016
Friday 9:03 pm
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>>6528
I've been spending the past few months listening through the works of Robert A. Heinlein.

It's definitely worth trying at least a few, even if you don't think that science fiction from the 50s and 60s is your cup of tea.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Oshl5XsmxU
>> No. 6531 Anonymous
18th November 2016
Friday 9:18 pm
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I've been enjoying Lincoln by Gore Vidal recently. Also, I've been told The Things They Carried, narrated by Brian Cranston, is a good listen.
>> No. 6532 Anonymous
20th November 2016
Sunday 5:06 pm
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This talk of science fiction reminded me that I've had Flowers for Algernon on my reading list for some time. There is a torrent floating online for it.

The first person reporting writing style lends itself well to audiobook format and it works well as a story too. By and large what happens has been spoiled by references in pop-culture but its still enjoyable and on some level I relate to the main character because we've all been the dippy lad at work in our teens.

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