Audiobooks
- The Haunting of Hill House
Figured while I posted one of my favorites, I would also post my absolute favorite audiobook. I really like "soft horror" and Hill house is suuuppppeerrrrrr influential to the greater horror sphere. It's had a buh-jillion iterations, and I am not sure if any of them were bad (although some people will probably fight me on The Haunting). But the audiobook, I have listened to about 750xs. Because this narrorator has a very unique voice, a clear background in acting, and can transform her essence left and right in zero seconds flat. Very animated! I originally listened to this on Libby as well, but later grabbed it here because I wanted to make sure I could carry it with me. This is also a great read, listen, watch - tale you can absorb through osmosis. However you get it, ti's a great get.
- Parable of the Sower
Nobody here =(
Well, if anyone does come here, consider giving a listen to The Parable of the Sower. It's hands down one of my favorite audiobooks. It's written by Octavia Butler and narrorated by Lynne Thigpen. I don't always dig audiobooks, because too many Feel empty or like white noise to me. Or there is this nagging feeling that I would not want to listen to the narrorator reading anything, let alone x-book. But this one was wonderful, and I think it's in part because the source material is good and the narrorator was very talented and has a very unique voice. I grabbed it here, but originally listened ot it on Libby. If you're interested I'd say both books (The Parable of the Talents) are wonderful to read/listen to - absorb through osmosis. All of the above. So give them a go if you'd like.
- Suggestions for General Public
I've recently started a job driving a shuttle van across the city for the general public. I've got a wide amount of leeway, but the audiobooks I've been listening to have been... not hitting right. I started with "The Name of the Wind" which was extremely well reviewed. I liked it a lot for the most part, and for the most part so did my passengers, but at one point it started talking about how much the main character would like to see one of the young woman characters naked and would pay for that privilege. In the context of the story it sort-of made sense, but out of context it was completely gross and I was beyond embarrassed. The next day I tried "Consider Phlebas" (again well reviewed) which was a completely different thing, but almost immediately it started in with a vivid description the mc being drowned in sewage- It did not hit right, despite the interesting developments that I would ordinarily probably enjoy for just myself.
I'm looking for suggestions of completely SFW audiobooks I could listen to (through audible, alas) with random passengers of all walks of life coming and going without context. I cannot stress strongly enough that they should be quite literally safe for work. I don't mind skirting a bit of controversy or challenging preconceptions or introducing new or unusual perspectives (In fact I kind of relish the idea of being somewhat progressive and/or boundary-pushing, though I'd like to start small after these initial embarrassments), but it cant be crude, or sexual, or violent.
Thanks for your attention, please chime in with your suggestions.
- Sea Storiespublic-domain-audio-books.blogspot.com Sea Stories
Listen to audiobooks free online, audiobooks in public domain, LibriVox audio books, easy to listen to audio books, audio book blog.
Listen to audiobooks free online, audiobooks in public domain, LibriVox audio books, easy to listen to audio books, audio book blog.
- Three Hundred Aesop’s Fablespublic-domain-audio-books.blogspot.com Three Hundred Aesop’s Fables
Listen to audiobooks free online, audiobooks in public domain, LibriVox audio books, easy to listen to audio books, audio book blog.
- 'The Gentle Art of Tramping': Chapter 6 - The Companionwww.audible.co.uk The Gentle Art of Tramping
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. First published in 1926, The Gentle Art of Tramping is as relevant now as then. Tramping is an approach: to nature, to humankind, to nations, to beauty, to life itself. This lost classic is a breath of fresh air for world-weary souls. It is a gentle art.....
This is literally my favourite chapter of any audiobook. If you love the outdoors, then I challenge you to find a more life affirming, heart warming call to spend a night under the stars.
- Audiobooks like BBC's Roger Deakin Nature Collection, where both the narrator and their environment are recorded.
I love listening to audiobooks about nature, the environment, climate, hiking etc. One of my favourites is 'Roger Deakin: A BBC Nature Collection', specifically 'Cigarette on the Waveney', 'The House' and 'The Garden', as they are narrated by Roger himself and the recordings capture the environment Roger is in not just his voice.
Are there other audiobooks recorded in this way that are worth listening to?
Thanks for your help.
- Humble Audiobook Bundle: Shogun: The Asian Saga by James Clavellwww.humblebundle.com Humble Audiobook Bundle: Shogun: The Asian Saga by James Clavell
Explore the depths of courage with Shogun, King Rat & more historical fiction audiobooks from the legendary James Clavell. Pay what you want & help First Book.
- Looking for 'the ethnic cleansing of palestine'
Got a buddy that'll only listen to audiobooks. Heard an interview with the author on millennial are killing capitalism sounded good. Anyone have it?
- Download Chirp Library?
I know there are programs around (Libation etc) that let me download my Audible library. Is there a FOSS program that lets me down load my Chirp library?
- Read This Book on a Silent Hill: Meditations, that they won't tell you
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- Libby Download Extensionaddons.mozilla.org Libby Download – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Download Libby Download for Firefox. Libby Downloader is a Firefox extension that allows for download and transfer of audiobooks from the Libby website to unsupported devices.
Over the last year or so, Overdrive has been sunsetting their clients and pushing people to use the Libby web app leaving folks with older mp3 players, people who do a lot of offline listening, and people who just don’t like the Libby interface without a way to listen. I wrote a Firefox extension that lets you download the mp3s just like the old desktop clients used to do and it even will optionally parse the chapters for you. Hope someone finds it useful!
https://github.com/bookbonobo/libby-download-extension
- Popular Sci-Fi - July 2023
Elder Race (4.14 : 12,718)
> In Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the locals he has sworn to study to save a planet from an unbeatable foe. Lynesse is the lowly Fourth Daughter of the queen, and always getting in the way. But a demon is terrorizing the land, and now she's an adult (albeit barely) with responsibilities (she tells herself).
The Road to Roswell (3.91 : 1005)
> When level-headed Francie arrives in Roswell, New Mexico, for her college roommate’s UFO-themed wedding—complete with a true-believer bridegroom—she can’t help but roll her eyes at all the wide-eyed talk of aliens, which obviously don’t exist. Imagine her surprise, then, when she is abducted by one.
Light Bringer / Red Rising #6 (4.59 : 510)
- author: Connie Willis
- narrator: Tim Gerard Reynolds
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- audible
> The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man: the savior of worlds, the leader of the Rising, the breaker of chains. But the Reaper is also Darrow, born of the red soil of Mars: a husband, a father, a friend. The worlds once needed the Reaper. But now they need Darrow. Because after the dark age will come a new age: of light, of victory, of hope.
Implacable / Outlands #3 (4.51 : 388)
- author: Jack Campbell
- narrator: Christian Rummel
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- audible
> As far from explored space as any human has ever been, Geary and the Alliance fleet are on their own, protecting a diplomatic mission in territory belonging to an alien species with still-unknown motives. His already complex and dangerous mission is further imperiled by deadly challenges from other human factions seeking to harm or exploit the aliens. When another alien species whose technology is far more advanced than humanity’s arrives, the stakes are raised to the highest possible level.
Space Raideres / Space Raiders #1 (4.33 : 344)
- author: Ken Lozito
- narrator: Macleod Andrews
- goodreads
- audible
> After years of searching, Nathan Briggs is finally on the verge of making an incredible discovery. Unfortunately, the aliens have other plans. When Nathan stops a brutal attack on an unsuspecting victim, he gets more than he bargained for and sets into motion events that will change his life forever. They told him he should’ve run away, and maybe they were right. Nathan is about to embark on an adventure of a lifetime. Aliens are real. He has something they need, and they’re not the only ones hunting for it.
- Favourite Characters
Joshua Gayou's Commune, Book 2 read by R.C. Bray contains a character called Gibbs. Hands down the best character I've heard brought to life by a Narrator.
Honestly I don't like the book that much. Firstly there's not much story, it's just the author rolling out their idea of a subsistence commune in a narrative, and I suspect the author and I have vastly different ideological views.
... but Gibbs made it worth listening to. An ex marine with a penchant for colourful language. Bray and Gayou really created something special.
- Reading "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" - Immersive Soundscape Experience
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This is a fan made audiobook and is as described. The immersive soundscape experience involves background sounds, chatter, music and more. It's genuinely a great peice of work especially for an enthusiast's effort. It may be removed by youtube soon, so here is an alternative link: https://castbox.fm/channel/Harry-Potter-|-Immersive-Soundscape-id5488497
>Dive into Harry’s second year at Hogwarts with an immersive soundscape audio experience of the story by J.K Rowling - for those who like the movies, games and books, and want a little of both! > > Narration, voices and edit by me. Music by John Williams, Jeremy Soule, J Scott Rakozy, Chuck E. Myers, Peter Murray and special thanks to Brigid Kaelin for her amazing musical saw orchestra! You can find her channel here - / @brigidkaelin
- I was on Libby the other day I found multiple versions of Middlemarch, a Victorian classic novel.
I'm posting here because I was surprised that these older audiobooks are available to stream. Of course, only people with the library can access them. But they must have already been part of the physical CD catalogue. I'm assuming they're on CDs because they're old and sound quality is definitely not modern.
So perhaps staff uploaded them to their cloud service.
- So this is nice! Today I discovered that I can download M4B files from my Libro FM library instead of zipped MP3 files and now I wish this was the default. I like having structural elements in one fil
So this is nice! Today I discovered that I can download M4B files from my Libro FM library instead of zipped MP3 files and now I wish this was the default. I like having structural elements in one file rather than having a folder comprised of nearly 80 tracks. It makes it easy to trance for as well! #Audiobooks #LibroFM @audiobooks@lemmy.ml @audiobooks@a.gup.pe @bookstodon
- What happened to all the posts in this community?
There used to be a number of posts in this community, one of which I replied to, but they have all disappeared. Why did this happen?
- Looking for suggestions
So in the past few months I’ve consumed three body trilogy, the bobiverse, expanse series, dogs of war (meh), quantum earth x2 (meh) and project hail Mary. I really enjoyed most of these, with dark Forest being my favourite read lately. What should be in my reading list next, as I get close to the end of the expanse books?
- Andrew Robinson who portrayed Garak is recording the Audiobook for "A Stitch in Time" which he wrote, 23 years after it's paperback release. (Star Trek: Deep Space 9)
Set to release in August. I'm pretty excited to hear the story he wrote as motivation for his character's backstory in his own voice. I think DS9's streaming resurgance and rediscovery may have triggered renewed interest in the character and the book.
- Poorly edited audiobooks
I've had a few audiobooks over the years that have a mistake here and there, but at the moment I'm going through The Mahabharata - Volume 1 read by Gaurav Marwa and it's chock full of misread lines and words. Often he'll reread a sentence once or twice after making a mistake and it's all kept in the book.
Doesn't help that his reading is really dry. I'd honestly take some AI voice reading it.
Has anyone else come across some really poorly edited (or not edited) books that kept in mistakes?
- Favourite narrators?
I'd probably say mine is Stephen Pacey - his Joe Abercrombie books are just something else.
Jeff Hayes as well, narrator of Dungeon Crawler Carl, is such a delight to listen to.
- Smart Audiobook Player v 9.8.0 indicates all files are corrupt: SOLVED
Recreated reddit post [OC]
So, I had an issue with the new Smart Audiobook Player version when I installed it on a new(ish) (refurb) phone, and did manage to solve the problem but had already emailed the developer. His solution was so much more elegant than mine, so I'm posting it in case anyone else has the same problem. Also involved was the fact that I had loaded all my books to an external SD card. Here's his take on how to solve:
The problem is that the system's External Storage component can lose its normal access to files on Samsung phones with Android 13.
Please check the following: Go to Android Settings--Apps--menu--Special Access (or just search for 'Special Access' and choose Apps/Special Access from the results). Tap 'All Files Access'. Tap the three-dots menu and enable 'Show System Apps'. Ensure that the 'External Storage' app in the list is set to 'Allowed'.
I also posted, as a comment, what I actually did that worked, and at least one other person said it helped, so here's that:
>I tried all the things, emailed the developer, then tried one more thing and had to email right back, because I got it fixed! This is what I said: > >SOLVED: > >Well, I got lucky I guess that the very next thing I tried worked! > >*Settings > Apps > Options (three dots in upper right corner) > Reset app preferences * > >I'm a nut about turning off permissions, and thought that I might have somehow accidentally prevented SABP from being allowed to properly access the files even though it could find them and recognize them. I think that was the case! > >Sorry to have troubled you!
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- I know there's not much here yet, but...
I believe in the fediverse!
I may have a couple of r|Audiobooks posts or comments that I will bring over before editing them into oblivion at reddit, and I strongly encourage everyone else to do the same.
I know that there are years of knowledge and opinion represented at reddit, but we can create that here, too, if we all bring something, make something, post something, and encourage others to do so as well. :)
Thank you, @audlock@lemmy.ml, for creating this space here!
- Have you ever stopped listening to an audiobook because the tone of the narrator was so annoying?
I definitely noped out of a sci-fi audiobook (can't recall the title) a few minutes into one. And I hated the one Expanse book that was narrated by Erik Davis - it was like listening to a robot.
- Struggling with The Commonwealth Saga
Have any of you listened to Peter F Hamilton's the Commonwealth Saga narrated by John Lee? I've really want to listen to these but I'm truley struggling listening to the narration. Only listened for about an hour. Maybe I just need to listen a bit longer to adjust...
- What are you listening to now, and how?
I'm a little over halfway through Children of Memory and loving it, listening on Audiobookshelf (🥰)
- Reddit Refugee :-)
Hi all! Coming here from reddit also. Am excited to see this community. Hope to see it grow :-)
- Thoughts on how to take your library out of audible?
I'm pretty sure even if you drop the membership you get to keep access to the books, but considering the amount of money I spent on them over the years I would really rather make sure. Anyone got the best option for saving you catalogue DRM free and offline?
Thanks!
- Hello from Reddit!
I think Lemmy is going to see lots of users soon (including this community) getting folks coming from Reddit. I hope to see just as much engaging and interesting conversation here!
- Similar to Clive Barkers Weaveworld
Sci-fi/fantasy listener here. Been listening to Clive Barker's Weaveworld and finding it pretty good :-) Are there any other writers similar to his far out imaginative writing style? Definitly let me know.