No.53272
>>53261
That's not a audiobook dude.
I don't think you understand what this thread is about.
No.54547
>>53171Oh, link/channel is gone.
Book was Fahrenheit 451, but unfortunately I don't remember who was the reader that did such a good job.
No.54558
Aldous Huxley - ISLAND
It reminds me a bit of stranger from a strange land only much better prose and the dark insights into the human condition felt more legitimate and it's alternatives to that darkness more grounded.
Unlike Brave New World it is Utopian in nature for the most part, but Huxley being who he is still makes sure the story isn't all gumdrops and rainbows.
Makes me want to check out his other work Doors of Perception, which I haven't gotten around to yet despite being relatively short compared to his other works.
Link to part two
https://youtu.be/Iad8ccXzfL0 No.55001
Listened to The Vampire Lestat.
So many words come to mind. It is a lush decedent sensuous and so many other such words. Oh how it invokes the senses so splendidly throughout. Lavishing detail and focus on the sensual feeling of each moment. Oh how good it feels to close one's eyes and feel the vivid scenes construction sensation by new sensation in the evocative language that Anne Rice makes such skill full use of.
It is a bit long but so very worth it. I have deeply enjoyed my time with this book and look forward to enjoying Anne Rice's other works.
Part 1
https://youtu.be/_kjNi8BrdSQ Part 2
https://youtu.be/sz0JymmnZdoPart 3
https://youtu.be/tjMzonj-oeY No.55002
>>54558Oh, I did get around to listening to doors of perception but I honestly found most of it pretty pompous and I was unimpressed with it.
It had some cultural significance for it's time but other then that I gained little of value from it.
No.55274
Found and finished interview with the vampire.
It is so much more depressing than the movie and of such a different tone from the vampire Lestat.
While not the most depressing book I have read/listened to, it feels almost personal in the gloom and grief throughout.
I quite like the book but at the same time it kinda put me in a foul mood.
Now only have Queen of the damned left. I know it's got to be better then the movie so I am looking forward to it.
No.55523
Listened to over two hours Thus Spoke Zarathustra and had to tap out.
I don't know anything about Nietzsche's personal life but it is very clear he is overcompensating though a idealized version of the perfect man. The problem being I think he is a deeply dysfunctional person who probably never actually had strong male role models in his life and was also likely domineered in his formative years by dysfunctional succubi. So his vision of his "superman" is warped.
The book also feels like a "militant" atheist writing their own version of a Bible as a big cope, with a similar abandonment of reason.
Do yourself a favor and read Ayn Rand's work if you want individualistic Supermen who go on absurdly long speeches.
Nietzsche confuses poison for medicine in the work Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
I can't recommend it.
No.55587
The Invisible Man
I found it mostly boring to be honest. I am a bit disappointed. It isn't badly written or anything, just mostly uninteresting to me. It picks up a bit near the end but by then I am already mentally checked out to the point of not really caring.
Would have been better if it was novella or short story length. Far too much boring fluff and unnecessary detail.
No.55908
Finally finished Queen of the Damned.
Great book though not my favorite of the vampire chronicles (which is The Vampire Lestat).
SOOOOOOOOO much better then the movie in every way. There is no comparison at all.
Not sure if I should keep going deeper into the chronicles or if I have already read/heard the best it has the offer and should just quit while I am ahead. At this point I feel quite satisfied with how everything has wrapped up and don't even feel the need to possibly spoil it if the other books aren't as good. I don't want to lose that "magic".
That and I am getting a little tired of vampires.
Anyway here are the links for the version I listened to.
Great narration, the VA does a impeccable job even if the overall audio quality isn't great.
part 1
https://youtu.be/1g988PCR_54part 2
https://youtu.be/CscnF-DLo7wpart 3
https://youtu.be/XAytHNz0zSQNot sure how long they will stay up on youtube but for now they are up to be enjoyed.
No.58688
The Coven of Vampires
A Coven of Vampires, featuring a collection of 13 classic vampire tales: What Dark God?, Back Row, The Strange Years, The Kiss of the Lamia, Recognition, The Thief Immortal, Necros, The Thing From the Blasted Heath, Uzzi, Haggopian, The Picknickers, Zack Phalanx is Vlad the Impaler, and The House of the Temple.
By: Brian Lumley
Narrated by: Joshua Saxon
Truly blood chilling tales that I deeply enjoyed.
There ain't no romance or brooding ansty drama here. Just hair raising horror.
The narrator is great too.
No.59138
On reflection of this thread.
While I didn't make it it seems that 90% of the post about audiobooks are mine.
Should I just let this thread die and stop posting so it doesn't turn into a one man blog?
No.59139
>>59138If you’re looking for an opinion, I prefer to read books, and also I’m about certain all the hikki neets here are more interested in video games and anime than dry literature.
No.59140
>>59138Well I started reading sun and steel because of your post so you're not just yelling into the void.
No.59143
Audioboy on Odysee has 520 books/collections that are all freely downloadable. His George Orwell collection is narrated by Steven Fry. This one I only started recently has been pretty engaging as well.
https://odysee.com/@audioboy:7/The-Parasitic-Mind:b No.59144
>>59138More people lurk forums than post on them.
No.59323
>>51803Audiobookbay seems to have a pretty decent collection
No.59577
>>51270I wasted my parent's money on this book and a bunch of other similar books from the same author, Thank God, I never went to his retarded sermons or conferencers or whatever where you literally spend thousands for a weekend. Just a typical scam artist, but far worse than the Tony Robbins types.
No.59585
>>59577They are free at the library and ultra cheap used.
Some of the stuff he says is pretty good but there is also a ton of bullshit you have to look out for to. Like his praising of MLM and door to door sellsmen.
If you read his stuff with a critical eye you can pick out the gold and gems from the shit and gain value from it. That said he fully deserves the hate he gets for being a fake finance guru.
No.59784
Finally got around to listening to the infamous, often banned, and influential book
The Turner Diaries
Read by the author himself.
Honestly it wasn't written as badly as I though it would be. While still not good in many ways the prose were competent throughout. It still suffered from all the problems that writings that put "the agenda" before telling a good story, it at least tries to tell a compelling action/adventure story. I will say I really didn't appreciate the somewhat random inclusion of relationship drama though.
Anyway, it was better written then most of the shit put out by the communist or anything Ayn Rand put out, even if I find the message obnoxious and the views of the author laughable.
Did appreciate the somewhat detailed bomb instructions and insurgency/guerrilla tactics. Made even more impressive given the time it was written, meaning that a lot of effort was expended in research and study to get that stuff right.
It also puts a lot of stuff from the so called "alt-right" and shitchan's /pol/ into context as well as explain the origin of certain memes.
Over all I give it a 3 out of 5. It wasn't painful to get through like similar political propaganda fiction, but it also had problems with verisimilitude IMO as I just couldn't find most things "believable" in the context of the story.
PS, the author sucks ass at naming things, which becomes a problem latter in the book. Listining to the fighting between The Order and The System was kind of dumb because of this shitty naming.
No.59788
>>59787have u listened to pigmalyon
No.59790
>>59788The play based on the greek legend of the guy who fell in love with a statue?
No.59792
>>59791No, I am not in the usual habit of listening to plays.
Why?
No.59801
Noticing that there are light novel audio books.
Might give a volume a listen during work and see if I like it.
No.59918
There's some great stuff ITT, but for those of us who prefer using invidious instances over yt editing the url gets old fast. Here's a script that decorates embeds with an invidious link.
Array.from (document.querySelectorAll ('a.file[href^="https://youtu.be/"]')).forEach (a => { a.parentNode.innerHTML += ' <a href="https://iteroni.com/watch?v=' + a.getAttribute ("href").replace (/^.+\/([^\/]+)$/, "$1") + '" target="_blank">invidious</a>'; })
Also a heads up that the site gives every lurker's IP address to google through the thumbnail img[src] which points directly to //img.youtube.com/ instead of a copy of the thumbnail on wizchan.
No.59919
Of course this bug >>>/meta/60449 still exists despite the solution being provided since 08/24/21 so here's the script without code tags.
Array.from (document.querySelectorAll ('a.file[href^="
https://youtu.be/"]')).forEach (a => { a.parentNode.innerHTML += ' <a href="
https://iteroni.com/watch?v=' + a.getAttribute ("href").replace (/^.+\/([^\/]+)$/, "$1") + '" target="_blank">invidious</a>'; })
No.59920
>>59918>>59919Are you sure you are posting in the right thread?
I don't know what you are talking about and your post looks kinda broken.
No.59923
>>59920>Are you sure you are posting in the right thread?Yes, a tool to aid in accessing the audiobooks posted here, for those who would rather avoid the yt interface, belongs in the audiobook thread.
> I don't know what you are talking about< Many such cases. Sad!
> and your post looks kinda broken.As already stated in
>>59919 it's a bug in wizchan >>>/meta/60449 with the solution provided since 08/24/21.
No.59925
>>59923If you are just going to post gibberish and meme post you can fuck off.
No.60139
>>60136Glad you enjoyed it too, lol.
>>55531 No.60720
How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMx-QwNxTnN0cPgb6TPdW5IkpZSiqB7mvWhile a little relivistic for my taste as a Objectivist, it is still a fantastic and suprisingly practical book. Though I got a laugh that the author is a literal non-meme cuck. Glad I didn't skip the relationship chapters as that gave me a good laugh and made the other boring bullshit worth wading through.
Anyway that aside the overall philophy of maximizing personal freedom through focusing on what is within ones control (yourself) while not letting all the bullshit other people try to put on you to control you, as well as the faulty thinking you can trap yourself with that messes up your freedom is at the very least pretty interesting.
I highly recommend the book for anyone even a little interested in liberty on the level of the individual. Especially if they prefer something practical and actionable rather then theory, utopian daydreaming, and naval gazing.
No.60721
>>60720I loved this book too. However, after a time I became disillusioned because…there's too much. There are too many 'traps.' It's like looking at a dashboard with a million blinking alarms, dials, and gauges.
>Glad I didn't skip the relationship chapters as that gave me a good laugh and made the other boring bullshit worth wading through. I took the relationship chapters as saying, "Don't." Which…is pretty good relationship advice. Especially for a wizard.
Speaking of which…are you a wizard?
No.60749
>>60721Are you asking my age?
Yeah I am 30+ but I ain't given the exact number to maintain some mystery.
Where you going with this?
No.60872
Notes from the Underground
I can sum it up as this:
Bitter crab in bucket failed normie whines the novel.
This book is highly overrated and I hated every minute of it.
Reminds me of the time I was forced to read catcher and the rye and everyone praised it but I found it insufferable.
Whine whine whine for hours.
Fuck this book and fuck who wrote it. What a pointless waste of time.
No.60883
>>60872I have read almost every novel by FD when I was 18-21 and I can barely remember any of them lol. My favourite is the one about his time in a Siberian prison camp… The whiny philosophical musings in the russian literature of that period is not my cup of tea.