Comments on: Audio Books

By: Ed M.

Ed M. — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 05:55:26 +0000

I absolutely hated Shakespeare in high school, until I started reading along with the audio book. It made the archaic wording come alive and I started to understand it. I grew to love that funny British bastard.

By: Faze

Faze — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 22:19:36 +0000

People think that e-books are the 21st century revolution, but the real breakthrough is audio books. People who aren’t ordinarily readers are consuming these things like mad while commuting. Nobody’s enthusiastic about e-readers. But people just rave about audio books. I’ve used ‘em to double my reading volume over the past 20 years. And as for complex sentences, some of the best audiobook experiences I’ve had were Middlemarch, Pickwick Papers, and currently the magnificently written books of historian Adam Nicholson. Complex sentences and ideas are perfectly conveyed in the audio format. Down with e-books. Up with audio.

By: Baduin

Baduin — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 19:08:36 +0000

“Complex sentences, long subordinate clauses — they don’t work, people get bored and confused by them,” I think complex sentences and fine writing — when done correctly — work even better in audiobooks than in written text. I suggest the following books on Librivox for those who do like something more elaborate: The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison The Worm Ouroboros — different reader Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacie by Thomas Lodge The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H.P. Lovecraft Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia by Samuel Johnson