Audible Island Books

[Perry Noid]

Lovecraft read by Wayne June is fun stuff imo. And I agree with what you
said Mark, it's hard for me to listen to the more complex stuff if I
haven't already read it. The book goes on without me



On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can only listen to 'great' books, works of fiction in which every
> sentence, every word, matters and must be (somehow) felt...
> if I have read the work at least once already. .....Moby Dick on a car
> trip to Michigan and back to New Jersey was (almost) as
> good as Jeremy reminding me of Humbert.
>
> So, I am done.
>
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 1:15 PM, Steven Koteff <steviekoteff at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> That's a great suggestion, Mark.
>>
>> I don't do audiobooks very often but I'm partial to ones where the author
>> reads his/her own work.
>>
>> I doubt he gets much love on here but I think certain sections of
>> Hitchens reading his memoir are very good/moving.
>>
>> Think about the format. I usually save audiobooks for things where the
>> language (and the physical act of reading it typeset) is maybe less of a
>> focus--things that are less stylized, or that have their linguistic
>> integrity compromised by translation, etc. So with audiobooks I lean
>> disproportionately to non-fiction or lighter fare. I usually end up saving
>> the format for books I'm semi-interested in, but not necessarily enough so
>> to spend my precious desk-time with. Or for books I absolutely love and
>> need to consume in another format (hence Irons's *Lolita*'s appeal).
>>
>> The first Knausgaard book on audio is decent--at first I thought the guy
>> reading it was overwrought but developed some affection for it.
>>
>> I heard a good audiobook of *Anna Karenina *once. I can imagine a
>> perfect reading of Proust.
>>
>> Go for something that has elements of orality/yarnness.
>>
>> If there's anything of Barry Hannah reading his work...
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> if still available, Jeremy Irons reading you LOLITA is unforgettable.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Allan Balliett <
>>> allan.balliett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I can't believe my powers have recall have sunk so low today, but
>>>> here's a manifestation of the problem:
>>>>
>>>> I have credit for two audio books at Audible right now and have to use
>>>> them by the end of the day and, although I admit that everything I want
>>>> cost $7 or less cash(33 1/3's "Low", for example)  but the credits cost $15
>>>> each and can 'buy' recordings valued to over $50 each, so every purchase
>>>> counts and I'm hesitant to 'just buy something.'
>>>>
>>>> I also have, for example, all the P titles that are in audiobook on
>>>> audible snd most of the Jim Harrison (incl several never listened to) and
>>>> many many more.
>>>>
>>>> Listens are more for working in the greenhouse than for driving.
>>>>
>>>> Leaning towards that recent title that's about a 'non fiction' love
>>>> affair with an octopus but fear it may be more whimsical than real.
>>>>
>>>> Open to suggestions, you don't even have to check Audible before
>>>> checking
>>>>
>>>> I'm going to go sit in front of some bright lights
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>> =Allan in WV
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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