#Auidobook

[paullovescomics]

The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin One of the things I enjoy and respect about Le Guin's writing is how well she does the "full immersion" style of worldbuilding. It can be very tricky to drop the reader into the perspective of a narrator from an alien culture and get that world across in a way that feels organic and isn't confusing. In this novel, we're introduced to the anarchic culture of the Odonians, founded on the planet Anarres by political exiles from its sister planet, Urras. Anarres is fairly poor in resources. There are some minerals to be mined, but the biome, at least on land, is limited. Urras, on the other hand, is lush and rich. (In the book, Urras is usually referred to as a planet, and Anarres as its "moon", but I got the impression that they are twin planets of roughly equal size, presumably orbiting a common point between them.) The Odonians have built a society based on rigorous ideals about a better, freer society. The nations of Urras are more familiar: the one we see most of is a highly capitalistic and imperialist society, and another that we hear of seems somewhat like a communist country from our 20th century. We see all of this through the eyes of Shevek, an Ordonian physicist with very advanced mathematical theories. Shevek believes in Ordonian ideals, but also sees how the society built around them limits his research. He goes to Urras, where there are more robust institutions that can develop his ideas much quicker, but quickly finds that trade-offs this requires are unacceptable. The overall impression (at least to me) of Odonian society is much better than that of Urras. This is not a "both systems have their advantages and disadvantages" situation. Urras has all of the corruption, inequality, waste, abuse, hypocrisy, and rapaciousness of our own, of which we are all acutely aware. The Odonians are certainly not perfect. Their system can be abused, and bad actors can play their little power games within it. It has its ways of shaming people and shutting down inconvenient ideas with insults. However, those are relatively minor problems within a society that seems to seriously value and respect individual wants and needs. It eschews violence. Many of us today recognize deep flaws in how our own society is set up, and we would love to find an alternative model that works better for all of us. The Odonian society is, of course, fictional, though it is inspired by some actual political philosophy. I'm not saying it is a viable model to aim for, but it is very nice to see a better alternative, if an imaginary one, play out on these pages. It gives me a bit of hope that we can think of something better than what he have now. Shevek is a very likable character. He's driven without being egotistical or myopic. He's questioning without being edgy or untethered. He has ideals which he tries to live by, but is open to adjusting them when faced with new aspects of reality. His journey is compelling. We can see what he's hoping to achieve, and how it's going to go wrong, but our heart breaks along with his when the realizations dawn. I listened to the audiobook version very well narrated by Don Leslie, from my local library via the Libby app.

[wornoutspines]

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙈𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝘿𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨: 𝘼 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙇𝙪𝙨𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚

Available now in audio, IMMORTAL THINGS, by Rick R. Reed and narrated by Sandra Detweiler. Get it on Amazon, Audible, or your favorite ebook retailer.

→ https://getbook.at/ImmortalThings ←

Immortal Things will grip you in a vise of suspense that won't let go until the very last moment, when a shocking turn of events changes everything and demonstrates truly what love and sacrifice are all about.

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[sleepyeyespod]

Welcome to Sleepy Eyes. Audiobooks and stories meet soothing music for a relaxing experience.

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-Narrated by Vaga Mont.

[cowboypossume]

No okay? No. As someone who unironically LOVES twilight and finds it so campy and silly, Midnight Sun is legit pissing me off and I’m fucking tired of reading it.

Like I get it. Edward’s always been manipulative and shitty, BUT GET ME OUT OF HIS HEAD DUDE. ASIDE FROM ALL YHE RED FLAG, HE’aS JUST FUCKING ANNOYING

like damn !!

[random-meme-bot]

The other 2D Animated Discworld Movie is Also for free on YouTube if anyone wants to see something similar after.

Discworld: Wyrd Sisters Director: Jean Flynn | Studio: Cosgrove Hall | UK, 1997

[khiatons]

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[shhhhimwatchingthis]

THIS.HAAAAS.BEENan Auidobook presentation

by penguin books motherfucka

[sweetheartsofpanem]

“happy birthday, haymitch!” nope. nuh uh. wrap it up.

(i started listening to the auidobook today bc i know that hearing it narrated will fuck me up far more than it did when i read it right after it was released😭)

[bogkeep]

the. the wind and truth auidobook is nearly 63 hours long

[its2-40pm]

I’m listening to the Elantris auidobook rn and I just referred to Dilaf as “the evil intern” to my twin because I couldn’t remember his name

[tk421-afk]

Same is true with books and audiobooks. Find a fav author’s patreon or buy through apps like “book funnel” and the independent auidobook sellers. Pirating can be done with a conscience.

one of the more bleak things to acknowledge is that if you pirate literally all of your music and then set aside a spotify subscription's worth of money each month to spend on a single pay-what-you-want album, it would almost immediately amount to you supporting those musicians more than streaming does

[sleepyeyespod]

Hello, Welcome to Sleepy Eyes. Audiobooks and stories meet soothing music for a relaxing experience.

📚 Current Read: "The Haunting Harmony of the Hidden Mansion" | A Mystery Short Story For Sleep. I compiled for you.

-Narrated by Vaga Mont.

[pol-tergeist]

Auidobook hours replenished 🤤🤤🤤

[himbo-robot]

Im out of auidobook listening hours on Spotify and I don't want to pay for more but idk what to listen to at work now

[wizardlytoast]

AHHH CHAPTER ONE OF MY STORY JUZST DROPPED I DID AN AUIDOBOOK TYPE VIDEO ON IT DONT BE SCARED GO WATCH

[barbarianiswriting]

sometimes i just gotta judge people and how they interact with books. if big words scare you, learn them. if long paragraphs upsets you, find a different copy with better accessibility or read the auidobook.

and because of how simplified our language, especially the written word, has gotten, any books who use verbose exploration of the language often get sidelined. or, on the other hand, you do get pretentious motherfuckers wanting to use something to sound smart (which then perpetuates the whole "god, big words or complex phrases are so stupid, why didnt you just say x"). its just all so stupid.

with the literacy declining as it has been for generations (some being an institutionalized problem with schools and how they teach kids to read, some being a societal and media problem, and some being an apathy problem. deadly cocktail and all that), we need better books to be talked about and read more- because writers are still writing them ! ones that use "big" words appropriately and without an air of pretentiousness, more complex characters and themes. we need to step away from content and have stories be stories again. real, living and breathing stories.

and im not saying everything has to be a rich and complex stories- i love my easy and schlocky horror, people deserve their soft romances or their written porn, we all want cozy mysteries. its just i think theres been a shift in whats prioritized. and no longer are these comforts just that- comforts. theyre expected to be churned out at a ridiculous pace that leaves no room for any care or personal connections. so even our easy stories, the ones that wed go to for peace and quiet, are impersonal and a bit cold, even. hollow and meant only to be read once- maybe twice- before being shelved. the only accomplished is having has read it at all and added another book to your growing shelf. the prize isnt the story, its the number of how many youve read.

and sure, maybe i do have a pretentious streak, maybe im talking out of my fucking ass. i get that. ive never wanted to pretend my viewpoint is impartial. its not, that much is obvious. but all of it is something i think about a lot.

its just. language, writing, conversation- its all an art and people are using it like some cheap pony trick. *mishandling it. cutting it up and hollowing it out as to digest better.

*but then again- is there even such a thing as mishandling art? can someone, with the ability to write (in any capacity, doesnt have to be good), mishandle words itself? no, i dont fundamentally believe so. because i dont think any of this is an individual problem, rather an industry problem. much like how a sequel or a remake to a popular movie feels like a cash grab. these things typically arent made because the artists (writers, directors, filmmakers) want to make them. theyre told to. and even in cases where they werent told to- i believe its commonly (not always) easy to see when someone made something for the money or for the passion. thats where i think the problem really lies. and i believe because those kind of products are typically easier to consume (as theyre directly made soley to be consumed, not thought about), the audiences want more of them. and so more are churned out. i dont think the corruption lies with the consumer but rather the capitalism that infects all art mixed with the decline in ardent love for literature (and, of course, literacy)