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Audio Books

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:27 pm
by darkmatteruk
can anyone recommend me any good audio books

must have english narrators though, not american as the vast majority of audio books seem to be

stories of any kind, lectures etc i dont mind

thanks

Re: Audio Books

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:39 pm
by ninjadog
Brave new World
Enders Game
Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy

I had a sweet audio book of Brave New World where every charactor was a different voice and they were English actors. But I dont remember who put it out, I've tried finding the same one but no luck.
I just DL'ed the original hitch hikers guide to the galaxy tv show from the 80's, it's full of sweet samples.

Dont you ever read books tho? This might just end up being a name your favorite book thread as anything worth reading can be found in audio book format.

Re: Audio Books

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:43 pm
by darkmatteruk
ninjadog wrote:Brave new World
Enders Game
Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy

I had a sweet audio book of Brave New World where every charactor was a different voice and they were English actors. But I dont remember who put it out, I've tried finding the same one but no luck.
I just DL'ed the original hitch hikers guide to the galaxy tv show from the 80's, it's full of sweet samples.

Dont you ever read books tho? This might just end up being a name your favorite book thread as anything worth reading can be found in audio book format.
thanks, i'll keep my eyes peeled for it

Re: Audio Books

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:27 pm
by darkmatteruk
any others?

Re: Audio Books

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 2:11 pm
by Disco Nutter
No Thoroughfare, by Charles Dickens.
http://www.archive.org/details/no_thoroughfare_librivox

Check all the librivox stuff :)

Jason

Re: Audio Books

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:44 pm
by upstateface
lol Production thread?

Re: Audio Books

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:45 pm
by darkmatteruk
yea for sampling :roll:

Re: Audio Books

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:46 pm
by darkmatteruk
Disco Nutter wrote:No Thoroughfare, by Charles Dickens.
http://www.archive.org/details/no_thoroughfare_librivox

Check all the librivox stuff :)

Jason
thanks jason, will check these out

Re: Audio Books

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:47 pm
by upstateface
oh :D good idea.

Re: Audio Books

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:19 pm
by ruckus49
anything by the teaching company

Re: Audio Books

Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 5:21 am
by tripaddict
ninjadog wrote:Brave new World
is poop the narrator is a batty man

his voice sucks

Re: Audio Books

Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:09 am
by ninjadog
tripaddict wrote:
ninjadog wrote:Brave new World
is poop the narrator is a batty man

his voice sucks
There's more than one version.

Re: Audio Books

Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:34 am
by grooki
Audio books are gold mines. And depending on which ones, no background sound!

Re: Audio Books

Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 7:28 am
by tripaddict
ninjadog wrote:
tripaddict wrote:
ninjadog wrote:Brave new World
is poop the narrator is a batty man

his voice sucks
There's more than one version.
the one i got was shite lol would love to sample a decent version of this, the excellent book :)

Re: Audio Books

Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 12:00 pm
by darkmatteruk
ruckus49 wrote:anything by the teaching company
looking into it now, thanks :)
grooki wrote:Audio books are gold mines. And depending on which ones, no background sound!
yup

ive been sampling audio books for a while now, and have a nice little collection (some are really poor quality though)

just need some english narrators. ive tried googling it but google doesnt give any results

Re: Audio Books

Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 1:20 pm
by Disco Nutter
darkmatteruk wrote:doesnt give any results
Wrong! I googled and found quite a lot! :)

That's how I found out about the "librivox" stuff.

Jason

:)

Re: Audio Books

Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 1:38 pm
by darkmatteruk
Disco Nutter wrote:
darkmatteruk wrote:doesnt give any results
Wrong! I googled and found quite a lot! :)

That's how I found out about the "librivox" stuff.

Jason

:)
really? i tried a few different variations and wasnt getting any straight results, only keyword results