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movieball t1_isoh5bg wrote

Reply to comment by ValyrianJedi in On Reading Literature as Philosophy by lucaruns

Audio books are for philistines

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ValyrianJedi t1_isoho84 wrote

If you're out the door at 4:50 am and not back home til after 8 or 9 most days you take what you can get! The alternative isn't paper books its nothing.

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PazuzuPazuzuPazuzu t1_isorox0 wrote

Hell yeah dude. Audiobooks save me on long drives and busy days. They're easier to consume. Herder to concentrate on, but that's simple enough to work around.

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theory_of_crows t1_ispr2dg wrote

I have about 600 listening hours in Audible. I often get the audible add on when I buy a kindle book as the price is sometimes very reasonable.

I have to say that some books are just better in audiobook format. Especially when you’re driving and reading your kindle is frowned upon.

But seriously, this is nonsense shaming.

If you are looking for good narrators (a bad one can kill a book) then I can’t recommend Sean Barrett highly enough.

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wasabi_weasel t1_isols74 wrote

Broad take. Spare a thought for the visually impaired.

Audiobooks aren’t always a matter of preference, not that that should matter.

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