Urgent need to buy 15 audio books by August 1st

[macdoc]

Well damn ...had it sorted and The Final Architecture two book series not authorized for my location
I really want to get back to reading not book hunting.

Great North Road
By: Peter F. Hamilton
Narrated by: Toby Longworth
Length: 36 hrs and 34 mins
one left...

Finally one of my fav writers of all time ...has me in tears on occasion and that's rare.
His Fionavar Tapestry is a rival to LOTR . He has a way with words ....

All the Seas of the World
By: Guy Gavriel Kay
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 18 hrs and 4 mins
Release date: 05-17-22
Language: English
Now finally back to Norwegian Wood

[macdoc]

oof... eyes are tired finishing Norwegian Wood in such short order but was very engaged.
So many familiar echoes in the book. Resonated with me as the Magus did way back when ...his age is within 2 years of mine so some familar time passages - finishing uni, taking off and traveling with just a sleeping bag for a month ....and even tho my experience with Japan was slightly later it was still familiar turf

Haruki Murakami was shocked and depressed to find his normal six- figure readership exploding into the millions when he published Norwegian Wood in 1987. Fame was one thing, superstardom another, and the craziness of it sent him back to the anonymity of Europe (he had written the book in Greece and Italy)

I need a long motorcycle ride and will tackle another of his via Audiobook this time.
Quite a world fusion of sensibilities. William Gibson feel but not quite in cyberpunk but in the cultural crossover Vancouver to Tokyo. Remains a fav book for good reason ...blew my mind when I first read it.

Neuromancer is a 1984 science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson. Considered one of the earliest and best-known works in the cyberpunk genre, it is the only novel to win the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award. Wikipedia

There are echoes Colin Wilson's The Outsider which was a seminal book for me - I used to carry in my pocket almost like a talisman.

The Magus too was in that category of impact for me.

[rasetsu]

The Magus is of good length, and not cheap sans credits. It's been over 30 years since I read it, and at the time it was not overly greatly appreciated. I'll add it to the list, but I preferred Fowles' A Maggot. This gives me a thought. I'll likely revisit Canticle For Liebowitz, and in that vein, I would love to listen to Iris Murdoch's Nuns and Soldiers. It will be about my fourth or fifth read of the work, but it's been 20 years since I last read it.

[rasetsu]

Surprisingly, it doesn't appear as if Being and Nothingness is available as an audiobook. I haven't read it since high school and would like to revisit it, but not actually read it. That does give me my next credit purchase, though. I've been meaning to read Heiddegger's Being and Time since college.

[JimC]

Ohh like the narrator on Patrick O'Brians Aubrey Maturin series...that's 21 books so it's my fall back.
I learned a lot about the British Navy and politics of the era on a British Empire scale. He writes enough in the vernacular of the time and feels authentic...tremendously researched.

https://www.audible.com/search?keywords ... audible-us

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_O%27Brian

I'm a big fan of those books, read each one 2 or 3 times...

[rasetsu]

Discovered Audible has a 10-novel collection of Charles Dickens for 1 credit. That will certainly go on the list, though for August I'm leaning towards Jules Verne or H.G. Wells collections.

[macdoc]

did you check https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/genres/2/adventure/ for the oldies
Jules Verne is there
https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/search/?q=jules+verne
So is HG Wells

[Clinton Huxley]

Ohh like the narrator on Patrick O'Brians Aubrey Maturin series...that's 21 books so it's my fall back.
I learned a lot about the British Navy and politics of the era on a British Empire scale. He writes enough in the vernacular of the time and feels authentic...tremendously researched.

https://www.audible.com/search?keywords ... audible-us

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_O%27Brian

I'm a big fan of those books, read each one 2 or 3 times...

They’re incredible. And surprisingly funny: Jack, you have debauched my sloth!

[macdoc]

I've got them in both Kindle and paperback so decided against Audible. His use of language is incredible and I've got a soft spot for the Irish and the Catelonians,

Alexander Kent Bolitho books enjoyable as well and a lot of them. I have 26 - don't know if that's all.
Appears there are 30 in all.
https://www.fictiondb.com/series/richar ... t~7753.htm

656 books in my Kindle library and I KNOW I have some gems in there unread

[JimC]

Ohh like the narrator on Patrick O'Brians Aubrey Maturin series...that's 21 books so it's my fall back.
I learned a lot about the British Navy and politics of the era on a British Empire scale. He writes enough in the vernacular of the time and feels authentic...tremendously researched.

https://www.audible.com/search?keywords ... audible-us

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_O%27Brian

I'm a big fan of those books, read each one 2 or 3 times...

They’re incredible. And surprisingly funny: Jack, you have debauched my sloth!

"I always like to choose the lesser of two weevils"

[JimC]

I've got them in both Kindle and paperback so decided against Audible. His use of language is incredible and I've got a soft spot for the Irish and the Catelonians,

Alexander Kent Bolitho books enjoyable as well and a lot of them. I have 26 - don't know if that's all.
Appears there are 30 in all.
https://www.fictiondb.com/series/richar ... t~7753.htm

656 books in my Kindle library and I KNOW I have some gems in there unread

You should also try the "Ramage" series by Dudley Pope...

[macdoc]

Cool √ Derring do and all that ...yaaaar.

Ramage & the Rebels
by Dudley Pope
4.12 · 693 Ratings · 17 Reviews · published 1978 · 20 editions
A sinking British ship, her crew and passengers—men and women alike—ruthlessly murdered at the hands of a French privateer. This is the nightmare Ramage and the crew of the Calypso stumble upon while engaged in a sweep for freebooters in the waters off Jamaica. Supported by his men in a thirst for righteous vengeance, Ramage sets sail to bring the murderers to justice.Less

13 men on a dead man's chest, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
........I've actually snorkeled Dead Man's Chest in the Drake Passage. Blew me away to see my kids books come to life.

[rasetsu]

Listening to The War of the Worlds. Somehow, a collection of H.G. Wells' novels ended up on my account. It must have been a free title, as I don't recall buying it.

[rasetsu]

I have an audible credit to spend. And I have an offer to buy 3 credits for $35. But I think my trial ends in a month, at which time I'll likely buy the annual plan for $120 for my first year, yielding the lowest per credit price as well as having plenty of credits to go wild. So, I'm struggling with my choices. If I can just wait a month, I can get all the books on my shortlist and not waste any money. But that also means only picking one premium title this month. The latter is the prudent alternative, but it makes it much harder deciding what to get now.

Top choices:
A Song Of Fire and Ice, George R.R. Martin
11-22-63 by Stephen King
The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky, McDuff translation.
10 Novel Collection of Charles Dickens

I think I'll listen to more of Stranger In A Strange Land this afternoon to focus my thoughts.

[macdoc]

A Song Of Fire and Ice, George R.R. Martin

is on libgen just sayin'
I'd wait on the $120 deal.
I generally save my credits for the longer books like Peter Hamiltons opus works.
Sometimes there are compendiums on Audible that are really good value.

Did you sign up for Chirp?