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My new job has a gym so after work im gonna be gettin swole. but weightlifting is boring so what are some yospos approved scifi audiobooks? last thing i had time to read (i have to read like 1000+ pgs a month for school so i havent had time to read for fun  ) was startide rising and a couple culture books and i highly enjoyed them.
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boardwalk empire is a really good looking show. they have one of the few remaining steady cams in existence and I bet that's nice.
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Nov 7, 2013 02:59
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Shaggar posted:boardwalk empire is a really good looking show. they have one of the few remaining steady cams in existence and I bet that's nice. lollin at that sweet av
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Nov 7, 2013 03:12
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be sure to check out the link and internet explorer! its the most beautiful web experience !
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Nov 7, 2013 03:16
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Amethyst posted:oh you wern't that guy? who was that guy it was me i just wanted to make him watch voyager like every other trek fan and then complain it's a right of passage
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Nov 7, 2013 03:17
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started playing skyrim and i realized general tullius is tigh
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Nov 7, 2013 07:54
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MindSet posted:My new job has a gym so after work im gonna be gettin swole. but weightlifting is boring so what are some yospos approved scifi audiobooks? last thing i had time to read (i have to read like 1000+ pgs a month for school so i havent had time to read for fun the old mans war trilogy i finished recently was decent and well narrated the forever war is amazing and should be required reading for the thread most of the china mieville stuff is decent too, the bas-lag trilogy has some dumb steampunk stuff but the underlying stories are amusing and again i liked the narrator. kraken was particularly good and i liked embassytown for as odd as it was only book i advise not going audio would be anathem. the first couple hours would probably be weird with all the made up words
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Nov 7, 2013 08:11
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hes also the security dude in mass effect.... 3 i think? they all sort of blend together
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Nov 7, 2013 08:17
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MindSet posted:My new job has a gym so after work im gonna be gettin swole. but weightlifting is boring so what are some yospos approved scifi audiobooks? last thing i had time to read (i have to read like 1000+ pgs a month for school so i havent had time to read for fun the audiobooks of anathem and american gods are both really good mote in gods eye, not so much
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Nov 7, 2013 09:07
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oh ya i need some recs too whats some good recent-ish sci-fi that isnt nerdy as poo poo no sex scenes pls
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Nov 7, 2013 09:22
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Carthag posted:oh ya i need some recs too the best newish sf I've read lately has been short stories by ted chiang and yoon ha lee i don't think there are audiobooks but go find "stories of your life and others" and "conservation of shadows" if you can
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Nov 7, 2013 09:53
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thx e: i dont listen to audiobooks because i get distracted and stop paying attention.
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Nov 7, 2013 09:55
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Carthag posted:thx i listen to them on marathon drives, they're perfect for that
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Nov 7, 2013 10:11
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ive tried it when commuting but i mostly just end up zoning out and having to rewind a bunch its annoying as poo poo
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Nov 7, 2013 10:57
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Trig Discipline posted:i listen to them on marathon drives, they're perfect for that when i have to drive 26.2 miles i usually listen to a black keys album
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Nov 7, 2013 14:52
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Carthag posted:ive tried it when commuting but i mostly just end up zoning out and having to rewind a bunch i just started listening to audiobooks last week and i found that at first i had this problem, and after a while realized that i wasn't missing out on anything, really. mostly just the nonsense that isn't important to the story like 'he saids' and such and that i was getting the gist very well granted this prolly wouldn't work well in a serious mystery where every little thing matters, ymmv.
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Nov 7, 2013 14:59
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audiobooks were great during my pizza driver days
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Nov 7, 2013 15:17
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USSMICHELLEBACHMAN posted:started playing skyrim and i realized general tullius is tigh hes one of the 3 or 4 voice actors in the entire game
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Nov 7, 2013 15:49
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DiggityDoink posted:the old mans war trilogy i finished recently was decent and well narrated Thank's for the recs, unfortunately I have read the first two of these and I cannot stand mieville Trig Discipline posted:the audiobooks of anathem and american gods are both really good Thanks I'll check this out. I already read TMiGE and I wouldn't revisit it for the world; I think I'm done with niven for a good long time MindSet fucked around with this message at 16:29 on Nov 7, 2013 |
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Nov 7, 2013 16:26
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hugh howey's wool series is good postapocalyptic stuff the final book was released not long ago too
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Nov 7, 2013 16:27
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Gus Hobbleton posted:hes also the security dude in mass effect.... 3 i think? they all sort of blend together ME 2 and 3. He's a side character but he has some decent character development. He doesn't have an eye patch though.
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Nov 7, 2013 16:58
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MindSet posted:Thank's for the recs, unfortunately I have read the first two of these and I cannot stand mieville The Audible version of The First Law series is really, really good. Steven Pacey is a stud.
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Nov 7, 2013 22:33
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picked up wind up girl on audible today, still working on ringworld. not sure what to get next month
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Nov 7, 2013 22:40
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i dont know how people can listen to audio books. i cant pay attention to them (well unless i'm driving that's the one exception)
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Nov 7, 2013 22:44
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USSMICHELLEBACHMAN posted:i dont know how people can listen to audio books. i cant pay attention to them (well unless i'm driving that's the one exception) yeah, same thing with podcasts too.
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Nov 7, 2013 22:46
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yeah i had trouble with it at first and i definitely can pay best attention while driving but after a while you kinda figure it out. and most of my work right now is pretty repetitive so it lends itself to podcasts / lps / audiobooks
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Nov 7, 2013 22:52
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USSMICHELLEBACHMAN posted:i dont know how people can listen to audio books. i cant pay attention to them (well unless i'm driving that's the one exception) i accidentally concentrate on them too much so its a bad idea while driving same for learning other languages, they work well for me but i cant safely do it while driving, and while at home im too much of a coward to listen to the poo poo out loud and repeat along
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Nov 7, 2013 22:52
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dur posted:yeah, same thing with podcasts too. mass transit, workouts
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Nov 7, 2013 22:56
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MindSet posted:My new job has a gym so after work im gonna be gettin swole. but weightlifting is boring so what are some yospos approved scifi audiobooks? last thing i had time to read (i have to read like 1000+ pgs a month for school so i havent had time to read for fun It's a bit pulpy but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sten_Adventures_Book_1:_Sten and the following books are good listens, I don't think there's an audiobook version of the last book though. I'd listen to Peter F Hamilton books before those though, assuming you haven't read his works.
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Nov 7, 2013 23:00
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open palm slam my hand on the mouse buttons to copy some conspiracy radio shows to my walkman, sit down with a cup of tea and some knitting. i do all the stitches, knit, purl, yo, bobbin chages,left AND right cable, even ssk bindoffs. drop the circular needles and pick up some 4mm straights and pull out some lever knitting, hit 100 spm.
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MindSet posted:My new job has a gym so after work im gonna be gettin swole. but weightlifting is boring so what are some yospos approved scifi audiobooks? last thing i had time to read (i have to read like 1000+ pgs a month for school so i havent had time to read for fun Dune has a really good full cast audio production.
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Nov 7, 2013 23:46
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also the dying earth audiobooks are really great, the lyrical style of the dialogue lends itself really well to spoken word
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Nov 7, 2013 23:48
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hubris.height posted:picked up wind up girl on audible today, still working on ringworld. Stringent posted:The Audible version of The First Law series is really, really good. Steven Pacey is a stud.
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Nov 7, 2013 23:59
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listen to the audiotape versions of the star trek: voyager novelizations. they're very good
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riverworld is a good listen too "To Your Scattered Bodies Go" is such a badass title
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Nov 8, 2013 00:52
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USSMICHELLEBACHMAN posted:listen to the audiotape versions of the star trek: voyager novelizations. they're very good  I'm disappointed that the covers to most Voyager books are banal and plain instead of the awful TNG/TOS books.
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Nov 8, 2013 00:53
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LP97S posted:
has anyone said Tuvok Shakur yet
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he must have been really mad about his character because he got almost no development at all
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golgo13sf posted:has anyone said Tuvok Shakur yet no but that should be someone's username now
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