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WT Sharpe 08-22-2016 05:04 PM
Second Hiroshima. Hope that Ed Asner version isn't too steep.

WT Sharpe 08-22-2016 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe (Post 3377255)
Second Hiroshima. Hope that Ed Asner version isn't too steep.
Hmmm... not too bad for an audiobook. $14.95 for us non-members, but if we join, we can get it for only $14.95! :D

CRussel 08-22-2016 05:16 PM
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Second Hiroshima. Hope that Ed Asner version isn't too steep.
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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe (Post 3377256)
Hmmm... not too bad for an audiobook. $14.95 for us non-members, but if we join, we can get it for only $14.95! :D
Yeah, I'm a bit torn about which one to get. I know Guidall is an excellent reader, and normally I'd just go with him. But Ed Asner? Tempting.
(BTW, I'm showing a member price of $6.95 for the Asner version. Pretty reasonable, and definitely not something I'll need to use a credit on.)

WT Sharpe 08-22-2016 05:22 PM
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Yeah, I'm a bit torn about which one to get. I know Guidall is an excellent reader, and normally I'd just go with him. But Ed Asner? Tempting.
(BTW, I'm showing a member price of $6.95 for the Asner version. Pretty reasonable, and definitely not something I'll need to use a credit on.)
$6.95? Are you a member? Here in the U.S. I'm seeing $14.95 for both members and non-members.

CRussel 08-22-2016 06:00 PM
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Yes, I'm a US member, and that's what it's showing as a US price for members.

(I don't think it shows the right price until you actually ARE a member.)

WT Sharpe 08-22-2016 08:31 PM
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Strange. On everything else at audible I see a member's price and everyone else's price. But on this one I see:

WT Sharpe 08-24-2016 11:09 AM
I nominate Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie (AKA The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up AKA Peter and Wendy).

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One magical night, the Darling children — Wendy, John, and Michael — are visited by two mischievous denizens of Neverland, an island of the imagination where pirates prowl the Mermaids’ Lagoon and fairies live so long as children believe in them. Peter Pan and his loyal, lightning-quick companion, Tinker Bell, have come for Peter’s shadow, captured the previous night by Nana, the children’s Newfoundland nanny. The pair leaves not just with the shadow, but with Wendy and her brothers, as well, whisking them away to Neverland to join the Lost Boys in their war against the evil Captain Hook.

J. M. Barrie created the character of Peter Pan to entertain a young family he regularly met in Kensington Gardens. Over the course of two novels and a play, he turned a whimsical idea into one of the most cherished literary characters of all time.
Goodreads | Patricia Clark Memorial Library: ePub / Kindle | Amazon US / Amazon US (Restored) / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US

WT Sharpe 08-24-2016 12:03 PM
It's be six months, so once again I nominate The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. This is a fortuitous day for anyone who wishes to read it, for as of today, it is a Whispersync deal of the month that will cost you exactly nothing.

We've seen the musical, and a few of us have be fortunate enough to have seen the silent classic starring the "man of a thousand faces" Lon Cheney in the title role, but how many of us have read the original?

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First published in French as a serial in 1909, "The Phantom of the Opera" is a riveting story that revolves around the young, Swedish Christine Daaé. Her father, a famous musician, dies, and she is raised in the Paris Opera House with his dying promise of a protective angel of music to guide her. After a time at the opera house, she begins hearing a voice, who eventually teaches her how to sing beautifully. All goes well until Christine's childhood friend Raoul comes to visit his parents, who are patrons of the opera, and he sees Christine when she begins successfully singing on the stage. The voice, who is the deformed, murderous 'ghost' of the opera house named Erik, however, grows violent in his terrible jealousy, until Christine suddenly disappears. The phantom is in love, but it can only spell disaster. Leroux's work, with characters ranging from the spoiled prima donna Carlotta to the mysterious Persian from Erik's past, has been immortalized by memorable adaptations. Despite this, it remains a remarkable piece of Gothic horror literature in and of itself, deeper and darker than any version that follows.
Patricia Clark Memorial Library: ePub / Kindle | Amazon US

CRussel 08-24-2016 01:40 PM
Hmmm. Both of those are certainly classics, Tom. I'm just not sure I want to read either _right now_. And I've only got one vote left. Though I suspect I'll grab that WhisperSync deal in case my mood changes. :)

JSWolf 08-24-2016 01:57 PM
Come on people. Do you want a moldy oldy or do you want a fun read? If you want a fun read, give a nod to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

CRussel 08-24-2016 02:46 PM
No interest, Jon. It's one of only two books so far that I would not read. I don't quibble that it's a classic. Just not my classic. :)

How about nominating a classic SF novel? Surely there are some you fondly remember.

din155 08-24-2016 06:36 PM
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No interest, Jon. It's one of only two books so far that I would not read. I don't quibble that it's a classic. Just not my classic. :)

How about nominating a classic SF novel? Surely there are some you fondly remember.
You don't say! I would like to nominate 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke. I have been meaning to read this since we had science month in the book club.
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Arthur C. Clarke has been the presiding genius of science fiction for almost fifty years. His works include the ground-breaking and profound CHILDHOOD'S END, RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA and EXPEDITION TO EARTH. Written when landing on the moon was still a dream, made into one of the most influential films of our century, brilliant, compulsive, prophetic, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY tackles the enduring theme of man's place in the universe.On the moon an enigma is uncovered. So great are the implications that, for the first time, men are sent out deep into the solar system. But, before they can reach their destination, things begin to go wrong, horribly wrong


Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/2001-Odysse...=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/2001-Odyssey-...2074366&sr=8-3
Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-ca/eb...1-26eeaf82eb52

din155 08-24-2016 06:47 PM
Damn! I want to read them all. How do I decide :chinscratch:

CRussel 08-24-2016 07:04 PM
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Damn! I want to read them all. How do I decide :chinscratch:
Well, you start by giving Hiroshima its third. :)

Seriously, folks. This is perhaps the finest piece of journalism ever written. For the only time in its history, The New Yorker devoted its entire issue to a single article. The initial print run sold out in hours, and they allowed pretty much anyone and everyone to reprint the article. John Hersey took a different tack from other writers of the time and told the story of the people, the survivors, in a way that was far more compelling than just the myriad details of the devastation had been. This book hasn't been out of print since it was written in 1946, and this is the 70th Anniversary of its publication. It's short - Novella length at ~100 pages. And while I don't think it will be a "fun" read, I do think it will be an interesting and provocative one.

din155 08-24-2016 07:25 PM
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Well, you start by giving Hiroshima its third. :)
It is a very compelling book. Oh what the heck! I third Hiroshima.
now its Peter Pan v/s Charlie and the chocolate factory.


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