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Dngrsone · 12-15-2017, 02:37 PM

Finished listening to Neuromancer by William Gibson. I hadn't read it in decades, and while certainly dated, it was an enjoyable listen.

Also, finished reading The Goblin Reservation by Clifford D. Simak, which was an acid-trip of a book. I literally had no idea what was going to happen next.

So, earlier this year I had purchased the Heart memoir I reread a short while ago, having read the paper version a year and a half ago that I borrowed from the library. I had originally wanted to listen to it on audio, so I purchased the Audio version alongside it from Amazon a couple months ago. Definitely my most expensive book purchase of the year.

Couldn't figure out how to convert the Audible file to .mp3 for listening in the car, so i read the ebook. Finally, after a second round of searching for solutions on the intarwebs, I got a workable conversion, only to discover that it wouldn't copy over to my USB drive.

Seriously, I had a working set of audio files on my laptop, but every time I tired to copy them to the drive, I'd get an error, both in Windows and Linux.

A week and a half go by, I try again, still with no luck... was it some kind of DRM conspiracy I wasn't aware of? No: it was the file names: too long and with special characters that Linux is fine using, but a FAT32 drive was in no way capable of parsing.

SO, I have Kicking and Dreaming in my car ready to listen to. The book is narrated by Ann and Nancy themselves, it appears that all the voices in the memoir are read by the people who wrote them, which is awesome. I want to listen to it even though I only just recently read the book, but I will hold off... maybe early next year.

In the meantime, I have started listening to Boneshaker by Cherie Priest and I am reading The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone.

12-15-2017, 02:37 PM	#26689
Dngrsone Almost legible Posts: 1,457 Karma: 4611110 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: In a high desert, CA Device: Galaxy Note 9, Galaxy Tab A (2017), Likebook P78	Finished listening to Neuromancer by William Gibson. I hadn't read it in decades, and while certainly dated, it was an enjoyable listen. Also, finished reading The Goblin Reservation by Clifford D. Simak, which was an acid-trip of a book. I literally had no idea what was going to happen next. So, earlier this year I had purchased the Heart memoir I reread a short while ago, having read the paper version a year and a half ago that I borrowed from the library. I had originally wanted to listen to it on audio, so I purchased the Audio version alongside it from Amazon a couple months ago. Definitely my most expensive book purchase of the year. Couldn't figure out how to convert the Audible file to .mp3 for listening in the car, so i read the ebook. Finally, after a second round of searching for solutions on the intarwebs, I got a workable conversion, only to discover that it wouldn't copy over to my USB drive. Seriously, I had a working set of audio files on my laptop, but every time I tired to copy them to the drive, I'd get an error, both in Windows and Linux. A week and a half go by, I try again, still with no luck... was it some kind of DRM conspiracy I wasn't aware of? No: it was the file names: too long and with special characters that Linux is fine using, but a FAT32 drive was in no way capable of parsing. SO, I have Kicking and Dreaming in my car ready to listen to. The book is narrated by Ann and Nancy themselves, it appears that all the voices in the memoir are read by the people who wrote them, which is awesome. I want to listen to it even though I only just recently read the book, but I will hold off... maybe early next year. In the meantime, I have started listening to Boneshaker by Cherie Priest and I am reading The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone.