04-10-2013, 01:15 PM | #106 |
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04-10-2013, 01:17 PM | #107 |
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Well, it's all moot now anyway. I'm old enough that my knees and ankles don't like it when I ride a bike, and I've got audiobooks anyway.
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04-10-2013, 02:05 PM | #108 |
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04-10-2013, 04:33 PM | #110 |
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04-11-2013, 08:35 PM | #111 |
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I listen whilst driving (iphone FM'd to the car radio) or whilst riding my exercise bike. Either way I get through a few books in a year. I get through more by active reading though. Still not as many as B.C. (Before Computer)
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04-12-2013, 05:00 AM | #112 |
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04-12-2013, 04:11 PM | #113 |
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I can't stand audio books, I remember back in high school hearing the audio book for Romeo and Juliet or even Hamlet... it just wasn't the same as me actually reading it. At least for me I get lost when reading a book, so hearing someone speak aloud would just ruin the experience of the book.
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04-12-2013, 05:52 PM | #115 |
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A related issue is anime dubbing. Good dubbing can enhance your enjoyment of the story, while a bad dubbing can ruin a good anime. On the subject of recordings of plays, I have a recording of the 1956 performance of "Waiting For Godot" starring Bert Lahr (done soon after the play made its debut). While the performance is great, there is at least one scene (the hat-cycle bit) that is missing because is doesn't work as audio only. |
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04-13-2013, 04:30 AM | #119 |
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No, it's not just you. An audiobook (or a movie) is going forward whether you're focusing on it or not. In contrast, action in a book happens ONLY when you're focused on it.
I think the only thing audiobooks are good for is listening to them while you're doing something else. If you have a job that lets you do that, which doesn't need concentration, you probably have a boring job. |
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