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What does /lit/ think of audio books?

>> No.5599000
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5599000

plebbest thing ever

also nice trips

>> No.5599010

>>5599000
nice trips.
it's being told a story in a human voice which is how humans are wired to rake shit in. some people can be highly intelligent and have difficulty reading.

>> No.5600096

bump

>> No.5600098

>>5598999
Every fucking day.

Why?

>Aw naw man I'm new here
No you're not.

>> No.5600103

I never understood why anyone would listen to audiobooks outside of a classroom or something like that.

Reading words is like 80% of the fun.

>> No.5600126

>>5598999
i think they're like books, only with someone reading them out instead of them being on paper.

why do you keep asking?

>> No.5602126

>>5598999
>>5599000
bumping for
>how does trips come right after trips

>> No.5602130

It's been proven countless times that more information is retained if you read it yourself rather than have it dictated by someone else.

>> No.5602133

>>5598999
i am down with audio books but you have to actually be paying attention.
The only effective experiences I've had with audio books were when driving, working out, or during sleep/meditation when i am relaxing my eyes instead of actually reading

>> No.5602146

I use to listen to audiobooks when I was 15 and couldn't understand the text well and always had to backtrack. I don't know, I was a strange kid.

>> No.5602172

are audiobookz like music cds

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>>5600103
Hearing someone put on quirky voices for characters in the book improves the experience tenfold.

>> No.5604318

>>5598999
I considered audio books pleb shit for a long time, but I've started to enjoy them somehow.
Sometimes, even if rarely, it enhances the experience. Lovecraft for example is pure audiobook material.
His better stories, read by a good actor, can be atmospheric and terrifying as shit.

>> No.5604441

The only instances where I can justify them is if you are blind or driving.

>> No.5604452

>>5598999

My eyes were tired and hazy for a while so I jumped on audiobooks. I enjoyed it but I feel that if I tried to get back into it, I would get annoyed at not going my own pace.

I want to start reading audiobooks but I can't because I stopped driving so much and started taking the bus. I can't read because of motion sickness on the bus but I would love to audio read with that time.

>> No.5604533

I like to listen to some lovecraftian stuff when going to sleep.
Especially if there is some music in the background.
The next night I just restart the last passage I remember.

>> No.5604635

I wouldn't use them as a replacement for actually reading, but I do sometimes enjoy listening to books/poetry that I've already read.

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>>5598999
>>5599000
W-What?

>> No.5604658

>>5598999

"I can't read books anymore; books on tape have ruined me. I need that nice voice. This book has my voice.
I hate my voice."

>> No.5606565

>>5602206
No, it just takes away from what would otherwise be filled in by the readers imagination.