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01-06-2009, 12:50 AM
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Im looking for some audio books I can dl for free... because Im anti-social and I work with douches, so I like to be able to ignore them with my headphones. Anyone got any good recommendations?
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01-06-2009, 12:58 AM
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01-06-2009, 12:59 AM
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I like Dean Koontz books, and Stephen Kings, Cell and The Mist. Stuff like that, strange creatures, zombies, etc.
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01-06-2009, 10:52 AM
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Douglas Adams reads the complete Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I saw a copy of it on MiniNova.
Beh! A pox on Paul Kemprecos and his johnny-come-lately Kurt Austin.
But yeah, a big +1 on Clive Cussler if you're into light action-hero stuff. I love the Dirk Pitt series.
Since you mention Koontz and King, I suggest you also check out the literary duo Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (typically credited as Preston & Child). Their stuff is a mixture of action/adventure and mystery/supernatural. Amazon.com: Audiobooks - preston & child / Amazon.com: Books In particular, they do a couple of pretty good "strange creatures" in the early Pendergast series.
Their books tend to have a certain continuity about them, such that characters often make reference to events in previous novels, or that the reader is assumed to have some knowledge of past events. While it's not absolutely necessary, the Pendergast novels should ideally be enjoyed in order: Relic, Reliquary, the Cabinet of Curiosities, Still Life with Crows, Brimstone, Dance of Death, The Book of the Dead, The Wheel of Darkness. The other books stand on their own.
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(...) download the entire Dirk Pitt, Kurt Austin and Oregon collections.
But yeah, a big +1 on Clive Cussler if you're into light action-hero stuff. I love the Dirk Pitt series.
Since you mention Koontz and King, I suggest you also check out the literary duo Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (typically credited as Preston & Child). Their stuff is a mixture of action/adventure and mystery/supernatural. Amazon.com: Audiobooks - preston & child / Amazon.com: Books In particular, they do a couple of pretty good "strange creatures" in the early Pendergast series.
Their books tend to have a certain continuity about them, such that characters often make reference to events in previous novels, or that the reader is assumed to have some knowledge of past events. While it's not absolutely necessary, the Pendergast novels should ideally be enjoyed in order: Relic, Reliquary, the Cabinet of Curiosities, Still Life with Crows, Brimstone, Dance of Death, The Book of the Dead, The Wheel of Darkness. The other books stand on their own.
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01-06-2009, 12:02 PM
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Much appreciated Joe, Found someone who had every one in the set except The Wheel of Darkness. Which is fine right now because the file is a little more then 2 gigs, and my phone SD card is 1gig. BTW awesome sig.
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01-06-2009, 12:46 PM
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Yeah, I have to admit, Plague Ship was pretty good.
I tend to buy all my books at a little used paperback store (yeah, I know- half.com) so I'm really out of order on the Pitt series. I've read most of them, but not all. To give you an idea of how bad it is, I recently discovered that I have three copies of Grisham's The Broker in the collection. I have no idea how that happened. I think I have Arctic Drift sitting in the pile of "to be read" at home, but I'm not positive.
Another good author to check out would be Michael Crichton. He's best known for the Jurassic Park series, but a lot of his lesser-known works are also excellent, though the later stuff did get a bit long-winded. I'm really quite pissed off however that he had the nerve to just up and die without warning recently. He had one novel in the works, and there's no solid word of yet as to how complete it was. I fear that it may be another Salmon of Doubt (which was quite good, despite its truncation.)
Never saw either of the Cussler movies. I generally try to avoid movie adaptations of books I like. Even the Hunt for Red October, while an excellent film in its own right, butchered the novel and left it for dead in an alley, stripped naked and smeared with feces.
I tend to buy all my books at a little used paperback store (yeah, I know- half.com) so I'm really out of order on the Pitt series. I've read most of them, but not all. To give you an idea of how bad it is, I recently discovered that I have three copies of Grisham's The Broker in the collection. I have no idea how that happened. I think I have Arctic Drift sitting in the pile of "to be read" at home, but I'm not positive.
Another good author to check out would be Michael Crichton. He's best known for the Jurassic Park series, but a lot of his lesser-known works are also excellent, though the later stuff did get a bit long-winded. I'm really quite pissed off however that he had the nerve to just up and die without warning recently. He had one novel in the works, and there's no solid word of yet as to how complete it was. I fear that it may be another Salmon of Doubt (which was quite good, despite its truncation.)
Never saw either of the Cussler movies. I generally try to avoid movie adaptations of books I like. Even the Hunt for Red October, while an excellent film in its own right, butchered the novel and left it for dead in an alley, stripped naked and smeared with feces.
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01-06-2009, 01:57 PM
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Al Jordino is welcome to join in the fun.
.You got me curious, so I IMDB'ed Sahara. WTF is Steve Zahn doing as Giordino? Might as well have cast Alec Baldwin in the role. I can see why you were nonplussed.
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01-06-2009, 02:43 PM
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If you can, get Master and Margarita. Fiction, Russian. Probably one the greatest pieces of Russian literature ever written.
Dont know how it is in audiobook form, it may have some old school soviet ideologies, so it may be hard to understand some things. I read it in paperback form and the book included a section at the back that explained everything.
I highly recommend it to all Americans that ask me what book to read.
Dont know how it is in audiobook form, it may have some old school soviet ideologies, so it may be hard to understand some things. I read it in paperback form and the book included a section at the back that explained everything.
I highly recommend it to all Americans that ask me what book to read.
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Actually I'd recommend reading Dan Brown's Angels and Demons before seeing on the big screen. I thought it was much better than the Da Vinci Code. His Digital Fortress is good.
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