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Are audiobooks literature? 2017-02-21 12:08:41 Post No. 9133997
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Many people reach for audiobooks as a way to conveniently digest books while they work, commute, and so on. Of course, this is permitted. Many great works are available in this format, and the demand is there.
However, the cognition involved in reading a book, and listening to a recording of it being read by somebody else, is altogether different. Audiobooks are a more passive experience, and a step away from the way the author intended the book to be digested.
Unless it's a non-fiction or work of poetry, I don't see the point in them, unless it's for pseud reasons. Audiobooks are not literature, and those who partake in them should stop wasting their time, turn off their tvs, and actually read the thing as it was intended to be - not merely from a tape during your yoga class, lunch, work, car drive, etc
If you read audiobooks, why?
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>>9133997
>If you read audiobooks, why?
They're my only option due to eye problems.
What are your hot opinions on that OP?
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>>9134038
Well,Milton had books read to him. You probably 'read' a lot closer to the text than most people - in this sense you're an exception. I presume, though, that many people listen to an audiobook and come away with nothing apart from the plot.
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>>9133997
anything that's not really to dense or verbose should be retainable in audiobook format unless you got mental problems
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My job allows me 5+ hours a night to enjoy audiobooks, and a lengthy commute to and from it as well. Sitting down to read will put me to sleep in a couple of paragraphs.
Also,a skilled reader can make a book come alive by interpreting the characters with distinctive voices. If it isn't the author's endgame in writing,the results are fine by me.
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When a male narrator does a feminine inflection for a woman character it's usually jarring though. In your case I would favor non-fiction, radio drama and talk radio at work.
>>9134105
So you do admit an inherent shortcoming of the audiobook format - when it comes to more demanding prose, it's difficult to glean the meaning.
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i hate audiobooks. i forget what i heard immediately after, end up having to start over many times, and after completion, i feel a bit empty. i remember "reading" it aka finishing, but the words aren't real to me. the memory becomes passive.
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I can only really enjoy audiobooks if I've read the text before
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>>9134251
same. I gave them a shot but they suck and retaining what I just heard becomes difficult unless it's the most straightforward of subjects or stories. I wish I could enjoy them as I spend a large amount of time driving.
They're also stupidly expensive if you go they paying route
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For whatever reason I only enjoy listening to autobiographies that are read by the author.
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