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Sunny's avatar

At 78 and living on my own for the first time in my life I use the future self concept to motivate particularly in the evening as I tidy up before going off to bed.

On a cross country trip we listened to Shantaram. We had both read the book but the audio one was another level. Humphrey Bower did all the voices. Amazing. The backstory of the book, the life of Gregory David Roberts is one of a kind. When Oprah went to the Bombay slums Roberts met her there and showed her his old home, smaller than a casket. Both exposures- future self and Shantaram can be life changing.

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Josh's avatar

The audiobook of George MacDonald Fraser’s WW II memoir, Quartered Safe Out Here, is fantastic for both the content and the different regional English accents done by the reader, David Case.

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Paul Parkinson's avatar

Goodness me. Jim Dale over Stephen Fry? Wow.

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Kevin Kelly's avatar

Oh, yes. Dale is the OG for this.

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Paul Parkinson's avatar

Going to have to agree to disagree mate. Fry is the OG. Englishman reading English characters! Also, it's the Philosopher's Stone :-)

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Prince's avatar

😂👍

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Peter Jetson's avatar

> I stuck mine on the inside of my suitcases under the lining, making them nearly invisible

Isn't hiding something in the lining of your luggage likely to arouse suspicion?

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Prince's avatar

Started listening to the AI-generated podcast example and the very beginning with the woman's hesitation and the man's clarification of "queer competition" got me 👀 so lifelike!

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ThurstonBT's avatar

For people who like science fiction audiobooks -- I recommend the audiobooks of Charles Stross's "Halting State" and "Rule 34".

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