How do you feel about audiobooks? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by Izzy@lemmy.world to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world

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A pretty vague question I know, but I'm not looking for any specific answer. I'm just curious what peoples thoughts are on audiobooks. Perhaps how you think they compare to paper books or how listening compares to reading. Any thoughts you have on the subject is welcome.

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[-] exscape@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Most books 36-48 hours of listening? Hmm?

So here are the ones I've done in the past few weeks:
Project Hail Mary: 496 pages, audiobook 16 hours 11 minutes
The Martian: 416 pages, 10 hours 53 minutes
We are legion (We are Bob): 308 pages, 9 hours 30 minutes

So say about 30-40 pages per hour, which would put 36-48 hours at about 1100-1900 pages.

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Oooh the bobiverse is so much fun

[-] blanketswithsmallpox@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

As you could tell from the books I listed... I read high fantasy and epics lol. Foundation was the lightest of the bunch but had the slowest reader.

Add in time you have to rewind because something important came up which actually required your attention. Easily 36+ hours. Way of Kings was a monster at 45:30. - 1007 pages.

The Wheel of Time series is made up of 11,898 pages. This amounts to an average of 793.20 pages per book in the series.

Not doing them all. First 4 which are the least page #s: 28:57. 28:23. 24:48, 41:13,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_(series) - 224. 400. 512. 787. 714. 432. 845.

Frank Muller RIP then George Guidall 7:20, 12:47, 18:14, 27:35, 26:20, 14:09, 28:50.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_series - 255, 247, 210, 367, 356.

Via Audible Scott Brick: 8:37, 9:33, 9:21, 16:14, 18:44

The Way of Kings
The Stormlight Archive, Book 1
By: Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
Series: The Stormlight Archive, Book 1
Length: 45 hrs and 30 mins

[-] DV8@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

If you like long audiobooks and high fantasy try Malazan. Fair warning that if you like it, it increases the effort you need to start your suspension of disbelief for all other books. At least it did so for me.

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