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11-26-2007, 10:37 PM
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Re: Books: What are you reading tonight?
I picked up Max Brooks' World War Z while holiday traveling and I was very impressed.
WORLD WAR Z The premise is absurd: a world wide plague wipes out half of mankind, turning people into flesh-eating zombies. Civilization buckles and almost collapses before the humans fight back. However, the book is so well written and in such an original way that it verges on greatness. The whole book is an "oral history" told ten years after the Great War. The author travels the world interviewing survivors, political leaders, and military personnel. It's as if the war really happened - events are deadly serious and reverent. It's sort of like Studs Terkel doing zombies! Great read. 
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11-26-2007, 10:46 PM
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Re: Books: What are you reading tonight?
Supposedly a great(but abridged) audiobook on this with some tremendous performances on it. Sorta torn about giving it a shot -- on the one hand I hate abridgements and on the other hand, if you look at the raves on audible.com for this, it makes it sound like it was a huge success anyway.
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11-27-2007, 02:02 AM
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Re: Books: What are you reading tonight?
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Supposedly a great(but abridged) audiobook on this with some tremendous performances on it. Sorta torn about giving it a shot -- on the one hand I hate abridgements and on the other hand, if you look at the raves on audible.com for this, it makes it sound like it was a huge success anyway. [/ QUOTE ] If there's any book that would be great on audio, this is it, as it's 99% monologue.
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11-27-2007, 02:04 AM
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Re: Books: What are you reading tonight?
Speaking of, do any of you guys know anything about audiobooks? Sometimes I see an interesting combo of novel + actor, but I've never actually listened to one.
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11-27-2007, 03:18 AM
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Re: Books: What are you reading tonight?
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Speaking of, do any of you guys know anything about audiobooks? Sometimes I see an interesting combo of novel + actor, but I've never actually listened to one. [/ QUOTE ] You can try audible.com for a really reasonable price. I'd suggest looking for things that are especially good for that format. Dom's talking about the zombie book is a perfect example -- horror is so much about atmosphere that it's perfect for a good reading. Also good are biographies. Gene Wilder's and Julia Child's are two I bought and am looking forward to, when I stop working to midnight and 12-hour holidays. :P
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