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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: border on March 27, 2008, 07:34:27 PM

Title: Free audiobook of Blood Meridian (and many others) - today only on Audible
Post by: border on March 27, 2008, 07:34:27 PM: http://www.audible.com/biglisten

Blood Meridian is a $35 value, and unabridged. Other titles available include Heart of Darkness and some Heinlein book.

Offer is only open to new customers, but I'm sure there's some way to weasel around that.
Title: Re: Free audiobook of Blood Meridian (and many others) - today only on Audible
Post by: TVC15 on March 27, 2008, 07:38:42 PM: FUCK, I knew I shouldn't have bought The God Delusion from them. DAWKINS FUCKED ME OVER!!!!!
Title: Re: Free audiobook of Blood Meridian (and many others) - today only on Audible
Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 27, 2008, 07:41:49 PM: I heard The Blood Meridian was kinda hard to get into due to the writing. Is that true, esteemed cultured fegs?
Title: Re: Free audiobook of Blood Meridian (and many others) - today only on Audible
Post by: Robo on March 27, 2008, 07:55:24 PM: No.
Title: Re: Free audiobook of Blood Meridian (and many others) - today only on Audible
Post by: Vizzys on March 27, 2008, 08:00:32 PM: lol homeschool
Title: Re: Free audiobook of Blood Meridian (and many others) - today only on Audible
Post by: Van Cruncheon on March 27, 2008, 09:06:30 PM: fucking hell! i'm on vacation, away from the sole mac i use for itunes! CRUEL IRONY
Title: Re: Free audiobook of Blood Meridian (and many others) - today only on Audible
Post by: Eric P on March 27, 2008, 10:05:33 PM: Quote from: RoboJ on March 27, 2008, 07:55:24 PM
No.

i disagree

it was about 75 pages or so before i could finally read without a conscious effort on my part

of course i had just come off a golden age sci-fi bender so the clash in styles may have done it
Title: Re: Free audiobook of Blood Meridian (and many others) - today only on Audible
Post by: Eric P on March 27, 2008, 10:07:39 PM: some good stuff here

A Princess of Mars (Unabridged)
by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Heart of Darkness: Classic Edition (Unabridged)
by Joseph Conrad

The Caves of Steel (Unabridged)
by Isaac Asimov

Have Space Suit, Will Travel (Unabridged)
by Robert A. Heinlein
Title: Re: Free audiobook of Blood Meridian (and many others) - today only on Audible
Post by: TVC15 on March 27, 2008, 10:49:54 PM: Quote from: Professor Prole on March 27, 2008, 09:06:30 PM
fucking hell! i'm on vacation, away from the sole mac i use for itunes! CRUEL IRONY

Once you buy it, you can DL it any time. In more formats than just itunes, too. You can get it for WMP or Zune or yada yada. You can also DL it as OFTEN as you want, I believe.
Title: Re: Free audiobook of Blood Meridian (and many others) - today only on Audible
Post by: Eric P on March 27, 2008, 11:00:07 PM: Quote from: Koopler on March 27, 2008, 10:48:43 PM
So I tried downloading Blood of Meridian (good choice?), but I'm not seeing anything so far... just this AudibleManager software that I received when trying to download the book. But this software - it isn't doing anything. Even when I restart the program, nothing happens.

screenshot: http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/6153/wtfdp9.jpg

If someone can tell me what the problem is, I'd appreciate it.

i ran into that problem too

i shut down my browser, the program, then started up the program and then my browser. then i was able to click on myonline library in the upper right which opened a browser page.

from there i was able to download the program
Title: Re: Free audiobook of Blood Meridian (and many others) - today only on Audible
Post by: Joe Molotov on March 27, 2008, 11:55:23 PM: Sweet, time to peruse the list.
Title: Re: Free audiobook of Blood Meridian (and many others) - today only on Audible
Post by: CajoleJuice on March 28, 2008, 12:14:42 AM: Quote from: Phoenix Dark on March 27, 2008, 07:41:49 PM
I heard The Blood Meridian was kinda hard to get into due to the writing. Is that true, esteemed cultured fegs?

I couldn't get into it, but it really wasn't because of the writing.
Title: Re: Free audiobook of Blood Meridian (and many others) - today only on Audible
Post by: Eric P on March 28, 2008, 08:53:29 AM: Quote from: CajoleJuice on March 28, 2008, 12:14:42 AM
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on March 27, 2008, 07:41:49 PM
I heard The Blood Meridian was kinda hard to get into due to the writing. Is that true, esteemed cultured fegs?

I couldn't get into it, but it really wasn't because of the writing.

the constant violence was a bit of a turn off to me. so when i couldn't get into it, i just stopped reading.

oh my choice was Have Spacesuit Will Travel.

i only listened to a bit of the recording but it was good stuff