Good audiobooks

[mantra@lemmy.zip]

Friendly reminder that a lot of libraries lend audio books as well.

[anon6789@lemmy.world]

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Heinlein

The Mote in God's Eye - Niven / Pournelle

Solaris - Lem

Fire Upon the Deep - Vinge

Flowers for Algernon - Keyes

Diamond Age - Stephenson

Startide Rising - Brin

The Demolished Man - Bester

Have Space Suit - Will travel - Heinlein

Out of the Silent Planet - CS Lewis

Uplift War - Brin

[stoy@lemmy.zip]

I wonder if they integrate with carplay....

[brekky@lemmy.world]

Libby does!

[greenmartian@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Speaking of classics, there is a Tim Curry performance of Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth.

If you're a fan of Tim Curry (who isn't?), it's an excellent one to listen to.

[darkmarx@lemmy.world]

Dungeon Crawler Carl

Hands down the best audio book series I've ever listened to. If you like video games, sci-fi, or fantasy, you will not be disappointed.

[stoy@lemmy.zip]

I am a fan of Jules Verne, and Tim Curry is brilliant, this sounds amazing, thanks for the suggestion

[stoy@lemmy.zip]

Humm, I am a Swede and it looks like my local library uses Biblio...

[badabinski@kbin.earth]

I love The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks. The audiobook is narrated by Peter Kenny and he does such a good job with it.

[general_effort@lemmy.world]

It's hilarious, but far from the classic sci-fi OP is looking for.

[jarix@lemmy.world]

Ahh okay cool that is the one I just finished

[fucking_cuno@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I enjoyed War of the Worlds in audiobook form

[stoy@lemmy.zip]

I have that on my list of future books to get

[otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Try to find the radio show version

[otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Also: oftentimes, you don't have to live in a library's locality to be a "member" and check out digital works. Libby, et al, as archive.org, essentially 🤩

[stoy@lemmy.zip]

I seem to recall that Liam Neeson did a reading of the book with an orchestra

[clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works]

I adore those books, but I never considered audiobooks. Have you listened to others by Banks?

[clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works]

Seconded fervently.

[uthredii@programming.dev]

Before the recs I just want to shout out libro.FM - they sell audiobooks and donate half of the profits to independent book stores.

Classic sci fi:

• The dispossessed - also the left hand of darkness (which is meant to be good buy Inhavent read)
• Foundation series
• permutation city

I think the more modern sci fi is good too so I will give you some recommendations anyway:

• Project Hail Mary - mentioned by other commenters, really good
• Children of time - first and best of a series, really good
• Expanse - series of books set in the near future, hard sci fi and a bit of space opera
• Red rising - a space opera a bit like a fantasy book in a sci fi setting
• Murderbot - series with a bit more more comed, very entertaining and easy to get into

[c0untwintermute@lemmy.world]

Yes, definitely Heinlein. The moon is a harsh mistress, and stranger in a strange land are both great.

And Philip K Dick as well, but it's a bit more surreal than what you've been listening to.