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I started a really boring job recently. And its bearable only because I can listen to audiobooks. But my Spotify said I used up all the 15hrs for the month. Wtf?

Anyway, I would love some sci-fi or fantasy audiobooks and didn't have a lot of luck on 1337x

Any suggestions?

Feel free to drop magnet links if you have a collection or something. πŸ˜€

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Murderbot for Scifi - a rogue sec unit really wants to watch his soap operas, but the pesky humans can’t stop trying to get themselves killed

The Lies of Locke Lamora (book 1 of the Gentleman Bastards series) for fantasy - a group of con artists don disguises to pull off heists

Both are humorous and have excellent narrators!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You should get a library card and the Libby app. Lots and lots of free audiobooks.

I read kindle versions, but there are almost always audio versions of everything I read. I read a ton of SF and fantasy - if you tell me the kind of stuff you like I can suggest some titles.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This, I haven’t bought an audiobook in over five years because of libby

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A couple years ago, after I sharply increased my reading, my wife (who paid the bills) came and said, "I don't want to discourage you at all from a healthy hobby, but I wanted to make sure you realized that, in the last couple of months, you've spent like $200 on books." In fact, I hadn't realized it was that much. That's when I started trying to figure out a cheaper way to read.

I read even more now. So far this year I've read 46 novels. That would be prohibitively expensive if not for Libby.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Nice!! Found any new favorites?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

I've come to really like Adrian Tchaikovsky - I haven't been disappointed by anything he's written. The trilogy that starts with Children of Time is especially good.

Lots of others great books out there. The Space Between Worlds, by Micaiah Johnson, was an interesting story read recently. Kiln People, by David Brin, was great.

I keep little spoiler-free notes on everything I read, so if there's a type of book you like, let me know and I'll scan my notes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is this an entry level job? Asking for a friend

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Definitely. Although I wish it wasn't!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

And would you mind giving a hint to people looking for jobs? I wish my job was boring, instead I have nine hour shifts with no chair to sit, doing customer service

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

Scanning technician. I take staples out of paperwork for 8 hours straight and scan stuff too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I normally sail the high seas, but I have had similar difficulties to yours. I had a recent long car trip and had very good success with hoopla and linking it to my local library card. Totally free. I would give that a shot honestly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I've got about 4000 audiobooks, 80% of which is sci-fi/speculation fiction and they came from audiobookbay. Great site for audiobooks. These are the droids OP is looking for.