Ask HN: Best audiobooks you've listened to recently? (Cosmic horror/non-fiction)
13 points by febed 3 days ago | 12 comments
DantesKite 3 days ago I really enjoyed the Edward Herrman narration of the "At the Mountains of Madness" when I listened to it years ago.What struck me is how it still feels haunting even decades later; it aged quite well. I couldn't help shake the creepy feeling there was something unearthly at the edges of our world.
markus_zhang 1 days ago Thanks. I need to listen to this. HPL has a distinct "smell" that none of his contemporaries can match. Somehow his stories sometimes give me shivers.
romanhn 3 days ago I really enjoyed listening to the Silo series by Hugh Howey recently. I also went through a Stephen King binge years ago and I specifically recall Frank Muller did a great job with the narration on many of the books (sadly he passed away before finishing the Dark Tower series).blinded 2 days ago Second this! Will be interesting to see how the apple tv show adapts book two.
msh 1 days ago For cosmic horror “a colder war” by Charlie stross is great.LarsLarson 3 days ago The Bobiverse series is a top notch sci-fi audiobook with great narration. https://audiobookdb.net/series/3B5S2xAjor if you want a single audiobook you have to listen to Project Hail Mary from the author of the Martian https://audiobookdb.net/audiobooks/Vg0f71nk
hope you enjoy these
jelicicm 1 days ago Haruki Murakami's What I talk about when I talk about running was a nice listen. For bonus points, listen while running obviously.riffraff 3 days ago "greatest hits", a collection of short stories by Harlan Ellison. Should be available on many platforms, I listened to it on audible.Mostly sci-fi, some great, some good. Most are read by the author himself, who has a peculiar style ("over the top" perhaps is the best way to describe it).
Some of the stories are classic, so I think it's worth reading/listening to.
Some are just boring and/or confusing for me, ymmv.
blinded 3 days ago I recently finished book 4 of Red Rising series. Its great! The author is finishing the last book and it should be out early next year.cpach 3 days ago I’ve been listening to The Road to Serfdom by FA Hayek. It’s quite interesting.ktallett 3 days ago Beyond the Wall was a really interesting listen about the DDR.ivape 11 hours ago The Last Lion, Winston Spencer Churchill.