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What's a title that is worth it (to you) to have both the physical copy and the audiobook? (self.books)

submitted 5 months ago by eightpix to c/books

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There are only a few books that I've experienced both ways. I'm wondering if this is an area for exploration.

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[–] eightpix 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'll start:

Cover for Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy, fair use image from Wikipedia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stella_Maris_(Cormac_McCarthy).png#mw-jump-to-license

My fortunes converged with Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy. My reading of the physical copy was first, and the book sung.

Then, on opening the audiobook, the two actors really captured the cat-and-mouse interaction — each thinking the other is the prey — with such clarity and perfect tone. It was amazing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If you've happened to read a fair amount of Cormac McCarthy would you suggest I read Stella Maris or Blood Meridian first? Cheers!!

[–] eightpix 2 points 5 months ago

Read The Passenger, then Stella Maris.

Blood Meridian is an amazing, terrifying, shocking, and eye-opening book. Ill never see another "Western" the same way again. It is among McCarthy's most visceral.

I cannot recommend to anyone that they read this book. Much in the same way I love films like Requiem For a Dream, Dancer in the Dark, or Melancholia, I can't inflict them on others. Blood Meridian is this perspective in book form.

If you've steeled yourself, by all means embark on Blood Meridian. Don't say I didn't warn you.