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# I KNOW THERE'S NO PICTURE BUT I NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE!!
Hi all - can you help please? (I don't have time to do a pic so I hope my previous entries will suffice).

A close friend had a very bad car accident and after making it out of a coma, is now stuck in hospital fighting terrible depression while healing. He isn't able to move much and has stopped talking now.

We'd like to get some audio books for him to try and ease the pain/depression but don't know what to get - this is where i need your help.

He likes: fantasy books, games of thrones type stuff, sci fi or any sort of saga/cleverly written books.

I know you guys love all this sort of thing - Can anyone recommend some audio books to help my friend?

thank you (and I'll post a pic again when I have more time)

(I helped save b3ta! camp freddy well, would you look at that!, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:22, archived)
# "I know you guys love all this sort of thing" ...
... not me, I hate all that fantasy bollocks.
(I helped save b3ta! Ghoti Fingers, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:23, archived)
# ok babe - not you then
Apologies for sweeping generalisations.
(I'm not a big fan either to be honest)
(I helped save b3ta! camp freddy well, would you look at that!, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:25, archived)
# Apparently he liked "The Wheel Of Time"
so anything like that.
xxx
(I helped save b3ta! camp freddy well, would you look at that!, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:28, archived)
# Has he done Philip Pullman's Dark Materials?
Not quite lord of the rings but its fantasy stuff with talking bears and witches, and was a very enjoyable read
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:28, archived)
# thank you - great shout!
xx
(I helped save b3ta! camp freddy well, would you look at that!, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:28, archived)
# Oh, dear fucking God! She's supposed to be helping the poor guy *out* of a depression

And I don't know how old the patient is, but that Dark Materials stuff is a bloody childrens' book.
(I helped save b3ta! Ghoti Fingers, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:31, archived)
# oh -he's a fully formed adult!
lol!
(I helped save b3ta! camp freddy well, would you look at that!, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:40, archived)
# ignore mr misery pants
Dark Materials are a great read/listen
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:49, archived)
# So are Lord of the rings and Game of Thrones aren't they?
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:45, archived)
# GoT definitely not for kids!
I read Dark Materials as an adult and enjoyed it.
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 15:51, archived)
# What's a bit of friendly castration, torture, eye-popping. head-crushing, tits and arse between kids?
Not to mention the cunting potty-mouths. Do you think he's actually seen it?
(I helped save b3ta! Ham o' Shatner -.-- --- ..- .-. / .- .-.. .-.. / --. .- -.--, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 19:00, archived)
# audible.co.uk... part of amazon
download them from site... register him an account and let him choose.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:31, archived)
# Also
have you considered some of the classic radio plays...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_into_Space
this is a classic and there are around 60 30 min episodes
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:40, archived)
# cool- of course
Brilliant idea - thanks :)
(I helped save b3ta! camp freddy well, would you look at that!, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:42, archived)
# totally would, but he's not very mobile so can't really chose
but will go and poke around audible for him.

thank you!
(I helped save b3ta! camp freddy well, would you look at that!, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:41, archived)
# Hey Freddy
One of the youtube channels I follow has an offer on where you can sign up to audible and get one download for free - www.audibletrial.com/drunkenpeasants
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:48, archived)
# Hey Emvee!!
How are you? Saw rough cut of Andy's film - it's cracking but there's some weirdo on the beach.... lol!!

thanks for the advice, nice, we love free audio books :)

hope to see you soon!
xx
(I helped save b3ta! camp freddy well, would you look at that!, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:50, archived)
# Serious now ...
www.amazon.co.uk/The-Fleming-Classic-Bond-Collection/dp/1471310876

or

www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-George-Smiley-Dramas-Dramatisations/dp/1408427745

Esp. that second one; Simon Russell Beale is fantastic as Smiley.
(I helped save b3ta! Ghoti Fingers, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:34, archived)
# thank you for all your help
Suggestions are great, cheers
(I helped save b3ta! camp freddy well, would you look at that!, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:42, archived)
# Which book is it where Smiley fights a dragon on a unicorn?
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:48, archived)
# The Smiley one is precisely what I was about to suggest.
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:59, archived)
# Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
All the books have been made into full-cast radio plays (in fact, it started out as a full-cast radio play before it became a book). About 13 hours of material, and it's all great:

www.amazon.co.uk/Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy-Complete-Series/dp/0563504196/
(I helped save b3ta! ferret -> twitter.com/syfyautocorrect <-, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:50, archived)
# This gets my vote
Sounds right up the right street. I'd also suggest the Milligan war memoirs if they are on audio. He addressess depression and fish out of water in a way it is easy to engage with. It is light hearted on the surface, but you can read deeper when you are ready.
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 23:33, archived)
# I google for free audio books
http://www.openculture.com/freeaudiobooks

I don't know what this is like, but first thing that appeared on google.

Books will be random gendres.
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:50, archived)
#
If sci-fi extends to cyberpunk, then Ready Player One is the best escapist books I've read for a long time and that has an audiobook. Probably specifically aimed at people who were kids in the 80s, though.

And might be incredibly dull, but all the ancient classics like The Iliad tend to be available with well regarded actors reading them.
(I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:52, archived)
# How about radio comedy series?
There's such delights as the Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy (5 series), ElvenQuest (fantasy humour), Old Harry's Game... (I have shedloads of stuff like that)
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 14:53, archived)
# Elvenquest was brilliant!
Old Harry's game too...
(I helped save b3ta! Fresh Water Mole loves his baby boy more and more every day, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 15:09, archived)
# The Holy Bible.
Our LORD AND SAVIOUR is obviously PUNISHING your HEATHEN friend for his SINS!
PRAY FOR HIM BROTHER!
And if he doesn't start healing IMMEDIATELY then HE HAS INCURRED GOD'S DISPLEASURE AND MUST BE PURGED FOR HIS HERESIES!
BURN HIM! BURN THE HERETIC! BURN HIM IN THE PURIFYING FLAMES TO SHOW HIM GOD'S LOVE!
(I helped save b3ta! stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Mon 18 Aug 2014, 15:01, archived)
# You're just saying that because kittens are soft and cute!
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 15:03, archived)
# And tasty.
(I helped save b3ta! stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Mon 18 Aug 2014, 15:04, archived)
# when I said fantasy, was thinking of something not so far fetched
(ooo controversial)
(I helped save b3ta! camp freddy well, would you look at that!, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 15:05, archived)
# *Puts on Big WitchFinder hat*
REPENT SINNER!
REPENT LEST YE BE CAST INTO THE FLAMES!
(I helped save b3ta! stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Mon 18 Aug 2014, 15:09, archived)
#
Jesus dies at the end.
(Professor of Lesbonics remembered his password on, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 19:49, archived)
# to everyone who replied - I thank you
B3ta has show true kindness :)


Now get back to killing things with hammers!
(I helped save b3ta! camp freddy well, would you look at that!, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 15:26, archived)
# YAY! LET'S BASTARDING CUNTS IN THE FUCK!
\o/
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 17:30, archived)
# Iain M Banks, Culture series
Read by Peter Kenny

Chronologically, until Look to Windward

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture#Novels
(I helped save b3ta! fuscous, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 15:32, archived)
# ^
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Howdy, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 16:52, archived)
# *upvotes*
(macroscian (1 like), Tue 19 Aug 2014, 8:01, archived)
# Dan Simmons' Hyperion/Fall of Hyperion/Endymion/Rise of Endymion
Big space opera sagary epic - and very very good.

Neal Stephenson's Anathem

(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 15:50, archived)
# Ah yes, the Hyperion series is great
(I helped save b3ta! the wub - guide onion for the blind, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 15:59, archived)
# A certain Bay frequented by Pirates
may have a fine torrent of 100 top sci-fi audiobooks. But I wouldn't know anything about that.

*whistles innocently*
(I helped save b3ta! the wub - guide onion for the blind, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 16:01, archived)
# michael loves the buccaneer cock
(I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 16:10, archived)
# Good Sci Fi/Fantasy what I have read recently
Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast books
Philip K Dick's Ubik
Richard Matheson's I am Legend (possibly a bit depressing)
Frederick Pohl's Gateway
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 16:05, archived)
# The dark tower series by stephen king.
They are fucking aces
(I helped save b3ta! spanishfly is so fucking sexy people impersonate him, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 18:13, archived)
# ^ This one.
The narrator is superb.
(I helped save b3ta! Ham o' Shatner -.-- --- ..- .-. / .- .-.. .-.. / --. .- -.--, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 19:04, archived)
# Ignore all that bollocks. If he's depressed then he needs 'Who on earth is Tom Baker'
His self read autobiography - it's brilliant!
(I helped save b3ta! da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 22:03, archived)
# Of course!
That's instant joy.
(I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Mon 18 Aug 2014, 22:13, archived)
# pick up some nice book
Smoke & Mirrors? Neil Gaiman short stories. Then sit down and read it to your friend. A couple of those are a joy to read too.
(macroscian (1 like), Tue 19 Aug 2014, 8:00, archived)