Conceived on Apr 24, 2011
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sideprojects
As someone who is on the road a lot, I frequently have a lot of downtime during
road trips. I don’t like driving, because it’s mostly wasted time, so I thought
I would do something useful while driving. Unfortunately, about the only useful
thing you can do while driving is listen to music, but there’s something better:
Audiobooks.
Audiobooks are a fantastic way to read (or, well, listen to) books on the road,
and it’s largely made long car trips bearable, if not desirable. On the last
trip, I decided I would listen to some Lovecraft, as I enjoy his writing and the
genre of horror in general, so I loaded “At the Mountains of
Madness” on my
mobile phone and off I went. While listening, however, I was struck by his
frequent use of words like “terrible”, “horrible” etc. I know he’s trying to
convey a sense of foreboding, but, come on, Howard, not every rock has to be
grotesque.
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