Audiobook The October Country by Ray Bradbury in the ListenBook app
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Book description
Ray Bradbury's The October Country emerges as a haunting auditory experience, masterfully rendered in this audiobook edition. A collection that solidifies Bradbury's duality as both a nostalgic romantic and a purveyor of unsettling tales, it traverses the spectral landscape between the familiar and the uncanny. The stories, originally published in various pulp magazines, are united by their exploration of human frailty, the grotesque, and the lingering shadows of memory.
Narrated with a tone that mirrors Bradbury's own reverence for the spoken word, the audiobook captures the author's lyrical prose and penchant for the macabre. Each story functions as a vignette of unease-whether through the ominous stillness of "The Jar" or the creeping dread of "The Small Assassin." Bradbury's ability to infuse the mundane with an undercurrent of horror is amplified by the performative quality of the narration, where every pause and inflection enhances the text's emotional gravity.
The inclusion of Bradbury's reflective introduction, "Theater of Morning Voices," offers a meta-textual layer, inviting listeners to consider the act of creation itself. His assertion that writers must attune themselves to the internal murmurs of inspiration is particularly resonant when experienced through the medium of sound. The audiobook thus becomes not merely a recitation, but an extension of Bradbury's artistic ethos.
Illustrated originally by Joe Mugnaini, the visual sensibilities of the text are translated into aural imagery, allowing listeners to conjure vivid, if unsettling, mental landscapes. From the melancholic beauty of "The Lake" to the eerie whimsy of "Uncle Einar," the collection oscillates between reverence for childhood wonder and a mature reckoning with loss.
This audiobook reaffirms Bradbury's position as a literary architect of the fantastic, one whose command of language and psychological depth transcend genre boundaries. It is an essential listen for those attuned to the darker harmonies of storytelling.
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Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
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Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
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AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Listening to audio lectures
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Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
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