Audiobook UR by Stephen King in the ListenBook app
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In ListenBook you can listen UR and any other audiobooks you download from the internet.
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Book description
Wesley Smith's breakup with a woman who called him a Luddite ("Why can't you just read off the computer like everyone else?") should've been the end of his story. Instead, it's the terrifying, hilarious, and utterly relatable setup for Stephen King's UR-now a brilliantly unsettling audiobook. Forget the e-reader hype; this is a ghost story for the digital age, narrated with perfect, creeping dread by a voice that sounds like your conscience whispering through your earbuds at 3 a.m.
King's genius here isn't just in the horror-it's in how he weaponizes our modern anxiety. Wesley buys that e-reader out of spite, only to discover it's not just a device, but a portal to literary heaven and hell. You'll laugh when he realizes his "vast, unexplored" e-library includes The Great Gatsby... but also a version where Gatsby actually gets his money. Then you'll freeze when the device starts showing him the real tragedies-like a woman who died alone in a library because she was too busy reading to notice the fire.
The audiobook format? Perfect. The narrator's calm, almost bored delivery as Wesley descends into madness makes the horror sharper. You hear the click of the e-reader's page turn, the faint static of a world bleeding through, and suddenly you're questioning your own phone screen. Are you seeing things? Is that a notification from your ex? King doesn't just scare you-he makes you feel complicit. Because let's be honest: we've all stared at a screen, pretending to read while scrolling past our own lives. Wesley's device just shows us what we've been ignoring.
And oh, the irony. Wesley's ex called him out for being old-fashioned, but the real horror isn't the e-reader-it's the way we've all become digital ghosts, haunting our own lives while claiming to be "connected." King's not mocking tech; he's exposing how we've outsourced our humanity to gadgets that promise to make us more alive, only to reveal how utterly, terrifyingly alone we've become.
The best part? The book never stops being a thriller. One minute you're chuckling at Wesley's disastrous attempts to "use the device like everyone else," the next you're gripping your headphones as the audiobook drops you into a scene where a character's entire life flashes on the screen-like a TikTok of despair. It's not just a story about a haunted e-reader; it's a story about all of us, scrolling through a world that's already haunted, and too busy to notice.
So grab your earbuds, skip the Kindle, and let King remind you: the scariest thing isn't the ghost in the machine. It's the ghost you left behind when you started reading off the screen. UR isn't just a book-it's a wake-up call you'll hear echoing long after the last chapter. And honestly? You've been waiting for it.
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Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
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Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Listening to audio lectures
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
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
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience
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