I've recently acquired most of the Discworld novels, and now I wonder if there is any music you'd recommended whilst reading them?
My original thought was a jazz stream, but that does have occasional "lumps" of experimental music making concentration rather hard.
So anything good tunes to aid the words in settling in?
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Anonymous2009-03-22 16:35
it shouldn't really matter because there's no way it could be worse than what you're reading
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Anonymous2009-03-22 20:58
The only music I can listen to and not be distracted from reading is trance/house music. That being said I usually read in quiet.
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Anonymous2009-03-22 21:30
People who listen to music while reading have ADD.
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Anonymous2009-03-23 7:38
Hmm seems I was wrong in my theory, I always assumed the text boards were too boring for trolls and kiddies, ah well lesson learned.
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Anonymous2009-03-23 7:55
>>5
You're the halfwit asking what music is good to read to. What a ridiculously stupid question. Are you new to reading?
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Anonymous2009-03-23 16:49
It just doesn't work (for me, at least) if you want to be truly immersed in either, let alone both. Best case scenario would be not even noticing the background noise that is the music you're supposedly actively listening to, so why bother?
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Anonymous2009-03-23 22:22
Aight, sorry for asking, it's just I at the least get more out of music and reading when I combine then than I do separately, guess it was my mistake assuming that it was common and not a hideous abnormality as it apparently is.
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Anonymous2009-03-23 23:12
Why would I put on music to ignore while reading?
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Anonymous2009-03-30 21:14
>>4
This man speaks the truth. I think OP has ADD.
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Anonymous2009-03-30 21:56
There's nothing wrong with the op's suggestion, even though it's not something I do myself.
Op, honest answer for discworld? Discworld itself. Discworld audiobooks tend to be rather good, pending on the version, just make sure you steal the unabridged versions.
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Anonymous2009-04-03 4:57
how can I write each of these numbers without confusing them with one another. My 3 looks like 0 , 4 looks like 9, 2 looks like 7. And, vice versa for each
Why does he have to steal them? Can he not buy them with money?
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Anonymous2009-04-04 16:19
not quite related:
i listened to coldplay a lot while reading alastair reynold's inhibitor novels. somehow it fit perfectly. the song 'speed of sound', especially, always reminds me of these books now.
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Anonymous2009-04-05 1:44
OP, just listen to anything that does not have lyrics so you won't be distracted from the text.
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Anonymous2009-04-05 7:05
You wouldn't expect it but the rapper Fabolous is great to read to, he's famous for it. Get his third album, even if you don't love hip hop you'll find this stuff great to listen to while reading.
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Anonymous2009-04-05 21:30
>>16
Thanks! I just downloaded it and read Inside the whale by Orwell. I was skeptical but it really does help my retention and comprehension skills. Thanks for suggestion not op btw.