The joy in having a friend read the same book that I read is that we can discuss the characters, the plot, the settings, clever phrases that we enjoyed, etc... and I really think that I could enjoy that with a person who listened to a book, rather than having actually read it. (provided that it was unabridged)On some egotistical level, I appreciate that the actual act of reading is (and should be) more prestigious. However, I am inclined to split hairs of this sort on totally different types of things (like programming a function vs reading source code for a function). When it comes to reading, I'm not that snobby about the means by which someone acquires the knowledge -- just the level of retention and comprehension. In fact, I'm often pretty happy to discuss a book that I read with someone who watched a movie adaptation of the book.Not that I read that much, these days.
I agree with Drowlord, your not actually reading but you are taking in the information. I don't think I'd like to read a book or listen to the audio book -- I'll wait for the movie to come out!Readings books to me is like a punishment, I can thank my former Teachers and my Parnets for this. When I would get in trouble they would tell me to go read a book. And til this day for me reading is like sitting in the corner!
If you spent precious time reading an epic novel all the way through, and someone else claimed to have read it by listening it while commuting to work...would you feel they actually read it?
I don't consider it to be "precisely" the same as reading, but I frequently claim to have "read" a book that I actually listened to via audiobook. When all is said and done, my exposure to the information is nearly identical to a reading experience.
aren't a lot of them abridged?
The joy in having a friend read the same book that I read is that we can discuss the characters, the plot, the settings, clever phrases that we enjoyed, etc... and I really think that I could enjoy that with a person who listened to a book, rather than having actually read it. (provided that it was unabridged)On some egotistical level, I appreciate that the actual act of reading is (and should be) more prestigious. However, I am inclined to split hairs of this sort on totally different types of things (like programming a function vs reading source code for a function). When it comes to reading, I'm not that snobby about the means by which someone acquires the knowledge -- just the level of retention and comprehension. In fact, I'm often pretty happy to discuss a book that I read with someone who watched a movie adaptation of the book.Not that I read that much, these days.
I agree with Drowlord, your not actually reading but you are taking in the information. I don't think I'd like to read a book or listen to the audio book -- I'll wait for the movie to come out!Readings books to me is like a punishment, I can thank my former Teachers and my Parnets for this. When I would get in trouble they would tell me to go read a book. And til this day for me reading is like sitting in the corner!
If you spent precious time reading an epic novel all the way through, and someone else claimed to have read it by listening it while commuting to work...would you feel they actually read it?
True, it does deserve concentration, but do you get as much out of listening to it?
You still have to concentrate.
I don't consider it to be "precisely" the same as reading, but I frequently claim to have "read" a book that I actually listened to via audiobook. When all is said and done, my exposure to the information is nearly identical to a reading experience.