{"id":9686,"date":"2014-04-04T17:50:35","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T17:50:35","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-04-04T17:50:35","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T17:50:35","slug":"blind_reader_enjoys_rush_revere_audio_book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/04\/04\/blind_reader_enjoys_rush_revere_audio_book\/","title":{"rendered":"Blind Reader Enjoys Rush Revere Audio Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: Here\u2019s Steven in Murray, Utah, as we move on down the line here on Open Line Friday. Hi, Steven.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hi, Rush. I am blind, and I gotta tell you about the audio book of Rush Revere and the First Patriots<\/a> that I finished. My mom read it to me at first. I enjoyed it so much I picked up the audio CD. You have to understand that most of the books I get my hands on are from the State Library for the Blind. That means that they\u2019re narrated by prisoners or by a computerized voice. It\u2019s not fun to listen to. It\u2019s how I listened to —<\/p>\n

<\/a>RUSH: Is that right? I thought there were a lot of books on audio that were read by authors and professional narrators?<\/p>\n

CALLER: There are some, but this is a free service for the blind, and, like I say —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh. Free service to the blind. Okay.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah. That\u2019s how I read the Pilgrim books. I just wanted to tell you I really enjoyed it because you have a great narrator, reading an unabridged book, it\u2019s fantastic. And I love the fact that you dedicated the book to Vince Flynn<\/a>. I\u2019ll miss him. I really enjoyed the Mitch Rapp series.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, Vince Flynn. I did dedicate Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims to him, in addition to just being a close friend. For those of you who never met Vince Flynn, I want you to think about any Special Forces character you\u2019ve read about, or any Army Ranger or Navy SEAL, and that\u2019s Vince. <\/p>\n

CALLER: Or Jack Bauer, yeah.<\/p>\n

<\/a>RUSH: That\u2019s who he was. He was just a classic, tough, no-nonsense, patriotic, no airs about him guy. He was humble, and he was constantly urging me to write another book, since it had been so long since I had written one. So when I finally did, I dedicated that first one to him. Now, you\u2019re blind so you\u2019ve heard me read the audio versions of the books, and those are children\u2019s books.<\/p>\n

CALLER: The one book, Rush.<\/p>\n

RUSH: One book.<\/p>\n

CALLER: The second one.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, you haven\u2019t got the second one yet?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I haven\u2019t got the first one.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Wait a minute. How did you hear me read the first one?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I heard the second one through a computerized voice, through the services for the blind. So I got the second book on CD. <\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, I misunderstood. I thought you heard the audio book.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I have not heard you read the first one.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay. I may have to start over. I\u2019m totally confused. My book was read to you by who?<\/p>\n

CALLER: By my mother. Yes.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, okay.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Your second book. Then I got the second audio book.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You haven\u2019t heard it yet?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I haven\u2019t heard the first Pilgrim book.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I haven\u2019t heard the Brave Pilgrims read by you.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay, you\u2019ve heard the second one but you haven\u2019t heard the first one?<\/p>\n

CALLER: That\u2019s right.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay. All right. And you liked it?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I liked it. Yeah. I really liked it. It was very well done.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, do you have the CDs, the audio version of the first one? Do you have it handy?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I do not.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, I\u2019ll send that to you. That\u2019s where I was headed with this. <\/p>\n

CALLER: That would be fantastic.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah.<\/p>\n

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CALLER: I\u2019d appreciate that.<\/p>\n

RUSH: But these are children\u2019s books. You\u2019re an adult. What is it you like about these?<\/p>\n

CALLER: The fact that there\u2019s a narrator reading it and that it\u2019s unabridged.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah, it\u2019s not abridged. You know, that is a big deal to people who can\u2019t read.<\/p>\n

CALLER: It is a big deal, and people that aren\u2019t familiar with the audio books don\u2019t get it, they don\u2019t understand it. I think the fact of having a good narrator is sometimes overlooked by people. A good narrator can make an audio book. A bad narrator can break it.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah. You know, when that\u2019s the only way that you can experience the book, if it\u2019s somebody that\u2019s just in a monotone plowing through it without any inflection or feeling or emoting it can be boring and laborious, actually, for you to have to experience.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes.<\/p>\n