Costa's Audio Book ft "Songs of a Dead Dreamer" Dreams for Insomniacs Part 1 讀你聽2.2《死夢者之歌》

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"Songs of a Dead Dreamer" by Thomas Ligotti

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驚異短篇小說集 怪奇文學基石
托馬斯·利戈蒂 八六年出版《死夢者的歌》
風格融合超現實與存在恐懼
探索腐敗城市與夢境

Dreams for Insomniacs Part 1
00:25 The Christmas Eves of Aunt Elise - Jack visits Aunt Elise on Christmas Eve, hears a neighbor’s eerie tale, and faces a parallel reality, reliving past holidays with themes of possession and dread amidst festive terror.
18:38 The Lost Art of Twilight - A half-vampire painter, raised in the U.S. after his mother’s vampire-related death, is fully transformed by paternal relatives who took over his existence, revealing their terrifying, inhuman nature.

Costa's Wordbook
Ferment n agitation and excitement among a group of people, typically concerning major change and leading to trouble or violence (Fur meant)
Elizabethan adj relating to or characteristic of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (eliza Bee then)
Grosse Pointe - refers to an exclusive group of five affluent, northeastern suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, situated along the shores of Lake St. Clair, these municipalities, Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe Woods, and Grosse Pointe Shores
Acreage n an area of land, typically when used for agricultural purposes, but not necessarily measured in acres (A cre age)
Gewgaw n a showy thing, especially one that is useless or worthless (Gew gaw)
Well heeled adj inf wealthy
Antiquarian n relating to or dealing in antiques or rare books, person who studies or collects antiques (Antiq quer rian)

Sepia adj a reddish-brown colour associated particularly with monochrome photographs of the 19th and early 20th centuries (Seep pia)
Caesarean n an operation in which the uterus is cut open to allow a baby or baby animal to be born (sis Ser rian)
Triptych n a picture or relief carving on three panels, typically hinged together vertically and used as an altarpiece (Trip tick)
sans préjugé - fr, without prejudice
Hrumph (harrumph) sound of grumpy or self-important disapproval
Crepuscular adj resembling or relating to twilight (cre Pus cue lar)
Forebear n an ancestor (Four bear)
Haute adj fashionable, high-class (Oat)
Assignation n an appointment to meet someone in secret, typically one made by lovers (Ass sig nay tion)
Adjutant n a person's assistant or deputy (Ad jut tent)
Imbecilic adj very stupid or foolish, idiotic (Im be silic)
Monozygote n one of two or more individuals derived from a single egg (mono Sigh goat)
Redon - Odilon Redon, French Symbolist draftsman, printmaker, and painter. Early in his career, both before and after fighting in the Franco-Prussian War, Redon worked almost exclusively in charcoal and lithography, works known as his noirs
Isolé - fr, isolated
Studious adj spending a lot of time studying or reading; done deliberately or with a purpose in mind (Stew dious)
Complected adj having a specified complexion (com Plec ted)
Recondite adj (of a subject or knowledge) little known, abstruse=difficult to understand (Rec con dite)
Vacuity n emptiness; lack of thought or intelligence, empty-headedness (vac Cue ity)
Valetudinarian n a person who is unduly anxious about their health (Val let tud din narian)
Tubercular adj relating to or affected with tuberculosis (tu Ber cue lar)
Tragicomic adj relating to tragicomedy (= a type of play or story that is both sad and funny
Mulatto n off. Date. a person of mixed white and black ancestry, especially a person with one white and one black parent (mew Lat toe)
Patois n the jargon or informal speech used by a particular social group; the dialect of a particular region, especially one with low status in relation to the standard language of the country (Pat toi)
Dissonant adj unsuitable or unusual in combination; lacking harmony
Exsanguination n the action of draining a person, animal, or organ of blood (ex sang guin Nation)
Scion n a descendant of a notable family; a young shoot or twig of a plant, especially one cut for grafting or rooting (Sigh en)
Deliquescent adj becoming liquid, or having a tendency to become liquid (deli Ques scent)

End of the year features: 
Horror- Songs of a Dead Dreamer, The Lottery; Phantasy- The Last Unicorn; Philosophical- Brothers Karamazov; Absurd- Metamorphosis 

Complete Collections: 
The Fellowship of the Ring, Winnie the Pooh, Jane Eyre, Angels and Demons, Perfume, Great Gatsby, Jekyll and Hyde, Maigret, 1984, Metamorphosis, Dracula, Don Quixote, Dorian Gray, Diary of a Young Girl, Lord of the Flies, Liar's Poker, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, Great Expectations

《讀你聽》里程碑 
2021: 0 太太陪同旁聽 全配樂 無剪接 附旁述 總結 文字大綱 不定時播出 
2022: 2.0 全配樂 DaVinci剪接 小字典 作品介紹 智能主持+插畫 文字大綱 定時播出 
2023: 2.1 DaVinci, Descript, CapCut, Suno 大綱+人物介紹+字典 每周播出 
2024: 2.2 初階電容咪 Audacity, ChatGPT注解+插畫 分秒顯示 一小時内容 

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