Man After Man (Audiobook)
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- An audiobook version of Dougal Dixon's 1990 speculative evolution work 'Man After Man' narrated by Beware the Qu.
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Hello everyone and thanks for tuning in for the Man After Man audiobook!
Just a few things:
1. The audio quality may change slightly from section to section. That's because this thing was recorded in three different places with two different microphones (both the same make and model but somehow producing different results🤔)
2. I say a couple of words incorrectly and differently from the text. For some reason my brain wont recognise the word "adaptation" and I instead say "adaption". There's a couple of others but nothing too crazy. I even say "catastropic" instead of "catastrophic" and "carbohybrate" instead of "carbohydrate", which aren't even words. I don't know why. But I apologise.
3. Thank you again for watching! A lot of blood, sweat and tears went into making this, so I do hope you enjoy it.
Take it easy!
BtQ
Your overall execution more than makes up for the minor discrepencies.
@@jaejonmalloy1341 Thanks JaeJon, I appreciate the words of encouragement very much.
This is awesome, thanks for the great work!
@@BewareCast Amazing job, I’ve seen your posts about mispronouncing words on AT as well, you seem like a perfectionist… don’t worry about it.. these are AMAZING and you’re only human (I hope) and we all make small mistakes! If you were to focus on anything just continue to enjoy the art of talking (inflection, pace, timing, pauses, tonality)… again these are all amazing and messing up a single word isn’t a catastropic mistake :)
you are too critical of your own work mate, no one minds because the content is great.
One thing I like about this in comparison to All Tomorrows is the fact that individual, third-person stories are given describing what it's like to be one of these people. A version of All Tomorrows like that would be worth an even prettier penny than it already is. Imagine viewing life from the perspective of, say, an Asteromorph having a hundred different thoughts at once, a Gravital seeing the world through digital cameras and processing it with a computerized brain, a Symbiote seeing and feeling differently depending on his host, or a Snake person smoking in a cozy hole.
This is exactly what I missed in that book
It was short and brief only a hundred pages long
@@lyna7038i heard someone say the author is supposedly working on a new version, but im not sure. it was a reply to a comment on a reddit post.
There is a kosemen story taking place probably in AT universe. I think it was called "the one who watches and waits". Lemme double check for you real quick
@@orbismworldbuilding8428 3 weeks later
@@orbismworldbuilding8428and he was never heard from again
I'm not sure how to explain it, but this guy has the perfect tone of voice for audiobooks.
I appreciate that!
100%
@@BewareCast you sound like a professor.
totally agree bro.
mfa voice sounds perfect sometimes ngl
Agreed so relaxing
This was in my library growing up. I read it in Middle School, though I wasn't crazy about it like "After Man" I still loved the uncanny, Barkerish horror of the illustrations; I remember finding All Tomorrows in High School and thinking it was definitely the same concept done correctly.
is "after man" a different book?
@@commenteroftruth9790 Correct, I was saying After Man is the better book.
So "After Man" is better than "Man After Man"? Is "Man" even better that that? And to go even further beyond, " " is the greatest of all time?
@@commenteroftruth9790 Correct.
@@thoughtfuldevil6069 oh shit I love the most
"An intelligent animal doesn't necessarily live longer than a dull one."
I never realized how much that statement applies so much to Man After Man.
After I watched this, I started getting ads for schizophrenia medication
Dont take those, i tried it and it made my gf disappear
I'm so dead😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@Assadul-Namlwithout those friends in my head, it gets a bit lonely sometimes
@@DamienHolbrook-wd8rythe voices in my head speak different languages so it's hard to make friends.
Timestamps v2: [WIP]
Introduction: 0:00:14
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Part 1: The Human Story So Far 0:16:03
-In the Beginning: 0:16:03
-3 Million Years Ago: 0:19:00
-2.5 Million Years Ago: 0:21:00
-1.5 Million Years Ago: 0:23:19
-500,000 Years Ago: 0:24:35
-15,000 Years Ago: 0:26:16
-5,000 Years Ago: 0:28:01
-2,000 Years Ago: 0:29:42
-1,000 Years Ago: 0:30:59
-500 Years Ago: 0:32:30
-100 Years Ago: 0:34:17
Part 2: Man After Man 0:35:50 (Divided into Acts)
Act 1: 200 Years Hence 0:35:51
-200 Years Hence: 0:35:51 (Aquamorphs Pt. I)
-Cralym the Vacuumorph 0:42:20
-Jimez Smoot the Space Traveller 0:49:52
-Kyushu Kristaan the Squatty 0:54:02
Act 2: 300 Years Hence 0:58:31
-Haron Salto and his Mechanical Cradle 0:58:32
-Greerathhulmand the Future 1:04:30
-Huehchuum and his Love 1:10:45
-Aquatics 1:13:48 (Aquamorphs Pt. II)
Act 3: 500 Years Hence 1:19:13
-Gram the Engineered Plains-Dweller 1:19:15
-Kule Taaran and the Engineered Forest-Dweller 1:22:32
-Knut the Engineered Tundra-Dweller 1:29:15
-Irelia Hulan and Cultured Cradles 1:32:31
-Fiffefloria and the Hitek 1:35:14
-Karahudru and the Woodland-Dweller 1:38:43
Act 4: 1,000 Years Hence 1:42:45
-Klimasen, The Beginning of Change 1:42:47
-The End of Yamo 1:45:30
-Weather Patterns and the Ticks 1:48:28
-Hoot the Temperate Woodland Dweller 1:53:2x (Woodland Dwellers Pt. II)
-The End of Jurian Scale 1:58:46
-Aquas Beneath the Tumultuous Surface of the Ocean 2:03:30 (Aquamorphs Pt. III)
Act 5: 2,000 Years Hence 2:04:43
-Rum the Forest Dweller 2:04:45 (Forest Dwellers Pt. II)
-Ion the Plains Dweller 2:09:53 (Plains Dwellers Pt. II)
-Coombs New Friend 2:14:33
-Yeroq and the Tall 2:20:21
Act 6: 5,000 Years Hence 2:25:56
-Transfer's Escape 2:25:58
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My mother bought this for me back in '90 when i was in 3rd grade and it didn't leave my side for years. Kyushu Kristaan the squatty was one of my favorites. What a book. I miss my copy so much.
And now they can go for 300
Grandma got it for me Christmas 1990 (6th grade) age was rare book dealer, specialized in children's books. Wonder if she knew it was gonna be rare
Also got a TurboGrafx 16 that Christmas, best friend got a Sega Genesis. Good times
7th grade Christmas got a SNES and then summer 1992 sold my TG16 and all my games so I could buy Street Fighter 2 for SNES. Still mad about that
Very thought provoking and holds up an objective mirror to the reader/listener. The art is reminiscent of that used for "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream".
Yes, I agree! XD
Just like Black Bolt in the multiverse of madness
Brilliant story, one of my all time favourites. Listened to it 100s of times. Would love to see it put to film, doubt Hollyweird could do it justice though. Some things best left for the imagination to conjure up it's own unique brand of eclectic imagery.
@@alexnikolas1991 God forbid a Netflix series 😱
I went to sleep listening to this, I woke up in the last 5 minutes of video, completely drenched in cold sweat and gasping for air after the weirdest dream I've ever had...
LOL yeah that'll happen
Now we got the full length audiobook in all its glory.
I like to think of All Tomorrows and Man After Man as Star Wars and Star Trek when thinking about the two. Both may have a similar theme, but both are unique in their own ways and I believe should be enjoyed individually.
That's a good way of looking at it
Which one is Star Trek and which it Star Wars
@@huestonmorgan2147 I would say All Tomorrows is Star Wars and Man After Man is Star Trek.
@@huestonmorgan2147 man after man is star trek and all tomorrows is star wars for me 🤣
@@imperialearthling4425 i didn’t see your comment but good opinion lmfaooo
Your audiobooks are literally so good. Not only your voice, but also the pace you read at and whatever recording equipment you use. Like top notch quality.
Also thank you so much for doing this book, this is the only feasible way I’d be able to read it (I can’t tell you how excited I’d be when I’d open the app to see that you had posted another part. It was a very fun journey.)
Thank you for all the great work you do!
Thank you for joining me on this journey Kaz! I really appreciate it and your kind words :)
I am only in the introduction but I love how it lays down the idea of Evolution so everyone knows the basic details.
This is fantastic, great voice and a very interesting book, thank you!
P.S. Got a little confused and amused at 18:14 about the line "she feels cooler", haha, I was like "damn, fair game, I would probably feel cooler being able to stand up too", and only then it dawned on me what was meant by it.
Gonna keep on expressing my love for this under my original comment as I listen, so that I don't spam the main comments section.
I really love how Dougal Dixon doesn't just describe the various species and peoples that lived before us, but tells sories focusing on individuals and individual groups.
Makes for much more of a gripping and immersive experience. I wish history textbooks in school had the same approach, at least up until highschool. I bet it would make for many more children not seeing history as boring.
Same lol
Almost 2 hours in, you know its good sci-fi horror when you think *"Wow, i hope the base line humans go full taliban, this is aweful and disgusting"*
I just finished listening to "All Tomorrow's" Im barely halfway through this and I want to write an entire THESIS on these two! Beautiful stories!!
I hope you won’t be writing anything until you figure out the correct use of as apostrophe
@@WesternWaster-2299 lmfao I typed this at midnight, 5 months ago. I'm glad that grammar is so important to you.
@@ryebread4369 excuses
@@WesternWaster-2299 an, not "as"
@@siobhankennedy-perri6896 lmfao I typed this at 2 am. I’m glad that grammar is so important to you.
I remember when I found this book oh so many years ago… and I loved it.
And then I discovered all tomorrows, which I also love so much.
These books have inspired me to create my own book series! The first, second, and third books all already have their storylines written! And I’ve begun writing the first one!
I expect the first one to release to the public in 2025, as an E-book, but if it gets more popular I’ll give it a physical copy!
Great work
Link us here in 2025, if we're alive by then we'll definitely read it!
You'll have to keep us informed on the name! Do you have a social we can follow the progress on?
@@austinharris2961 unfortunately I do not have any socials outside of UA-cam, so I’ll just drop the link when it’s ready.
I hope it does well
Gonna be travelling on public transport a lot the next few days - now I have something to listen to :) Thanks for making this audiobook Beware the Qu, you really bring the story to life!
Thank you Cae, I really appreciate that :)
Thank you! I can't read a lot with my own little eyes so i really appreciate both this one and all tomorrows! Love your voice and your production. Once again, thank you very much for this!
You’re not Howard Moon are you?
@@Just_lift_anyone should I understand a reference there?
Here after listening to your All Tomorrows reading. Was a great listen!
I am now OBSESSED with the All Tomorrows universe. Thanks be to Qu! I mean, *RAMJET!*
Just finished this one. I feel like people should listen to this one first and then listen to all tomorrow's. They seem to do well in that order. Good job
I gotta say, as much as the arrogance of the hiteks was off-putting, the segment about Hueh Choom where the book mentions that he fell for the girl because of the way she decorated her cradle made me feel bad for them. Sure they were an arrogant lot and considered the unafflicted humans as primitive and lesser, but something about the analogy of falling for someone for the way they looked and dressed being paralleled by the decoration of their cradle somehow humanized them for me.
It's hilarious how they can't live without machines and drugs but still see themselves as superior
You have no idea how greatful I am that you uploaded this! I've been searching for a way to read or listen to this for years now.
Jesus just buy it...m
I’ve come back to listen to this full audio for a second time. It’s a great book and you’re an excellent narrator! I’ve been away from the channel for a while and it looks like you’ve read quite a few more books since my last check-in, and I’m excited to listen to and enjoy them. Thank you for all the work you put into your videos and readings.
Welcome back!
What's this? UA-cam recommended something I actually have an interest in for once?! Plus the narrator has a great voice and wields it well?
Sign me up!
i agree , well imagine him speaking as good as him then at random scream the word boom
I love listening to these while I fall asleep. The only downside is getting unintentionally jumpscared by ads and needing to manually press the skip button, especially the ones that are literally a few minutes long.
Try UA-cam Red; no ads
@@Brickkzz I'm not interested in paying extra. I can get through it.
I was looking to purchase a copy of this book. Jesus Christ! Cheapest is $200.
I know, it's crazy. I was lucky to find a copy for a lot cheaper. If you want to watch the video where I go through and show it here's the link:
ua-cam.com/video/z4duGb42l8k/v-deo.htmlsi=9cvw7jSGeQS_H3d3
*''YES!!!'' I'm SO HAPPY!!! the FULL Audiobook of Man After Man is finally out! i've been look forward for this for quite awhile. But now, the is ''FINALLY OVER'!!!' Thank you so much Beware the Qu for entertaining and EDUCATING us all with all of the incredibly fascinating videos from the full Audiobook reading of ''All Tomorrows'' the very informative videos of the ''All Tomorrows'' Species videos, the ''All Tomorrows'' Lore, the awesome videos of the spectacular of All Tomorrows: Revelations (though i know ''FOR SURE'' and no doubt that there's gonna be far more to come in 2023) And, This. the ''FULL'' Audiobook reading of Man After Man. But for what i know for sure, this is NOT the last or final video at all. cause there is absolutely FAR much more awesome videos to come in the future! and i SURE look forward to it! Thank you, take care, stay safe and have a wonderful day. :D :D :D :D :D 7-22-2022 **5:50** - 6:50 PM - 11:20 PM - 11-25-2022 12:50 AM*
I'm glad you are so happy and that you enjoyed the audiobook! Thank you for joining me on this journey :)
I've listeto this every night for months to sleep and it does wonders, thanks BTQ!
No problem, glad you are enjoying it!
Your voice is the kind of voice that could read an adult an bedtime story and they’d fall asleep just as well as a child would xD I love it!
hmmm, I'm sure this information more important than my school study
5 hour marathon let's go!
I've never heard of this book, but I love it... I want an animated adult TV series of this!
A theory I have about the builders come across various worlds inhabited by wild human species quite often, as it’s mentioned that a lot of the interstellar colonies failed. Maybe that’s why they just completely wiped out the earth? Also why didn’t they colonize mars instead? They had terraforming technologies, so they totally could have.
I find it hard to believe they felt it was easier to synthesize food or modify humans when they could have just modified the animals we eat instead, why make humans into cows, when cows still exist?
because it was made by a nutjob with a message, he didn't use logic he just wanted to get across his belief that humans are evil
In order to get milk from those cowgirls 😛🥛🍼
The extinction of large animals is referenced multiple times and though it’s not gone over so explicitly it seems that there was a massive philosophical push for human engineering for things regular animals couldn’t do anyways like the aquatics for deuterium mining and space dwellers for engineering. And then by the time the Hiteks looked back on this for inspiration there definitely wasn’t any large animal embryos to use. The humans were engineered at this point specifically *because* they were human. They wanted humanity to live on in any way
@@wonderguardstalker I'm not really sure what they ended up with can be called "human"
By all technicality they can. at least the lab born human species can. The far future genera and orders are different entirely.@@The_Natalist
I cant wait for the full audiobook tonight! This shall be my bedtime story
dude it would be the coolest thing ever if you made detailed vids of each of the human species like you did with all tomorrows. maybe even creatures from other speculative biology projects
I might do one day. Tbh the Man After Man audiobook videos all got pretty low views so I don't know if the interest is there. But I might try it one day.
@@BewareCast pleaaaseee.i feel like more people would watch this if they had a run down first too, hella people started reading all tomorrows after seeing clips of it
The fact that they are trying to engineer humans when they work for them is wild
How is this channel still so under viewed? Between this and John Michael Godier, I am assured a good night's rest.
Thanks, man.
Last year i traveled to Florida, This was After I downloaded a PDF of This Book (Along with After man and the New Dinosaurs) It became My Comfort Book in a way and I Listened to Your reading Before Bed in the Hotel, NGL I feel More Nostalgic and Warm For this Book then Any other Lmao.
I’ve been looking forward to this because I love your all tomorrows audiobook and listen to it every night thank you!
No problem Gizmo, thanks for being here!
WOOOHOOO!!!! i was so excited for the whole thing!!!! you are my favorite channel here on youtube, wish there were more channels like you out there! love your content, man!
Thank you, my friend! That means more than you could ever know :)
It's been a fun journey, you've officially done the best man after man audiobook reading out there in my opinion BWQ
Thanks Gerrard, that means a lot!
Haron Smalto and Krysnu Kristaan are particularly sad. . .. i see us not too far away from some version of that reality now.
Brilliant work, BTQ🙏
Especially love the All Tomorrows stuff the most. Just great great work.
Thank you!
Just imagine this being worked as a TV series
I feel like it would work as an anime or stop motion picture.
Awesome! 5 hours of content with an ad every 2 minutes. Thank you
You could always just pay literally $13 to not have ads.
I really love both of the audiobooks you have done and would love to hear more just because your voice is so soothing. I only want more audiobooks if it will make *you* happy to make them, because you should never do things just because other people want them. But great job on both this and All Tomorrows, I thoroughly enjoyed both.
Thank you so much for your kind words! There are definitely more audiobooks on the horizon, coming soon :)
I’m really enjoying watching this channel grow.
This needs to be a series of epic movies!!!!
My ability to understand basic biology: 🤪
Me understanding complex science, evolution, and existential situations: 🧠
🤣
Me. XD lmao. This is me versus my ability to absorb lore about history versus prehistory.
(Yes I know this is fictional don’t worry! Lol.)
I could tell you the entire stories and minuscule details of all tomorrows and man after man. But for the life of me I can’t comprehend basic algebra.
Haven't commented in a while, but I'm really glad to see this channel continue to grow. It's both incredibly entertaining content, and these audiobooks are perfect to fall asleep to
u have 52 comments on this channel
impressive
@@Smearwise yea for a little while I commented on all the videos because I think this is a dope channel and I wanted to help with the algorithm, but I kinda fell off after a while. It's super cool to see the growth tho, I think the channel was between 1-2k when i first found it, I'm genuinely happy for the dude.
Thanks for making this, Qu! Time to replay from the beginning!
Idk why but this is really satisfying to listen to
Aw man its phenomenal! I followed daily and this full lenght is just great sum up, definitely will share with friends. Amazing book and amazing reading, thanks for that :D
No problem, thanks for watching!
It's wonderful to hear the thoughts of a person who thinks in deep time.
The book itself isn't great, but admittedly 'Maybe Someday' is a very haunting line that's stuck with me since I first read the book, nineteen years ago.
Thanks for taking the time to read this. You have a great cadence.
Would love to hear you read some H.P. Lovecraft.
Nonetheless, very happy to see that you've kept to the channel.
Thank you. I have read some H.P. Lovecraft! There's a few of them on my channel.
To think it all started with the All Tomorrows Audiobook, I'm really gonna enjoy this. Thanks!
No problem Hector, thanks for watching!
return to monke: the book
It's CRAZY how these 90s scifi people are able to conceive bioengineering and space travel but couldn't imagine artificial intelligence and bots doing this underwater and vacuum labour on behalf of humans. And today we are far closer to ai and robots than bio engineering.
Ai is quite widespread but GAI is really far away. Bioengineering is generally stumped by people and governments.
Bioengineering is seen as taboo by most people and governments. Kinda like nuclear energy, most average people will have a hatred that was made by society for it.
Holy moly - I am still very invested in all these creatures. I should have paid attention to the illustrations though x3
If it helps, I have a playlist of Man After Man species explained videos on my channel. I haven't done every species yet but there's seven videos in there that give overviews of certain post-humans from the story.
@@BewareCast Thank you so much! I’ll give those a watch too!!! :D
haha not sure if it was his PC going Jet more, or a vacuum cleaner in the background, but it made me a little happy- 4:00:35 nothing is perfect ;)
Love this voice.
🤦♂️
Wow... Just...wow... Amazing book! Thanks so much for posting this video!❤
You've perfect tone for audiobook, thanks brother 😀
The way it comes to such a quick end after the newcomers left just feels so strange and sad then it just loops entirely and it feels somewhat better? But still strange
Me: i want all tommorows!
Mom: we have all tomorrow’s at home🙄
All tomorrow’s at home:
Yeah pretty much lol
What a ride it has been Qu. Thanks for posting the whole book!
No problem, thanks for watching! I hope you like what's coming next :)
@@BewareCast bro you turned out two great audio readings. I’m sure what you got coming next I’ll love without question
I just discovered All Tomorrows C M Kozeman : needless to say I’m consuming every thing related as my new found fascination demands.. I love this kind of futurism it adds to my Dune, Ian m Banks obsession!! The PDF is definitely getting printed: I would have loved a professional art book but hay ho don’t look a ‘Proto’ gift-horse horse in the mouth!!!
Not sure what’s more scary. “the “quo? The “Tricelerions” Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy 🥺
This is making my 12 hour night shift go by quick nice voice !
Thanks, I'll never have to listen to the previous reading by the guy with the weird inhale again.
I have heard those who don’t have a voice cut out for audiobooks too. XD I know that feeling. You poor soul, I’m gonna have to find this version for the meme tho.
This helps me fall asleep
This was great to watch…but my boy Gloob was treated wrong 😔✊
We really need a Walking With Dinosaurs type series for Man after Man
This book was nearly a grand for a hardcover
It sucks.
@@PleaseNoticeMethen why did you listen?
@kitty4123 the price sucks is what I meant 🤘🏻👽
Dougal Dixon has a good knowledge of science.
Love this book
well read!! thank you for putting this on youtube, super interesting listen. you have an amazing voice and earned yourself a subscriber!
Thanks Caspar!
Very good narration. 👍. The story is captivating as well. ALL TOMORROWS is one of my favorite books. Great job
I hope this book along with new dinosaurs from Dixon get rereleases as anniversary editions
would be cool to get a video version of "after man" as well even though its less narrative based and more in depth on the biology and changing climate iirc
i come bk every night to this bc i like falling asleep to it
"eugenics" means "good in birth" or "good in stock", as opposed to dysgenics: the decrease in desirable traits, genes.
Is that a quote from Hitler?
@@SiriusSphynx Dysgenics in nature would be, say, two deaf wolves mating and producing another deaf wolf. It’s passing on traits that would make survival hard or impossible; and the word Eugenics does literally mean “well born” (obviously eugenics is gross in context to humans.) - OP is just stating the definitions of both words, don’t worry. Trust me, I’m Jewish, I can sniff N@si propaganda/comments from miles away and I don’t think OP meant any harm here. Probably just clarifying the two words to the few that would look in the comments or just wanted to share the information, Imo.
@@SiriusSphynx And no, it’s not a quote from Hitler. Lol. XD hope I helped. Lol.
I love how this entire book is just Gattica being run over and over again
Your narration is awesome; you should read us some Lovecraft.
Something about this book really hits the spot for me. I just wish there was a little more in the 200-1000 years hence section. The collapse of the genetically engineered humans and their experiments over the centuries to keep the species going could be really interesting.
You can check The self help book Quick Loot Fast Plunder. Oddly mesmerizing
3 hours in and I'm still enthralled
I'd love to see more people compare this to All Tomorrows again now that we have a more definitive audiobook.
Outstanding.
The algorithm just brought me here, and well I guess I’ll hang out and see what’s what
Not gonna lie, I thought this was a genuine school textbook for a second
This is like All Tomorrows but…sadder
All tomorrows but it ends after the Qu invasion and just says that human intelligence may come back lmao
I enjoy the bleak and violent tone of this book more than All Tomorrow's rather dull plainess.
Damn, we’re overcoming natural selection and destroying the gene pool rn😅
After seeing how long the video was..I commend you. I had no idea how much of a dense read this was
It was pretty painful at times, but I think the end result was worth the effort :) Thank you for being a fan Alex
this is great, i love this genre but didn't know of this one!
If you're lost, you can look and you will find me
Man after Man
If you fall, I will catch you, I'll be waiting
Man after Man
LOL
This is like Ted Kakzinski's nightmare fuel.