2007-03-17 13:42:25 · 14 answers · asked by Rob 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
audio books are great. i have a whole collection of tolkien, poe, and some robert frost. makes for some nice background entertainment when going through the daily dulldrums.
2007-03-17 13:45:35 · answer #1 · answered by wrldzgr8stdad 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Put me in the love 'em category. I like the dark stuff, horror, sci-fi and mystery. The only draw back is that I drive truck and drive for 9 or 10 hour a day sometimes, and I can go through several books in a week.
A friend (fellow driver) turned me on to them by lending one to me. I think it was called Rebel and the author was Coonts or Coots or something. And I was hooked.
From there I started buying some, I've got piles of them around here. Then found a great selection at my local library and took allot out. I had to get special permision to take out 5 or 6 at a time, but once I explained that I was a long distance trucker and was gone for a week at a time they let me. I also downloaded a bunch got a cd player that played MP3 discs in my truck and burned them onto a MP3 disc so I didn't have to change disc or tapes all the time.
I've heard every Stephen King, the only one I didn't like was one of his latest, Lisey's Story. Through the hole story I kept thinking "this doesn't sound like Stephen King somebody else wrote this". It just didn't seem to be the same style of writing.
I've also heard some of Phillip Margolin, I really liked Sleeping Beauty that Suzanne Houston does an excellent job reading or "performing" if you prefer.
I'm to the point now that I am looking up some of the readers that I enjoyed to see what else they have done, to get into some new stuff.
2007-03-17 14:24:54 · answer #2 · answered by gino 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My hubby thinks they are great especially as he is a long distance HGV driver and gets fed up of listening to the radio, so i go to the library and borrow 10 at a time usually last him a few weeks, though i have depleted all the stock at local library and need to find new ones lol.
2007-03-19 06:28:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question. To list a few Clavelle's Shogun, Conan Doyle's Hound of the Baskervilles, Christie's murders, also I have the complete Fawlty Towers. If you have Digital Radio, I recommend BBC 7 and One Word, two excellent spoken word stations with novels and comedy galore.
2007-03-17 13:58:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No not really but I could try one next time I'm on the move but wouldn't it just be better to just read it? I love how when two people have read the same book but pronounce names and such stuff their own way. That wouldn't happen with an audio would it?
2007-03-17 13:52:02 · answer #5 · answered by Jason 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have been a fan of audiobooks for some time. My favorite are the Stephen King audio books
2007-03-19 05:52:19 · answer #6 · answered by oilman11977 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Phillip Pullman Dark Materials audio books are great. But they are pretty expensive so I'd check them out at your local library.
2007-03-17 14:07:26 · answer #7 · answered by Clare C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Audio books rock. The Memory of Running is probably the best ever. If you like sci-fi, Ender's Game is great on audio.
2007-03-17 13:46:08 · answer #8 · answered by Craig L 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I love Audiobooks! I listen to Agatha Christie and storys from John Sinclair ( Gost Stories)
2007-03-17 13:46:11 · answer #9 · answered by silverearth1 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When E.B. White was recording his audiobook of Charlotte's Web, they had to make several different takes of the chapter where Charlotte dies because he kept tearing up.
I love that!
2007-03-17 14:13:23 · answer #10 · answered by tlex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋