My grandpa few years ago started listening to all his books since he 95% blind. Up until a few days ago he was the only one. This guy around my age listens to books all the time though. When he works in the kitchen, at home, trying to fall asleep. He reads a lot normally, but he says audio is pretty cool. He had 6 books on the Wheel Of Time series by Robert Jordan. If i remember correctly the first book was 64 hours! Anyone listen to books? its something i've never done.
Not on CD or cassette, but BBC Radio 4 [and now Radio 4 Extra on DAB], the spoken word channel, does a lot of that, and i listen to those. Only problem is that they're usually in episodes, and more times than not I miss one. On several occasions I've actually gone and borrowed the original book from the library just to fill in the gaps .
Yea, I do that all the time. I have alot of audiobooks on my ipod. Its great if you have some repetitive job or task to do that doesnt require much thought. When I lived in Australia I had a job working in national parks that was pretty damned boring, but I mustve listened to at least 25 books over the 5 months, it made the job much more enjoyable!
I downloaded a few recently and gave them a listen. I like listening to late night talk shows on the radio about politics when I am falling asleep, but I am constantly irked by the radio commercials, especially for sporting events/shows that always seem to have an obnoxious recording of a crowd of fans cheering in the background, and a sporting commentator having a hyperactive fit because some guy just kicked a ball into a net. It's all a bit hit and miss with the narration, it depends a lot if you like the sound of the person's voice. I listened to A Clockwork Orange recently though and that was alright as it had Phil Daniels narrating it, and he has a great cockney accent that is perfectly suited for it. I like to put them on if to fall asleep to sometimes, and often miss a lot of the story. I'm planning on getting into a bit Pratchett's Discworld sometime, which has Nigel Planar narrating (Neil from the Young Ones) I once served him in a bar in Manchester, and didn't realise until after who it was.
Never have by inertia. But I have considered it and want to one day. To learn how literature truly sounds other than the off-key symphony in my head. I believe certain readers are well-known for their story-telling skills too. Can anyone recommend one?
Ooh.. I just got The Omnivore's Dilemma to listen to at work and hopefully break the monotony of all day typing. As long as I don't get to distracted, and type what I'm listening to... Hmm...
The Omnivores Dilemma is a great book! I read it a few years ago....where did you get the audiobook from?
After day one of The Omnivores Dilemma audio book at work, I'm thinking I'm going to have to go with something a little 'simpler.' With the printers, phones, and co-workers, it's had to focus, and I don't want to miss anything in the book. I'm thinking some sort of comedy? Any ideas?
I would like to whenever I get a car, or if I get a grunt job where I can listen to headphones maybe. But I much prefer reading the book. There are great readers out there, but most seem to fuck up the natural flow and tone of the writing.
I never have, but I always wanted to for long trips...I'm making a trip to PA next week and its 4 extremely boring hours on one highway...I might download a book to listen to on the way
Even though more e-readers and audio books are making their way through, I'd much rather read the hard copy of the book. Never really been one for e-readers personally.
