I have been interested in listening to audio books but I don't know if my ADD could stay focused enough to understand the content.

What service are you using to download the books?

I've been audible member since May 2004.

There's a trilogy by John Twelve Hawks you might to enjoy.

So far only two books of trilogy were published: 'The Traveler' & 'The Dark River'.

Man you don't even know how long I've waited for this since disabling my own Movable Type widget (that doesn't work since Haloscan bypasses that code).

THANK YOU!

I've been listening to audio books for a couple years now. My daily commutes are now a joy and I actually look forward to the slow people in front of me.

I also listen to audio books when doing chores around the house and mowing the lawn.

Ayende, you might also want to look into "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger.

Audio Boooks are good, but I'd only be able to listen to them if I were relaxing. While driving I'll usually listen to .NET Rocks, Hanselminutes, or ARCCast.tv. Sometimes I'll listen to the scoble show.

Commutes are definately better with .NET Rocks. It gets you in the mode for development.

Both "The Traveler" and "The Time Travelers Wife" are unique and very enjoyable reads. I would also recommend "OtherLand" , by Tad Williams. It’s an excellent sci-fi/Fantasy edition to your collection. The series is 4 large volumes long, but the characters and virtual reality worlds are so vivid you will remember them for years to come

I listened to and enjoyed "The Helmsman" -- that was more of a dramatization of the story than a reading.

It looks like you're more into the pulp/space opera sub-genre, is that true? If you have any interest outside that box, I'd look into the stories by Vernor Vinge -- I'm listening to "A Fire Upon the Deep". He's interesting because he's a CompSci professor, so his understanding of technology in general and information and computers is better than most any author I've read, and not much galls me more than misrepresenting computer technology.

I'd also recommend looking into the Teaching Company at www.Teach12.com . They have real college-level classes on all sorts of subjects, with 30-45 minute lectures. I just bought a class yesterday on Music Theory.

So, this is why your blog postings have slowed to a crawl! ;-)

Somewhat off the topic of audio books, but with regards to @R Patterson's comment, I've never read "OtherLand" but I have read the Tad Williams series that begins with The Dragonbone Chair. Very good series, imho.

Ayende, you haven't blogged in four days! Are you ok??

Man i'm gonna have to try thinking for myself....

Really not bad collection, I'd like to have something like that by my own... coz mine is quite old...

I've been an Audible subscriber for about 4 years now. I've probably got 150 audio books. I'm a Platinum member so the cost is about 10 USD per book. I'm always reading technical but audio books have allowed me to continue what I call 'recreational' reading. I'm listening to Dark River right now and will be waiting for the third book.

Chris,

right now I am going through everything that David Weber has, so anything in this genre has a great appeal to me.

do you know of any?