Audio Books

[Messenger of Eden]

I got an iPod a few months ago when I began to commute to work over an hour frome home, and have blissfully been downloading and listening to assorted Audio Books and Audio Teachings and such. In the books category I have listened to the entire Focus on the Family dramatized Chronicles of Narnia, the Space Trilogy, and now I have started the Paradise War, which I was delighted to find on iTunes. (The other two are there as well, and also most of the Pendragon Cycle.) Read by Stuart Langston, this audiobook (unabridged naturally) is absolutely wonderful!! I have read the Song of Albion 4 or 5 times, and yet I am looking forward to my commutes to and from work as if I had never read these books before! At first I thought Stuart's voice sounded funny, but I got used to it quickly, and as more characters came into the story and I got to hear his take on their speech, voice, tones, and such, I began to fall in love. I absolutely love his Nettles, and the grave and slightly otherworldly voice of his Tegid gives a rich image of the character. It's a great listen! It's wonderful. I must force myself not to listen to it when I get home from work, or during my lunch break. I highly recommend it!! I think I will be unable to resist downloading the rest, though they are a bit pricey...

[uisdean]

Hey! I use audio books too. I drive a semi and have hours and hours of time to listen. I have recently "read" the first three Pendragon novels, Hood, Song of Albion, and by other authors, Wicked, Atlas Shrugged, 1984, Brave New World, Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer, and, mostly because of Pendragon, Le Morte d'Arthur. Just to name a few. Check out "audible.com" in addition to Apple. There are other sources out there, too.

What's wierd is hearing the names and places, but not knowing how they are spelled. Cynon was easy, but Siawn Hy baffeled me. I know that s followed by e or i is pronounced sh, so I thought is would by Syawn Hy (Remember that Sean is the Irish spelling of Shawn). But Langston pronounced it See-awn.

The other odd thing is that you can't go back to page 12 and check out something. I always want to go back and read the poem Simon recites at the end of the drive to Scotland. I wonder if that's a quote, or did Lawhead make it up?

[uisdean]

Oh, Yeah, as to prices, audible runs specials and if you join, you can get deep discounts. I also check out the bargain bins at Barnes and Noble, etc. I've found some good whodunnits there.