Starliner by David Drake is free up on the Kindle store right now. It's about commercial travel on the space equivalent to ocean liners from the transatlantic period of Earth's history. So kind of a more... staged down version of a Carnival cruise or something, using labor from distant mining worlds, etc. A lot of it runs in parallel with IAMAs I have read from people who work on the real deal in the current era. The plot follows a young man who just became an officer on board and tends to find himself in trouble. It's not the best novel I've read, but it is about as on topic as it can get.
I've been listening to books this way for about 3 years and I have noticed that I am a very fast speaker now. I'm not sure if it's releated but it could be.
Sample.
The Course of Empire (Course of Empire Series Book 1) by Eric Flint
1632 (Ring of Fire Series) by Eric Flint
Northworld Trilogy by David Drake
Starliner by David Drake
Star Soldiers by Adre Norton
Oath of Swords (War God Book 1) by David Weber
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington Book 1) by David Weber
The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington Book 2) by David Weber
The Star Agency (The Star Agency Chronicles Book 1) by R.E. Weber
The Last Praetorian (The Redemption Trilogy Book 1) by Mike Smith
Hard Duty: Merkiaari Wars Book 1 by Mark E. Cooper
The Synchronicity War Part 1 by Dietmar Wehr
Dark Space by Jasper T. Scott
The Tank Lords by David Drake
Redliners by David Drake
A Desert Called Peace (Carrera Series Book 1) by Tom Kratman
Gunship by John Davis
With the Lightnings (Lt. Leary Book 1) by David Drake
Tales of Honor #1 by Matt Hawkins and Jung-Geun Yoon
The Fringe Worlds: (The Human Chronicles Saga Book #1) by T.R. Harris
Freehold (Freehold Series Book 1) by Michael Z. Williamson
The Last Roman (The Praetorian Series Book 1) by Edward Crichton
The Sea Hag by David Drake
Forbidden The Stars (The Interstellar Age Book 1) by Valmore Daniels
FCBD 2015: Tales of Honor by Matt Hawkins and Linda Sejic
The Philosophical Strangler (Joe's World Book 1) by Eric Flint
The Creatures of Man by Howard L. Myers
In the Heart of Darkness (Belisarius Saga Book 2) by Eric Flint
Northworld Trilogy by David Drake
Starliner by David Drake
Starliner by David Drake is free up on the Kindle store right now. It's about commercial travel on the space equivalent to ocean liners from the transatlantic period of Earth's history. So kind of a more... staged down version of a Carnival cruise or something, using labor from distant mining worlds, etc. A lot of it runs in parallel with IAMAs I have read from people who work on the real deal in the current era. The plot follows a young man who just became an officer on board and tends to find himself in trouble. It's not the best novel I've read, but it is about as on topic as it can get.
I've been listening to books this way for about 3 years and I have noticed that I am a very fast speaker now. I'm not sure if it's releated but it could be.
Also, always look for whispersync books. You can almost always get the audible version for crazy cheap.
Example:
http://www.amazon.com/Basilisk-Station-Honor-Harrington-Book-ebook/dp/B00ARPJBS0/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1452542369&sr=8-6
I can't see the audiobook price because I already have it but I bet the combination is only a few dollars for a great audiobook/ebook
http://www.amazon.com/Starliner-David-Drake-ebook/dp/B00ARPEAU4/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1452542467&sr=1-8
this audiobook is only 1.99 vs 14.95 when buying it straight up.
Weird - it sends me to here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AQNGVP4
which is priced at $6.94.
https://www.amazon.com/Starliner-David-Drake-ebook/dp/B00ARPEAU4/
comes up for me as free.
That's in an incognito browser window, so it's not tied to my Amazon account.