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Ask HN: Recommended audio books for a road trip?

1 pointsby bttfover 6 years ago
I&#x27;ll be road tripping from SF down to San Diego, and am in search of some good audio books to listen to on the way.<p>If I had to rate which sort of content I&#x27;d want before others:<p>1) A damn good story 2) Valuable life lessons 3) Leadership advice for work<p>Any recommendations?

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johnnysnowover 6 years ago
Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson. Can&#x27;t get better work leadership advice than Uncle Enzo. Then again, the protagonist has a pretty strong work ethic as well:<p>&quot;The Deliverator used to make software. Still does, sometimes. But if life were a mellow elementary school run by well-meaning education Ph.D.s, the Deliverator&#x27;s report card would say: &quot;Hiro is so bright and creative but needs to work harder on his cooperation skills.&quot;<p>So now he has this other job. No brightness or creativity involved—but no cooperation either. Just a single principle: the Deliverator stands tall, your pie in thirty minutes or you can have it free, shoot the driver, take his car, file a class-action suit. The Deliverator has been working this job for six months, a rich and lengthy tenure by his standards, and has never delivered a pizza in more than twenty-one minutes.&quot;
Tomteover 6 years ago
I&#x27;d put Harry Potter under 1), but YMMV. That&#x27;s what I&#x27;ve been using for a few months now.<p>Gorgeously read by Stephen Fry.